If you are interested in SQL Server Performance then you
attending a course by Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal is a must.
We are fortunate to have Kimberly and Paul over in the UK and they are doing
two sessions,
Indexing for Performance in SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 on the
8th - 9th September 2008 in Edinburgh
The early bird discount is ending soon so if you want to
get on these at an amazing price then get in soon.
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One of the few gripes I have with Microsofts
virtualisation story is the lack of support for USB.
Well a company has just come up with a USB network server, which allows a
host machine with USB support to act as a sort of proxy to the USB devices.
Charlei Russell has tried it out and here's his intial blog http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64/archive/2008/07/16/usb-in-hyper-v-child.aspx I'm
going to try it out soon once I get a few things off my plate.
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Now session voting has closed you no longer have to vote
on 10 sessions in order to register.
So if you haven't yet registered get registrering http://www.sqlbits.com/information/Registration.aspx
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To make sure you get your vote in go to http://www.sqlbits.com/LogoCompetition.aspx to
avoid anyone fudging the results all we ask you to do is register on the
site.
Its all very close at the moment and the winner gets an xBox.
I would tell you which ones mine are but I don't think that would be
fair.
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We will be closing voting on the sessions for the next
SQLBits very soon. If you haven't yet voted then go to http://www.sqlbits.com/information/PublicSessions.aspx to
vote.
Once voting has closed we will be finalising the agenda.
Even when voting closes you will still be able to register by going to http://www.sqlbits.com/information/registration.aspx
Simon
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For SQLBits III (www.sqlbits.com ) we have decided to run a
training day on the Friday before the free conference.
We have 4 seminars covering a range of SQL related topics.
You can find the details of the seminars on the Training Day page of the SQLBits site or by clicking on
the links below.
Simon
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Registration is now open for SQLBits III and its FREE again.
We have a staggering 63 sessions submitted for this conference far more than
the previous two. Because of this and to ensure you get to see the sessions you
want to see we have setup the registration process as follows
- Vote on your top 10 sessions
- Register for the
conference
So to register for SQLBits III get voting on your top 10 sessions
Training
Day
We have also introduced this time a training day on the Friday before. We
have 4 full day seminars available for more details go to the training day page on the site
Logo
Competition
And finally but not least, you may have noticed the plain logo at the top of
this email. We have decided to get a new logo and asked the community to get
drawing. The logos have now been submitted and can be voted on. The logo with
the most 5 star votes will win an xBox 360.
So get voting on your favourite logo
Thats
all for now and I hope to see you soon in Hatfield.
Simon
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Session submission for SQLBits III on 13th September
closes today. You can still submit a session by going here http://www.sqlbits.com/information/SessionSubmission.aspx
Its also the last day for you budding Monets to get your logo submissions in.
Please send these to logos@sqlbits.com if
you want details of the competition you can find them here http://www.sqlbits.com/LogoCompetition.aspx.
Don't forget you can win an XBox 360 if your logo wins the
competition.
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If you're interested in presenting a sesion at SQLBits
III (www.sqlbits.com) then get your session
in soon as we are planning on closing submissions this weekend.
To submit a session go to http://sqlbits.com/information/SessionSubmission.aspx
Also the logo competition closes today so make sure you get your entry in
quickly. http://sqlbits.com/LogoCompetition.aspx
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You may have seen my other post on session submissions
for the next SQLBits. Well if you're not up for speaking how about a bit of
drawing.
James Rowland Jones has kindly donated an XBox 360 for our SQLBits logo
competition.
All you have to do is come up with a new logo for SQLBits.
Details of the competition and the currently submitted logos can be
found here http://www.sqlbits.com/LogoCompetition.aspx
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If you didn't know the next SQLBits is going to be on
the 13th September 2008.
We have had an overwhelming response for sessions for the next SQLBits buts
there is still time for you to get your session in, especially if you fancy
doing something on Business Intelligence.
To submit a session its dead easy
1. Go to the submit a session http://www.sqlbits.com/information/SessionSubmission.aspx
2. If you're not registered then register (link available on the page)
3.
Create a speaker BIO
4. Submit your session
I look forward to seeing more sessions.
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We have an exciting meeting planned for London in
August.
I’m sure you’ve
heard of LINQ, LINQ to SQL or Entity Framework, or you might have heard of over
ORM solutions such as NHibernate. ORMs are all about being able to have a set of
objects which developers can use with out having to worry about data access.
So what do these tools mean for the SQL Server Developer and
DBA.
Mike Taulty has volunteered to do a couple of sessions on what LINQ
is all about and what LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework mean to you as a
database professional. Is it going to kick you out of a job or provide you more
work ???
The Agenda for the evening is.
6pm – 6:30 News and open
session
Simon will do a stint on whats going on in the world, betas,
release candidates service packs, best practices, training etc. And then will open up the floor to any
one that has something to say.
6:30pm – 7:30 Whats LINQ all about? And how does LINQ fit in with
LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework Part 1
Mike will go through LINQ as
programming feature and how it is used by Linq to SQL and the Entity
Framework. He’ll also discuss what LINQ to SQL and the entity framework
is.
7:30pm – 7:50 Beer and Pizza
7:50pm – 9pm Whats LINQ all about? And how does LINQ fit in with
LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework Part 2
The discussion, demos and presentation will continue from part
1.
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We are very fortunate that Michael Rys has
decided to come and speak at a UG event whilst he is in the UK for a
W3C working group.
Michael is Program Manager in the
SQL Server Engine Team at Microsoft and is responsible for the
XML features in SQL Server.
If you use XML in SQL Server then this
is the one User group meeting you have to come to.
Click here to register http://sqlserverfaq.com/?eid=126
He is the man that knows XML and
XQuery inside and out. On the few occasions I've met him I've
always felt humbled by the intellect of this man.
You can find his blog
here http://blogs.msdn.com/mrys/ and his
old CV can be found here http://infolab.stanford.edu/~rys/cv/ (nice picture)
Registration is at 6.00, evening will
commence at 6:30pm and finish 9pm.
6:30pm - 6.45pm -
Introduction, news and
gossip.
Whats going on in the world,
6:45 - 9pm Michael Rys on non-relational data in SQL
Server
I'm sure Michael has some great demos on non relational
features and will answer any questions you have around XML, filestream, Ful Text
etc.
Pizza will be served at some point in the evening
Click here to register http://sqlserverfaq.com/?eid=126
Note: Due to the late notice of this meeting the
precise details might change slightly,
however we need you to register asap
to make sure its worth us running the meeting
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Have you got something you've found out that you think
others might be interested in. Then submit a session for the next SQLBits on
13th September 2008.
http://www.sqlbits.com/information/SessionSubmission.aspx
You need to be logged in to fill in a BIO and submit a session.
Once we have all the sessions in we will open voting to get the community to
decide which sessions they would like to see.
If you're stuck for ideas have a look at the sessions from the previous
events.
http://www.sqlbits.com/information/event2/PublicSessions.aspx
http://www.sqlbits.com/information/event1/PublicSessions.aspx
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