Monday, January 18, 2016

SQLSaturday Austin – Jan 30th

I will be speaking with other SQL Server experts for SQLSaturday #461 in Austin on Jan 30th, 2016. This is a FREE day of training. FREE!!!
There are also a couple of great Pre-Cons on Friday Jan 29th, 2016 that are very cheap compared to similar training at big conferences.
 
SQLSaturday #461 -- the precons will be held on Friday, January 29th, 2015 at the Microsoft office, 10900 Stonelake Blvd., Suite 225  Austin, TX  78759.  
Registration for SQLSaturday #447 Precon:
Creating a High Availability and Disaster Recovery Plan BY Ryan Adams -- http://sqlsat461-ha.eventbrite.com
Performance Tuning Like a Boss BY Robert Davis --http://sqlsat461-perf.eventbrite.com

Here is a list of the sessions for Saturday (FREE!!!):

Session Time Session Title Track Speaker(s)
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Branding Yourself for a Dream Job Professional Development Steve Jones
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Designing Stored Procedure Solutions Application & Database Development Jennifer McCown
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Enforce Best Practices with CMS and Policy Based Management Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Ryan Adams
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM From Here to Azure Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Thomas LaRock
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Know what your machines are doing besides SQL Server - WMI, WQL, and PoSH Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Michael Bourgon
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Using Power BI when Implementing Data Analytics Management Practices BI Information Delivery Ginger Grant
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM Continuous Deployments using SSDT Application & Database Development Christopher Wolff
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM Fun Facts about Availability Groups Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Joe Hellsten, Joe Hellsten
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM Introducing Azure Data Factory Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Kevin Hazzard
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM Introduction to Time Series Forecasting Advanced Analysis Techniques Peter Myers
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM SQL Server Deprecated and Discontinued Features Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Nancy Hidy Wilson
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM Database Virtualization (Monster VM) – Vsphere 6 Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Michael Corey
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM Dimensional Modeling 101 BI Platform Architecture, Development & Administration Thomas LeBlanc
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM Making the Leap from Developer to DBA Professional Development Amy Herold
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM Monster Text Manipulation: Regular Expressions for the DBA Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Sean McCown
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM Parameter Sniffing the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Application & Database Development Lance Tidwell
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Azure Machine Learning: From Design to Integration Advanced Analysis Techniques Peter Myers
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Backup and Restore Tips and Tricks Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Ryan Adams
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM ColumnStore Index:
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and Beyond
BI Platform Architecture, Development & Administration Jayaprakash Jothiraman
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Database Design Throwdown Application & Database Development Karen Lopez, Thomas LaRock
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM SQL Server 2014/2016 In Memory Technologies - OLTP (aka Hekaton) & ColumnSt Application & Database Development Reinaldo Kibel
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM The Data Warehouse of the Future BI Platform Architecture, Development & Administration Stan Geiger
03:10 PM - 04:10 PM "Can I Get A Report of This?": Introduction to SSRS BI Platform Architecture, Development & Administration Jeremy Frye
03:10 PM - 04:10 PM Changing Your Habits to Improve the Performance of Your T-SQL Application & Database Development Mickey Stuewe
03:10 PM - 04:10 PM Configuring SQL Server for Mission Critical and Scalable Deployments Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Suresh Kandoth
03:10 PM - 04:10 PM Make Your SQL Server Queries Go Faster Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment John Sterrett
03:10 PM - 04:10 PM Mission Possible: Interactive Performance Troubleshooting - Index Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Jim Murphy
03:10 PM - 04:10 PM Overview of Security Investments in SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Jamey Johnston
04:20 PM - 05:20 PM Analyze your query plan like a Microsoft Engineer! Advanced Analysis Techniques Daniel Janik
04:20 PM - 05:20 PM Introduction to Biml BI Platform Architecture, Development & Administration Tim Mitchell
04:20 PM - 05:20 PM Service Broker: Coach your processes asynchronously Application & Database Development William Wolf
04:20 PM - 05:20 PM SQL Server Database Encryption (TDE) Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Ben Miller
04:20 PM - 05:20 PM SS2014 In-Memory Tables: Formula 1 Performance Unleashed! Application & Database Development Mike Byrd
04:20 PM - 05:20 PM Strategies for Working with Texas-sized Databases Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment Robert Davis