Voice of the DBA

Tag: speaking

  • Margaritas and TexMex at VS Live

    takes place in a few weeks and I’m excited. Austin is one of those cities I enjoy visiting, with a few friends, now a Redgate office, and some great good and drink. I’m hoping my wife will come along and we can enjoy a few days there.

    However, I’ll also be speaking at VS Live in May, which is a great conference for many of us that wear mixed hats. So many people these days don’t get to just work with SQL Server, or perform software development without having to understand more about deployment or networking or something else.

    If you’re trying to get, or being forced, to think about DevOps, VS Live is for you. Tell your boss, this is the chance for you to expand your skills, add development skills if you’re a DBA, or add DBA (or cloud, or Windows) skills if you’re a developer.

    Register for VS Live in Austin, which has to be one of the best locations. Good conference and content, good weather, great food, cold drinks, and plenty of music to enjoy at night. Register today today and

    I hope to see you there, and let’s talk SQL Server and DevOps.

  • Speaking at SQL Saturday #621–Silicon Valley

    Once again I’m heading back to the Valley. I was accepted to speak at SQL Saturday #621 – Silicon Valley on April 22, 2017. This is one of the larger SQL Saturday events in the US and I enjoy visiting California, so I’m looking forward to the event.

    I’ll be talking DevOps again, trying to convince some of you to start testing database code, others that database development and deployment can move quickly. This is a similar talk to the one I’ve delivered a few times and hopefully I’ll get a few people to think about changing their development practices.

    If you’re anywhere near Mountain View on Apr 22, consider signing up and coming by the Microsoft Technology Center in the area. It’s a neat building and there will be some great speakers. A good chance to learn more about the SQL Server platform.

  • DevOps at VSLive–Austin

    You can see me in May at VS Live in Austin, where I and many others will be talking DevOps. There are lots of sessions to choose from, including some all day pre-cons. If you work in multiple areas (data, development, ops), or want to get ideas about how to better build and manage software, come to VS Live in  Austin.

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    Use my code, AUSPK14, to register and save $400. We can talk about DevOps and enjoy some Austin TexMex.

  • Building a Database DevOps Process at the Data Platform Summit 2017

    I’m heading to India this August for the Data Platform Summit 2017. I am honored to have been selected to deliver a pre-conference seminar called “Building a Database DevOps Process”, where I’ll walk through the way in which you can include your database alongside application code and deploy it smoothly to various other environments, such as test, QA, UAT, Beta, Staging, Pre-prod, etc.

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    If you are going to be in Bangalore during the middle of August, register for the DPS and come see my, or another, pre con as well. There are some great ones.

    This will be my first trip to India and I’m looking forward to it. Actually my whole family is looking forward, as I’ll be taking a week or so vacation before the conference to travel with them before I spend a week at work. I should be acclimated to the time change by the time the conference starts, which is good. I’ve got customer training also scheduled, so a busy August for me.

    Now to get a Visa and inoculations. Hope to see you there.