 March
19
- Andrew Kelly, SQL
Server MVP and noted performance expert, has
over 15 years experience with relational
databases and application development on both
Unix and Windows platforms. He currently does
high level training and SQL Server consulting
with many different clients throughout the
world.
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 February
27, 2008
- Transactional Replication for Beginners by
Andy Warren, SQL Server Guru, a cofounder of SQLServerCentral.com,
noted PASS speaker and currently partner in End
to End Training. Andy had a good time introducing
this potentially intimidating
technology by showing attendees how simple it
can be to use. Here is Andy's blog
IT Depends where he posted twice
about his visit.
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MetroTek Learning.
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sponsor.
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 February
7, 2008 -
Ashton Hobbs, SQL
Server MVP, author and developer of ApexSQL Edit shared his insights on
"Performance Point Server Dashboards."
This new Business Intelligence
offering from Microsoft has the goal of making
BI more accessible to end users. Ashton's presentation
detailed the creation of monitoring components in
Performance Point Server and showed some product features
and their limitations. It also
showed steps to using custom components that create new
dashboard pieces which can improve the visual and
usability aspects of your own dashboards.
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 November
28, 2007 -
John Welch,
Chief Architect with Mariner and noted SQL
Server speaker shared his insights on
"Performance Tuning in SSIS." John showed some
general best practices for performances. He covered
many details of performance optimization for
SSIS data flows, including optimizing execution
trees, managing buffer size, and evaluating
performance metrics to determine where the
bottlenecks are. Also covered were the logging
options and performance counters that can be
used to monitor performance.
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 October
16, 2007 - Rick Heiges, SQL Server MVP and PASS Board of Directors
member presented the "64-bit Question."
Rick showed why you should consider 64-bit SQL
Server now
and what are some immediate benefits. He covered the differences between
IA64 and x64 and a comparison of current and expected 64-bit
offerings. The presentation closed
with a discussion of 64-bit SQL Server 2000/2005 as well
as a peak at Katmai and consolidation.
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 September
27, 2007 - Brian Knight, Author and SQL
Server MVP
talked about the good, the bad, and the ugly of
DTS migrations in his presentation, "Converting
DTS to SSIS." Brian then demonstrated
how to migrate a simple DTS
package to SSIS and some of the challenges that
may occur.
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 August
23, 2007 - Aaron Bertrand, SQL Server MVP is a
major contributor to
Microsoft's public newsgroups for SQL Server,
and connect.microsoft.com. Aaron has spent
considerable time exploring and testing Katmai
(SQL Server 2008) and shared his insight in his
popular presentation "New Features in Katmai.
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 July 19, 2007
-
Chris Shaw, the
#1 rated
speaker from the
PASS
Community Summit presented "How to Hire a DBA."
View the presentation to find
out tips on how to post a job opening, review
resumes and conduct an effective interview.
Here’s the insight you need the next time you
are looking for a job or need to fill an open
position.
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