Slides and Code for My 5 Mistakes Presentation

Posted on 2016/02/18 by Kathi Kellenberger

I had the pleasure of presenting my Top 5 mistakes presentation to a group of developers this morning. You can find the code and slides here.

Thanks for attending, and I will be back!

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New Kerberos Delegation Course

Posted on 2016/01/28 by Kathi Kellenberger

kerberosA few months ago, I was helping a customer with some performance issues. The lead architect there ask me a question about getting Kerberos delegation for SSRS to work with managed service accounts. Wow! I really wasn’t ready for that question!

Kerberos delegation was out of scope for the work I was doing, but I realized that I needed to devote some time to learn about it. This was not the first time I had run into Kerberos issues, either for customers or in my own testing lab domain. I even attended a session at a SQL Saturday on Kerberos a couple of years ago and left the session knowing not much more about it than when I went in. I decided to spend a day figuring this out, and, luckily, I already had a test lab for Availability Groups set up that I could use.

My dedicated Kerberos day turned into a full weekend as I struggled to figure things out. I probably read a dozen articles, not one of them telling me everything I needed to know or explaining things very well. Once I got Kerberos delegation working, I realized that configuring it is not that difficult. Why did I need to read a dozen articles?

Kerberos Delegation is an important security topic for DBAs managing SSRS, yet most avoid it if at all possible. During the weekend I spent figuring out Kerberos, I had a great idea. Why not create a Pluralsight course on the topic? So, thanks to my struggles, I have released a new Pluralsight course: Configuring Kerberos for SSRS. It covers both native mode and SharePoint mode. It also has a module devoted to managed service accounts. Like everything I do, I have applied the Aunt Kathi touch to this course. If Kerberos delegation is something you need to learn, please check out my course.

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New Leadership at PASS WIT Virtual Chapter

Posted on 2015/12/06 by Kathi Kellenberger

VC_WIT_colorI have been involved in one way or another with PASS Women in Technology for over 10 years. At one time, the Summit WIT Luncheon was part of the Program Committee of which I was a member at the time. When it became a virtual chapter, I stayed involved by promoting WIT sessions at SQL Saturdays and other regional events.

Meredith Ryan (@coffegrl) has been leading the chapter for several years. She is ready to take on other roles within PASS so she asked if anyone was interested in taking over leadership. Rie Irish (@irishsql) and I decided to take on the challenge.

Rie and I are still figuring things out, but we have lots of ideas. We plan to produce a monthly newsletter and host webinars. Of course we will talk about women in tech topics, but we are open to any SQL Server or professional development topic if the speaker is a woman. If you are interested in speaking for us, writing a short article, or have a great resource to share, please send a note to witvc@sqlpass.org. If you would like to receive our newsletter and notifications about our webinars, be sure to join our virtual chapter. You’ll see our chapter listed at the bottom of the page.

I want to give a big thanks to Meredith for her leadership over the years. I also want to thank Rie for sharing this job with me!

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