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