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Doug Purnell

@sqlnikon

Database Architect at Elon University, love everything Nikon, Rucker, @F3Greensboro (Phoenix), and BBQ guy.

 Greensboro, NC
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Joined January 2008
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@SpaceX22 Dec 2024
Wishing you a warm holiday season and a lit New Year
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We are hiring a new position, Data Management Analyst. We are looking for someone to help us with data governance and data quality. jobs.elon.edu/jobs/data-mana…
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We are hiring! We are looking for Database Engineer to help manage our databases and building ETL jobs. jobs.elon.edu/jobs/database-… #sqlserver #azure #ssis #sqlfamily
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We are excited to welcome Torsten Strauss to our October 29th Meetup being held at @TEKsystems in Greensboro, NC at 6:30pm. Torsten will be talking about tuning queries under Azure SQL. Hope to see you there. Please RSVP meetup.com/triad-microsoft-d… @SQLServer @AzureSQL #sqlfamily
Torsten Strauss Presents: Azure SQL Query Tuning, Tue, Oct 29, 2024, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Torsten Strauss Presents: Azure SQL Query Tuning, Tue, Oct 29, 2024, 6:30 PM | Meetup

We are looking forward to having Torsten Strauss speaking remotely this month. Torsten will be talking about tuning queries under Azure SQL. We are looking forward to seein

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Big shout out to Steven Naudet with @dbiservices for his blog post about SQL Server stolen pages. It helped us find the root session issue. dba.stackexchange.com/questi…
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We are excited to welcome Rick Heiges to our September 24th Meetup being held at @TEKsystems in Greensboro, NC at 6:30pm. Rick will be talking about SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc. Hope to see you there. Please RSVP meetup.com/triad-microsoft-d… @SQLServer @AzureSQL #sqlfamily
Rick Heiges Presents: SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc, Tue, Sep 24, 2024, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Rick Heiges Presents: SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc, Tue, Sep 24, 2024, 6:30 PM | Meetup

We are looking forward to having one of our local Principal Microsoft Cloud Solution Architects speaking remotely this month. Rick will be talking about enabling Azure Arc

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Hey, yo… #HIM. Mark your calendars. If you can get yourselves to #Natville you’re invited. 89 acres of #funishment + fellowship, and faith above self. #SYITG
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Angela @sqlswimmer joins us tomorrow night at @TEKsystems in Greensboro. We kick things off at 6:30pm on 8/27/24. Please RSVP meetup.com/triad-microsoft-d…
Angela Henry Presents: Getting Started With Dimensional Modeling, Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 6:30 PM |...

Angela Henry Presents: Getting Started With Dimensional Modeling, Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 6:30 PM |...

We are looking forward to having one of our local Microsoft MVP's speaking this month. Angela will be talking about how to get started with dimensional modeling. We are loo

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We are excited to welcome @SQLSwimmer to our August Meetup being held at @TEKsystems in Greensboro, NC. Angela will be talking about getting started with dimensional modeling. Hope to see you there. Please RSVP meetup.com/triad-microsoft-d… @SQLServer @AzureSQL #sqlfamily
Angela Henry Presents: Getting Started With Dimensional Modeling, Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 6:30 PM |...

Angela Henry Presents: Getting Started With Dimensional Modeling, Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 6:30 PM |...

We are looking forward to having one of our local Microsoft MVP's speaking this month. Angela will be talking about how to get started with dimensional modeling. We are loo

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We are excited to welcome @SQLSwimmer to our August Meetup being held at @TEKsystems in Greensboro, NC. Angela will be talking about getting started with dimensional modeling. Hope to see you there. Please RSVP meetup.com/triad-microsoft-d… @SQLServer @AzureSQL #sqlfamily
Angela Henry Presents: Getting Started With Dimensional Modeling, Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 6:30 PM |...

Angela Henry Presents: Getting Started With Dimensional Modeling, Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 6:30 PM |...

We are looking forward to having one of our local Microsoft MVP's speaking this month. Angela will be talking about how to get started with dimensional modeling. We are loo

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Tommy Boy@PhunnyHaHa13 Aug 2024
Calling all #BrotherRuckers, YHC is running a 20% off special on my ruck-themed items. Would love to move some product for all you hard chargers. Get some! chuckedwood.etsy.com
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We are looking forward to having @gbissio present to our user group on July 30th at 6:30pm EDT. He is going to going to talk about analytics within Azure SQL MI and integrating other services such as Fabric or Databricks. Please RSVP meetup.com/triad-microsoft-d… @azuresql #msfabric
Gonzalo Bissio presents: Analytics + Azure SQL MI, what are my options?, Tue, Jul 30, 2024, 6:30 PM...

Gonzalo Bissio presents: Analytics + Azure SQL MI, what are my options?, Tue, Jul 30, 2024, 6:30 PM...

In this session we will cover all of the options that you will have to do analytics within Azure SQL MI as a destination or source or integrate other services such as Fabri

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Start stretching, RTD tomorrow morning 0700 @F3Greensboro #syitg
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Ruck the Dog 0700 tomorrow morning at Jaycee Park by the tennis center
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Tommy Boy@PhunnyHaHa17 May 2024
Third time's a charm! Let's make @F3Greensboro & @F3Nation's #TheKing's dream come true. @WWE is bringing #RAW to GSO this Monday and we want The Man (@BeckyLynchWWE) to meet #TheKing. Like/share/tag
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We are happy to welcome @dbanuggets for our April 30th user group session. Please RSVP for our in-person session meetup.com/triad-microsoft-d… #sqlserver #azuresql
Deepthi Goguri Presents: Advanced features in SQL Server 2022, Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Deepthi Goguri Presents: Advanced features in SQL Server 2022, Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Hello, Triad Microsoft Data Platform User Group members. We are looking forward to seeing everyone onsite at TEKsystems on April 30th at 6:30pm. Deepthi will be joining us

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We are looking for a speaker for our user group on April 30th at 6:30pm. All topics welcome around the Microsoft Data Platform. Please reach out if you are interested. #sqlfamily #azure
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RichmondSQL@RichmondSQL22 Feb 2024
Our SQL Saturday RVA event will be on May 18, 2024. Details can be found at: sqlsaturday.com/richmond The Call for Speakers is open: sessionize.com/sql-saturday-… #sql #datacommunity #callforspeakers #virginiaevents #rvaevents #RVA
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SQL Saturday Richmond, VA, is scheduled for May 18th. The call for speakers remains open until March 31st. SQL Saturday is a fantastic opportunity for our community to gather, share insights, and network around the Microsoft Data Platform. sqlsaturday.com/2024-05-18-s…

SQL Saturday Richmond 2024 (#1079)

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Time to get the dog off the couch and bring them for a ruck. We launch at 0700 #milesandsmiles @F3Greensboro
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Dogo may find a puddle or two tomorrow morning. We launch at 0700 #milesandsmiles
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