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Well, I promised the XRM Virtual Users Group ( website | twitter ) and Julie Yack ( blog | twitter ) that I would provide them a blog of an example of using the Lookup feature in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2….well, that time has come. I will throw out the caveat that I [...]

The webcast recording is up for my presentation to the XRM Virtual User’s Group on SSRS 2008 R2 in CRM. In it I go over some of the new features as well as some gotchas for people looking to upgrade to the newer version.  http://www.xrmvirtual.com/events/ssrs_crm Thanks to Julie Yack et all for putting everything together! [...]

I don’t normally plug too many other blog posts here as I figure you can find them on your own if they are good….BUT Brent Ozar has an excellent blog post on Why I’m Disappointed in the PASS Election Process If you have the time, I would read it….it seriously had me rolling…. Cheers, AJ

That’s right people. I am heading out on the road once again for a SQL Saturday. This time it will be SQL Saturday 50 in Iowa City, IA on Sept 18th, 2010. I hear tell that there will be an awesome lineup of speakers available to get you all ‘learned up’ on the latest and [...]

Well, another successful SQL Saturday has been logged in the books. I had a single session for this one for Change Data Capture and went out of my way to ensure that it was crammed packed with information for the people attending….even to the point that when the volunteer monitor in the room exclaimed  “I [...]

SQL Lunch this week will be on Policy-Based Management giving by none other than Jorge Segarra (AKA @SQLChicken ). I highly recommend that you attend as Policy-Based Management is one of those gems within the SQL Server environment that can make a HUGE impact on your workload by keeping pesky developers in check from running [...]

Okay so here are the files I promised. It includes the slides and the code I talked about. Sorry if it seemed a little rushed but I was already behind the power-curve starting out on time and wanted to cover as much stuff as possible. Be sure to check out the other webcasts coming up [...]

Thanks to everyone for attending last month’s webcast on Reporting Services 2008 R2. Responses were great and barring a few minor technical glitches went well for our first one. Now it is time for #2 and we will be looking at the Entity Framework 4.0 and I will be demoing a lot of cool features [...]

I will be giving a presentation to the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter on Aug 11,2010. Be sure to attend as they are giving away $50.00 Amazon gift card! The details are below so be sure and sign up! Event Link:   http://www.sqlpass.org/Events/ctl/ViewEvent/mid/521.aspx?ID=457   Date: 8/11/2010 Start Time:     12:00:00 PM End Time:     1:00:00 PM Timezone:     (GMT-07:00) Mountain [...]

Okay, so I will be presenting another webcast on SQL Server 2008 R2 Features….this time specifically with a slant towards CRM for the XRMVirtualUserGroup on Aug 26th,2010. SSRS in CRM with Arie Jones Join Arie Jones, Principal Technology Manager of Perptech, as he shares with us what’s new in SSRS 2008 R2. This session will [...]