19Oct 2010 by Grant Fritchey 1 Comment

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

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I've got a couple of more sessions before the big two at the PASS Summit. Tomorrow night, October 20th, I'll be speaking at the Southern New England Network Users Group on SQL Server Best Practices. It's the first time I've talked on this topic, so it might be fun to watch. After that I'm previewing one of my two Summit presentations for Brian Knight (blog|twitter) and Pragmatic Works in a webinar on Identifying and Fixing Performance Problems Using Execution Plans. Go here to register. After that, it's off the PASS Summit.
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11Aug 2010 by Grant Fritchey No Comments

Viva Las Vegas!

SQL Server, T-SQL
I won't be going to Las Vegas, but I will be presenting to the Las Vegas SQL Server Users Group, S3OLV. The sesssion will be "Introduction to Execution Plans." Please swing by if you're in the area. I'm not sure if they'll make the LiveMeeting available to the public or if they'll record the session. But if they do, please attend that way too.
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15Jun 2010 by Grant Fritchey No Comments

Sarasota SQL Server Users Group

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Tonight I'm presenting for the Sarasota SQL Server Users Group. If you're interested in attending, you can join in using this link. The topic will be "Query Performance Tuning 101." And in case you can't make that, Thursday, June 17th, I'll be on Quest's Pain of the Week. It should be fun too.
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06Oct 2009 by Grant Fritchey No Comments

Hey, ho, where’d you go…

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Ohio? I'm presenting on Thursday to the Columbus SQL Server Users Group, home of the newly minted MVP, Jeremiah Peschka (congrats again). It's to be a virtual presentation through live meeting. The topic is a Understanding Execution Plans. This time I hope that one of us remembers to hit the record button unlike last time when I did this presentation for the PASS AppDev Virtual Chapter. If you're in the area, come on down and meet me, virtually. Show runs from 6:30-8:30, although all that time is not my presentation, so I suspect Jeremiah has some more fun planned.
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03Aug 2009 by Grant Fritchey 5 Comments

24 Hours of PASS

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I'm fairly certain Jack Bauer isn't involved with this new initiative from PASS. Just as I'm also certain I won't be the only person to invoke 24 while referring to 24 Hours of PASS. But even without Jack Bauer, I'm on the edge of my seat. 24 different sessions by top names in the industry from all around the world. I wonder if I can do this without sleep? Probably not. I'll still being trying to attend as many of these as I can work in. I'm really looking forward to it.  People you want to hear are going to be there. Jessica Moss is going to talk about Reporting Services. Adam Machanic is going to introduce CLR. Gail Shaw will be presenting (at something like 2:oh my flipping god…
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