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  • Time zone limbo

    Australia is currently in an interesting week for time zones. Up until a couple of years ago, Daylight Savings finished on the last Sunday in March. That’s when the clocks got put back to Standard Time, as the Australian summer ended. Last year though, this got extended by a week, until the first Sunday...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Wed, Apr 1 2009
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  • Presenting at ADNUG this week

    I haven't been to ADNUG for a while. I love that the group is there, but over the past year or more, I haven't prioritised getting to the meetings. I've been to meetings of equivalent groups in Melbourne and Sydney, but not to the Adelaide .Net Group for a while. But this week I will! I've...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Mon, Oct 6 2008
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  • User Group meeting with Christine Bishop

    Yesterday we had Christine Bishop come to Adelaide . She's the Product Marketing Manager for SQL Server and BI for Microsoft Australia. That makes her handy to know if you're in the SQL space, and we had a nice crowd come along to the user group to meet her. One thing that made this meeting different...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Thu, Oct 11 2007
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  • My favourite thing about SQL Server 2008

    A few people have asked me what my favourite thing is in SQL Server 2008 ("Katmai"). But my favourite thing isn't actually a feature at all, it's a mindset that Microsoft are taking with it. This mindset is "We will only put features into the CTPs once they are basically complete...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Mon, Aug 20 2007
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  • Darren Gosbell in Adelaide on July 12th

    What a great week for Adelaide having Australian SQL MVPs presenting! Code Camp SA on the weekend of July 7th and 8th features the Gregs (Linwood and Low), and BI expert Darren Gosbell will be coming to speak to the Adelaide SQL Server User Group the following Thursday. He'll be presenting about...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Tue, Jul 3 2007
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  • Corrupt Paul Randal in Adelaide

    Ok, not so much _in_ Adelaide as, umm... well... Ok, he's going to be presenting a session remotely, about corruption in Microsoft. Or at least, the way that Microsoft handles corruption in SQL Server. Paul Randal must be corrupt himself, because he's Kimberly Tripp 's other half. So if you're...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Mon, May 28 2007
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  • Powershell script from my SQL presentation

    Last week I presented at my user-group about PowerShell and why every DBA should know this. The talk went for just over an hour, and as most of the audience hadn't used PowerShell at all, I started from the top and really pushed concepts like "You pipe objects not text". The script can be downloaded...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Tue, Jan 16 2007
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  • Adelaide SQL UG this week

    This Thursday Greg Linwood of Solid Quality Learning is coming to the Adelaide SQL Server User Group to talk present about Performance Tuning. It should be a great time. Greg does a lot for the SQL Community in Australia, and it will be really good to have him over again. If you're interested in coming...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Mon, Dec 11 2006
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  • Office 2007 RTM today, great time for a talk about it and SQL!

    Office 2007 has RTM'd today, and this includes Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This is great timing, with Grant Paisley coming to Adelaide to give his talk about integrating BI and MOSS. This is a great talk, and if you're going to be in Adelaide, you should be there! Go to sqlserver...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Mon, Nov 6 2006
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