Kevin S. Goff: Stages of Data

12/7/2013: Today’s SQL Saturday in Washington DC and my Session

To anyone who wanted to attend my session at today's SQL Saturday event in DC I apologize that the session had to be cancelled.

I hate to make excuses, but a combination of getting back late from Detroit (client trip), a car that's dead (blown head gasket), and some sudden health issues with my wife have made it impossible for me to attend.

Back in August, I did the same session (ColumnStore Index) for PASS as a webinar.

You can go to this link to access the video (it'll be streamed, as all PASS videos are streamed)

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/2247689092133300736

The link does require that you fill out your name and email address, but that's it. And then you can watch the video.

Feel free to contact me if you have questions, at kgoff@kevinsgoff.net

11/10/2013: SQL Server Topic of the Week: Getting Started with Windows Azure SQL Databases

Getting started with Windows Azure and creating SQL Databases "in the cloud" can be a bit daunting, especially if you've never tried out any of Microsoft's cloud offerings.

Fortunately, I've created a webcast to help people get started. This is an absolute beginner's guide to creating SQL Databases under Windows Azure. It assumes zero prior knowledge of Azure.

You can go to the BDBI Webcasts of this website and check out my webcast (dated 11/10/2013).

Or you can just download the webcast videos right here: here is part 1 and here is part 2. You can also download the slide deck here.

KG

11/3/2013: SQL Server Topic of the Week: Snapshot Isolation Level

Topic this week: SQL Server Snapshot Isolation Levels, added in SQL Server 2005.

To this day, there are still many SQL developers, many good SQL developers who either aren't aware of this feature, or haven't had time to look at it.

Hopefully this information will help.

Slide deck here

Companion webcast will be uploaded in the next day – look for it in the BDBI Webcasts section of this blog.

KG