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One of the things that surprised me the most when I became a Regional Mentor for the Midwest Region of PASS was how few groups there were in my little three state AO(Area of Operations). I mean seriously, you can swing a dead cat and hit nay number of .NET user groups but there is [...]

Interesting enough I learned something the other day through Twitter. It seems that the Microsoft MVP program actually takes nominations through a specific email address. I had always thought that you could only be nominated by an existing MVP or a Microsoft employee… https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpnominate   So if you know someone in the community that you [...]

Tonight I will have the honor of presenting at the Columbus, OH PASS Group. If you are in the area then please stop by..ESPECIALLY if you have never been to a PASS user group meeting before. I cannot tell you how many people I meet that are simply amazed that these groups are out there [...]

Well, I have gotten into the habit of sharing my scores from the feedback on the presentations from these major events that I end up going to. Not really to boast or anything but I believe that it helps me to accomplish 2 things: 1. Keep me honest on my presentations: What I mean by [...]

Well, third weekend in a row presenting … so now I am up to 8 presentations in a 3 week period…. personal best..Lol! Anywho, the event was awesome as most SQL Saturday events are. If you have never been to one then you just simply do not know what you are missing! So in order [...]

First of all, thanks to everyone whom participated in this year’s event! It was a blast interacting with everyone and see a lot of new faces in the crowd! The event went off very well …and the only issue seemed to be my laptop and the wireless playing nice together….oh well maybe @PerpetualTech will but [...]

Well, finally back at work after a glorious weekend in Iowa City for the SQL Saturday #50. What a great event! I have to give kudos to the team up there. I had to make a choice about which event I would attend, since there were three actually going on at the same time, and [...]

I remember when I got out of the academia scene(physics) and started working for the federal government. My position was one that required me to be an active member of the military so part of the gig was that you had 2 weeks worth of training that you had to complete each year. My first [...]

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! [...]