Road Warrior Packing Tips
Put a folding travel toothbrush and travel-sized toothpaste in the outside pocket of your carryon. When the plane starts to descend, go into the bathroom and brush your teeth. You’ll…
The Experience of Switching from VMware to Hyper-V
I’ve got a confession to make: I’ve been using Windows 10 on a Vaio. I don’t have to use dongles? It just has…the right ports? What is this sorcery? My…
Secret Meeting Minutes for the SQL Server on Linux Decision*
After today’s bombshell announcement that a subset of SQL Server functionality will run on Linux, I got curious and went dumpster diving. I hopped a flight over to Seattle, rummaged through…
Epic Life Quest: Level 7 Achieved.
Following Steve Kamb’s lead, I treat my life as a video game with a series of levels. Whenever I unlock five new achievements, I count it as a level-up. Level…
How I Sell SQLSaturday Pre-Cons
If you’re a community SQL Server presenter who wants to travel around to regional events, SQLSaturday pre-conference classes can help pay your expenses. I’ve settled into a sales routine that seems…
Fail Small and Often, but Keep Pushing
The Lean Startup methodology basically says: Come up with a hypothesis Build the cheapest, smallest thing you can to test the hypothesis Measure, and learn as much as you can from…
How to Write Presentation Abstracts for Conferences
No pressure. Nooo pressure. The call for abstracts is open for the PASS Summit, the SQL Server industry’s biggest event. Every year, people just like you throw their hats in…
Things Real Businesses Say to IT Consultants
Peter Notarian (Photo by @Jenbeee) Before you sign a contract, read it. Here are some real examples of things I’ve run across: The employees who work with us must pass…
The One Feature Every Blog Needs: Subscribe to Comments.
Dear Blog Author, This is going to break your heart, but your blog isn’t my home page. I might subscribe to your RSS feed using Feedly, or I might sign up…
A million dollars.
In my Epic Life Quest, sometimes I post [Redacted] achievements. It’s stuff that I’m really proud of, but I’m not quite ready to talk about publicly yet. Back in level…
Hi, I’m Brent Ozar. I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m on an epic life quest to have fun and make a difference.
Some of my projects include Brent Ozar Unlimited, PollGab, and Smart Postgres.
I love teaching, travel, laughing, and collecting vintage sports cars. You can follow me on Instagram, Bsky, Facebook, LinkedIn, Github, and Reddit.