- Operations Day for SQL Server 2008 in UK - for Premier customers
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I found an interesting blog in The Premiers blog site that is used by Premier Field Engineering team within Microsoft that serves most of the Customers (Permier contracts), they are conducting an Open day - Operations Day for SQL Server 2008 within their Campus in Thames Valley, Reading on 05th June 2008. This will be a good point for Database Administration for the Enterprises that are having Premier support contract with Microsoft to discuss about technical information covering in specific to SQL Server 2008, that is scheduled to release this year.
Also this morning I have had email from relevant Technical Account Manager (TAM) and also advised that places will be allotted on a first come first served basis. Best way is to speak to your relevant TAM contact within your Enterprise to get the allocation on that day.
- Most Valueable 'technical' week so far this year, for me - MVP Global summit 2008
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In continuation with MVP global summit related posts here I can say since 12th April 2008 it has been a very useful week in terms of Technical knowledge update & networking.
As you may know this is a MVP exclusive event that is not one of public wide conference, that gives a four day (in-depth) conference that is hosted at the Washington Trade and Convention Center in Seattle and at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond too. Not to mention about interaction with Product Development group for each of the MVP that they are expertised and also giving an exclusive access to more than 400 sessions and panel discussions and a range of networking opportunities. To cover up this MVP-AttendingGeography related post here and I think near 2.500 MVP have attended this summit, most of them made new networking links & more good to see 'in-person' techie geek that are sharing the valueable knowledge in all kinds of IT technologies.
During Wednesday, specially for SQL Server related MVPs it was a great time in meeting SQL Server Relational Engine development team members, that are important in enhancing/developing Language Processing, Metadata, Utilities, Storage Engine, SQL OS layers within SQL Server, no doubt that the room was full-packed with a flood of many questions from MVPs related to Query Processing - joins, cache, performance - indexing & caching, procedure cache, memory and many more that will make a better place for SQL Server (existing and upcoming versions), also its a positive acknowledgement/explanation from the team (thanks to them) and you may recognise few from the snaps from this Web Album.
Not only this as a curtain closer we had energetic presence from Microsoft top executives such as Steve Ballmer, CEO and Ray Ozzie, CSO (Software Architect), as it was Bill Gates here last year. I will addup the photos & videos in due course.
- DevConnections conferences schedules in Orlando, Florida - check it out
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Here is the list of schedule for DevConnections conferences that are lined up in Orlando, Florida during this month:
- UK User Group Community Days @ Microsoft, Thames Valley Park - free to attend
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As blogged here earlier the User Group Community Day is fast approaching and still places are available for the interested IT users to bring you the third of its free to attend community days and this time we are bigger and more in depth than ever.
Why 2 days?
This Two day event will include group sessions for all as well as breakout sessions on specific technologies across 5 rooms so you are guaranteed to find something you want to participate and listen to. Many of the speakers are recognised Community experts as well as MVP awardees in their respective technology plus we hope to have a fair representation of Microsoft staff as well.
Do you need to chill-out during evening?
Evening event - Not content with running two full days of great IT Pro focuses sessions we are also running an evening event for both days. The idea behind this event is that is a chance to chill out with your peers and the speakers and Microsoft personnel from the day. Find out more.
Venue and dates please?
This User Group Community Day being held at Microsoft Campus in Reading on April the 8th and 9th. For details on the venue location for those that have not been to the Microsoft Campus and this will start with the introductions and Keynote at 9.30am so aim to be arriving at the venue for 9am if possible.
Where can I register?
Click on this Event Registration Form to register and attend, remaining places are first come first serve basis.
What else is included for this excitement?
There will be User Group community stands outside the main conference hall so you will be able to chat with representatives of the User Groups in breaks and at lunch. There will be lunch provided for all attendees as well teas and coffee’s at the breaks.
Ok, how about agenda and timetable for this conference?
Yes it is available, you can either have a sneak preview of events this Conference Agenda or to print out the PDF of the agenda and timetable from here.
Wait, we haven't finished yet to give you more excitement?
A new section is created for Attendees, IT Hero Section which is held between 16:55 and 17:30 hours.
So what's the big idea behind it?
The idea behind this section is that one person from each of the technology areas represented on the day will come out of the audience to talk for around 5 minutes about a solution they have been involved with that uses the latest Microsoft technology (Server 2008 for example).
See you there for another mind-effective community days lined up for you to get to know all about in IT.
- MVP Global Summit - where all the attendees are coming from, view map geographically?
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MVP Global Summit, what it meant for MVPs?
At one place, global connections with peers with a shared insight with a flavour of engagement with relevant product manager, sounds terrific isn't it!
Who can attend - as per the previous post on MVP Global Summit 2008 here, if you are a Most Valuable Professional or Regional Director then you are invited to attend this exclusive summit between April 14 - 17 2008. The venue is hosted hosted at the Washington Trade and Convention Center in Seattle and at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, with an exclusive access to more than 400 sessions and panel discussions and a range of networking opportunities, as well as Microsoft top executives such as Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer, and Ray Ozzie, chief software architect.
So what's new with this post, fellow MVP John OBrien (Live Development) has done an excellent & another valueable job by teaming up with Summit organisers to produce a 'small world' Virtul Earth visualisation of where all the attendees of the summit are coming from. As you can see the data is a general area (city basis) to zoom and if you see larger dots that represents more MVPs on that area, pretty cool!.
This summit may be first one for the new MVPs who are awarded since last July 2007 cycle and for me it is 2nd one, its worth a trip to seattle with a deep dive to immerse into technology.
- Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Ensuring Your Data Is Secure with a Trusted Platform
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Another part of Technet webcast series on SQL Server 2008.
In this part a focus on IT professionals and the SQL Server 2008 the Trusted Platform. In the first part of the series we spent time looking at how Contoso was using SQL Server 2008 as a productivity platform. Now we change direction from developers and look at how Contoso's IT operations embraced the new and enhanced features to make sure that SQL Server 2008 was a trusted platform. The first two parts address security, which is a main theme for Contoso as they have large amounts of critical data that needs to be protected against both internal and external threats. Either data loss or compromise would be a nightmare scenario. In this session, we look at features such as surface area configuration policies, external key management, and Network Access Protection (NAP), and Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption, which Contoso could use to protect its data.
When: Monday, March 31, 2008
Time: 11:30 A.M.–1:00 P.M. Pacific Time
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- Web Seminar: True High Availability for SQL Servers
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Another sponsored link I have got from Windows magazine:
Simply put, your critical applications use SQL. It is the silent engine behind the curtains doing the heavy and important work keeping your corporate data that makes your business run organized and accessible. If it stops, your business stops. How can you ensure that this critical data is always safe and available?
Attend this informative web seminar to learn helpful information that can help you meet your enterprise's HA needs. Attendees at this interactive discussion will learn about:
• WAN HA support
• HA Support for Standard vs. Enterprise Edition
• Creating a HA cluster including majority node set (MNS)
• How to remotely install HA solutions on your servers from a central location
• Why you need replica servers, and how to automatically configure them
• How to test and validate your replica environment without operator intervention
• Using the Rewind function (Continuous data protection) included in CA XOsoft High Availability
Tune in for useful tips and a guide to resources available for your disaster recovery planning, and bring your questions for our lively Q&A session following the presentation. Register now so you won't miss out on this chance to learn how to keep your SQL servers running - and what to do if disaster strikes.
Register today!
- Developer Day Scotland - mark your diaries for 10 May 2008 -Delegate registrations are now open!
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With regard to the subject the delegate registration is now open:
To register please visit:
http://developerdayscotland.com/main/DelegateRegistration/tabid/69/Default.aspx
February 11 2008
Community events and user groups are very active within the UK. The natural evolution is to bring Developer! Developer! Developer! style conference days to Scotland.Community events and user groups are very active within the UK. The natural evolution is to bring Developer! Developer! Developer! style conference days to Scotland.
10th May 2008 is the date for you to get wealth of knowledge within the Software Engineering technologies that will consists three technical tracks with a capacity in excess of 150 delegates with a sixty minute in-depth technical content sessions from leading international speakers and technology specialists suc as MVPs, that will also includes a networking area, CPD resources, CV workshop and much more.
Delegates & Speakers will typically be drawn from software professionals and soon-to-be professionals, including business analysts, designers, DBAs, software developers, software engineers, students, team leads, testers and not forgetting managers of all levels. Interest to attend as a delegate has already been expressed by individuals from education, small business, multi-national corporations and various branches of government.
The Agenda for this conference is available with your session voting page to let us know what sessions you'd like to see.
- SQL Server Open World - 2008, mark your diaries
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Wow, its almost one year for me to talk about SQL Server Open World!
Last year I have given 2 presentations on Effective usage of Database Mirroring & Business Continuity mesaures & practices, blog posts here for a reference:
http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/etc/archive/2007/03/17/sql-server-open-world-mvp-global-summit.aspx
http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/etc/archive/2007/03/10/sql-server-open-world-conference.aspx
http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/bc/archive/2007/03/10/effective-usage-of-sql-server-2005-database-mirroring-by-ssqa-in-sql-server-open-world.aspx
So again this year Miracle A/S scheduled another event on April 03rd 2008 till April 05th 2008, see what it is for:
This unusual event is based on two things: Education and Networking. You'll actually learn something and this year we'll take special care of beginners and experienced attendees in two different tracks. CAT (Customer Advisory Team) from Redmond are among the speakers. Focus will of course be on SQL Server 2008 and also about our new concept Stop Guessing (TM) developed jointly with the CAT folks.
The event starts Thursday evening with focus on SQL Server 2008 in a common session.
Registration and further details.
- Developer Day Scotland - how does voting process work for sessions!
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In continuation with DeveloperDay scotland on Colin has blogged about How does the voting work for Developer Day Scotland , its interesting and fair!
- SQLBits conference on01st March 2008 - 1 week to go
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In continuing from the post of SQLBits II now the sessions are available on SQLBITS site for your voting.
Don't forget to register and cast your vote to be in touch with SQL Server knowledge.
Here is the incentive from SQLBITS as the next Free community conference on the 1st March 2008
Update:
Hope to see familiar faces over there and it will be interesting this time as many SQL Server 2008 presentations are lined up and good to see from the recent February 2008 ctp too.
- Speaking at Microsoft Tech-ED 2008 conference!
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Just giving you what you need to know about tech-ed conference in US during June 2008!
This time Microsoft has divided this biggest conference into 2 sections, as it is within European side of it and now Tech·Ed U.S. has expanded from a one-week conference into two separate conferences held back-to-back in Orlando, FL:
Tech·Ed U.S. Developers June 3-6, 2008
Tech·Ed U.S. IT Professionals June 10-13, 2008
Register today and save $200 with the early bird discount.
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Bill Gates, Chairman
Developers Keynote Speaker |
Bob Muglia, Senior Vice President
of the Server and Tools Business
IT Professionals Keynote Speaker |
Expert content and unlimited knowledge flow and you will gain a lot in attending these conferences. Last year I was present at Tech-ed conference within 'Ask The Experts' lounge for Database Administration & Development trace area. Now I have been selected as a Speak to present at Tech-ed US 2008 conference and my sessions will be as follows:
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- How to get involved with the UK launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008
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Its about 1 month for UK users to get involved in lauch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Serve 2008.
- The main launch event: 19 March 2008 at the ICC Birmingham and places are already in "waitlisting" for this event. More places will be released, so if you wish to be placed on the waiting list, please phone 0870 166 6640. Alternatively, you may wish to pre-register for our Roadshows or the Virtual Launch Event.
- The TechNet and MSDN Roadshows in April and May: pre-register your interest now- The Virtual Launch Experience on 19 March: pre register your interest now |
- MVP Global Summit 2008
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As per the plans MVP global summit 2008 registration is open for the MVPs and Regional Directors, this is a good event to meet fellow professionals in Microsoft's backyard in Seattle.
Looking forward to meet and discuss more about SQL Server 2008..... an exclusive event for Microsoft MVPs & RDs....
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- SQL Server Security & Compliance - webcast by IDERA
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"SQL Server Security & Compliance"
Sponsored by Idera:
SQL Server security and compliance go hand in hand. With the changes in legislation and new requirements to ensure that database platforms such as SQL Server are secure we will take a look at how to secure your SQL Server environment from the bottom up as well as look at ways to ensure your systems are in compliance. Join us for this exciting webcast about securing your SQL Server systems.
You’ll also see a demonstration of Idera’s SQL compliance manager & SQLsecure, tools that will help secure and audit SQL Server.
Presenter: Chad Boyd
Space is limited, so register here now!
(Forgot to add when it is, DOH)
Wednesday, January 23, 2008.
4 PM Eastern | 3 PM Central | 2 PM Mountain | 1 PM Pacific
Further not to mention about links below:
