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My Eleven Day PASS Summit 15 Experience. #Summit15 #SQLPass #RedGate #SQLSaturday #SQLFamily

“STUEWE!” This is how I knew PASS Summit was about to begin. I was walking to the Friday night SQL Saturday Portland speaker dinner, prior to PASS Summit, when I heard my name being called, well, yelled. Since it was already dark, it took a minute to spot the black SUV with Mike Fal hanging out the window waving at me. But wait, that is not when my Eleven Day Summit Experience started. Day One –…

Top 10 Ways To Create Your Meet and Greet List For Summit? #summit15 #sqlfamily #sqlserver

There was a time not to long ago when I didn’t know how to meet others in my profession. I didn’t know about SQL Saturdays or PASS Summit. The conferences that I was starting to attend were full of people who really didn’t want to network. But I’m persistent. I was determined to find a community of professionals who wanted to network. Then I found my first SQL Saturday and I fell in love with the…

Summit 2014 Experience Or My Week With the Aussies #Summit14 #SQLPass #SQLFamily #SQLAussieFamily

Summit may officially only have three days…five days if you count the two pre-con days, but my “Summit 2014 Experience ” this year was two weeks long. How can that be? Well, I hung out with my favorite Aussies.

(I will apologize right here. This is a looong post. I created a timeline for those that want the short version.)

#SQLAussieFamily comes to visit

Some of you may know that I’m really close…

Demos Available For Techniques For Dyanice SSRS Reports Presentation from PASS Summit 2014 #Summit14 #SQLPass

Thank you for all the attendees who choose my presentation at Summit 2014. I was really happy to see such a full and interactive class. You can find three downloads here.

The PowerPoint presentation is provided as a PDF

The two databases I used in conjunction with the AdventureWorks2008R2 database are provided in the SQL Server 2012 version.

The demos plus all the database and data scripts needed…

5 cool things to know about SQL Server 2014’s in-memory technology

SQL Server 2014’s in-memory technology is built into the product, speeding transactions, queries and insights. “We built in-memory technology into SQL Server from the ground up, making it the first in-memory database that works across all workloads,” writes the SQL Server Team in a blog post. The team shares five core design points for SQL Server in-memory, including its flexibility – “Your…

Major update to Azure SQL Database announced, and free tier to Azure Machine Learning

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Where in the SQL World is Mickey Stuewe #sitc #redgate #sqlpass #summit14 #SQLSat337 #sqlfamily

I’m in countdown mode right now. Countdown to Halloween. Not because I get to dress up this Friday, but because I’m leaving for my favorite time of year…PASS Summit. This will be my first year speaking at Summit, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start at the beginning.

One of the most amazing things about Summit is the networking opportunities. These opportunities have the potential to…