My summer event hiatus is coming to a close, and we’re now back into the conference and event season! I’ve spent the summer making some wild plans for new posts and research articles (and more) that I’ll be releasing on here this fall. Stay tuned for some exciting announcements!

I do have a number of upcoming events that I would like to share with you. Hopefully I’ll see you at some of these!

First, on September 13th I will be in Kansas City for their next SQL Saturday #300 event. The event is being held at Cerner Corporation’s Riverport Campus, 6711 NE Birmingham Road, Kansas City MO. I’ve been to this event every year for quite a while now, and it’s definitely one of my favorites. My session this year is the SQL Server Virtualization 101 session, and I always look forward to presenting this one. It’s a great introduction to virtualization for any DBA who has never had any exposure to the details on the virtualization layer. Register today for this event here!

I go from there to Las Vegas for this year’s IT/Dev Connections conference held at the ARIA Resort on September 15-19. I am very lucky to have been selected to present two sessions this year – “Make Your Virtualized SQL Server Machines Top Performers” and a joint session with my friend Ben DeBow entitled “Scaling Your Virtualized SQL Servers Up and Out“.

I fly straight from IT/Dev Connections to this year’s SQL Saturday #331 in Denver! It’s being held at the University of Denver – Driscoll Student Center, 2055 East Evans Avenue, Denver CO on September 20. I’m presenting the followup to the 101 session aptly entitled “SQL Server Virtualization 201“. Register today for this event here!

Hopefully I can catch a few zzzz’s after this event, because just one week later I’ll be at the next SQL Saturday #318 in Orlando on September 27th at Seminole State College, 100 Weldon Blvd, Sanford FL. I’m excited to attend this event for the first time. I’m hitting the tail end of the massive session lineup with my “Easy SQL Server Benchmarking” session. Register for this event here!

After a short break, I’m presenting a preconference session entitled “Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs” on October 24th in front of the next SQL Saturday #332 in Minneapolis. The all-day training is designed to help you, the DBA, understand the intricacies of virtualization from a DBA’s perspective, and give you the foundation to take back all the tips and tricks needed to maximize your system’s performance and availability when virtualized. Seats at this all-day class are a steal at just $99. To register for this precon, click here.

I’m not the only one presenting at this event! Argenis Fernandez, Jason Strate and Adam Jorgensen, and Mark Vaillancourt are all presenting fantastic preconference training sessions. If virtualization is not your thing, please check out the other precons.  This is the best training that you can get – without having to travel – at an incredible price!

The following day is Minneapolis’ next SQL Saturday on October 25th. It is being held at the University of Minnesota – Keller Hall – 200 Union Street SE, Minneapolis MN. It’s my first time at this event too! The schedule has yet to be posted, but I know the lineup will be great based on the submissions and tales from previous events. I can’t wait! Register for this event here.

A little over a week later I’ll be in Seattle for this year’s infamous SQL PASS Summit 2014 from November 2-8th. I was fortunate enough to be selected to present a really tough session – “Right-Sizing Your SQL Server Virtual Machines“. I’ve got a lot of fun demos for this session, and I can hardly wait! November will be here before we know it. If you have never made it to the SQL PASS Summit conference before, it is the defacto event for SQL Server professionals each year. I’ll never miss it again. Period. Register today to lock in a lower rate than if you wait until the last minute!

If you’d like to have me speak for your user group, either in person or remote, feel free to contact me! I’d love to talk with your group and spread the word about how DBAs can use virtualization to their advantage!