Four Habits of Highly Successful Database and Admin Teams

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Four Habits of Highly Successful Database and Admin Teams What : Toronto Data Professionals Community (Virtual) When : Wednesday, 19th Aug, 2026 Time : 06:00 PM EST Agenda: • 06:00 PM Networking and Introduction • 06:05 PM Topic: Four Habits of Highly Successful Database and Admin Teams with Kevin Kline • 07:30 PM End Where: Online via Microsoft team Session Details: Does your database admin or systems admin team spend most of its time fighting fires and troubleshooting unexpected problems? What if you could implement a well-vetted and empirically tested set of processes that ensures your team ascends above constant firefighting and instead grows into a trusted advisor to the business, operates at peak performance, and focuses on the activities and behaviors which provide the greatest value to your organization. This session teaches you the core tenets of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), showing you how you can rise above firefighting so that you have time to implement added-value technology and processes, like AIOps and Analytics, and shows you how tool vendors can greatly accelerate your journey to organizational excellence. Speaker Bio: Kevin Kline is a noted database expert and software industry veteran. A 20-year Microsoft Data Platform MVP and noted community leader in the IT industry, Kevin is a founder and former president of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS.ORG), as well as the author of popular IT books including the bestseller "SQL in a Nutshell"