2024 was a quieter year, with trips to Data Saturdays in Christchurch and Wellington, a few remote sessions and some internal presentations to clients. So what’s on the cards for 2025?

Data Saturdays

I’ll post them as they come up. This year I’m looking to be travelling to Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, Sydney, and maybe Melbourne\Brisbane work and event permitting.

Remote Presentations

I’m always keen to fill a gap if you are looking for someone to present to your user group. Below are a handful of topics I have prepared talks for but if there’s something specific you are after let me know.

• Why should I upgrade to SQL 2022? With SQL 2019 moving to extended support this one is particularly topical right now
• SQL Encryption Field Guide – It’s really not that scary. Let’s demo encryption implementation 5 different ways in an hour.
• Whats this Azure Managed Instance Thing Anyway? Sick of dealing with all that infrastructure? Boy do I have something to talk to you about.
• How’s my health? A list of the most common and surprising things we find when we look at a new SQL Server Instance.
• The Stuff You Forgot To Do In Azure – Data is different in the cloud. This session goes through a bunch of the questions you need to ask yourself to make sure you don’t get tripped up by assuming someone was doing something they weren’t.