It sounds like I am drinking the MS cool aid huh? I just returned from the Microsoft MVP Summit in Seattle and had a spectacular time. There was approximately 1500 to 2000 MVPs from all over the world present at the summit. As a SQL Server MVP, I had the opportunity to network with my SQL colleagues and attend sessions on what's new for SQL Server 11, what's new for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. In addition, there was plenty of interactive sessions and round table discussions which allowed us to directly influence the feature sets of the new technologies.
My sweet spot is SQL Server 2008 High Availability on Windows Server 2008, specifically failover cluster. I really enjoyed working with those teams.
Unfortunately, due to the NDA agreement I cannot blog about any of the new technologies or features observed at the summit.
I was very impressed with the keynote session on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. The program manager got the whole crowd of a few thousand to say " I am a PC, I am a MVP and I love Windows 7" Apparently, the crowd was no loud enough so Steve Ballmer ambushed the session and had us scream it at the top of our lungs. I always enjoy Ballmer's keynotes as he is so enthusiastic and loud. His session at the summit was very invigorating and inspirational. I am looking forward to the new technologies coming down the pipeline next year. Check the video I am a PC, I am a MVP and I love Windows 7... http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=59493295985.
Cheers !!!
Ross Mistry, SQL MVP
Author: SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration and Windows Server 2008 Unleashed
I didn't have a camera, however, here are a few shots of the SQL Server heroes courtesy of my buddy Pinal Dave.
Ross Mistry, SQL Server MVP, MCTS, MCDBA, MCSE, is a principal consultant and partner with Convergent Computing. As a lead architect, Ross focuses on designing and implementing SQL Server, Windows Server, Active Directory, and Exchange solutions for Fortune 500 organizations with a global presence. His specialties include high availability, migrations, security, consolidation and virtualization. Ross has also been involved with many bestselling books, his latest titles authored include SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration and Windows Server 2008 Unleashed. As a SQL Server MVP, Ross assists the global community by freely sharing his knowledge of SQL Server via posting for newsgroups, blogs and speaking engagements around the world. He frequently speaks at Microsoft, SQL Server North American PASS, SQL Server Europe PASS and Dev Connections.
Check out Ross Mistry's latest books:
SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed
Windows Server 2008 Unleashed
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