SQLBits | Richard Douglas - SQL Server Professional

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 [...]

Free SQL Stuff

Community events are a great way of picking up free stuff and SQLRelay is no exception. At the inaugural Maidenhead User Group on the 4th October not only are we being treated to two excellent speakers from Coeo in Justin Langford and Chirag Roy, but we have the following items to give away too:

Session Recordings of [...]

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 [...]

SQLBits 9 Announced

Those awesome organisers at SQLBits have gone and done it again! The next SQL Server extravaganza has been announced and is going to be held in Liverpool 29th September – 1st October 2011.

For those of you not familiar with SQLBits it’s run by a group of SQL MVP’s for the community and has recently become the [...]

Care in the community

There have been a couple of SQL Server community events over the last week. In the U.S. was SQL Saturday 53 (Tweet tag #sqlsat53) and here in the U.K. was SQLBits 7 (Tweet tag #SQLBits). I’ve never been over to the U.S. but would love to at some point to attend another community event SQL Pass. [...]

SQLBits – The 7 Wonders of SQL – Why you should attend

If you’re in the U.K. and work with SQL Server chances are you have heard for this and may have even registered, for those of you who aren’t subscribed to the #SQLBits twitter tag, here’s a brief overview of what SQLBits is and why you should attend. [...]

SQL Bits VI

Simon Sabin announced in his blog earlier today here details about SQLBits VI.

The event is on Friday 16th April at the Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, London and will be free!

For more information go to the [...]

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 [...]

SQLBits V session agenda now online

For those of you that have registered the agenda’s for SQLBits V is now available online.

http://www.sqlbits.com/information/newagenda.aspx

Hope to see a few of [...]

Richard Douglas – SQL Server Professional

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