Category Archives: Teaching

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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Promoted to Master Group By Thomas LaRock

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Glenn Berry

SQLRockstar Thomas LaRock has updated his blogger rankings this month, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that he had moved me up from the Model group to the Master group. This is quite an honor, since Thomas spends quite … Continue reading →

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Speaking at Spring 2012 SQL Server Connections in Las Vegas

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Glenn Berry

I am going to be one of the speakers at the Spring 2012 SQL Server Connections Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. This conference will be held from March 26-29, 2012, and you can register here. The banner on the conference … 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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Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Glenn Berry

On Wednesday, October 12, at 10:15AM, I am going to get the pleasure of presenting my Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware Spotlight session at the PASS Summit 2011 in Seattle. This will be a 90 minute session, so … 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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24 Hours of PASS on September 7

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Just in case you forgot, I wanted to remind everyone that the free, 24 Hours of PASS online event starts tomorrow at 12:00 GMT.  My session is Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware starts at 22:00 GMT, and the … Continue reading →

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Presenting Hardware 301 at 24 Hours of PASS on September 7

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Glenn Berry

PASS just announced today the next occurrence of 24 Hours of PASS (24HOP), which is called the Summit Preview version. I will be doing a session called Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware at 21:00 (9PM) GMT, which is … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Hardware Book News and Reviews

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Today was an exciting day, since I discovered that fellow SQL Server MVP Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter) had posted a very nice review of my book SQL Server Hardware. That means a lot to me, since I respect Brent, both as … Continue reading →

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Teaching Transact-SQL at University of Denver, University College

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Starting this week on Wednesday night, I will be teaching a special five-week condensed version of ICT 4462, Transact-SQL Programming on campus at University of Denver, University College. This class is normally a ten week course, but the school usually … Continue reading →

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