On February 20th at Noon the Bellingham SQL Server Users Group, a PASS Chapter will be having its monthly networking lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings at the Bellis Fair Mall. Here is the address:  6 Bellis Fair Pkwy, Bellingham, WA 98226 I will get there about 10 minutes to Noon to get a table for the group. If you have …

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Yesterday I had the opportunity to practice one of my sessions on Backup and Restore that I will be presenting at PASS Summit this year. I presented it at two different SQL Server Users Group meetings, one in Bellingham WA, and one in Hartford CT. The one in Hartford was a remote presentation. This is an introductory level presentation targeted …

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On Wednesday January 25th at 6:00pm we will be hosting the monthly meeting of the Bellingham SQL Server Users Group. January SQL Server Users Group In-Person @ 709 West Orchard Drive #4 Bellingham, Washington 18:00 – 20:00 (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Language: English January 25th, 2017 – Bellingham SQL Server Users Group. For the January meeting of the …

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Today I am presenting one of my favorite sessions “When Database Corruption Strikes” remotely for the PASS Calgary SQL Server Users Group. This is the same session that I presented at Pass Summit 2016, with a few minor additions, including a slide with information on corruption with Hekaton (In Memory OLTP).   This should be fun. Here are the downloads …

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Bellingham SQL Server Users Group (Pass Chapter) – November 30th at 6:00pm. Features Presentation by Randolph West: “Back up and Restore your Database with Azure Blob Storage”. Making use of good disaster recovery fundamentals and modern off-site storage, you will learn how to back up and restore a full database backup using Azure Blob Storage, even if your version of …

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Please help spread the word to anyone who may want to attend this free users group meeting and presentation. The November meeting of the Bellingham SQL Server Users Group (PASS Chapter) will be held on Wednesday November 18th at 6:00pm. Welcoming Ron Talmage from SolidQ with his presentation on Building a Static Data Warehouse Server. The agenda for the meeting …

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The Bellingham SQL Server Users Group will be having its next meeting on May 20th at 6:00pm. This is free event for the local SQL Server community. What is the Bellingham SQL Server Users Group? PASS Chapters are local user groups that meet regularly in communities around the world to share their passion and knowledge about Microsoft SQL Server and …

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Aaron Buma and I, with help from the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) have formed an official PASS chapter called the Bellingham SQL Server Users Group. Here is the description of what a PASS Chapter is:  PASS Chapters are local user groups that meet regularly in communities around the world to share their passion and knowledge about Microsoft SQL …

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