#SQLThursday is here

Struggling to source quality free content on SQL Server? Finding it difficult to fill the void between #TSQL2sDay and Un-SQL Friday?

Join me for the first EMEA SQL Server webcast of the year Deploying SQL Server Tips & Tricks  on Thursday 19th January 2012!

Starting this month I’m proud to announce that I will be hosting the all [...]

SQLRelay: The Final Sprint

The UK SQL community has never had so many events in such a short space of time. Last week there were three days of SQLBits and this week all 15 SQL User Groups have held a free event with each meeting having a session presented by a SQL Server MVP. This figure includes three user groups [...]

SQLRelay: The Third Leg

Feedback from the second leg of SQLRelay was very positive indeed. The attendees from my Maidenhead group were very impressed and glad they had a user group near them. Navigate to http://www.sqlserverfaq.com to see if there is a user group near you, if there isn’t we can help you start one!

You can see the lead up [...]

SQLRelay: The Second Leg

For those of you that follow athletics and have seen how the 4 * 100metre relay works you may appreciate that I decided not to go with the title “SQL Relay: Going round the bend” for yesterdays blog post SQLRelay: The First Leg. I might still go for it tomorrow depending on how tonight turns out!

Last [...]

SQLRelay: The First Leg

SQLBits 9 may be over but the SQL community is still going strong in the UK with the first leg of SQLRelay kicking off this evening. If you haven’t heard of SQLRelay we’re hosting a mammoth 15 SQL user group meetings in three days and a 16th national event in London on the fourth day with [...]

SQLBits 9 Roundup

I’ve written quite a bit about SQLBits since I started blogging almost two years ago, this time however I had a very different experience from previous events. In August I accepted a position at Quest software and asked if I could work on the stand, so for this SQLBits I was an exhibitor, not an attendee. [...]

A new SQL User Group in the UK

You may have already heard rumours on twitter or on a couple of blogs that there has been a new SQL user Group announced here in the UK. It’s time to put a bit of flesh on the bones!

I’ve been wanting to start a user group for some time now as the community is so vibrant [...]

Paul Randall & Kimberley Tripp SQL Master Class

An overview of a great day with Paul Randall & Kimberley Tripp [...]

Leeds SQL User Group


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Join Anthony Brown and Martin Bell tomorrow for an evening on Service Broker and an introduction to SQL’s version of PowerShell. There will be a prize draw for a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate during the evening as well as other goodies.

You will need to register for this event, to do so click on the following [...]

SQLBits review

It’s now been a week since SQLBits V started in Newport, Wales, so it’s about time I wrote a little on it.

First of all I have to say a big thank you to all the organisers, speakers and sponsors without whom the event would not have been possible. The facilities at the conference centre was absolutely [...]