Quad Cities Data Professionals - July 9, 2025 Meeting

5:30 Networking
6:00 Presentation

Migrating your SQL Server DBA skills to PostreSQL

During a recent job search I noticed an increase in the number of postings that called for not only SQL Server skills, but also PostgreSQL skills as well. This session is designed to help the SQL Server DBA start the transition to also being a PostgreSQL DBA. During this session, we will cover some of the core areas of responsibility for a DBA. There are a few tools similar to SSMS that we will do a high-level overview of. We will go over the options for backing up the database and server, process management, how to capture execution plans and discuss the basic security model for a PostgreSQL database and server.

David Bland

Over 25 years of SQL Server experience that includes being a DBA, BI development and Application development using VB.NET. Dave is currently the Manager of Database Engineering at Lexia. Prior to that he was the Manager of the DBA team at Stericycle. Dave was a Friend of Red-Gate for 2019 and 2020. He is a frequent presenter at SQL Saturday events and user groups around the country. Has been teaching SQL Server since version 2000 and is the SQL Server instructor at Harper College in Palatine, IL.