SQLSaturday #28 - Baton Rouge 2010

Event Date: 08/14/2010 00:00:00

Event Location:

Louisiana State University - College Of Engineering
1109 Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Sessions

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Title: Getting Started with the Entity Framework 4.0

Abstract: In this session, we’ll…

• Explore the Entity Framework 4.0, its related components and show how it all works • Demonstrate how to build a business object model (Entity Data Model) and database mappings, from a database, from a model or from code • Walk through a variety of examples of how to interact with the model • Take a close look at how and why EF 4.0 implements “Persistence Ignorance” • Show how to implement Entity Framework in a multi-tiered application

You’ll walk-away with a clear understanding of how the Entity Framework 4.0 can greatly simplify your DAL and enable you to program against a conceptual model of your data, versus the actual data store itself

Speaker(s):

Rob Vettor

Track and Room: .Net 1 - N/A

Title: Best Practices Every SQL Server DBA Must Know

Abstract: The focus on this session is on describing best practices every SQL Server DBA needs to know. These are foundational best practices that, if not followed, could have a significant negative effect on the performance and availability of their SQL Servers. As such, this session is targeted towards those who have less than one year’s experience. This session focuses on key fundamentals, such as: Installing Upgrading SQL Server; SQL Server Configuration; User Data and Log File Management; Database Configuration Settings; Configuring Critical Maintenance Jobs; Setting Up Alerts for Critical Errors; Security Basics; Implementing a Backup and Restore Strategy; Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan; Testing; Monitoring; and Documentation.

Speaker(s):

Brad McGehee

Track and Room: SQL Admin II - N/A

Title: Introduction to NHibernate and Fluent NHibernate

Abstract: Object-Relational Mappers (ORMs) have started to make their way into mainstream .NET development with the advent of LINQ-to-SQL and the Entity Framework from Microsoft. Before that, though, there was NHibernate. Based on the Java Hibernate project, NHibernate is one of the most mature .NET ORMs in the marketplace. The Fluent NHibernate project builds on this to make NHibernate a breeze to configure. In this presentation, Brian will discuss the pros and cons of ORMs in general, and demonstrate how NHibernate can take the pain out of writing your persistence layer.

Speaker(s):

Brian Sullivan

Track and Room: .Net 2 - N/A

Title: SharePoint 2010 Management with PowerShell

Abstract: SharePoint 2010 includes hundreds of PowerShell cmdlets for managing your SharePoint 2010 environment. This session will first provide you with the basics of using PowerShell and then dive into using PowerShell to mange SharePoint 2010. You will learn everything from scripting out deployments to managing sites using PowerShell. This session will also show SharePoint administrators how to automate common SharePoint tasks.

Speaker(s):

Cody Gros

Track and Room: Apps\Cloud\Personal Development - N/A

Title: Conceptual Data Modeling: Defining Our Data

Abstract: Data modeling is the process of defining structure for data. Some systems might make this seem like something that occurs in a deep well at midnight with water-soluble markers, but a well defined data model can provide greater system longevity, less complexity in application and reporting development, better capability for performance improvements, and less long-term volatility. This session will discuss concepts of data modeling, signs of a well defined model, technical and non-technical benefits we can use for approaching different audiences, and some of the tools we can use in different stages of modeling. We’ll wrap up with a practical example of converting business language into the first stages of a conceptual data model.

Speaker(s):

Eli Weinstock-Herman

Track and Room: DB Design App Dev - N/A

Title: Zen Coding

Abstract: The philosophy, the mindset, the attitude of a professional, principled, disciplined software developer.

Speaker(s):

Brian Rigsby

Track and Room: .Net 1 - N/A

Title: Getting SQL Service Broker Up and Running

Abstract: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 include a fantastic feature that few people understand or use. That feature is the Microsoft SQL Server Service Broker. The SQL Service Broker is one of the least used features within the database engine, and that lack of use is simply from last of knowledge about the feature.

In this session we’ll dig into how to configure the service broker for not only intra-database message queuing, but database to database queuing as well as server to server database queuing. We will also dig into a real life scenario where the SQL Server Service Broker was used to do ETL from an OLTP database to an OLAP database in near real time for near real time reporting (as time allows).

Speaker(s):

Denny Cherry

Track and Room: Apps\Cloud\Personal Development - N/A

Title: Advance Your Debugging Skills with VS 2010

Abstract: In this session, we’ll …

• Dive deep into the new IntelliTrace feature, which enables you to step back in time within your debugging session and inspect or re-execute code, without having to restart your application. • See how to manage large numbers of breakpoints with labeling, searching and filtering. • Extend “data tips” by adding comments, notes and strategically “pinning” these resources to maintain their visibility throughout your session. • Demonstrate “collaborative debugging,“ by debugging a portion of an application and then exporting breakpoints and labeled data tips, so that others can leverage your effort, without having to start over.

Speaker(s):

Rob Vettor

Track and Room: .Net 1 - N/A

Title: MDX 101

Abstract: Join Bryan Smith, co-author of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 MDX Step by Step, in exploring the fundamental concepts of this powerful and elegant data access language.

Speaker(s):

Bryan Smith

Track and Room: SSIS\BI - N/A

Title: Database Maintenance Essentials

Abstract: Many DBAs take routine database maintenance for granted. What they don’t understand is that the cumulative effect of poor database maintenance can significantly hurt performance and reduce uptime. In this session you will learn the key things all DBAs need to know in order to help them maintain their databases at peak performance. As such, this session is targeted towards those who have less than one year’s experience as a SQL Server DBA. In this session, you will learn about: Physical File Fragmentation; Database and Log File Management; tempdb Maintenance, msdb Maintenance; Index Maintenance; Statistics Maintenance; Data Corruption Detection; Database and Log File Protection; and Database Maintenance Monitoring.

Speaker(s):

Brad McGehee

Track and Room: SQL Admin I - N/A

Title: Deciding if VMs are a good choice for your SQL Svr

Abstract: We’ll be looking into the pros and cons of moving SQL Servers into a virtual server environment. Specifically we’ll be looking into when it’s a good idea and when it’s probably not a good idea. Like all problems in the database world there are no hard set answers as to if virtualization is a good idea, but there are some times when virtualizing a SQL Server is a good idea, and can save you some money. There are some other times when you will be shooting yourself in the foot and shouldn’t. We’ll be focusing on when how to make this decision, and how to gather the metrics that you need in order to come to this decision.

Speaker(s):

Denny Cherry

Track and Room: SQL Admin II - N/A

Title: Running mixed workloads on SQL Server

Abstract: In an ideal world, you can separate your OLTP traffic and reporting so the databases can be optimized for their respective workloads. In the real world, this is not always an option. Real time data means reporting off of the OLTP environment. We will first look at the shortcomings of different reporting solutions. We will then look at features that help a mixed work play nicely together. Some of these features include filtered indexes, indexes views, persisted computed columns, data compression, resource governor, partitioning and others. We will also touch on database design concepts that can help mixed workloads and leave you with topics to research further so you master the juggling act that is mixed workloads

Speaker(s):

Jason Massie

Track and Room: SQL Admin I - N/A

Title: Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Development

Abstract: Windows Phone 7 is the latest mobile OS from Microsoft. It is a paradigm shift from previous Windows Mobile operating systems, such as WinMo, and offers .NET and Silverlight developers a chance to get hooked into the mobile application explosion that has taken off in recent years. This session will introduce you to the Windows Phone 7 platform, and will demonstrate how to build application for the Windows 7 Phone.

Speaker(s):

Carlos Femmer

Track and Room: DB Design App Dev - N/A

Title: Dynamic SSIS with Expressions and Configurations

Abstract: Never hard-code a connection string or file path again! In this session, we’ll look at several ways to introduce dynamic logic into your packages by way of the SSIS expression language, package configurations, and variables. Learn how to reuse tasks, components, and containers by replacing static settings with dynamic and flexible properties.

Speaker(s):

Tim Mitchell

Track and Room: SSIS\BI - N/A

Title: .NET 3.5 Fundamentals

Abstract: This session will discuss some of the foundational topics in the current .NET frameworks and languages including Generics, Lambda Expressions, Extension Methods, and LINQ. While this is an introductory discussion, it will also be a great chance for the more experienced .NET developer to pick up on some new information. This session assumes that you have some basic programming experience, which can be educational.

Speaker(s):

Mike Huguet

Track and Room: .Net 1 - N/A

Title: A PowerShell Cookbook for DBAs

Abstract: This introduction to PowerShell is different than most. Instead of starting with a full treatment of the language, you will receive a brief overview then a collection of “recipes,” stand-alone PowerShell scripts that automate various administration tasks for SQL Server 2000, 2005, and 2008. You will learn by example, and quickly realize why investing a little time into learning PowerShell will make your job a great deal easier.

Speaker(s):

Trevor Barkhouse

Track and Room: SQL Admin II - N/A

Title: Building a Testable Data Access Layer

Abstract: All developers understand the theoretical value of unit testing, but with data driven applications, figuring out how to create tests can be hard. In this session, you will learn how to design and build a data layer that can be tested. We will introduce data layer architecture practices and methodologies that make testing possible, and cover the basics of unit test mocking. You will also be guided through various types of testing, including unit, integration, and functional testing. Leave this session with the basics needed to start creating tests for application data layers, including those powered by LinqToSQL and Entity Framework.

Speaker(s):

Todd Anglin

Track and Room: Apps\Cloud\Personal Development - N/A

Title: Zen Testing

Abstract: A introduction to unit testing and using “test first” coding concepts.

Speaker(s):

Brian Rigsby

Track and Room: .Net 1 - N/A

Title: CDC + SSIS = SCD

Abstract: Building dimensions using the Slowly changing dimension wizard in SSIS is simple and quick. However its performance and flexibility is questionable. Even further, when trying to perform incremental loads of your Dimensions using the aforementioned approach or a custom approach prior to Change Data Captured (CDC) offered certain challenges. In this session Patrick will show you how to utilize CDC and SSIS to incrementally load Type I and Type II dimensions using features that are all native to SQL Server 2008.

Speaker(s):

Patrick LeBlanc

Track and Room: SSIS\BI - N/A

Title: An Introduction to Profiler and SQL Trace

Abstract: Profiler (and its underlying subsystem, SQL Trace) is a tool for recording a SQL Server instance’s activity. This diagnostic and performance data is valuable for troubleshooting and characterizing a system’s workload. Like any powerful tool, misuse can be quite harmful, so great care must be exercised. This session will teach you how to efficiently configure, run, and analyze the data from traces, while minimizing the overhead of the data collection and avoiding common pitfalls.

Speaker(s):

Trevor Barkhouse

Track and Room: SQL Admin I - N/A

Title: An Introduction to Power Pivot

Abstract: PowerPivot for Excel is a data analysis tool that delivers unmatched computational power directly within the application users already know and love—Microsoft Excel. Join Bryan Smith for an exploration of this incredible technology and how it can be used to address your organization’s business intelligence needs.

Speaker(s):

Bryan Smith

Track and Room: BI\SSRS - N/A

Title: College Football and MSFT Business Intelligence

Abstract: Toss Adventure Works and Project Real, this is SEC territory and football rules. This ‘no holds barred session’ will be a rapid fire creation of a Microsoft Business Intelligence solution from source data (NCAA Football statistics) to surfacing the data with Microsoft tools. The audience will get a first-hand overview of the dimensional modeling process, ETL, SQL Server Analysis Services and finally creating a UI for our data. All of the source code for the session will be made available for use after the session for anybody passionate enough about college football to maintain their own databaset.

Speaker(s):

Barry Ralston

Track and Room: BI\SSRS - N/A

Title: Data Mining in Action: A case study

Abstract: This session will focus on using real world data ( no Adventureworks) taken through the life cycle of a data mining application. Topics will include the methodology an introduction to details of DMX, managing output and validating discoveries

Speaker(s):

Drew Minkin

Track and Room: SSIS\BI - N/A

Title: The Best of Visual Studio 2010

Abstract: This session will combine the best parts of “What’s new in VS2010”, “What’s new in the Framework 4.0”, and “VS2010 Tips and Tricks”. In this session you will see the best parts of three sessions in one uber session. We will look at Parallelism, changes to the CLR, cool features like the new Call Hierarchy, and much, much more!

Speaker(s):

Zain Naboulsi

Track and Room: .Net 2 - N/A

Title: SSIS and Powershell: A winning combination

Abstract: Managing SSIS packages in large environments can be a real challenge in large shops. This session will show you how to deploy, transfer, monitor, standardize, and automate your SSIS package environment using Powershell. You’ll learn how to keep many data marts in perfect synch, deploy packages to multiple servers, consolidate packages to a single server, enforce naming and security standards, and much more.

Speaker(s):

Sean McCown

Track and Room: SQL Admin II - N/A

Title: ssis templates: the easy way to win.

Abstract: ssis templates are an overlooked, easy way to win big, win fast. leverage built in tools in ssis to make detailed reporting on run time details of your ssis packages easy.

Speaker(s):

Tim Costello

Track and Room: SSIS\BI - N/A

Title: Build Your First SSIS Package

Abstract: In this session, we’ll take a top-down look at SQL Server Integration Services. We’ll start with an overview of SSIS and how it fits in with the rest of the SQL Server BI stack, followed by a quick tour of the components and tasks available in SSIS. Finally, we’ll wrap up by demonstrating how to build and deploy a simple SSIS package from scratch. This session is intended for those with little to no experience with SQL Server Integration Services.

Speaker(s):

Andy Leonard

Track and Room: SSIS\BI - N/A

Title: RESTful Data

Abstract: REST is an architectural style that allows for a layered, scalable, and cacheable enterprise information system. With WCF Data Services, a database can be surfaced to a service as a REST-style resource collection that is addressable with natural URIs and can be interacted with using the usual HTTP verbs: GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. This session will describe OData (the Open Data Protocol), the benefits it conveys, and its uses. Then we will set up a data service using an existing database that developers would then access rather than accessing the database directly.

Speaker(s):

Chris Eargle

Track and Room: .Net 2 - N/A

Title: Building Richer Web Applications with SP2010

Abstract: There has been several improvements in SharePoint 2010 that makes it easier for developers to build rich interactive web applications on the SharePoint platform. This session will dive into the Client Object Model now available in SP2010 as well as the improvements in the rendered html. The session will also cover how to leverage a JavaScript library like jQuery in the SharePoint platform.

Speaker(s):

Kyle Kelin

Track and Room: .Net 2 - N/A

Title: 3P’s (Principles, patterns and performance) of SD

Abstract: 3P’s of software development. In this talk Chander Dhall talks about the combined use of the 3P’s to write high performing, modular software. He points out the best practices in C# and at the same time gives some really cool tips to speed up websites in no time. He goes deep into performance but at the same time explores the best possible scalable ways of writing object oriented code.

Speaker(s):

Chander Dhall

Track and Room: .Net 2 - N/A

Title: Common TSQL Programming Mistakes

Abstract: We are going to examine a variety of oopsies MANY developers fall prey to - some obvious, some fairly subtle and some down right sneaky! Lots of code examples with the bad AND good code presented.

Speaker(s):

Kevin Boles

Track and Room: SQL Admin I - N/A

Title: Parallelism Options in .NET 4.0

Abstract: This session will cover examples of parallel options added in .NET 4.0 and VS 2010 including mainly parallel extensions, parallel debugger and concurrency viewer. There will be some review of the underpinning architecture needed to make this possible including parallel task library and the task scheduler. This session assumes that you have knowledge of Generics, LINQ and C#.

Speaker(s):

Al Manint

Track and Room: DB Design App Dev - N/A

Title: The Modern Resume: Building Your Brand

Abstract: Steve Jones, founder of SQL Server Central talks about how to update your resume to fit into today’s modern world, and take advantage of the tools offered by blogging, social networking, and more.

Speaker(s):

Steve Jones

Track and Room: Apps\Cloud\Personal Development - N/A

Title: Get your Mining Model Predictions out to all

Abstract: Over the past 18 months many financial and portfolio management firms have been severely ‘hit’ by the depressed markets and poor economic conditions.This lead to risk exposure and considerable client liability.We like many firms have gone through the ‘teething process’with regards to data mining model predictions and have now taken our systems from the prototype stage to our “shop floor” and are getting the ‘good word’ out to management via SQL Server Reporting Services 2008.

Speaker(s):

Steve Simon

Track and Room: BI\SSRS - N/A

Title: Introduction to DMVs in SQL 2005/2008

Abstract: What are DMV’s in SQL 2005/2008, and how can you use them to improve query performance, discover indexing needs and more?

Speaker(s):

William Assaf

Track and Room: SQL Admin II - N/A

Title: Beginning Powershell

Abstract: For those of you who have always wanted to get started with powershell but didn’t know how, this session is for you. We’ll go over the extreme basics of how PS is organized and show you everything you need to know to go out and continue your learning.

Speaker(s):

Sean McCown

Track and Room: SQL Admin I - N/A

Title: Intro to Windows Azure

Abstract: During this session we’ll explore an introduction to Cloud Computing and the Windows Azure cloud platform. Covered will be basics of the cloud dev tools, a look at Table, Blob, and Queue storage, and a dive into some of the specifics of SQL Azure.

Speaker(s):

Ryan Duclos

Track and Room: Apps\Cloud\Personal Development - N/A

Title: My first SQL Report

Abstract: Are you trying make sense of all that data? Then SQL Reporting is a great tool to add to any business intelligence system. In this session we will overview what SSRS is and what it can do for you. The primary focus will be on report creation from blank report to final product.

Speaker(s):

Mark Verret

Track and Room: BI\SSRS - N/A

Title: Microsoft .NET Framework from Scratch

Abstract: This seminar is for anyone who is starting at ground zero with .NET and wants a deep dive into the platform starting from scratch. It is designed for developers experienced in at least one other language, and starts with the basics of . NET and covers Microsoft Visual Studio, writing code in C#, and how to build applications in various technologies of the platform such as Windows, Web, Microsoft Silverlight, and Windows Mobile. If you are new to writing applications on Microsoft .NET, this is the place to be.

Speaker(s):

Keith Elder

Track and Room: Microsoft .NET Framework from Scratch - N/A

Title: 3rd Normal Form: That’s crazy talk!!!

Abstract: Another DBA I work with has this Session Title on his whiteboard (Thanks Richard) at work. This session will be a step by step process of taking 2 different examples (Labatory and Fund Agreement) through normalization. The databases will be diagrammed and scripted out with primary, alternate and foreign keys, defaults, constraints and to Null or Not to Null. Some cool examples will be used to show just how powerful normalization can be and what SQL Server 2005/2008 features can enhance the delivery of information to the end user.

Speaker(s):

Thomas LeBlanc

Track and Room: DB Design App Dev - N/A

Title: ALM, Agile and TFS - The Keys to Successful Projec

Abstract: ALM, Agile and TFS – I will explain How to use the tools, methodologies and processes together to manage software projects. And by using these three together you can create an environment for a success. I will discuss each and how each relies on the other to ease the entire software development lifecycle.

Speaker(s):

Mike Moles

Track and Room: .Net 1 - N/A

Title: SQL Source Control: Poor man’s data dude.

Abstract: SQL Source code control is something you can’t afford to ignore. Learn to use open source tools to archive and manage sql objects (tsql scripts, ssis packages, ssis reports). Commit early, commit often.

Speaker(s):

Tim Costello

Track and Room: SSIS\BI - N/A

Title: C# Ninjitsu

Abstract: C# has humble beginnings as an object oriented language of the purest kind. It was class-based, it was imperative, and it was component-oriented. For many years, the classic object-oriented design principles served class library designers well. But C# is no longer a purely object oriented language. It is no longer an imperative, class-based, component oriented discipline. It is also a generic, declarative, functional discipline. I will reexamine the object-oriented principles and introduce new principles. I will then introduce new refactorings as we move toward a more declarative, fluent world.

Speaker(s):

Chris Eargle

Track and Room: .Net 1 - N/A

Title: Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager

Abstract: Many managers may view Exploratory Testing as both chaotic and unproductive. However, with a tiny bit of forethought, deliberate technique and the proper tool, it can prove to be a meaningful way of uncovering software defects.

Speaker(s):

Vaneshia Leachman

Track and Room: .Net 2 - N/A

Title: Breakfast Basics, SSAS Cube Creation

Abstract: Bring your favorite caffeinated beverage and start SQLSaturday with this session on fthe basics of creating a SQL Server Analysis Services cube.

Speaker(s):

Barry Ralston

Track and Room: BI\SSRS - N/A

Title: Understanding Storage Systems and SQL Server

Abstract: The most important part of your SQL Server is also the slowest, Storage. This talk will take you through the fundamentals of your server’s Disk I/O System. From how hard drives work, through RAID configurations, and how to configure the file system. This session should give you a solid foundation over storage systems and help you understand why they are slow and how to overcome some of their limitations.

Speaker(s):

Wesley Brown

Track and Room: SQL Admin I - N/A

Title: Azure - Best Practices

Abstract: In this presentation Chander Dhall will go from the fundamental data abstractions in Azure table storage to best practices with some hands on coding involving Asp.Net MVC 2apps with Azure on VS 2010. The talk would cover the basic architecture, partitioning guidelines and best practices regarding portioning. It will include some hands on coding specific to blobs, tables and queues with scalability and performance guidelines.

Speaker(s):

Chander Dhall

Track and Room: Apps\Cloud\Personal Development - N/A

Title: SQL Server Memory Deep Dive

Abstract: Like the title says, be prepared to get really down and dirty with memory allocations and usage in SQL Server. RAM is one of the three pillars of server performance and understanding how it is used, how you can analyze what is going on with it and how to properly adjust the the few knobs you have at your disposal are very important topics for both your server’s health and performance.

Speaker(s):

Kevin Boles

Track and Room: SQL Admin II - N/A

Title: Basic SQL Server

Abstract: Learn the basics of SQL Server if you are new to working with the product. This high level technical session will introduce the basics of database design, objects in SQL Server, security, and queries as well as an overview of how the product is structured from an IT perspective.

Speaker(s):

Steve Jones

Track and Room: SQL Admin I - N/A

Title: Data Mining.. Making $mart financial decisions

Abstract: Over the past few months many financial houses have been severely ‘hit’ by the current slump in the sub prime mortgage market. This has lead to severe losses and considerable client liability. Many firms are now starting to take a ‘serious look’ at the potential utilization of data mining techniques as part of their ongoing efforts to control their risk exposure. This beginner to intermediate level hands-on presentation is aimed at showing the attendee some of the ‘data mining’ prototypes solutions that we are currently developing with SQL Server 2005 / 2008, as a part of our ongoing efforts to manage our risk.

Speaker(s):

Steve Simon

Track and Room: BI\SSRS - N/A

Title: Efficient Data Warehouse Design

Abstract: Key Design Decisions to avoid Enterprise Data Warehouse designs and delivering Business values.

When designing the enterprise data warehouse, what are the pitfalls an architect can face and how to avoid them. The session will also talk about when to use multiple dimensions and when to combine them for the performance. This topic also covers the new concepts of Rapidly changing dimensions etc with a real word example.

Speaker(s):

Dr. Suresh Rajappa

Track and Room: DB Design App Dev - N/A

Title: Can you control your reports?

Abstract: Having trouble or trying to figure out how you can navigate to your reports through your application, without creating a complete dashboard? This session will show you how to navigate and control your reports through your application using links.

SSRS 2008

Speaker(s):

Ryan Duclos

Track and Room: BI\SSRS - N/A

Title: iPhone Development using .NET and Monotouch

Abstract: Want to learn how to leverage your existing .NET skills to develop for the iPhone? MonoTouch is a library that allows you to write C# code to control the iPhone native API. Learn how to get started with iPhone development without having to learn Objective-C.

Speaker(s):

Jason Awbrey

Track and Room: DB Design App Dev - N/A

Speakers

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Ryan Duclos

Contact: http://about.me/rduclos

Ryan Duclos is a Lead Technical Consultant for Perficient, Inc. (PRFT), where he is passionate about Microsoft development utilizing the .Net Framework, SQL Server, and Windows Azure technologies. He lives and works in LA (Lower Alabama!) and loves spending time with his family, as well as being a community influencer for Microsoft. Ryan recently became a Microsoft Azure MVP.

William Assaf

Twitter: - william_a_dba

LinkedIn: William Assaf

Contact: http://www.sqltact.com

William Assaf, Data Platform MVP, is a principal consultant in Baton Rouge, LA. Initially a .NET developer, and later into database administration and architecture, William currently works with clients on SQL Server and Azure SQL platform optimization, management, disaster recovery and high availability, and leads a crack multi-city team of consulting SQL DBA’s. William has written for Microsoft SQL certification exams since 2011 and was the lead author of the 2017 and 2019 editions of “SQL Server Administration Inside Out” by Microsoft Press. William is a member of the Baton Rouge User Groups board, a regional mentor for PASS, and past lead of the annual SQLSaturday Baton Rouge Planning Committee, having run one of the largest SQLSaturdays.

Ryan Duclos

Contact: http://about.me/rduclos

Zain Naboulsi

Contact: http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab

For over 15 years Zain has been working with the latest Microsoft technologies. He’s been a consultant and trainer since 1995. He currently runs the Visual Studio Tips and Tricks blog. Also, he created Online Community Evangelism; which is an effort to build communities in virtual places like LinkedIn, Facebook, and elsewhere. He is not only a proponent of the community aspect of online environments but also is a supporter of the myriad business applications that these new mediums offer.

Tim Costello

Twitter: - timcost

LinkedIn: Tim Costello

Contact: http://www.timcost.com

Tim Costello is an MCITP, MCTS specializing in etl and data analytics for Interworks Inc. Tim is an international speaker that is always looking for opportunities to share his passion for SQL Server, Tableau and data visualization. Tim is active in the SQL community and leads a data visualization focused user group in the Dallas area.

Mark Verret

Mark Verret is the IT Manager for the LSU Highway Safety Research Group. He has over 20 years experience in the IT field. He has worked with SQL Server for the past 12 years implementing Business Intelligence and data warehousing related projects.

Chris Eargle

Contact: http://www.kodefuguru.com

Chris Eargle is a Telerik Developer Evangelist, INETA Director, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – C# from Columbia, SC, USA. He has over a decade of experience designing and developing enterprise applications, and he runs the local .NET User Group: the Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild. He is a frequent guest of conferences and community events promoting best practices and new technologies. His blog, kodefuguru.com, features content to guide you in becoming a .NET Ninja!

Todd Anglin

Contact: http://www.telerikwatch.com

Chief Evangelist - Telerik, leading provider of dev tools/user interface components for .NET. Todd worked for a Fortune 200 financial services co. where he learned the way of the “Enterprise”. He now leverages this Enterprise experience to help Telerik make components that make the lives of all developers as easy as possible. Todd is an active author and speaker in .NET community, focusing on web development, a Microsoft MVP, founder and President of the N. Houston .NET Users O’Rielly Author.

Wesley Brown

Twitter: - @sqlserverio

LinkedIn: Wesley Brown

Contact: http://www.sqlserverio.com

Wesley Brown is a former SQL Server MVP and PASS Chapter Leader who loves to teach others about SQL Server.He maintains his technical blog at http://www.sqlserverio.com. Wes specializes in high availability, disaster recovery, and large-scale database performance tuning.

Trevor Barkhouse

Trevor Barkhouse is Support Escalation Engineer for Microsoft Corporation, on the team that supports SQL Server. His passions are automation, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. Trevor has spoken at many user group meetings, seven SQLSaturday events, the 2010 Houston TechFest, CodeStock 2011, and two PASS Community Summits (North American).

Kyle Kelin

Contact: http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/kylekelin/default.aspx

Kyle Kelin has seven years of experience using Microsoft technologies to develop software. Kyle has built applications across multiple industries that include consumer electronics, travel, energy, government, pharmaceuticals, and investment banking. Kyle has worked with technologies like ASP.NET, SharePoint, WPF, Silverlight, and Surface. He is currently an Account Manager for Infusion in Houston. Kyle is a graduate of Oklahoma State University.

Denny Cherry

Twitter: - mrdenny

LinkedIn: Denny Cherry

Contact: https://www.dcac.com

Denny Cherry is the owner and principal consultant for Denny Cherry Associates Consulting and has over a decade of experience working with platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Microsoft SQL Server, Hyper-V, vSphere, and Enterprise Storage solutions. Denny’s areas of technical expertise include system architecture, performance tuning, security, replication, and troubleshooting. Denny currently holds several Microsoft Certifications related to SQL Server 2000 through 2019, including being a Microsoft Certified Master, Microsoft MVP and VMware vExpert Award.

Rob Vettor

Rob Vettor is a C# MVP, INETA Regional Speaker and senior .NET Technologist for OZ Software, a leading provider of Education Healthcare software. Rob has built systems for a number of corporations, including Avanade, Raytheon, American Express and Jack Henry and Associates. Rob lives in Dallas, TX, with his wife, twin sons and three dogs, and is the founder of Hands-On-Coding (http://www.hands-on-coding.net/). You can contact Rob at robvettor@hotmail.com

Tim Costello

Twitter: - timcost

LinkedIn: Tim Costello

Contact: http://www.timcost.com

Mike Moles

Mike is currently EVP in charge of all product development related activities at Bizzuka, Inc. in Lafayette La. Prior to joing Bizzuka in Januar 2010 Mike was the CEO at Antares for 21 years and was a vital part of Antares becoming a Microsoft ALM Inner Circle Partner in 2009. He passionate about ALM and believes that the Microsoft product TFS is a class leader in the ALM discipline products.

Eli Weinstock-Herman

Contact: http://lessthandot.com/

Eli is a developer, architect, occasional administrator, and whatever else the business throws his way. He has worked in Manufacturing, University and Software Development environments with responsibilities including systems and software architecture, database programming, database administration, web development, business analysis, and basic systems administration. Eli is one of the founders of LessThanDot.com, where he blogs on a variety of technical and non-technical topics.

Brad McGehee

Twitter: - @bradmcgehee

Contact: http://www.bradmcgehee.com

Brad M. McGehee is an MCSE+I, MCSD, and former MCT with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s in Business Administration. Currently the Director of DBA Education for Red Gate Software, Brad is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP with over 16 years’ SQL Server experience. He has been involved in the industry since 1982.

Brad is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events, including PASS Summit, the European PASS Conference, SQL Server Connections, SQLTeach, devLINK, SQLBits, SQLSaturdays, Code Camps, and SQL Server user groups. He founded the popular community site SQL-Server-Performance.com, which he operated from 2000 through 2006, and is the author or co-author of more than 15 technical books and over 275 published articles. He blogs at www.bradmcgehee.com.

Tim Mitchell

Twitter: - @Tim_Mitchell

LinkedIn: Tim Mitchell

Contact: http://www.TimMitchell.net

Tim Mitchell is a business intelligence architect, author, and trainer. He has worked with SQL Server for over a decade, specializing in data warehousing, ETL/SSIS, and reporting. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Texas AM at Commerce, and is recognized as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP. Tim is a business intelligence consultant and principal at Tyleris Data Solutions.

Tim is an active community speaker and volunteer, having spoken at over 100 events including the PASS Summit, SQLBits, Dev Connections, SQL Intersection, and scores of SQLSaturdays. He blogs at TimMitchell.net, and tweets at @Tim_Mitchell.

Barry Ralston

Barry Ralston is Chief Architect for Business Intelligence with Birmingham-based ComFrame Software. Barry is also Microsoft’s Virtual Technical Specialist (VTS) for Business Intelligence, responsible for assisting in Alabama, Mississippi and Northwest Florida sales efforts including customer meetings, software demonstrations and Proof of Concept efforts. Barry’s client successes include: ACIPCO, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Bank of Hawaii, Honda Manufacturing of Alabama and Aflac.

Steve Simon

Contact: http://www.infogoldusa.com

Steve Simon is an AVP with State Street Corporation Boston. He has been involved with database design and analysis for over 23 years. He has presented papers at eight PASS Summits and PASS Europe 2009 2010. He is the chairman of the PASS SQL Server / Oracle Virtual Chapter in addition to being a PASS Regional Mentor. He is also a regular presenter at SQLSaturdays and regional Code Camps.

Mike Huguet

Mike Huguet is a Solutions Architect for Sparkhound, Inc, a MS Managed Gold Partner providing IT services to customers with offices in Baton Rouge and Houston. He is an active member of the IT community acting as a co-leader of the Baton Rouge .NET UG and a committee member for BR SQLSaturday. Member of the Microsoft SharePoint Patterns and Practices Advisory team for the upcoming release for SharePoint 2010. Mike has a software development background and has been working with .NET since Beta 1

Jason Massie

Contact: http://jasonmassie.com

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

Drew Minkin

Contact: http://dataminkin.blogspot.com

Drew Minkin has been a speaker at the MS Business Intelligence Community, North Texas SQL Server User’s Group and SQLSaturday events across the country , for four years, He worked at Microsoft in SQL Support and in Premier Field Engineering for over six years. After leaving Microsoft, Drew has designed and supported cubes for dozens of Fortune 1000 companies. he has designed data mining models on pricing optimization, fraud detection, customer retention and marketing campaigns

Rob Vettor

Trevor Barkhouse

Keith Elder

Contact: http://keithelder.net

Keith Elder is the co-host of the popular online technology podcast Deep Fried Bytes. He is also a Director of Software Engineering at Quicken Loans, the nation’s largest online mortgage lender based in Detroit, MI, is the founder of the Hattiesburg, MS .Net User Group called Hub City NUG and a Microsoft MVP. Keith is an experienced technologist, systems administrator, software engineer, speaker, trainer and all around geek.

Al Manint

Al Manint is a developer, consultant and neophyte speaker. He has been working with .Net since the original beta bits hit the interweb. He holds degrees in Computer Science and is not afraid to admit to an MBA as well. Al is currently employed as a Web Architect at PHNS (http://www.phns.com).

Vaneshia Leachman

Contact: http://twitter.com/vaneshiatests

Senior QA Analyst with Antares Technology Solutions

Chris Eargle

Contact: http://www.kodefuguru.com

Andy Leonard

Twitter: - AndyLeonard

LinkedIn: Andy Leonard

Contact: https://andyleonard.blog

Andy Leonard is founder and Chief Data Engineer at Enterprise Data Analytics, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, creator of the DILM (Data Integration Lifecycle Management) Suite, an SSIS trainer, consultant, developer, Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml) developer and BimlHero, SQL Server database and data warehouse developer, community mentor, engineer, and farmer. He is a co-author of “The Biml Book and SQL Server Integration Services Design Patterns” and author of “Managing Geeks - A Journey of Leading by Doing”, “Data Integration Lifecycle Management with SSIS”, “Building Custom Tasks for SSIS”, and the “Stairway to Integration Services”. Andy blogs at andyleonard.blog where you can learn more on the About Andy page.

Carlos Femmer

Contact: http://www.carlosfemmer.com

Carlos Femmer has 14 years experience in the management, design, development and testing of oil and gas information system projects. Carlos has participated in the development of surveying, logistics management, and data management applications. Carlos is the founder of the Acadiana .NET User Group (www.acadianaug.org) and Louisiana GIS User Group (www.louisianaaug.org). On his blog you can find posts on Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, and Azure.

Steve Simon

Contact: http://www.infogoldusa.com

Bryan Smith

LinkedIn: Bryan Smith

Bryan is a Data Solution Specialist with Microsoft Las Colinas, focused on data-driven solutions in the Azure cloud. He also teaches analytics technologies within the MBA amp; MSBA programs at SMU Cox School of Business.

Steve Jones

Twitter: - way0utwest

LinkedIn: Steve Jones

Contact: http://www.voiceofthedba.com/

Steve Jones is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and has been working with SQL Server since version 4.2 on OS/2. After working as a DBA and developer for a variety of companies, Steve co-founded the community website SQLServerCentral.com in 2001. Since 2004, Steve has been the full-time editor of the site, ensuring it continues to be a great resource for SQL Server professionals. Over the last decade, Steve has written hundreds of articles about SQL Server for SQLServerCentral.com, SQL Server Standard magazine, SQL Server Magazine, and Database Journal.

Denny Cherry

Twitter: - mrdenny

LinkedIn: Denny Cherry

Contact: https://www.dcac.com

Kevin Boles

Twitter: - @TheSQLGuru

LinkedIn: Kevin Boles

Kevin Boles is a SQL Server expert, working exclusively with the product since v6.5. With over 25 years of database experience and over 45,000 man hours of SQL Server engine experience, he holds many related certifications, is an MCT and was a SQL Server MVP from 2007 to 2012. Kevin has been a very successful independent consultant for over 20 years. His passion is the relational engine, especially designing, building, analyzing and tuning high-performance database applications.

Brad McGehee

Twitter: - @bradmcgehee

Contact: http://www.bradmcgehee.com

Barry Ralston

Brian Sullivan

Contact: http://www.sullivansoftdev.com

Brian Sullivan is a developer analyst for Falcon Applications, LLC in Shreveport, LA. He has been working with Microsoft technologies for about 7 years, and is interested in increasing the exposure of agile techniques and methodologies in the Microsoft developer community. He currently runs the Shreveport .NET User Group and speaks frequently at local user groups and conferences. He received the Microsoft MVP award for Data Platform Development in 2011. Brian is a graduate of Harding University.

Cody Gros

Cody Gros has been in the IT field for 5 years working with Windows Server technology, SharePoint, and PowerShell. Recently, he is working extensively with SharePoint and providing solutions to clients on the SharePoint platform. Cody works for Antares Technology Solutions as a SharePoint consultant designing and implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 solutions.

Patrick LeBlanc

Contact: http://www.patrickdleblanc.com

Patrick LeBlanc, SQL Server MVP and author, is currently a Business Intelligence Architect for Pragmatic Works. He has worked as a SQL Server DBA for the past 9 years. His experience includes working in the Educational, Advertising, Mortgage, Medical and Financial Industries. He is also the founder of TSQLScripts.com, SQLLunch.com and the President of the Baton Rouge Area SQL Server User Group. Patrick is a regular speaker at various SQL Server community events.

Thomas LeBlanc

Twitter: - TheSmilingDBA

LinkedIn: Thomas LeBlanc

Contact: http://Thomas-LeBlanc.com

Thomas LeBlanc (Microsoft Data Platform MVP) is a Data Warehouse Architect in Baton Rouge, and uses his 30+ years in IT to develop OLTP systems with normalized databases for high-performing T-SQL and dimensional data marts. Development is done in SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Power BI, and Excel. As a PASS volunteer, he is past chair of Excel BI and Data Arch VCs and is active in the Baton Rouge Analytics and SQL Server User groups, as well as SQLSaturday in Baton Rouge. You can find his blog at TheSmilingDBA.BlogSpot.com and website at Thomas-LeBlanc.com

Brian Rigsby

Contact: http://zendeveloper.blogspot.com/

Brian Rigsby is a Senior Developer with Antares Technology Solutions in Baton Rouge Louisiana.

Chander Dhall

Contact: http://www.chanderdhall.com

Chander Dhall is the founder of Dallas day of dot net. Chander Dhall is an Independent Consultant, an INETA speaker( and Technology Advisor - Ria Consulting, LLC. He has a Master’s Degree in computer science with specialization in algorithms, principles and patterns and is focused on building high performing modular software. Chander leads the UT Dallas .NET user group and co-leads the Dallas dot net user group. Email: csdhall@chanderdhall.com Twitter @csdhall

Dr. Suresh Rajappa

LinkedIn: Dr. Suresh Rajappa

Suresh Rajappa is a Principal @ Intellisee Group focusing on Enterprise Performance Management, Big Data, Business Analytics and In-memory computing. He has 20 years of experience in databases and Business intelligence. He holds a PhD in Data Mining and MBA degree in Strategy and Finance.

He had spoken in various SQLSaturday sessions across the country.

Chander Dhall

Contact: http://www.chanderdhall.com

Jason Awbrey

Twitter: - @jakwbrey

LinkedIn: Jason Awbrey

Contact: http://www.awbrey.net

Jason is a Microsoft MVP and Xamarin MVP based in Houston. He runs his own one-man development shop, PostDotNet Consulting, specializing in Xamarin consulting, training, and development. In his spare time he runs the Houston Xamarin Users Group and is a Board Member of Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Harris County. He lives in Spring with his wife and three kids.

Bryan Smith

LinkedIn: Bryan Smith

Steve Jones

Twitter: - way0utwest

LinkedIn: Steve Jones

Contact: http://www.voiceofthedba.com/

Sean McCown

Twitter: - @KenpoDBA

Contact: http://www.midnightdba.com/dbarant

Sean McCown is a Certified Master with 23 years of experience in databases. He is also founder and co-owner of the MidnightDBA.com website, where he records free SQL Server training videos. He also writes the popular Minion Maintenance suite, the most configurable maintenance solution on the planet.

Kevin Boles

Twitter: - @TheSQLGuru

LinkedIn: Kevin Boles

Brian Rigsby

Contact: http://zendeveloper.blogspot.com/

Brian Rigsby is a Senior Developer with Antares Technology Solutions in Baton Rouge Louisiana.

Sean McCown

Twitter: - @KenpoDBA

Contact: http://www.midnightdba.com/dbarant

SQLSaturday #28 - Baton Rouge 2010

Sessions

Title: Getting Started with the Entity Framework 4.0

Title: Best Practices Every SQL Server DBA Must Know

Title: Introduction to NHibernate and Fluent NHibernate

Title: SharePoint 2010 Management with PowerShell

Title: Conceptual Data Modeling: Defining Our Data

Title: Zen Coding

Title: Getting SQL Service Broker Up and Running

Title: Advance Your Debugging Skills with VS 2010

Title: MDX 101

Title: Database Maintenance Essentials

Title: Deciding if VMs are a good choice for your SQL Svr

Title: Running mixed workloads on SQL Server

Title: Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Development

Title: Dynamic SSIS with Expressions and Configurations

Title: .NET 3.5 Fundamentals

Title: A PowerShell Cookbook for DBAs

Title: Building a Testable Data Access Layer

Title: Zen Testing

Title: CDC + SSIS = SCD

Title: An Introduction to Profiler and SQL Trace

Title: An Introduction to Power Pivot

Title: College Football and MSFT Business Intelligence

Title: Data Mining in Action: A case study

Title: The Best of Visual Studio 2010

Title: SSIS and Powershell: A winning combination

Title: ssis templates: the easy way to win.

Title: Build Your First SSIS Package

Title: RESTful Data

Title: Building Richer Web Applications with SP2010

Title: 3P’s (Principles, patterns and performance) of SD

Title: Common TSQL Programming Mistakes

Title: Parallelism Options in .NET 4.0

Title: The Modern Resume: Building Your Brand

Title: Get your Mining Model Predictions out to all

Title: Introduction to DMVs in SQL 2005/2008

Title: Beginning Powershell

Title: Intro to Windows Azure

Title: My first SQL Report

Title: Microsoft .NET Framework from Scratch

Title: 3rd Normal Form: That’s crazy talk!!!

Title: ALM, Agile and TFS - The Keys to Successful Projec

Title: SQL Source Control: Poor man’s data dude.

Title: C# Ninjitsu

Title: Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager

Title: Breakfast Basics, SSAS Cube Creation

Title: Understanding Storage Systems and SQL Server

Title: Azure - Best Practices

Title: SQL Server Memory Deep Dive

Title: Basic SQL Server

Title: Data Mining.. Making $mart financial decisions

Title: Efficient Data Warehouse Design

Title: Can you control your reports?

Title: iPhone Development using .NET and Monotouch

Speakers

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