Last Updated on August 30, 2020 by John Morehouse
The SQL Server Community has enriched my career through leadership, tons of learning, speaking engagements and job opportunities.
Here are some of the ways that I have contributed back to the SQL Server community:
I rebooted the Omaha SQL Server User Group in 2007. I successfully ran the group for 7 years, building up a distribution list of 800+ members.
I help run the Louisville SQL Server and Power BI user group since May 2016.
I answer SQL Server related questions on ask.sqlservercentral.com. I am in the top 15 of individuals who answer questions there.
I blog here on my personal site. My blog is syndicated on SQL Server Central and on Denny Cherry & Associates. I also publish articles on C# Corner which gets thousands of views on a monthly basis.
I tweet about SQL, DevOps, and best practices.
I am a member of Speaking Mentors, which is a group of individuals around the world that volunteer their time to mentor new and upcoming speakers.
I give Microsoft feed back on SQL Server when I find things
I was a Regional Mentor for SQL PASS from 2014-2015 helping local SQL Server user groups get started. I also help established groups with continued growth.
I help mentor individuals in their DBA career as well as upcoming speakers. Two of which have become Microsoft MVP’s.
I produce videos to around Microsoft SQL Server content.
In October 2017, I became a Microsoft Data Platform MVP.
In February 2020, I became a VMWare vExpert.
I help software vendors make better SQL Server related Software:
- SentryOne Community Ambassador Program
- SentryOne Program Advisor Council (PAC)
- Friend of Red Gate (2015 – 2020)
- Idera ACE 2016
I help to write books:
- Stories from the Trenches: Let Them Finish (forward)
- Data Professionals at Work (chapter)
I help to organize and deliver SQL Saturday’s:
- August 1, 2020 – SQL Saturday Louisville (ON HOLD – COVID)
- August 3, 2019 – SQL Saturday Louisville #883
- July 21, 2018 – SQL Saturday Louisville #729
- August 5, 2017 – SQL Saturday Louisville #643
- August 6, 2016 – SQL Saturday Louisville #531
- August 22, 2015 – SQL Saturday Louisville #403
- April 6, 2013 – SQL Saturday Omaha #197
- August 27, 2011 – SQL Saturday Omaha #91
I speak at conferences:
- August 20/21, 2020 – Code PaLousa – Indexes: The Voodoo of SQL Server / Data Migration to the Azure SQL Platform Made Easy
- November 6/7, 2019 – PASS Summit 2019 – Journey to the Cloud: Planning First Steps / Designing Azure Data Disaster Recovery Strategies
- October 3, 3019 – DogFoodCon 2019 – Azure Basics for the IT Professional
- March 2, 2019 – SQLBits 2019 (England) – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive Into Database Internals
- January 10, 2019 – CodeMash 2019 – Database Continuous Delivery & Your Salvation
- November 2018 – PASS Summit 2018 – Azure Basics for the DBA / Let Them Finish: Stories from the Trenches
- June 8, 2017 – Code PaLousa – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive Into Database Internals
- October 30, 2015 – PASS Summit 2015 – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive Into Database Internals
- November 11, 2014 – PASS Summit 2014 – End To End Real World Performance Solutions (all day session)
- September 9, 2014 – 24 Hours of PASS – Real World Migration Paths for SQL Server 2014
- September 11, 2011 – Heartland Developer Conference – 10 Things Your DBA Wished You Knew!
I present to user groups and virtual chapters:
- May 21, 2020 – PASS Performance Virtual Group – Improving Performance WIth Intelligent Query Processing
- February 19, 2020 – Hampton Roads SQL Server User Group – Designing Azure Data Disaster Recovery Strategies
- January 23, 2020 – Louisville SQL Server/Power BI User Group – What You’ll Love in SQL Server 2019
- November 2019 – Lexington SQL Server User Group – 10 Things Every DBA Should Know
- November 2018 – Arizona SQL Server User Group – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- July 10, 2018 – Lexington PASS User Group – SQL Server Data Encryption 101
- November 10, 2017 – Louisville SharePoint User Group – Being a Sharepoint DBA – Epic Collaboration
- August 16, 2017 – Hampton Roads SQL Server User group – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- August 9, 2017 – Quad City SQL Server User Group (remote) – Only You Can Prevent Database Fires!
- July 20, 2017 – Evansville Technology Group – Database Continuous Delivery & Your Salvation!
- June 12, 2017 – Capital Area SQL Server User Group (remote) – Database Continuous Delivery & Your Salvation!
- March 28, 2017 – SIP (Canada) SQL Server User Group (remote) – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- February 21, 2017 – Indianapolis User Group – Only You Can Prevent Database Fires!
- November 10, 2016 – Columbus SSUG – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- February 11, 2016 – Louisville SQL Server User Group – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive Into Database Internals
- October 20, 2015 – Indianapolis User Group – Database Continuous Delivery & Your Salvation!
- July 23, 2015 – Edmonton SSUG (remote) – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive Into Database Internals
- July 8, 2015 – Omaha SSUG – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive Into Database Internals
- August 28, 2014 – Wichita SQL User Group – Only You Can Prevent Database Fires
- December 5th, 2013 – Lincoln SQL User Group – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive Into Database Internals
I give webinars & online chats:
- June 24, 2020 – Idera Geeky Sync – Surviving Storms When Migrating to the Cloud
- August 7th, 2019 – Idera Geek Sync – Azure Cloud & You: First Steps for the DBA
- July 30th, 2018 – Rubrik Podcast – Database Protection in the Cloud Era
- May 9, 2018 – Idera #sqlchat – Database Needs In The Cloud
- March 21, 2018 – Podcast – Database Doing DevOps
- July 19, 2017 – Idera #sqlchat – Database Continuous Delivery – It’s Not as Scary As You Think
- February 10, 2016 – Idera Geek Sync – Avoid Corruption Nightmares Within Your Virtual Database
- December 9, 2015 – Idera #sqlchat – Surviving the Holidays with SQL Server
I speak at SQL Saturday’s around the nation:
- January 18, 2020 – SQL Saturday #933 – Nashville, TN – What You’ll Love in SQL Server 2019
- December 7th, 2019 – SQL Saturday #918 – Charlotte, NC – What You’ll Love in SQL Server 2019
- August 17, 2019 – SQL Saturday #885 – Sacramento, CA – Temporal Tables – The New Hotness in Data Auditing / Data Encryption for DBAs
- June 27th, 2019 – SQL Saturday #884 – Pensacola, FL – Managing & Architecting Azure Data Platform (precon) Azure Basics for the DBA
- June 8th, 2019 – SQL Saturday #839 – Virginia, VA – What You’ll Love in SQL Server 2019 / Data Encryption for DBAs
- May 4th, 2019 – SQL Saturday #869 – Phoenix, AZ – Temporal Tables – The New Hotness in Data Auditing / Azure Basics for the DBA
- April 13, 2019 – SQL Saturday #847 – Orange County, CA – Temporal Tables – The New Hotness in Data Auditing / Azure Basics for the DBA
- February 2, 2019 – SQL Saturday #821 – Cleveland, OH – Azure Basics for the DBA
- December 8, 2018 – SQL Saturday #814 – Washington DC – Temporal Tables – The New Hotness in Data Auditing
- October 27, 2018 – SQL Saturday #767 – Lincoln, NE – Temporal Tables – The New Hotness in Data Auditing / Azure Basics for the DBA
- September 29, 2018 – SQL Saturday #770 – Pittsburgh, PA – SQL Server Dataseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals / Temporal Tables – The New Hotness in Data Auditing
- July 28, 2018 – SQL Saturday #757 – Sacramento, CA – Azure Basics for the DBA / SQL Server Dataseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- June 2, 2018 – SQL Saturday #743 – Pensacola, FL – Temporal Tables – The New Hotness in Data Auditing
- May 5, 2018 – SQL Saturday #720 – Albuquerque, NM (2 sessions) – SQL Server Data Encryption 101 / An Introduction to Azure
- April 14, 2018 – SQL Saturday #740 – Orange County, CA – Azure Basics for the DBA
- February 3, 2018 – SQL Saturday #708 – Cleveland, OH – SQL Server Dataseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- January 13, 2018 – SQL Saturday #698 – Nashville, TN – Only You Can Prevent Database Fires
- December 9, 2017 – SQL Saturday #693 – Washington, DC – Database Continuous Delivery & Your Salvation!
- September 23, 2017 – SQL Saturday #681 – Spartanburg, SC – SQL Server Dataseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- July 22, 2017 – SQL Saturday #653 Columbus, OH – SQL Server Dataseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- June 3, 2017 – SQL Saturday #617 Pensacola, FL – SQL Server Dataseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- March 11, 2017 – Chicago SQL Saturday – Database Continuous Delivery & Your Salvation!
- January 14, 2017 – Nashville SQL Saturday – Backups & Restores: You’re Not In Kansas Anymore!
- January 14, 2017 – Nashville SQL Saturday – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- December 3, 2016 – SQL Saturday #574 – Washington DC SQL Saturday – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internal
- September 24, 2016 – Kansas City SQL Saturday – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- June 4, 2016 – SQL Saturday #491 – Pensacola, FL – Only You Can Prevent Database Fires!
- May 16, 2016 – SQL Saturday #521 – Atlanta, GA – Backups & Restores: You’re Not In Kansas Anymore!
- March 19, 2016 – SQL Saturday #486 – Richmond, VA – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- February 20, 2016 – SQL Saturday #478 – Albuquerque, NM – Database Continuous Delivery & Your Salvation!
- January 16, 2016 -SQL Saturday #480 – Nashville, TN – Social Media is Alive!
- January 16, 2016 – SQL Saturday #480 – Nashville, TN – Database Continuous Delivery & Your Salvation!
- December 5, 2015 – SQL Saturday $470 – Washington, DC – Only You Can Prevent Database Fires!
- October 3, 2015 – SQL Saturday #444 – Kansas City, MO – Database Continuous Delivery & Your Salvation!
- September 26, 2015 -SQL Saturday #431 – Spartanburg, SC – Database Continuous Delivery & Your Salvation!
- September 26, 2015 – SQL Saturday #431 – Spartanburg, SC – Social Media Is Alive!
- August 15, 2015 – SQL Saturday #397 – Omaha, NE – 10 Things Every DBA Should Know!
- August 15, 2015 -SQL Saturday #397 – Omaha, NE – Social Media Is Alive!
- May 16, 2015 – SQL Saturday #392 – Atlanta, GA – Only You Can Prevent Database Fires!
- March 21, 2015 – SQL Saturday #381 – Richmond, VA – Social Media is Alive!
- February 7, 2015 – SQL Saturday #358 – Albuquerque, NM – Social Media is Alive!
- June 7, 2014 – SQL Saturday #307 -Iowa City, IA – 10 Things Every DBA Should Know!
- April 8, 2014 – SQL Saturday #297 – Colorado Springs, CO – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- March 29, 2014 – SQL Saturday #287 – Madison, WI – Social Networking Is Alive!
- January 25, 2014 – SQL Saturday #271 – Albuquerque, NM – SQL Server Databaseology: A Deep Dive into Database Internals
- September 28, 2013 – SQL Saturday #190 – Denver, CO – Social Networking Is Alive!
- September 14, 2013 – SQL Saturday #232 – Orlando, FL – 10 Things Every DBA Should Know!
- October 6, 2012 – SQL Saturday #165 – Lincoln, NE – Social Networking Is Alive!
- October 6, 2012 – SQL Saturday #165 – Lincoln, NE – Backups & Restores: You’re Not In Kansas Anymore!
- September 22, 2012 – SQL Saturday #169 – Denver, CO – 10 Things Every DBA Should Know!
- August 4, 2012 – SQL Saturday #159 – Kansas City, MO – 10 Things Every DBA Should Know
- August 4, 2012 – SQL Saturday #159 – Kansas City, MO – Social Networking Is Alive!
- July 28, 2012 – SQL Saturday #144 – Sacramento, CA – Social Networking Is Alive!
- January 7, 2012 – SQL Saturday #104 – Colorado Spring, CO – 10 Things Every DBA Should Know
- October 29, 2011 – SQL Saturday #101 – Kansas City, MO – 10 Things Every DBA Should Know
- October 29, 2011 – SQL Saturday #101 – Kansas City, MO – Only You Can Prevent Database Fire
I give presentations internally at my employer(s) as well as other organizations:
- February 22, 2017 – TEK Systems (Louisville) – Recruiting Data Professionals: SQL Server Focus
- July 15, 2016 – Farm Credit Mid-America – SQL Server: In A Nutshell
- September 26, 2014 – Xtivia Training Day – Real World SQL Server Solutions (all day training)
- October 14, 2014 – Farm Credit Services of America – Entity Framework & the DBA: A Journey into the Abyss