Yep, that’s correct, the SQL Lunch has expanded to the UK with one slight change. Unlike the SQL Lunch that I host online here in the U.S., the SQL Lunch UK , which is hosted by Dave Bally (@davebally), will be held at a physical location. Well except for the first meeting. I have the great honor of being the first speaker. Since the presentation is in London you will have to wake up a little early (if you are in the U.S.) to catch the presentation. SQL Lunch UK Details Founder: Dave Balla...
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So I found out on Friday that I am going to be a speaker at the Dallas SQL Rally , which is very exciting. I had the honor of not only presenting a pre-con and one regular session at the first SQL Rally in Orlando, but since there was a speaker no show I had the opportunity to give an impromptu session. You had to be there to get the full affect. The event was great and being a speaker made it ten times better. After presenting several times at many different events I have realized that one sess...
Now that you have AlwaysOn configured and your first Availability Group (AG) created, it’s time to start leveraging those secondary replicas. The first step is to set the connection access for the primary and secondary role, if you haven’t already done so. You have three choices: No : No user connections are allowed to the secondary replica. Read-intent only: Only read-only connections are allowed Yes: All connections are allowed, but only for read-only access So the main difference ...
I have been quiet over the past year trying to get acclimated to my new job and my new found work life balance. Now that I have figured it all out I am slowly beginning to present on a regular basis. Next Wednesday (2/8/2012) I have the opportunity to give a short talk on SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn to the Baton Rouge SQL Server and .Net Users group. If you are in and around the area please join me. While I only have 15 minutes to talk, I promise a great presentation. I may run over just a little t...