Learning Resources

Online Training

Subscription/Fee Based

• Pluralsight
• Coursera

Free

• Microsoft Virtual Academy
• Best of PASS Summit 2014
• Best of PASS Summit 2015

For Kids

• Hour of Code

Conferences / Regional Meetups

• PASS Summit
• SQL Saturday
• Local SQL User Groups
• SQLBits (Europe)

Classroom Training

 

Interesting Reads

These are either some of my favorite books, books that I’ve read recently, or books that I have on my nightstand and intend to read.

Master Data Management

• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services
• Master Data Management and Data Governance
• Master Data Management and Customer Data Integration for a Global Enterprise

Ken Henderson Books

• The Guru’s Guide to Transact-SQL
• SQL Server 2005 Practical Troubleshooting: The Database Engine
• The Guru’s Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals
• The Guru’s Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML

Performance Tuning

Some of these are really old, but just classics. I still have my original copies. Things have changed, but most of the base fundamentals are exactly the same. Disk, Memory, CPU, Network Bandwidth.

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Tuning Technical Reference
• The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Optimization and Tuning Handbook
• SQL Tuning

Miscellaneous

• Cloud Architecture Patterns: Using Microsoft Azure
• Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches
• The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
• Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds