Though you’ve missed the ship on a unique SQL Server and Professional Development training experience for our Miami 2012 cruise you certainly have not lost out on experiencing a SQL Cruise. Our Alaska 2012 offering still has open seats. SQL Cruise next departs from Seattle, WA on May 26, 2012 for 7 days of training,…
Day Seven on a SQL Cruise is always bittersweet for me. It reminds me of the waning days of summer camp as a child; which is fitting because it’s that Summer Camp Feel I try to foster for the experience of our Cruisers while on a SQL Cruise. On Day Seven you know that it’s…
Today was our marathon day of classes: we covered performance tuning concepts with Kevin Kline, bad habits to avoid in SQL Server with Aaron Bertrand, and Brent Ozar provided a very well-received session covering analysis of your SQL Server Plan Cache. The day started early for me as they always tend to on the SQL…
Day four found us with our second land day of SQL Cruise Miami 2012. As a group we decided to take the lead from someone who had been to St. Thomas a half-dozen times in the past… We decided to not go to St. Thomas. Yes, we hailed a taxi – all thirteen of us…
The Training Today was kicked-off on a professional development note by former SQL Cruiser from Miami 2011 (as well as PASS President Emeritus) Kevin Kline. Kevin provided us with a compelling discussion on Leadership Skills for the Database Professional in a very interesting venue – the Cagney’s Steakhouse restaurant on board the Norwegian Epic. One…
Our first day on land has finally arrived. After two very successful class days at sea we arrived at 8:00 am in the port of Phillipsburg, St. Maarten. While some of us simply planned to explore the shops and perhaps get a drink or meal on the island many of us spent the day on…
Our first day in class was a great success. Brent Ozar presented on San Features for Senior DBAs and I covered the Periodic Table of Dynamic Management Objects. The evening agenda for SQL Cruise kicked off first however at the Spice H2O Pool and Grill where we held the Brent Ozar PLF Art Auction. If…
The first day of SQL Cruise is always filled with energy. Everyone rushes to get through the lines to embark and get that first fruity drink… then they see how much drinks cost on the cruise ship. We meet for our first taste of the buffet for our initial SQL Cruise meal and kick off…
Why do I do this? It seems to be always the same when organizing SQL Cruises: the first couple weeks are a flurry of action, stress, bureaucracy, stress, and stress… then the months of waiting… then bring back the stress, bureaucracy, and stress for the two weeks leading up to the cruise. Add that this…
The itinerary for SQL Cruise Miami & Caribbean is now LIVE. We currently have two weeks until our requisite SQL Cruise BBQ the day before we sail and then it’s off to warmer locales to the South where we will dig into SAN, Solid State, Performance Tuning, Professional Development, New Features in SQL 2012, and…