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Certification Progress

- by NeilHambly

Like a lot of us, I had set myself some goals @ the start of the year, and I did not make them all that easy I had set myself the goal to become Microsoft certified in SQL Server 2008 & 2012 {the details on what exactly where the 2012 certifications where not clear when the goal was initially set} I duly spent the best part of the 1st half of the year, in studies for and taking the 4 exams to become an MCITP 2008 SQL Server for both Database Administrator & Developer Exam 70-432 This was...(read more)

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I'm Speaking @ SQL in the City (London 15th July)

- by NeilHambly

If you didn't already know Redgate have 2 full 1 day conferences planned Called " SQL in the City ", these being held @ the following 2 major cities London, UK on 15th July (Now Full with waiting list) Los Angeles, US on 28th Oct It is a full days’ worth of FREE SQL Server training sponsored by Redgate, you get the opportunity to attend a number of training sessions in the track of your choosing, along with the chance to network with your peers and interact with SQL MVP's, Redgate...(read more)

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Getting my stuff organised

- by NeilHambly

I start off by saying, "I'm not that organised" @ times and things just don't get done even If I want them too So having missed some of my own personal targets so far this year already, I thought I needed some better way to achieve on those targets and one of these is to be a "little" more organised with my spare time, so I have decided that I will "try out" the following to see if it helps For 3 weeks each month I will follow this routine (my evenings after...(read more)

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Reflecting on week long Training with SQLSkills

- by NeilHambly

Time for a quick reflection on my 5-day's training with SQLSkills, they have 4 weeks in their immersion training program, this was week 1: Internals & Performance held @ large Heathrow Hotel http://www.sqlskills.com/T_ImmersionInternalsDesign.asp So was the Course worth the Time and Money... undoubtedly, I believe we had a large number of the people there also self-funding along with the lucky corporate sponsored ones. It was akin to doing say the "London marathon" in that you know...(read more)

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PASS 2013 Board of Directors Election

- by NeilHambly

Hello Today we received the PASS Connector emails, with the announcements of the 7 Candidates running in this BoD election, as you can see there are a total of 7 of us who made it through to the final stages Announcing the PASS Board of Directors Candidates The PASS Board of Directors has ratified the official slate for the upcoming Board elections, which begin this week. Three seats are up for election for the 2014-2015 term, including two regional seats: one representing EMEA and one representing...(read more)

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Video of my session from SQLBits 8 (Brighton)

- by NeilHambly

If you missed my session @ SQLBits 8 (Brighton) on "Queues & Waits" and are feeling somewhat brave, you can now view it in your own home/office and @ your leisure, so pull up a chair and settle in for a hour of "Waiting" .. hmmm that doesn't sound quite right but if you insist Follow this link and enjoy me if Full HDD if that is your preference (is that the right word ?), well hopefully you will not cringe quite as much as I did watching it {But I do think that is universal...(read more)

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sys.dm_os_performance_counters Data Pivoted

- by NeilHambly

At times I often want to know what is happening inside my SQL Servers, there are of course a multitude of ways I could "peek" into the activity that has been happening, Sometimes I just need to get a quick summary of those facts, maybe just to know if anything unusal has happened I'm not yet aware of, an easy way I can do that is to query the DMV sys.dm_os_performance_counters, As t here are tons of blog posts already out there on using the data from this DMV, I'm not going to focus...(read more)

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PASS Summit 2012

- by NeilHambly

Today is 19th June and after nearly busting @ the seams for a week or so, I can along with many others now annouce the news that I had a selected Abstract and will therefore be speaking @ this years PASS Summit... I do feel special to have been chosen and I know a number of VERY talented and experienced speaker that where less fortunate.. So I have to pull oput all the stops to make this the BEST session I have ever given My session is a longer version (= more Demo's) and somewhat different version...(read more)

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NomCom Election

- by NeilHambly

I've waited until I got confirmation that I would indeed be included on the slate of applications for the 2012 NomCom Committee before publishing this blog Now I have been given the GREEN light on that from PASS I want to provide you with some brief background about myself, as you may not know me well or have no idea even who I am. I also wanted to give you some insight into why I submitted my application to be a part of this NomCom committee, so I think it is useful to answer the key question...(read more)

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