Shortcuts from an Impatient DBA

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Speaker: Andy Mallon

Abstract:

This session is about performance tuning your day.

We spend a lot of time thinking about how to write efficient code, but we don't spend a lot of time thinking about how to be efficient with how we use our tools. In this session I will show you some lesser known keyboard shortcuts, tips, tricks, and hacks that will make your day easier. These are the tricks I've picked up over the years that help me get my work done quicker and easier.

Even the most seasoned Database Professionals will learn a new trick that makes SSMS even easier to use.

Bio:

Andy is a SQL Server DBA that has managed databases in the healthcare, finance, e-commerce, and non-profit sectors. He has over 12 years of experience supporting high-volume, highly-available OLTP environments with demanding performance needs. As co-organizer of SQL Saturday Boston, and speaker at many SQL Server user groups & SQL Saturdays, Andy loves sharing his knowledge & experience with others.

He's lazy: Andy loves scripting and automating repetitive tasks, and hates doing the same thing over and over.
He's impatient: Andy loves looking at processes and figuring out a faster, more efficient way to accomplish the same goal. Sometimes this is performance-tuning a query, and sometimes it's looking for fundamentally different ways to accomplish the same goal.