Voice of the DBA

Tag: speaking

  • Speaking at the NYC Lunch and Learn–May 23

    In a couple of weeks, I’ll be in New York City for the Redgate DevOps Devour Hour Lunch and Learn. This is at the Industrious office at 730 3rd Avenue, which is a neat location near the tip of Manhattan.

    This is a half day event, from 12-430, with a short happy hour afterwards. I’ll be there, along with Kendra Little and Erik Darling, talking a variety of different topics.

    • The SQL Server Performance Tasting Menu – Erik
    • A Tale of Two Clouds: What I Learned from Migrating from Azure SQL MI to Amazon RDS for SQL Server – Kendra
    • Designing Zero Downtime Database Deployments – me

    I’m excited to head back to NYC, which is always a fun trip for me. Even more exciting, Erik and Kendra are people who always get me to think with their views of how to work with databases effectively.

    My session will be a mix of tech demos and tips/tricks on how to better make changes to your database systems without interrupting customers.

    You can register today and I’ll see you in a few weeks.

  • SQL Saturday New York City 2025 is Back!

    After missing last year, SQL Saturday New York City is back in 2025. I’m excited to go to the event and honored to speak there. I love visiting New York and I’m looking forward to the trip, as is Mrs Way0utwest, who is coming along for a little vacation. Hopefully we’ll find a fun show to see Saturday night.

    There is a precon this year from Andreas Wolter, longtime SQL Server Program Manager  at Microsoft. It’s on practical performance tuning and troubleshooting, and you can register and attend on Friday.

    Saturday has a great schedule the includes a wide variety of topics. Data virtualization, Power BI, development in a 24/7 environment, Cost optimization, and of course, a lot of Fabric. I’ll be talking about the Data API Builder, which is a cool piece of tech to quickly get those CRUD apps going.

    Pass the word, and come into the city on May 11 for a fun event. Register today and I’ll see you later this week.

  • SQL Saturday Austin 2025 Slides

    My slides for SQL Saturday Austin are here: ArchitectZeroDowntime_SQLSatAustin2025

    The repo is here: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime

    If you have questions, let me know.

  • DevOps Day – Atlanta

    No tour this year, but Redgate does have a few DevOps events scheduled. I’m hoping for more, and the first one for me this year is Atlanta. You can register for the DevOps Day Atlanta Workshop on May 15, just a few weeks away.

    I’ll be there to set the stage and give a high level view of how Redgate approaches better database code management and deployment with Flyway. We’ll also have a whiteboarding session if you have questions to solve some architectural challenges.

    If you can make it, please register today and come enjoy a day with us.