The official announcement was made a couple of days ago and I’m embarassingly late to follow up myself. “Unfortunately” this is what I’m doing right now, and I must say that achieving a proper 3G connection in the middle of the Dolomites has proven rather difficult…
Anyways, I’m happy and honored to say that I’ll be presenting my A Deep-Dive into the depths of the SQL Server storage engine and MDF file format precon at SQLSaturday #162 in Cambridge. I’ll be presenting my precon alongside SQL Server authorities like Jen Stirrup and Buck Woody, not to mention all of the regular session speakers, which have yet to be announced.
Allow me to present some of the feedback I got on my Revealing the Magic session, which is a 1-hour version of my precon, at the last SQLBits:
It was perhaps too much detail to cram into a 1 hour session.
A bit rushed. I can say it is probably the first time I felt my knowledge was not enough to keep up with mark’s content.
Great pace of session – very fast, no messing about – excellent – more sessions should get on with it, like this. Loved the session and very technical – exactly what the benefit of having this stuff delivered face-to-face.
I know he said it at the beginning. but at times it was just too fast. Maybe let the people digest what was said.
I love receiving constructive feedback, and this is so spot on! I definitely need to weed out a bit of content from my 1-hour session as there’s simply too much to go through in just one hour. Having a full day to present the same content is a much more fitting format, and it will allow me to go at a somewhat more normal pace, as well as leaving plenty of time for Q&A during the presentation.
I will however still warn you that this is a level 500 precon. I will go very in depth and there will be plenty of bits and bytes to show – documented as well as undocumented.
Please check out the Cambridgeshire SQL Server User Group page for more information on mine, Jen Stirrup and Buck Woodys precons. Make sure to register, if not for mine then for one of the other excellent precons!
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Mark,
Will the content be same as the one we had in SQL Bits or will it be different.
How much duration will the session be?
Kind Regards,
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Pavan,
Assuming you’re referring to the the 1-hour "Revealing the Magic" session I presented at SQLBits X (and not the precon I presented at SQLBits IX), the content will cover the same, though in much more depth, as well as many other areas. Basically the session I presented at SQLBits X was a 1-hour cooked down version of my precon, where I have to skip a lot of details and content to make it fit.
The precon will allow for me to go through a lot more details and scenarios as well as for allowing a better Q&A format where I actually have time to take questions in during the presentation.
While the format hasn’t been finalized in regards to breaks and such (should be announced on the website soon), it’ll be a full-day session meaning usually around 5-6 hours of content + breaks.
- Mark
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That’s great thanks Mark, I was referring to SQLBits X only.
Hoping to see you on that day.
Kind Regards,
Pavan.