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SQLSaturday #22 - Pensacola 2010

Start Time (24h) Speaker Track Title
00:00:00 Adam Jorgensen Room 2175 - SSIS Introduction to SharePoint 2010 BI and PowerPivot
00:00:00 Robert Cain Room 2142 - MS TECH Full Text Searching - A Guide for DBAs Devs
00:00:00 Barry Ralston Room 2171 - DEV 2 Rapid Dimensional Prototypes with PowerPivot
00:00:00 Brad McGehee Room 2142 - MS TECH Best Practices Every SQL Server DBA Must Know
00:00:00 Brad McGehee Room 2176 - SECURITY of Pensacola Junior College
00:00:00 Brian Rigsby Room 2171 - DEV 2 Zen Coding
00:00:00 Bryan Soltis Room 2169 - DEV 1 CMS using Kentico, ASP.NET, and SQL Server
00:00:00 Bradley Schacht Room 2175 - SSIS Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services
00:00:00 Cody Gros Room 2171 - DEV 2 SharePoint 2010 Management with PowerShell
00:00:00 Chris Skorlinski Room 2172 - DBA Introduction to Change Data Capture
00:00:00 Cory Loriot Room 2169 - DEV 1 SharePoint Mashup: Internal Data for External Life
00:00:00 Sumeet Bansal Room 2172 - DBA Accelerating SQL with Solid State Technology
00:00:00 Daniel Rosales Room 2169 - DEV 1 GOD, good object design
00:00:00 Eric Wisdahl Room 2175 - SSIS SSIS 2008 - Profiling Your Data
00:00:00 Joe Healy Room 2142 - MS TECH Intro to Windows Azure
00:00:00 Joe Webb Room 2176 - SECURITY SQL Server Locking Blocking Made Simple
00:00:00 Joe Healy Room 2142 - MS TECH Opening the Tacklebox on VS2010
00:00:00 Karla Landrum Room 2172 - DBA SQL at the “Speed of Light” with Fusion-io
00:00:00 Ken Simmons Room 2176 - SECURITY Enforcing Compliance With Policy-Based Management
00:00:00 Kevin Kline Room 2176 - SECURITY Understanding and Preventing SQL Injection Attacks
00:00:00 Kevin Kline Room 2176 - SECURITY SQL Server Internals and Architecture
00:00:00 Kevin Grohoske Room 2169 - DEV 1 Location Aware Applications Using SQL Server 2008
00:00:00 Devin Knight Room 2176 - SECURITY Analysis Services Performance Tuning and Security
00:00:00 Chris Eargle Room 2169 - DEV 1 C# Ninjitsu
00:00:00 Marc Matthews Room 2171 - DEV 2 Debug TalkAbout
00:00:00 Vincent Mayfield Room 2169 - DEV 1 Introduction to Microsoft® Silverlight™
00:00:00 Vincent Mayfield Room 2169 - DEV 1 Building Scalable ASP.NET Applications
00:00:00 Troy Gallant Room 2172 - DBA Introduction to Transactional Replication
00:00:00 Patrick LeBlanc Room 2172 - DBA CDC + SSIS = SCD
00:00:00 Ryan Duclos Room 2175 - SSIS Can you control your reports?
00:00:00 Rushabh Mehta Room 2142 - MS TECH From Zero to BI in 10 Minutes
00:00:00 Rodney Landrum Room 2175 - SSIS DBA Repository Update 2010 Using SSIS and SSRS
00:00:00 Shawn McGehee Room 2176 - SECURITY SQL Server 2008 Resource Governor
00:00:00 Steve Jones Room 2142 - MS TECH The Modern Resume: Building Your Brand
00:00:00 Steve Jones Room 2142 - MS TECH Basic SQL Server
00:00:00 Steven Lane Room 2171 - DEV 2 Silverlight 4 - What's the differences?
00:00:00 Sven Aelterman Room 2176 - SECURITY ADO.NET Entity Framework v4 - Part 1
00:00:00 Sven Aelterman Room 2175 - SSIS ADO.NET Entity Framework v4 - Part 2
00:00:00 Kevin Boles Room 2142 - MS TECH Common TSQL Programming Mistakes
00:00:00 Tim Mitchell Room 2172 - DBA Loops, Lookups, and Splits: SSIS Beyond the Basics
00:00:00 Tim Costello Room 2171 - DEV 2 SQL Source Control: Poor man's data dude.
00:00:00 Trevor Barkhouse Room 2175 - SSIS A PowerShell Cookbook for DBAs
00:00:00 William Assaf Room 2172 - DBA Introduction to DMVs in SQL 2005/2008

SessionID: 28507

Introduction to SharePoint 2010 BI and PowerPivot

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2175 - SSIS

Speaker: Adam Jorgensen

Title: Introduction to SharePoint 2010 BI and PowerPivot

Abstract:

Lets take your BI implementation to the next level with SharePoint 2010 BI and PowerPivot. We'll go through excel services, performancepoint services, and pulling it all together in SharePoint 2010.

SessionID: 28754

Full Text Searching - A Guide for DBAs Devs

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2142 - MS TECH

Speaker: Robert Cain

Title: Full Text Searching - A Guide for DBAs Devs

Abstract:

Users have become familiar with the simple search capabilities of tools like Microsoft Live Search and Google. Did you know you can give your users the same ability to search their data with SQL Server? And it's as easy as 1-2-3! Come and learn the how to setup and use full text searching with SQL Server.

SessionID: 28971

Rapid Dimensional Prototypes with PowerPivot

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2171 - DEV 2

Speaker: Barry Ralston

Title: Rapid Dimensional Prototypes with PowerPivot

Abstract:

This session will share with attendees a methodology for rapid dimensional modeling and protyping user interfaces with PowerPivot for Excel.

SessionID: 29156

Best Practices Every SQL Server DBA Must Know

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2142 - MS TECH

Speaker: Brad McGehee

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.

SessionID: 29159

of Pensacola Junior College

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2176 - SECURITY

Speaker: Brad McGehee

Title: of Pensacola Junior College

Abstract:

SessionID: 29284

Zen Coding

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2171 - DEV 2

Speaker: Brian Rigsby

Title: Zen Coding

Abstract:

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

SessionID: 29304

CMS using Kentico, ASP.NET, and SQL Server

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2169 - DEV 1

Speaker: Bryan Soltis

Title: CMS using Kentico, ASP.NET, and SQL Server

Abstract:

Dynamic, continuously changing data drives the internet. Companies are constantly modifying their content to deliver relevant and focused information to their users. A CMS-driven site allows for site owners to keep up with the pace of technology quickly and efficiently. The Kentico CMS Content Management system is a powerful, robust .NET platform for delivering dynamic, content-driven sites. This presentation will be an overview of the Kentico CMS system, an in-depth presentation of content updates using the system, integration of other .NET technologies, SQL Server databases.

SessionID: 29336

Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2175 - SSIS

Speaker: Bradley Schacht

Title: Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services

Abstract:

This session will get you past the learning curve of SSIS. Covers creating an end to end package that covers many of the concepts in SSIS. This session will be great for anyone who is a beginner to SSIS.

SessionID: 29429

SharePoint 2010 Management with PowerShell

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2171 - DEV 2

Speaker: Cody Gros

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.

SessionID: 29500

Introduction to Change Data Capture

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2172 - DBA

Speaker: Chris Skorlinski

Title: Introduction to Change Data Capture

Abstract:

This sessions provides a walk through of Microsoft's newest SQL Replication feature called Change Data Capture (CDC). Sessions covers overview of CDC, setting up CDC and using various CDC functions to retrieve list of data changes. CDC is often used by data warehouse applications to retrieve list of SQL insert and updates for a given time window.

SessionID: 29572

SharePoint Mashup: Internal Data for External Life

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2169 - DEV 1

Speaker: Cory Loriot

Title: SharePoint Mashup: Internal Data for External Life

Abstract:

We are going to discuss the more technical aspects of cross-site data gathering using the SharePoint Object Model to drive cross-divisional information for rollups. During the presentation, we will design and develop a practical solution for an external facing Mashup of Speaking Engagements with Speaker Biographies, mapped out using Bing Maps, and showing the latest tweets from the Speaker on Twitter.

SessionID: 29624

Accelerating SQL with Solid State Technology

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2172 - DBA

Speaker: Sumeet Bansal

Title: Accelerating SQL with Solid State Technology

Abstract:

Solid-state technologies are changing the way that MS SQL users run their databases. DBA’s are achieving significant TCO savings through performance enhancements, reliability improvements, and reduced energy and real estate costs using solid-state technologies. Solid state is changing the way datacenters look and how MS SQL Servers perform.

This session will address:

  1. On overview of solid state technology options for SQL Server
  2. Why solid state makes a difference?
  3. An comparison of the different types of NAND Flash-based products and the advantages and disadvantages of each: a. Disk-based SSDs b. Onboard/Embedded PCI Express devices c. Host-based PCI Express devices
  4. Customer proof: Wine.com case study

SessionID: 29701

GOD, good object design

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2169 - DEV 1

Speaker: Daniel Rosales

Title: GOD, good object design

Abstract:

Come learn how to effectively use UML in your everday implementations. As VS2010 boasts UML support right from within the IDE with an array of UML compliant diagrams, we will stick to the whiteboard and avoid the technology. This is meant to force us to think through a problem together as a team and arrive at a common understanding. If there is time left, Danny will open up the IDE and actually implement whatever design the team arrived at. Come learn UML notation and more importantly, good object design!

SessionID: 30117

SSIS 2008 - Profiling Your Data

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2175 - SSIS

Speaker: Eric Wisdahl

Title: SSIS 2008 - Profiling Your Data

Abstract:

Many data integration and ETL projects run over budget and past deadlines because the quality of the data was not known prior to the proposal. This session will attempt to show the users how to get to know their data better through an in depth look at the new data profiling task as well as the data profile viewer in SSIS 2008.

SessionID: 30835

Intro to Windows Azure

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2142 - MS TECH

Speaker: Joe Healy

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 the specifics of SQL Azure. Time allowing we will also explore some best practices and optimal design patterns around Windows Azure usage.

SessionID: 30912

SQL Server Locking Blocking Made Simple

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2176 - SECURITY

Speaker: Joe Webb

Title: SQL Server Locking Blocking Made Simple

Abstract:

A good working knowledge of how SQL Server makes use of locking and transaction isolation levels can go a long way toward improving an application’s performance. In this session, we will explore SQL Server’s locking methodology and discover techniques for enhancing query response times.

SessionID: 31049

Opening the Tacklebox on VS2010

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2142 - MS TECH

Speaker: Joe Healy

Title: Opening the Tacklebox on VS2010

Abstract:

Joe will cover several new features of VS2010.

SessionID: 31204

SQL at the “Speed of Light” with Fusion-io

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2172 - DBA

Speaker: Karla Landrum

Title: SQL at the “Speed of Light” with Fusion-io

Abstract:

Check back.

SessionID: 31289

Enforcing Compliance With Policy-Based Management

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2176 - SECURITY

Speaker: Ken Simmons

Title: Enforcing Compliance With Policy-Based Management

Abstract:

As the demand for data keeps growing and security and compliance keep tightening, the role of the DBA has become an increasingly critical part of maintaining compliance within the organization. This session will cover real world examples you can use with Policy-Based Management to ensure you have the proper server configuration and security settings in place along with the appropriate encryption and auditing options for your environment.

SessionID: 31299

Understanding and Preventing SQL Injection Attacks

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2176 - SECURITY

Speaker: Kevin Kline

Title: Understanding and Preventing SQL Injection Attacks

Abstract:

SQL Injection attacks are one of the most common hacker tricks used on the web. Learn what a SQL injection attack is and why you should be concerned about them. Through demonstrations, witness different types of SQL injection attacks, how to find them, and how to block them so you know your environment is secure.

SessionID: 31301

SQL Server Internals and Architecture

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2176 - SECURITY

Speaker: Kevin Kline

Title: SQL Server Internals and Architecture

Abstract:

SessionID: 31329

Location Aware Applications Using SQL Server 2008

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2169 - DEV 1

Speaker: Kevin Grohoske

Title: Location Aware Applications Using SQL Server 2008

Abstract:

With SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft has added spatial capabilities that provides a developer an very powerful toolset to create dynamic and powerful location aware applications. In this demonstration we will review the available spatial capabilities, objects, and complimentary Bing services used to develop a custom spatial aware Business Intelligence application.

SessionID: 31415

Analysis Services Performance Tuning and Security

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2176 - SECURITY

Speaker: Devin Knight

Title: Analysis Services Performance Tuning and Security

Abstract:

In this session, you will learn how to split your measure group data in to more manageable pieces using partitions to speed up cube processing time. Then designing aggregations on your partitions will be discussed including how to create aggregations using Usage Based Optimization (UBO) to speed up query time.

SessionID: 31462

C# Ninjitsu

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2169 - DEV 1

Speaker: Chris Eargle

Title: C# Ninjitsu

Abstract:

C# is no longer a purely object-oriented language. It is no longer just an imperative, class-based, component oriented discipline. It is also a generic, declarative, functional discipline.

I will introduce new principles in the context of the classic object-oriented and SOLID principles and show you how to master the C# language to be more declarative, more fluent, and more functionally cohesive.

SessionID: 31549

Debug TalkAbout

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2171 - DEV 2

Speaker: Marc Matthews

Title: Debug TalkAbout

Abstract:

The Debug TalkAbout will review a wide range of tools and techniques used to debug .NET code developed using Visual Studio and other code that may be misbehaving. Most of the tools discussed are either available on your system or as no cost downloads from the Web. Since there is more material in this talk than will fit into the schedule, this talk will be audiance directed.

SessionID: 31649

Introduction to Microsoft® Silverlight™

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2169 - DEV 1

Speaker: Vincent Mayfield

Title: Introduction to Microsoft® Silverlight™

Abstract:

Learn more about Microsoft® Silverlight™ technology that delivers the next generation of media and rich interactive applications for the web. Topics include: evolution of the user interface, cross platform user experience, flexible programming model, low cost delivery of media, and evaluating the technology for your business. This seminar is targeted for non-developers, managers, network administrator, and database administrators, who what to learn more about this new and exciting technology.

SessionID: 31650

Building Scalable ASP.NET Applications

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2169 - DEV 1

Speaker: Vincent Mayfield

Title: Building Scalable ASP.NET Applications

Abstract:

Most ASP.NET Developers are able to build ASP.NET Applications. However, few understand the principles of building scalable Enterprise Applications that are deployable in a Network Load Balanced or Clustered Server network configuration. This seminar targets advanced developers who desires to understand the considerations required in designing and building a scalable ASP.NET Applications. Topics covered in this seminar include: The NLB and Clustered Network Topology, Handling State, Inproc versus SQL Server State Management, Sticky Sessions, Programming Considerations, Database Considerations, and Statistics.

SessionID: 32131

Introduction to Transactional Replication

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2172 - DBA

Speaker: Troy Gallant

Title: Introduction to Transactional Replication

Abstract:

SQL Server replication allows DBAs to distribute data to various servers throughout an organization. Some reasons to employ replication include load balancing, offline processing redundancy. Transactional replication in particular can offer a very flexible solution where data frequently changes. This session will discuss the basics of planning and implementation of a solid transactional replication solution.

SessionID: 32280

CDC + SSIS = SCD

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2172 - DBA

Speaker: Patrick LeBlanc

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.

SessionID: 32467

Can you control your reports?

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2175 - SSIS

Speaker: Ryan Duclos

Title: Can you control your reports?

Abstract:

SSRS, ASP.NET

SessionID: 32535

From Zero to BI in 10 Minutes

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2142 - MS TECH

Speaker: Rushabh Mehta

Title: From Zero to BI in 10 Minutes

Abstract:

Finally a technology that the Information Worker can use to take raw data and turn it into valuable information in a matter of minutes from the comfort of their own desktop! In this very exciting and interactive session full of exciting demos, we will walk you through taking raw information from a variety of sources and building a powerful analytical model that can then be used for deep analysis and reporting. We will further see how this set of technologies revolving around the Office 2010 platform and SQL Server 2008 R2 will transform the way information workers will become self-sufficient with their ad-hoc BI and reporting needs.

SessionID: 32619

DBA Repository Update 2010 Using SSIS and SSRS

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2175 - SSIS

Speaker: Rodney Landrum

Title: DBA Repository Update 2010 Using SSIS and SSRS

Abstract:

I put together the DBA Repository a few years back and have written and spoken about it for as many years with updates and enhancements over time. At it's heart, the solution employs SSIS and SSRS and in late 2009 I updated it for performance and resiliency. You can read about the original solution in SQL Server Magazine. The latest update will be published in 2010. This will be a sneak peak at those enhancements. The session will cover some interesting uses of package variables and MERGE in SSIS with new reports as well.

SessionID: 32911

SQL Server 2008 Resource Governor

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2176 - SECURITY

Speaker: Shawn McGehee

Title: SQL Server 2008 Resource Governor

Abstract:

Working with limited resources in the hardware and software fields can be troubling for a DBA. Making things work smoothly when sharing servers among many applications can be a difficult and time consuming task. With SQL Server 2008 a new feature has been given to the DBA world that can make the process much easier. We will take a look at the resource governor from the ground up in this session and build a solution to alleviate some of the issues that come with sharing hardware using SQL Security, Windows Active Directory Security and more.

SessionID: 32937

The Modern Resume: Building Your Brand

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2142 - MS TECH

Speaker: Steve Jones

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.

SessionID: 32938

Basic SQL Server

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2142 - MS TECH

Speaker: Steve Jones

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.

SessionID: 33225

Silverlight 4 - What's the differences?

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2171 - DEV 2

Speaker: Steven Lane

Title: Silverlight 4 - What's the differences?

Abstract:

In this session we will be examining Silverlight 4 - yes I said Silverlight 4. The focus of this meeting will be on what new features are available.

Some of the new features that we will take a look at are the Printing API, COM interop, RichTextArea Control and many more. All of this in a 90 minute presentation, what more could you ask? Depending on time we will them explore the Silverlight Toolkit and sources that are available for further information.

SessionID: 33276

ADO.NET Entity Framework v4 - Part 1

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2176 - SECURITY

Speaker: Sven Aelterman

Title: ADO.NET Entity Framework v4 - Part 1

Abstract:

The first version of the ADO.NET Entity Framework, included in .NET Framework 3.5 SP 1, had several shortcomings. Microsoft has been busy working on the V4 release of the Framework and Entity Framework, to be released with Visual Studio 2010. This session will take a look at how the Entity Framework v4 can be used to develop N-Tier business applications and highlight some of the shortcomings that were fixed and some that haven’t been fixed yet.

SessionID: 33277

ADO.NET Entity Framework v4 - Part 2

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2175 - SSIS

Speaker: Sven Aelterman

Title: ADO.NET Entity Framework v4 - Part 2

Abstract:

The first version of the ADO.NET Entity Framework, included in .NET Framework 3.5 SP 1, had several shortcomings. Microsoft has been busy working on the V4 release of the Framework and Entity Framework, to be released with Visual Studio 2010. This session will take a look at how the Entity Framework v4 can be used to develop N-Tier business applications and highlight some of the shortcomings that were fixed and some that haven’t been fixed yet.

SessionID: 33498

Common TSQL Programming Mistakes

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2142 - MS TECH

Speaker: Kevin Boles

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.

SessionID: 33587

Loops, Lookups, and Splits: SSIS Beyond the Basics

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2172 - DBA

Speaker: Tim Mitchell

Title: Loops, Lookups, and Splits: SSIS Beyond the Basics

Abstract:

In this session, we'll explore some of the useful tasks and data flow components of SSIS. Join in as we review the File System Task and the SSIS looping containers, as well as data flow components including the Lookup Transformation, the Conditional Split, and the Derived Column. This session will include various demonstrations using SSIS 2008.

SessionID: 33648

SQL Source Control: Poor man's data dude.

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2171 - DEV 2

Speaker: Tim Costello

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.

SessionID: 33724

A PowerShell Cookbook for DBAs

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2175 - SSIS

Speaker: Trevor Barkhouse

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.

SessionID: 34492

Introduction to DMVs in SQL 2005/2008

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Event Date: 05-06-2010 - Session time: 00:00:00 - Track: Room 2172 - DBA

Speaker: William Assaf

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?