October – IndyPass

Identifying and Fixing Parameter Sniffing (Tuesday October 18th, 2016 – 6:00 pm) Presenter: Brent Ozar from Brent Ozar Unlimited You swear nothing changed – but…


Get Started with Query Store

One of the newest features that everyone is talking about with Azure SQL Database or SQL Server 2016 is the Query Store which provides a mechanism of capturing…


MCSA: Office 365

Seems like I like to take my certifications backwards, but I passed my 70-347 exam on Office 365 Services today. Going to take a day…


Ignite Online Sessions

There were so many great session at Microsoft Ignite that I could not attend them all. Fortunately, we can catch all the videos online.  One…


MVP: Data Platform

I am deeply honored and extremely humbled to be joining the MVP community. This is not something you earn on your own and there are…


Ignite Attendee Celebration

Now that was a great party at Centennial Park. I had a nice view from atop the Ferris Wheel looking down on 23,000 of my…



The 2016 Krewe Photo

Every year, The Krewe gets together at noon on Tuesday in front of the New Horizons booth for our annual picture. And I have no…


First day of Ignite 2016

First day of Microsoft Ignite. First lesson, with 23, 000 attendees you need more than ONE working escalator. Second lesson, I really loved the hangout…