It’s a SQL Server Weekend!

Tomorrow is SQL Saturday Philly in our Microsoft Technology Center in Malvern, PA!! Here is the SlideShare link to my presentation on Microsoft Cloud BI This is my blog post from today on SQL Server Pro Magazine BI Blog for Microsoft Cloud BI Here is the SlideShare link to my presentation on Microsoft DW for SQL Server DBAs Have a great SQL Server weekend all!!  Br, Mark Continue reading It’s a SQL Server Weekend!

SQL Server 2012 Roadshow in Malvern MTC

Many thanks to all of those who were able to attend today’s roadshow in Malvern, PA for our Microsoft SQL Server 2012 here in the Malvern Microsoft Technology Center! As promised, here are some follow-up links and presentations that I have to share with you all. If you have any further questions or require anything else from today’s session, please post follow-up questions in the comments and I promise to reply back with some answers or further material. You may also follow this blog by subscribing or follow my twitter @MSSQLDUDE for other updates and events related to SQL Server. … Continue reading SQL Server 2012 Roadshow in Malvern MTC

Catching-up: Updated Goings-on in October

Sorry that I’ve been so busy lately, I have not yet had time to complete part 1 of my System Center series for SQL Server DBAs. I promise to have the SCOM section out this weekend. I do want to point you all to 2 updating “goings-on” in my world: We are running a free 4 hour SQL Server 2008 R2 performance monitoring and tuning seminar sponsored by Sebastian Meine of SQLITY.NET on October 20 in our Malvern Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) here in the Philly burbs. You can register for that free event here. And I finally got around … Continue reading Catching-up: Updated Goings-on in October

June 8 Philly SQL Server User Group Meeting

The June Philly SQL Server User Group meeting will be back here in the Malvern Microsoft office at 45 Liberty Blvd. Click here to sign-up to register and attend. You can also go to the Philly SQL Server User Group PASS home page here to learn more about the local chapter of the Professional Association of  SQL Server and become a member. Attending the meeting next Wednesday is free and you’ll learn about SQL Azure, SQL Server Denali, XML Query Plans and Violin’s flash storage technology. See ya there! Thanks, Mark Continue reading June 8 Philly SQL Server User Group Meeting

PSSUG SJ January 25 2011

Many thanks to all for coming out to the Haddon Heights Public Library yesterday for the South Jersey chapter of the SQL Server Users Group. As promised, I am publishing follow-up material and links based on my presentations & demos yesterday of SQL Server 2008 R2 and Denali … Best, Mark MAP tool: Click here to download the free tool that I mentioned to do a discovery on your network of all SQL Server instances. It will also tell what version, edition, instances and many other good tidbits about your SQL environment. This is very useful to get a good … Continue reading PSSUG SJ January 25 2011

Microsoft Give Camp in NYC January 2011

A Microsoft Give Camp has been announced in New York City for January: http://nycgivecamp.org/. I volunteered for the last one in Philly this past summer and donated my time as an ASP.NET developer, data modeling and SQL DBA.  It was a tremendously fulfilling experience and if you like donating your time to non-profit charities, I’m sure there will be a list of many good ones available to do work for in NYC. Continue reading Microsoft Give Camp in NYC January 2011

Thanks to the South Jersey SQL UG!

Many thanks to Ron for inviting me and for those who attended the October SQL Server South Jersey User Group last night. If anyone would like any follow-up information or deeper dive on the mass of material (I didn’t even have time to cover everything at a high level) please send me your info or drop a line in the comments section here and I’ll follow-up with you. I can get on a Live Meeting webcast with you to run some demos on other areas like I did last night in the library. Best regards, Mark Kromer Continue reading Thanks to the South Jersey SQL UG!

SQL Saturday #59 in NYC: FREE!

SQL Saturday is another example of the awesome grassroots community that exists around Microsoft technologies in general and SQL Server specifically. In November, SQL Saturday #59 will take place at the Microsoft NYC oofice in Manhattan. Go here to register: http://tinyurl.com/ln2zpe. Lots of great sessions, speakers and networking opportunities. I’ll talk about cool BI visualization options for an hour in the morning. See ya there! Continue reading SQL Saturday #59 in NYC: FREE!

Upcoming Philly-area SQL Server Events

South Jersey PSSUG Chapter UG meeting October 26: http://sjpssug20101026.eventbrite.com/. I’ll speak there about SQL Server 2008 R2 overview and roadmap. October 9 Code Camp SQL Server & BI track, I’ll speak about PowerPivot: http://phillydotnet20101009.eventbrite.com/. Philly PSSUG meeting in Malvern Microsoft office October 13: http://pssug.sqlpass.org/. Continue reading Upcoming Philly-area SQL Server Events