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Early December 2010 Free Training From PASS VCs

Dec 6th, 2010
by Aaron Nelson.
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  • pass_logoUnderstanding Join Operators
  • How to Use Dynamic Management Views to Monitor and Diagnose Performance Issues With High Volume OLTP Workloads
  • Using OLAP to Optimize and Maintain Predictive Analytics Models

Understanding Join Operators
December 7, 2010 12 PM noon Eastern Time (GMT -5)
Ami Levin

SQL Server implements three different physical operators to perform joins. In this session, we will examine how each of these operators works, including its advantages and challenges. Using real life examples, we will better understand the logic behind the optimizer’s decisions on which operator to use for various joins. Finally, we will learn how to avoid some common join related pitfalls and how to get better performance from our queries.

Ami Levin
Ami is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP, with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. For the past 12 years, he has been consulting, teaching and speaking on SQL Server worldwide. He manages the Israeli SQL Server user group, leads the local support forum, and is a regular speaker at Microsoft conferences. Ami is the CTO and co-founder of DBSophic, a company that develops workload tuning solutions for SQL Server applications.

How do I attend?  Live Meeting link

Dr. DMV: How to Use Dynamic Management Views to Monitor and Diagnose Performance Issues With High Volume OLTP Workloads
December 8, 2010 12 PM noon Mountain Time (GMT -7)
Glenn Berry

SQL Server 2005 introduced Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) that allow you to see exactly what is happening inside your SQL Server instances and databases with much more detail than ever before. SQL Server 2008 R2 adds even more capability in this area. You can discover your top wait types, most CPU intensive stored procedures, find missing indexes, and identify unused indexes, to name just a few examples. This session (which is applicable to both 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2), presents and explains over thirty DMV queries that you can quickly and easily use to detect and diagnose performance issues in your environment.

Glenn Berry

Glenn works as a Database Architect at NewsGator Technologies in Denver, CO. He is a SQL Server MVP, and he has a whole collection of Microsoft certifications, including MCITP, MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD, MCAD, and MCTS, which proves that he likes to take tests. His expertise includes DMVs, high availability, full text search, and SQL Azure.

How do I attend?  Live Meeting link

Using OLAP to Optimize and Maintain Predictive Analytics Models
December 10, 2010 12 PM noon Eastern Time (GMT -5)
Eugene Asahara

In complex Predictive Analytics (PA) scenarios where it is being applied to a complex system or the players involved are actually trying to undermine the predictions (ex: credit card fraud), the sophistication of the PA must be taken up a notch or two. In this Webcast I will describe techniques for building sophisticated PA systems on the Microsoft BI Stack by using OLAP to:
• Analyze, validate, and optimize PA models.
• Manage and Monitor the performance of the PA models in a Performance Management style.
• Surface PA results to end users in a manner that allows them to work through the ambiguity that remains around predictions.

Eugene Asahara
Eugene specializes in high-end Analysis Services implementation and performance tuning, predictive analytics, and overall BI architecture. He has thirteen years of experience on the Microsoft BI stack; including one year on the SSAS product team and seven years as a Lead DB/BI Architect at Microsoft Consulting Services. Aside from consulting on BI engagements by day Eugene develops bleeding-edge BI software by night. Many of his thoughts around BI and that bleeding-edge space can be found at www.softcodedlogic.com.

How do I attend?  Live Meeting link

Standing. Room. Only.

Nov 10th, 2010
by Aaron Nelson.
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PoShQuestionsI wasn’t smart enough to take a picture of the over 400 people that crowded into the room I was speaking in but thankfully Scott Gleason ( blog | twitter ) managed to snag a shot of just a few of the many people that came up to ask questions after my session. I mentioned at the beginning of my session that it was my first time presenting at the PASS Summit and I was humbled by the shouts of “Congrats” and applause from crowd. I hope I did a good job for them.

Resources:
I mentioned during the session that my code and slides were available in yesterday’s blog post.
I also pointed out the posts that Chad Miller, myself, and Sean McCown put together last week on the Hey Scripting Guy blog. Here are a list all 5 of those posts and also the link to the SQLPSX project.
Oh, and please take a look at the PowerShell Virtual Chapter of PASS.

Use PowerShell to Collect Server Data and Write to SQL
Posted Mon, Nov 1 2010
Use PowerShell to obtain SQL Server database sizes
Posted Tue, Nov 2 2010
Use PowerShell to Change SQL Server Service Accounts
Posted Wed, Nov 3 2010
Use PowerShell to Script SQL Database Objects
Posted Thu, Nov 4 2010
Using PowerShell to Add a Group of Users to a SQL Database
Posted Fri, Nov 5 2010

Speaking at the PASS Summit Today

Nov 9th, 2010
by Aaron Nelson.
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IMG00373-20101109-0818I’ll be speaking at the PASS Summit at 3pm today in room 2AB. Due to the size and shape of the room I’ll be using a different slide deck than I uploaded to the PASS website a few weeks ago so I wanted to make sure that was available to everyone. I also wanted to go ahead and post the scripts that I’m planning on using so that people can follow along if they want.

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End of October Free Training from PASS Virtual Chapters

Oct 22nd, 2010
by Aaron Nelson.
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Applied MDX
Refactoring SQL Applications
Implementing SQL Server in a utility model
WIT Monthly Conference-Call
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Applied MDX
Monday October 25th 12 pm EDT (GMT-4)
Kevin Geoff

Learning the basics of MDX is one thing – learning how to incorporate MDX into custom OLAP applications is another.  In this presentation, I’ll show several examples of MDX inside SSRS reports, PerformancePoint Services dashboards, and even inside of Excel.   We’ll also look at using MDX inside of OLAP calculated members and data-driven KPIs.  The attendee will come away with different perspectives on how MDX is necessary to create flexible OLAP reporting.

Kevin Geoff
Kevin is a 2010 SQL Server MVP ,2005-2008 .NET/C# MVP ,SQL Server/Business Intelligence senior instructor and courseware author – SetFocus, LLC ,Columnist for CoDe Magazine (Baker’s Dozen Productivity Series), and a Developer/consultant in the industry since 1987

How do I attend? Live Meeting link

_____________________________________________________________Refactoring Refactoring SQL Applications
Tuesday October 26th 12 pm EDT (GMT-4)
Jeremiah Peschka

Refactoring SQL is not like refactoring application code. This talk will demonstrate proven SQL refactoring techniques that will help you identify where performance gains can be made, apply quick fixes, improve readability, and help you quickly locate places to make sweeping performance improvements. Jeremiah Peschka has years of hands on experience tuning SQL applications for performance, throughput, and concurrency.

Jeremiah Peschka
Jeremiah is an Emerging Technology Expert with Quest Software. Jeremiah works with different software to identify new techniques and trends in the world of data storage. Over the course of his career, Jeremiah has worked as a system administrator, developer, and DBA. Previously, Jeremiah spent 2 years at Cass Information Systems, a utility billing provider.

Jeremiah is involved in the Professional Association for SQL Server. When he is not volunteering with the development community, Jeremiah can be found blogging about data storage, relational databases, and software development at http://facility9.com. He can also be found on Twitter as @peschkaj.

How do I attend? Live Meeting link

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Implementing SQL Server in a utility model
Wednesday October 27th 12 pm EDT (GMT-4)
Jason Massie

A SQL Server as a Service(SQLaaS) in a utility computing model can be a robust platform providing self service provisioning, better utilization of hardware and power, lower administrative overhead and chargeback capabilities. It can allow your internal and external customers to forget about the database and focus on developing and deploying apps that add value to your core business. In this session, we will cover key benefits of offering the DB in a utility computing model which could be part of your larger SOA strategy. Next, we will look at some key considerations from the DBA and IT decision maker’s perspective that will drive the infrastructure design. Several different architectures will be discussed along with their business driven considerations. We will look at SQL Server 2008 r2 features that are well suited for a utility model as well as SQL Server vNext and 3rd party tools. Lastly, we will look at areas that may require custom development to meet your specific needs.

Jason Massie
Jason has 10 years experience as a DBA and currently manages the Oracle and SQL Server DBA teams for Terremark. He is a SQL Server MVP. Jason has spoken at the Professional Association of SQL Server Conference, the North Texas SQL Server Users Group, SQL Connections and TechED. You can read more about him at http://jasonmassie.com and contact him at jmassie at terremark.com

How do I attend? Live Meeting link

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Women In Technology Conference Call
Wednesday October 27th 3pm CDT/1pm PDT (GMT-5/GMT-7)

Please email Wendy Pastrick ( email | twitter ) for dial in information

  • This will be our final call before the PASS Summit.
  • Final planning for our PASS presence: Welcome Reception,  WIT Luncheon, Chapter Lunch
  • Discussion about roles in the chapter
  • At the end of the meeting, we offer Open Mic time for people to share news or ask open ended questions

Mid October Free Training from PASS Virtual Chapters

Oct 19th, 2010
by Aaron Nelson.
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pass_logoIntroduction to PowerShell
Getting started with Steam Insight and Complex Event Processing Applications
Using Microsoft BI Tools to Access Oracle Applications Data
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Introduction to PowerShell
Wednesday October 20th 12 pm EDT (GMT-4)
Chad Miller

Chad will get us started with an introduction to PowerShell as a command line for one-off tasks or automation in the DBA world. Basic PS principles and syntax will be covered. Get your proverbial DBA feet wet with a tool that can make your database and sysadmin life better than it was before! Bigger, stronger, faster. (Cue Bionic Man theme)

Chad Miller
Chad hails from the land of rocket launches, oranges, and alligators where he started the Tampa PowerShell User Group. Chad is the DBA for SQL Server and Manager of Database Administration for a shop supporting SQL Server, Oracle, and Informix, acts as coordinator for the SQL Server PowerShell Extensions CodePlex project, and maintains an active blog at http://sev17.com/author/chad-miller/ .

How do I attend? Registration for the event is now open.
*When you register you’ll get a calendar reminder for the event.
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Getting started with Steam Insight and Complex Event Processing Applications
Wednesday October 20th 12 pm EDT (GMT-4)
Chris Coneybeer

Today we find our systems and users need to be able to quickly collect, analyze, and act upon data that is being streamed from an unlimited number of devices or systems in our enterprises. Frequently, this raw data is being collected from many different sources such as sensors on production lines, usage events from a website, or even just consumption data from a power meter. Generally this raw data goes through a time consuming process of collection, aggregation, and then querying before it can be used for business process decisions. SteamInsight is a new platform included with SQL Server 2008 R2 that is used to build Complex Event Processing (CEP) applications that are used to monitor these raw data streams. Using StreamInisght your applications will have the ability to analyze, correlate, and use the data contained in streams while it is in-flight. This is done by creating adapters that are responsible for monitoring streams and then writing queries against the adapters. During this session we will discuss what StreamInsight is, what stories it addresses in system architectures, and then we will look at some examples of using the Stream Insight platform and getting started with your own queries.

Chris Coneybeer
Chris is a C#/SQL developer with over 10 years of development experience working with Microsoft stack. Currently Chris works as an independent developer for small business and working in the banking industry as a contractor. Since his move the Phoenix area Chris has discovered the value and rich experience that community provides by sharing ideas and having open discussions. Chris enjoys working on connected systems and finding ways to leverage data for technology workers. During the years he has worked with VB6, VB.NET, C#.NET, ASP/ASP.NET, AJAX, XML, WCF, SSRS, SSIS, T-SQL, and other assorted technologies. His current interests include WCF, EF and WF improvements in the 4.0 framework along with SQL2008R2. Chris is the Vice-President of the Southeast Valley .NET User Group (SEVDNUG) in Chandler Arizona which supports local .NET developers through regular meetings and events. Recently he also gotten more involved with the Phoenix Connected Systems User Group(PCSUG) as Membership Director and is working with the leadership to grow the reach of the group.

How do I attend? Live Meeting link

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Using Microsoft BI Tools to Access Oracle Applications Data
Wednesday October 20th 12 pm EDT (GMT-4) 

Daryl Orts

One of the challenges in using Microsoft’s BI tools (Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Excel, PowerPivot) to access Oracle applications data lies in building metadata models to make sense of the data.  Whether you’re accessing the data directly in the transaction database or building a data warehouse, you’ll need data models that make sense of the Oracle database schema.

This beginner to intermediate level presentation will discuss design approaches for building these models, including commercial products available from the presenter,  Noetix Corporation

How do I attend? Live Meeting link

Announcing the New PowerShell Virtual Chapter of PASS!

Oct 13th, 2010
by Aaron Nelson.
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pass_logo_thumbWe are very excited to announce the new PowerShell Virtual Chapter of PASS!  What is a Virtual Chapter?  PASS Virtual Chapters are forums where SQL Server Professionals from around the world can communicate with others who have similar interests and face similar challenges.  Think of it this way, PASS Chapters unite the SQL Server Community from a geographical perspective, Virtual Chapters unite the community based on common interests in a specific discipline.

What will the new PowerShell Virtual Chapter do?  Our primary mission is holding Live Meetings every month featuring free training from around the world.  We plan to archive the presentations for you to watch on demand and highlight articles and blogs that will interest our members.  This Virtual Chapter is headed up by top professionals from around the US: Ben Miller ( blog | twitter ), Chad Miller [no relation that I’m aware of] ( blog | twitter ), Lars Rasmussen ( blog | twitter ), Peter Schott ( blog | twitter ), and Aaron Nelson ( blog | twitter ).

 We will start things off next Wednesday with our first presentation. Here is the schedule through the end of the year.  Smile We are currently looking for speakers for next year.

Wednesday October 20th 12 pm EDT (GMT-4) – Presenter Chad Miller
Wednesday November 17th 1 pm EST (GMT -5) – Presenter Aaron Nelson
Wednesday December 15th 1 pm EST (GMT -5) – Presenter Peter Schott

Chad Miller will get us started with an introduction to PowerShell as a command line for one-off tasks or automation in the DBA world. Basic PS principles and syntax will be covered. Get your proverbial DBA feet wet with a tool that can make your database and sysadmin life better than it was before! Bigger, stronger, faster. (Cue Bionic Man theme)

Chad Miller
Chad hails from the land of rocket launches, oranges, and alligators where he started the Tampa PowerShell User Group. Chad is the DBA for SQL Server and Manager of Database Administration for a shop supporting SQL Server, Oracle, and Informix, acts as coordinator for the SQL Server PowerShell Extensions CodePlex project, and maintains an active blog at http://sev17.com/author/chad-miller/ .

How do I attend? Registration for the event is now open.
*When you register you’ll get a calendar reminder for the event.

Early October Free Training from PASS VCs

Oct 10th, 2010
by Aaron Nelson.
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pass_logoEnsure Business Continuity with SQL Server, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V Live Migration
Maps Integration into Reporting Services
Use PowerShell to Get the Most out of SQL Server
Women in Technology discussion at SQL Saturday #49
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Ensure Business Continuity with SQL Server, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V Live Migration
October 12th 12:00 PM EDT (GMT -4)
Presenter: Ross Mistry

See ways to reduce deployment time and adapt to changes in hardware utilization or capacity requirements quickly, with minimal downtime, using SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Live Migration. The session will also focus on SQL Server Virtualization alternatives, high availability strategies within a virtualized environment and a real life demonstration of moving a SQL Server Virtual Machine from one physical host to another with Live Migration. Finally, the session will also include case studies based on designs at the Microsoft Technology Center.

Ross Mistry

Ross Mistry is an Enterprise Architect at Microsoft, bestselling author and a former SQL Server MVP. Ross focuses on designing and implementing SQL Server solutions for Microsoft’s largest customers at the Microsoft Technology Center in Silicon Valley. Ross is a frequent speaker at SQL Server community events such as SQL PASS, SQL Europe PASS, Connections and SQL Bits. His recent books include; Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 (MSPress), Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed (SAMS) and SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration (SAMS). You can follow him on twitter @RossMistry.

How do I view the presentation?
Attendee URL:  Live Meeting link

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Maps Integration into Reporting Services
October 12th 12:00 PM EDT (GMT -4)
Presenter: Matt Smith

The purpose of this presentation is to display the functionality of Bing maps integration into SSRS on SQL 2008 R2. Topics include how to use geospatial data, create map layers, and drill through actions to enhance usability of reporting.

Matt Smith

A Technology professional with over 5 years experience in various areas of software from database development and architecture to application development . Primary focus is on Business Intelligence. Industries include automotive, finance, healthcare, hospitality, education and real estate.  Matt takes pride in thinking outside the box, building customer relationships, and his liaison abilities between the technical and business worlds. Personal interests include anything sports or outdoor related, photography, salt water aquariums, and family.

How do I view the presentation?
Attendee URL: Live Meeting Link
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Use PowerShell to Get the Most out of SQL Server
October 13th 12:00 PM MDT (GMT -6)
Presenter: Allen White

PowerShell is the new scripting environment from Microsoft for managing server environments.  Because PowerShell supports the .Net Framework, accessing SQL Server in a scripting environment is easier than ever before.  Whether you need to access data or manage SQL Server, PowerShell makes it possible.  This session will give an introduction to PowerShell, explain the basic ADO.Net objects required to connect with SQL Server, and demonstrate accessing SQL Server from PowerShell scripts, both from a data and a management perspective.

Allen White

Allen is a consultant and mentor for Upsearch Technology Services in Northeast Ohio. He’s spent over 35 years in IT and has been using SQL Server since 1992 and is certified MCITP in SQL Server and MCT.  Allen has been awarded Microsoft’s MVP Award for the last four years. He’s active in the Ohio North SQL Server User’s Group and contributes in the MSDN Forums, answering questions about SMO and PowerShell, and maintains a blog at sqlbolg.com

How do I view the presentation?
Attendee URL: Live Meeting Link
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Women in Technology discussion at SQL Saturday #49
October 16th 4:00 PM EDT (GMT -4)
Presenter: Kathi Kellenberger

This is a general round table discussion about women in technology. This presentation is open to men as well.

Kathi Kellenberger

Kathi, former SQL Server MVP, is a Data Technology Specialist with Microsoft in St. Louis. She is author of “Beginning T-SQL 2008″ (Apress) and co-author of “Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services” (Wrox) and “SQL Server MVP Deep Dives” (Manning) as well as over two dozen technical articles. Before joining Microsoft, Kathi was a DBA for Bryan Cave LLP, an international law firm. She has involved with the PASS community for several years, winning the PASSion award in 2008.

How do I view the presentation?
Sign up to attend SQL Saturday #49

End of September Free Training from PASS VCs

Sep 27th, 2010
by Aaron Nelson.
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pass_logoNext-Level SQLCLR: Parallel Processing and Bulk Load
SSRS R2: The New Stuff
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Next-Level SQLCLR: Parallel Processing and Bulk Load
September 28nd 12:00 PM EDT (GMT -4)
Presenter: Adam Machanic

The power of SQLCLR as a performance tool has been well-documented at this point; certain queries, when re-written the right way using SQLCLR components, can run an order of magnitude more quickly. If you’re already using SQLCLR, or need that extra push, attend this session to discover how to take things one step further using advanced techniques and a custom SQLCLR component that will help you leverage the power of parallelism to burn through your rows more quickly than you ever thought possible. This session includes some of the material that will be covered in Adam Machanic’s full-day PASS Summit post-conference seminar, “A Day of Doing Many Things at Once: Multitasking, Parallelism, and Process Distribution.” More information on the seminar is available here: http://sqlpass.eventpoint.com/topic/details/AD311P

Adam Machanic

Adam is a Boston-based independent database consultant, writer, and speaker. He has been involved in dozens of SQL Server implementations for both high-availability OLTP and large-scale data warehouse applications, and has optimized data access layer performance for several data-intensive applications. Adam has written for numerous web sites and magazines, including SQLblog, Simple Talk, Search SQL Server, SQL Server Professional, CoDe, and VSJ. He has also contributed to several books on SQL Server, including “SQL Server 2008 Internals” (Microsoft Press, 2009) and “Expert SQL Server 2005 Development” (Apress, 2007). Adam regularly speaks at user groups, community events, and conferences on a variety of SQL Server and .NET-related topics. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for SQL Server, Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP), and a member of the INETA North American Speakers Bureau.

How do I attend?
Attendee URL: LiveMeeting Link
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SSRS R2: The New Stuff
September 29th 12:00 PM EDT (GMT -4)
Presenter: Mike Davis

In this session Mike shows you the new features in Reporting Services 2008 R2. You will learn how to use the Map control, Sparkline, Indicator, and Data Bars. See the new report builder 3.0. Learn about shared Data sets and report parts. Learn how to drill down from the US level to the state level using the map controls.

Mike Davis

Mike is a MCTS, MCITP, Senior BI consultant, and Trainer at Pragmatic Works.  He is an author of two Business intelligence books.  Mike is an experienced speaker and has presented at many events such as several SQL Server User Groups, Code Camps, SQL Server Launches, and SQL Saturday events. Mike is an active member at his local user group (JSSUG) in Jacksonville, FL.

URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=H2JWQQ&role=attend&pw=tS3%24Gtj%60z

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