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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 idea why I am looking in a different direction than everyone else. New this year at the Ignite conference were the BeamBots, for people who…


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 area. I could not decide on which session to take so I took them all. This is one large screen where you can switch back…


MCT Day – Atlanta 2016

What a fun, educational, and entertaining MCT Day. I arrived at the Embassy Suites a few hours early to help set up the projectors and other tech stuff (moving tables). It was so great to see all my old friends and meeting some new friends. The session with Larry Kaye…


MCP Party at the Museum

For my MCP friends going to Microsoft Ignite. Be sure to pick up your party pass at Certification Central on Monday or Tuesday to attend the MCP party at the Museum which will be held at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History on Tuesday, September 27th from 8 pm to Midnight. Not an MCP yet? Take…


Microsoft Tech Community

This has been rumored for some time, but it now seems that Microsoft’s latest iteration of online community is live. Launched on September 2nd, but in beta testing for months, the Microsoft Tech Community asserts to bring multiple communities together in a central location. Sound familiar? That’s essentially what Microsoft…


LOD Ignite Badges

Learn on Demand Systems is rolling out with a fun new achievement system. The team will be at  Microsoft Ignite  in Atlanta, GA from September 26-30, 2016, where they will be showcasing this great new program. Just some of the badges you can earn include Head in the Cloud, Day Tripper, Houston…


24 HOP Session Recordings

Session Recordings are now available from the 24 Hours of PASS. You can also check out all the speakers at the upcoming PASS Summit.


FREE Plan Explorer

SQL Sentry is introducing the new unified Plan Explorer! This edition includes all features of Plan Explorer PRO, plus two new and incredibly powerful features: Index Analysis and Performance Profiling. These new features were originally going to be part of Plan Explorer ULTIMATE at higher price point. However, they ultimately decided…


Pitfalls of Code Reuse

Don’t forget tonight at 11pm, Andy Yun will be presenting hour 16 of the 24 Hours of PASS .http://bit.ly/2boVHxb This session will be moderated by myself, but don’t miss out on the other 23 hours of this PASS Summit Preview. 


Deep Dive into Data Science

This post was originally on Microsoft’s Born to Learn on September 1, 2016 Recently at the World Partner Conference in Toronto, Alison Cunard unveiled the Microsoft Professional Degree (MPD) program. Fortunately for myself, over the last three months I have been able to participate in the curriculum preview of Microsoft’s new endeavor as…