Our Dutch colleagues of DIWUG have a reputation to keep up. I’ve visited their SharePoint Saturday for two years in a row and was impressed every time by both the content and the event organization. I’m sure they will be living up to that promise once again. The team even managed to sell out the [...]
SharePoint and the involuntary DBA / Slides
April 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Last week I delivered a session at the SharePoint Evolution Conference in London. It was my fifth time going there, but first time as a speaker. I already knew that Steve, Zoe and their team at Combined Knowledge would put on a fantastic conference and they sure did not disappoint. All top of the line [...]
Speaking at the SharePoint Evolution Conference 2013
November 30, 2012 by 2 Comments
I’m very excited to be selected to speak at the SharePoint Evolution Conference 2013 in London, April 15 – 17. Having attended all four previous editions, I can say with confidence that it’s the best SharePoint conference out there. It offers tremendous value for money, a most impressive line-up of speakers, outstanding entertainment and networking [...]
SQL Server for SharePoint geeks and other involuntary DBA’s
June 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Today I’ve delivered another run of my SQL presentation for non-DBA’s at the Belgian Community Day 2012. It has evolved quite a bit over time, but 60 minutes still seems to be too short to do it properly Key Takeaways from my session Respect software boundaries & limits, review the support article and read the [...]
My Test Environment Setup (Part 3)
May 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
Installing SQL 2012 on Windows Server Core One of the great features of SQL Server 2012 is that it can be installed on Windows Server Core. Not all features are available when running on core, but as I normally only use the database engine this fits my setup nicely. I’m now able to run a [...]
