In just one week, I’ll be traveling west to Omaha to speak at SQLSaturday there. It’s been a while since I’ve been to one, so I’m really looking forward to it. On Friday, I’ll be presenting an all-day pre-conference session on SQL Server security. This will be an A-Z overview of the topic. We’ll start […]
Ed Leighton-Dick helps small and midsize businesses solve their most challenging database performance, resiliency, and data security issues at Kingfisher Data, the consulting firm he founded in 2014. He has taught thousands of people at over 200 events, including the world's largest Microsoft data platform conferences, and he has been a leader in the Microsoft data community since 2008. Microsoft has recognized Ed seven times as a Data Platform MVP for his expertise and service to the data community.
Speaking at 24 Hours of PASS
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been selected to present as part of the next 24 Hours of PASS! The theme this time is “Growing Our Communities” – only those who have never been accepted to speak at PASS Summit were eligible to submit abstracts. From the submitted abstracts, twenty-four were selected to present a […]
Monitoring Your Backups [T-SQL Tuesday #66]
Cathrine Wilhelmsen (b|t) is hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, and the topic she chose is monitoring. All of us, whether a DBA or a developer, internal resource or consultant, monitor something on a daily basis. The hardest part for me was deciding what to write about. In the end, I decided to write about monitoring […]
SQL Server 2016 announced… and it’s gonna rock
In what spare time I’ve had this week, I’ve been watching the news coming out of Microsoft Ignite (formerly Tech Ed). SQL Server 2016 was announced during Monday’s keynote. And it sounds like it will be awesome. Just a few of the highlights I’m interested in so far: Always Encrypted SQL Server has had encryption capabilities […]
Speaking at Iowa Code Camp on May 9
If you’re in the Iowa City area, come to Iowa Code Camp this weekend! They have a great lineup of speakers, covering the full gamut of development topics – Agile, Node.js, ORMs, UI design, Javascript, interviewing, R, NoSQL, SQL Server, and many more. I’ll be presenting my session on SQL Server encryption at 10:30: We’ve all seen […]