Category Archives: PASS

Day One Key Note at PASS 2012 Summit

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Glenn Berry

This is the 14th PASS Summit, and there are nearly 4000 attendees from 57 countries. There are 127K members in PASS now. Those figures are really pretty amazing, showing very good growth over the past several years. SQL PASS President, … Continue reading →

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Behemoth of the Server Room?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Back during the PASS 2011 Summit in Seattle, I was interviewed by Tony Davis, Andrew Clark, and Rodney Landrum about hardware, storage subsystems and virtualization.  This was a fun little impromptu interview, filmed in a somewhat quiet location during the … Continue reading →

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Scaling SQL Server Presentation from SQLSaturday #104 Precon

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Glenn Berry

On Friday, January 6, 2012, I got the opportunity to present an expanded version of my “Scaling SQL Server” presentation down in Colorado Springs. I think it went pretty well, and I got some nice feedback from the attendees. Being … Continue reading →

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Scaling SQL Server – SQL Saturday #104 Precon

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Glenn Berry

I will be presenting a day long preconference session on Scaling SQL Server for SQLSaturday #104 on Friday, January 6, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (MT) in Colorado Springs, CO. This will be a revised and expanded version … Continue reading →

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Denver SQL Server User’s Group Meeting on October 20, 2011

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Glenn Berry

The Denver SQL Server User’s Group will be having their monthly meeting tonight at the Microsoft office in the Denver Tech Center. It will be a PASS Summit 2011 Debrief, where a number of members will give their impressions and … Continue reading →

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Scaling SQL Server

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Glenn Berry

On Friday, October 14, 2011,  I had the pleasure of delivering my new Scaling SQL Server presentation at the PASS Summit 2011 in Seattle. This was a half-day session, so I had plenty time to present the material and not … Continue reading →

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Liveblog for Day 2 Keynote at SQL PASS Summit 2011

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Glenn Berry

There are four racks of servers and storage on stage for today’s keynote complete with roaring fans and flashing lights. This means that we are very likely in for some more interesting demonstrations during the keynote presentations today. It is … Continue reading →

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Liveblog for Day 1 Keynote at SQL PASS 2011

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Glenn Berry

It is hard to live tweet or live blog when the Wi-Fi is not working reliably. The keynote starts out with a speech from the PASS President, covering PASS business. Ted Kummert announced that SQL Server Denali will be SQL … Continue reading →

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SQL Server MVP Deep Dives, Volume 2 Available at PASS 2011 Summit

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Volume 2 of the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives book is now available for pre-order from Amazon and from Manning. This book has all new content, rather than just an update or refresh of Volume 1. Just like the first … Continue reading →

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Slides For My 24 Hours of PASS Session

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Glenn Berry

The slide deck for my session Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware is available here. There are still twelve more sessions in 24HOP coming up on September 8.

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