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Data Glasgow User Group

13th February 2020 By John McCormack Leave a Comment

John McCormack Presenting SQL Server ToolsI spoke at the relaunch of the Glasgow Data User Group (formerly Glasgow SQL Server User Group).

It was a great event, hosted by Craig, Louise and Robert. My presentation was on some useful free community tools, which can make your life as a DBA much easier. It shows that DBAs with zero budget to spend on expensive software still have a wide range of free software to make our lives easier. Moreover, even with a large budget, some of these free tools are still the best in their class so are worth reviewing.

Slides for tonight’s talk on SQL Server Community Tools are available on Github.

 

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John McCormack is an experienced SQL DBA with extensive knowledge of the two largest public clouds: AWS and Azure.

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