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Speakers

John Morehouse

Employers on the program

  1. 2019–2026Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting15 talks

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Events12
Conferences4
Talks18
Years active2019–2026
Miles between events38,40012 in-person events · 5 countries

Appearances by year

201920202021202220232024202520262027
  • SQLSaturday
  • Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)
  • SQL Konferenz
  • SQLBits

Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
Sep 28, 2026FabCon Europe 2026Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)speakerAzure SQL Database vs. SQL Database in Fabric: Key Differences for Developers and DBAs
as Denny Cherry & Associates
Curious about the differences between Azure SQL Database and SQL Database in Fabric? This intro-level session is designed for developers and DBAs who want a…Show less

Curious about the differences between Azure SQL Database and SQL Database in Fabric? This intro-level session is designed for developers and DBAs who want a clear, practical understanding of how these platforms compare.

Sep 28, 2026FabCon Europe 2026Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)speakerExploring Optimized Locking in SQL Server 2025
as Denny Cherry & Associates
Updating data in SQL Server can lead to lock escalation, blocking, deadlocks, and poor performance when not handled correctly. The optimized locking feature,…Show less

Updating data in SQL Server can lead to lock escalation, blocking, deadlocks, and poor performance when not handled correctly. The optimized locking feature, introduced in Azure SQL Database and now available in SQL Server 2025, helps reduce contention and improve concurrency.

Mar 16, 2026FABCON & SQLCON 2026 (Microsoft Fabric Community Conference + SQLCON), AtlantaMicrosoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)speakerAzure SQL Database vs. SQL Database in Fabric: Key Differences for Developers and DBAs
as Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting
Curious about the differences between Azure SQL Database and SQL database in Fabric? This session is perfect for developers and DBAs looking to understand the…Show less

Curious about the differences between Azure SQL Database and SQL database in Fabric? This session is perfect for developers and DBAs looking to understand the core architecture differences of these two platforms.

Mar 16, 2026FABCON & SQLCON 2026 (Microsoft Fabric Community Conference + SQLCON), AtlantaMicrosoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)speakerExploring Optimized Locking in SQL Server 2025
as Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting

Updating data in SQL Server can lead to lock escalation, blocking, deadlocks, or slow performance if it isn't done correctly.

Mar 16, 2026FABCON & SQLCON 2026 (Microsoft Fabric Community Conference + SQLCON), AtlantaMicrosoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)workshopMastering SQL Server Performance & Optimization Strategies
as Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting
Everyone wants their database to go faster, whether it's shaving hours off your ETL process, taking minutes off the runtime for reports, or trimming…Show less

Everyone wants their database to go faster, whether it's shaving hours off your ETL process, taking minutes off the runtime for reports, or trimming milliseconds off a critical OLTP query.

Sep 15, 2025European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 (FabCon Europe 2025)Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)speakerAzure SQL Database vs. SQL Database in Fabric: Key Differences for Developers and DBAs
as Denny Cherry & Associates
Curious about the differences between Azure SQL Database and SQL Database in Fabric? This intro-level session is perfect for developers and DBAs looking to…Show less

Curious about the differences between Azure SQL Database and SQL Database in Fabric? This intro-level session is perfect for developers and DBAs looking to understand the architecture and fundamentals of these two platforms.

Mar 29, 2025Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 (FabCon Las Vegas)Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)speakerAccelerate Your Azure SQL Platform for Optimal Performance and Costs
as Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting
Are you struggling with database performance in the cloud? Database professionals who are new to Azure, SQL Database in Fabric, or the public cloud may face…Show less

Are you struggling with database performance in the cloud? Database professionals who are new to Azure, SQL Database in Fabric, or the public cloud may face challenges understanding infrastructure differences and balancing resource costs with performance.

Mar 29, 2025Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 (FabCon Las Vegas)Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)speakerAzure SQL database vs. SQL database in Fabric: Key Differences for Developers and DBAs
as Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting
Curious about the differences between Azure SQL Database and SQL Database in Fabric? This intro-level session is perfect for developers and DBAs looking to…Show less

Curious about the differences between Azure SQL Database and SQL Database in Fabric? This intro-level session is perfect for developers and DBAs looking to understand the architecture and fundamentals of these two platforms.

Sep 30, 2024SQL Konferenz 2024SQL KonferenztalkThwarting Disaster for SQL Server on Azure VM

Failing to plan is planning to fail. Azure offers a robust ecosystem where you can run SQL Server pretty effortlessly.

Apr 20, 2024SQLSaturday Atlanta #1072SQLSaturday—Accelerated Database Recovery - A Deep Dive Behind the Magic
We have all heard the stories. Horror story after horror story being regaled from database administrators all over the world of waiting for hours or sometimes…Show less

We have all heard the stories. Horror story after horror story being regaled from database administrators all over the world of waiting for hours or sometimes days for a rollback operation to complete.

Mar 19, 2024SQLBits 2024SQLBitsworkshopMastering SQL Server Performance & Optimization Strategies
as Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting
Everyone wants their database to go faster, whether it's reducing ETL process hours, shortening report runtimes, or optimizing critical OLTP queries. Learn how…Show less

Everyone wants their database to go faster, whether it's reducing ETL process hours, shortening report runtimes, or optimizing critical OLTP queries. Learn how to master tuning techniques, regardless of the scale, in this full length training day.

Video
Jan 18, 2020SQLSaturday Nashville #933SQLSaturday—What You'll Love in SQL Server 2019
as Denny Cherry & Associates
Technology moves at a blinding pace and the SQL Server platform is no exception. With the release of SQL Server 2019, you will see some great improvement in the…Show less

Technology moves at a blinding pace and the SQL Server platform is no exception. With the release of SQL Server 2019, you will see some great improvement in the database engine of the platform.

Dec 7, 2019SQLSaturday Charlotte #918SQLSaturday—What You'll Love in SQL Server 2019
as Denny Cherry & Associates
Technology moves at a blinding pace and the SQL Server platform is no exception. With the release of SQL Server 2019, you will see some great improvement in the…Show less

Technology moves at a blinding pace and the SQL Server platform is no exception. With the release of SQL Server 2019, you will see some great improvement in the database engine of the platform.

May 4, 2019SQLSaturday Phoenix #869SQLSaturday—Azure Basics for the DBA
as Denny Cherry & Associates

It's not a question of whether or not the landscape for the common DBA is changing. Without a doubt, it is.

May 4, 2019SQLSaturday Phoenix #869SQLSaturday—Temporal Tables – The New Hotness in Data Auditing
as Denny Cherry & Associates

A common issue database administrators face is data auditing. Many use triggers, CDC, third-party tools, or roll their own type of auditing tool.

Apr 13, 2019SQLSaturday Orange County #847SQLSaturday—Azure Basics for the DBA
as Denny Cherry Associates

It's not a question of whether or not the landscape for the common DBA is changing. Without a doubt, it is.

Apr 13, 2019SQLSaturday Orange County #847SQLSaturday—Temporal Tables – The New Hotness in Data Auditing
as Denny Cherry Associates

A common issue database administrators face is data auditing. Many use triggers, CDC, third-party tools, or roll their own type of auditing tool.

Feb 2, 2019SQLSaturday Cleveland #821SQLSaturday—Azure Basics for the DBA

It's not a question of whether or not the landscape for the common DBA is changing. Without a doubt, it is.

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Monica Rathbun1032026
Matt Gordon8—2026
Bob Ward7—2026
Erin Stellato6—2026
Patrick LeBlanc6—2026
Chris Hyde5—2026
Elena Drakulevska5—2026
Erwin de Kreuk5—2026
Frank Geisler5—2026
Ginger Grant5—2026
Hasan Savran5—2026
Heidi Hasting5—2026
Meagan Longoria5—2026
Rui Romano5—2026
Wolfgang Strasser5—2026

Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.