Show 32 – Morning Checklists, Policy Based Management and Automation with Pieter Vanhove

Summary: <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/madeirasqlserverradio/SQLServerRadio_Show032.mp3" target="_blank">Download Episode (mp3)</a> The PASS Summit interview series continues, and today we talk to Pieter Vanhove (<a href="http://pietervanhove.azurewebsites.net/" target="_blank">Blog</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/Pieter_Vanhove" target="_blank">Twitter</a>). Pieter is a Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft, and we talk to him about his experience from Microsoft and his previous job. Among other topics, we talk to Pieter about: * Why you need a morning checklist * How can you do it better with Policy Based Management and a Central Management Server * Migrating SQL Server to Azure * Automation in Azure Pieter was also the first winner of Speaker Idol and therefore won the prize of presenting a session on this year's PASS Summit. We talk about how he won the contest, and also about how he prepared for presenting a session with another presenter that lives more than 5000 kilometers from him. Items mentioned in the show: * <a href="http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2015/Sessions/Details.aspx?sid=7874" target="_blank">Pieter's PASS Summit Session: Run Your DBA Morning Checklist with Policy-Based Management</a> * <a href="http://pietervanhove.azurewebsites.net/?p=14137" target="_blank">Pieter Vanhove - How to perform index maintenance on Azure SQL Database</a> About Pieter Pieter Vanhove is a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer in Belgium and has been working with SQL Server since 2000. Performance tuning, SQL audits, migrations and training are part of the job. Pieter has also a profound knowledge in implementing high availability and disaster recovery solutions. Together with the SQLUG in Belgium, he helps organizing SQL Server Days and is also a regular speaker at Belgian and international events. <a href="http://www.sqlserverradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Pieter-Vanhove.jpg"></a>