Rob Sewell
Rob was a SQL Server DBA with a passion for PowerShell, Azure, Automation, and SQL (PaaS geddit?). Now he just helps people make things. He is a Data Platform MVP and an Azure MVP, a PowerShell Conference Europe organiser, and maintainer of many open-source projects. He has spoken at and volunteered at many Data and PowerShell events all over the world. He is a proud supporter of the Data and PowerShell communities.
He relishes sharing and learning and can be found doing both via Bluesky and his blog. He spends most of his time looking at a screen and loves to solve problems. He knows that looking at a screen so much is bad for him because his wife tells him so. Thus, he is often out riding his bike as his eyes are not good enough to play cricket any more.
He has a fabulous beard
Rob Sewell's Training Days
The DBA in a hybrid environmentSQLBits 2024
Ideal for database administrators, developers, and database reliability engineers, this training day will explore all the skills you need to enable you to manage SQL Server estates spanning on-premises and cloud environments.
Getting your SQL estate in order at scale and keeping it that way with ease.SQLBits 2023
Still on-prem and need to automate your administration and validation of your SQL instances? We will share with you how we solve the challenges of automating estates at scale and all of the tips and tricks we have gained from working with large estates at scale with excellent performance and automation. You will leave with a strong understanding of the tools that you have available to automate and validate your SQL estate and the confidence to implement it in your environment.
Automate your DBA tasks with dbatools and dbachecksSQLBits 2022
Let us show you how easy it is to use PowerShell to accomplish many everyday tasks straight from the command line with the community developed modules dbatools and dbachecks. Join Jess Pomfret and Rob Sewell, two of the dbatools in a Month of Lunches authors and learn how effective dbatools and dbachecks can make you. We will show you the skills, scripts and tricks that we have learned with dbatools and dbachecks and tell you how they have rocketed our careers
Professional and Proficient PowerShell: From Writing ScriptsSQLBits 2019
Learn how to write professional powerful PowerShell and deploy it automatically
Reliable, Repeatable, & Automated: PowerShell for DBAsSQLBits 2018
Automating & testing your SQL Server environment has never been easier. You can put down your manual checklists.
Join MVPs Chrissy LeMaire & Rob Sewell for a demo heavy day & leave with all the confidence you need to automate your SQL Server estate.
Rob Sewell's Sessions
20 mins to git comfortableSQLBits 2023
In this new world we're all developers! Whether we're writing application code or describing our infrastructure using bicep or terraform we need to keep it safe. Git and source control is our best option for developing on our own and as part of a team… but git is scary!
In this 20 min session we'll go through just enough to git you comfortable with source control.
10 Productivity tools in 20 minutesSQLBits 2022
You are busy, we are busy, everyone is busy. These are the tools that two busy consultants use to improve their productivity. We want to tell you about the tools that we use; that maximise our time, simplify our life, reduce our key strokes and generally make us appear more amazing. So that you can use them too. We have 20 minutes, so we wont go into much detail but we have some good quick stories to tell.
There is a time and a place for everythingSQLBits 2022
There is a time and a place for everything. John and Rob, being consultants, often say "Well, it depends" Lets talk about some of the times when the "rules" may not fit
Keynote by the Community SQLBits 2022
Join Rob and Ben for a fun filled hour from the community for the community as they invite a concatenation of community experts on stage and let them show us what their favorite data platform feature is and why!
SQL Notebooks in Azure Data Studio for the DBASQLBits 2020
While you might have read about notebooks being used for Data Science, this session is for DBAs. You will see how you can use SQL Notebooks to simplify your work.
How To Start Collaborating With A GitHub RepositorySQLBits 2020
Wanted to join with open-source projects but don’t know how?
This quick session will give you all that you need to start doing so.
Creating Azure SQL Db Users with an SPN using Azure DevOpsSQLBits 2020
This session will take you through the steps required to build an automated solution to create an Azure SQL Database with a Service Principal and create users and apply permissions
Validate Your SQL Server Estate with Ease Using dbachecksSQLBits 2019
Learn how you can validate your SQL Server estate with ease using dbachecks
Introduction to Pester-TDD for PowerShellSQLBits 2018
Start from nothing and use Test Driven Development to write a PowerShell function that uses the Microsoft Cognitive Services API to analyse pictures. I will take you on a journey from nothing to a complete function
Advice and guidance on becoming a speaker or volunteerSQLBits 2018
Want to become a community speaker or involved in the SQL Community?
Don't feel confident enough to try?
Need some advice and guidance?
We want to help you, we will help you
Nose-Dive Narratives: Slide Karaoke 2024SQLBits 2024
Get ready to wrap up a serious day of learning with a dash of humor, spontaneity, and friendly competition! SQLBits presents "Slide Karaoke" where SQLBits speakers reveal their hidden talents while vying for bragging rights. This session promises to be a one-of-a-kind experience that will leave you in stitches and awe, and the speakers scrambling for their non-existent notes!
20 mins to git comfortableSQLBits 2023
In this new world we're all developers! Whether we're writing application code or describing our infrastructure using bicep or terraform we need to keep it safe. Git and source control is our best option for developing on our own and as part of a team… but git is scary!
In this 20 min session we'll go through just enough to git you comfortable with source control.
10 Productivity tools in 20 minutesSQLBits 2022
You are busy, we are busy, everyone is busy. These are the tools that two busy consultants use to improve their productivity. We want to tell you about the tools that we use; that maximise our time, simplify our life, reduce our key strokes and generally make us appear more amazing. So that you can use them too. We have 20 minutes, so we wont go into much detail but we have some good quick stories to tell.
There is a time and a place for everythingSQLBits 2022
There is a time and a place for everything. John and Rob, being consultants, often say "Well, it depends" Lets talk about some of the times when the "rules" may not fit
SQL Notebooks in Azure Data Studio for the DBASQLBits 2020
While you might have read about notebooks being used for Data Science, this session is for DBAs. You will see how you can use SQL Notebooks to simplify your work.
How To Start Collaborating With A GitHub RepositorySQLBits 2020
Wanted to join with open-source projects but don’t know how?
This quick session will give you all that you need to start doing so.
Creating Azure SQL Db Users with an SPN using Azure DevOpsSQLBits 2020
This session will take you through the steps required to build an automated solution to create an Azure SQL Database with a Service Principal and create users and apply permissions
Validate Your SQL Server Estate with Ease Using dbachecksSQLBits 2019
Learn how you can validate your SQL Server estate with ease using dbachecks
Introduction to Pester-TDD for PowerShellSQLBits 2018
Start from nothing and use Test Driven Development to write a PowerShell function that uses the Microsoft Cognitive Services API to analyse pictures. I will take you on a journey from nothing to a complete function
Advice and guidance on becoming a speaker or volunteerSQLBits 2018
Want to become a community speaker or involved in the SQL Community?
Don't feel confident enough to try?
Need some advice and guidance?
We want to help you, we will help you