Twenty Days of CosmosDB

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I had read a few of Simona Cotin’s tips on Twitter over the last few months, but had not realized that they…


MCT Regional Lead 2018

I am very honored to once again be selected to serve the MCT Community as an MCT Regional Lead for 2018 – 2019. The MCT…


Azure Databricks

During the keynote at this weeks Connect() developer conference, Microsoft unveiled a new service that integrates the Azure platform with a globally distributed streaming analytics solution. Now…


Three Year Across America

Yes, it is the over-rated travel slideshow. But over the last three years I’ve been speaking at many SQL Saturday events, attending Microsoft Conferences, or…


SQL Operations Studio

Introducing Microsoft SQL Operations Studio, which is a free, light-weight tool for modern database development and operations for SQL Server on Windows, Linux and Docker, Azure…


Big Data Professional Program

I started working on the Big Data professional program a few months ago, but became a little busy traveling, speaking, and working. But since my…


November 2017 MBA Update

Finally finished the third and final paper for my Ethical Leadership course. Which means I can get a head start on my final term, followed of…


PASS Summit – Day 2

Volunteering again today for most of the morning. I could not keep up with most of the today’s keynote as I was running around trying…


PASS Summit Keynote

Starting off the first day of the PASS Summit and the Keynote was focused on SQL Server 2017 and Azure Data Services. This looked familiar…