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Save up to 35% for the PASS European Conference

March 6, 2010 in Events | No comments

As I have recently become a core-member of the Belgian SQLUG, you’re probably going to see a bit more spread-the-word posts about interesting events or other advantages, such as this one.

The Belgian SQL Server User Group offers a significant 35% discount for its members (even more than the early-bird discount) for any PASS European Conference 2010 registration.

Use discount code BEC15Y and enjoy your savings on the registration.

For more information check out the SQLUG website. PASS European Conference 2010 is Europe’s premier conference for SQL Server technical education and business networking. Meet top SQL Server experts from Europe and around the world. Learn about best practices, effective troubleshooting, how to prevent issues, save money, and build a better SQL Server environment for your company or clients.

A while ago I already blogged about the sessions that I’m planning to see (which reminds that I should have another look at the agenda and update my list there )

Have fun!

Valentino.

Tags: Community Event, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQLUG

PASS European Conference 2010

February 11, 2010 in SQL Server | 1 comment

With great pleasure I’d like to share with you that my employer has approved my request to attend the SQL PASS European Conference! (Thank you Ordina )

This event will take place at 21-23 April 2010 in Neuss, Germany.

I’m really looking forward to this, I’m sure it will be three days with a lot of learning, a lot of networking and a lot of fun!

Sessions I’m hoping to see (in no particular order):

Tackling Top Reporting Services Issues – Adam Saxton (Microsoft CSS) (Full-day pre-conf seminar)
ETL 3 Ways – Allan Mitchell (Konesans)
Blazing Fast Queries: When Indexes Are Not Enough – Davide Mauri (Solid Quality Mentors)
Index Age 3—Dawn of the Filtered – Bodo Michael Danitz (sqlserver.de)
Building a Dashboard with PowerPivot, Reporting Services and PerformancePoint using PowerPivot in SharePoint – Kasper de Jonge (ADA ICT)
Importance of Master Data Management – TBD (Microsoft)
The Dirty Dozen: 12 Ways to Write Poorly Performing MDX Queries – Steve Simon (State Street Corporation)
Adaptive BI Best Practices – Davide Mauri (Solid Quality Mentors)
Spatial Data in SQL Server 2008 and SQL 2008 R2: A Real World Application – Javier Loria (Solid Quality Mentors)
Implementing Common Business Calculations in DAX (Spotlight) – Chris Webb (CrossJoin Consulting)

Sessions are currently still being added to the agenda, so I’ll update my list here as well when needed.

If you’re going too and you’re from Belgium: have a look at the Belgian SQL Server User Group site for a discount code!

Ow, and post a comment here so we that can have a chat over there!

Have fun!

Valentino.

Tags: Community Event, PASS

Free SQLUG Evening: Service Broker

January 20, 2010 in SQL Server | No comments

What?

Service Broker provides queuing and reliable messaging for SQL Server. Service Broker is used both for applications that use a single SQL Server instance and applications that distribute work across multiple instances.

Within a single SQL Server instance, Service Broker provides a robust asynchronous programming model. Database applications typically use asynchronous programming to shorten interactive response time and increase overall application throughput.

Service Broker also provides reliable messaging between SQL Server instances. Service Broker helps developers compose applications from independent, self-contained components called services. Applications that require the functionality exposed in these services use messages to interact with the services. Service Broker uses TCP/IP to exchange messages between instances. Service Broker includes features to help prevent unauthorized access from the network and to encrypt messages sent over the network.

(The above was quoted from the BOL.)

Who?

Dr. Nico Jacobs, PhD in Data Mining, trainer/consultant at U2U focusing on SQL Server/BI.

When?

February 11, 2010.

Where?

Avenade, Vilvoorde.

More info at the SQLUG site.

See you there!

Tags: Community Event, data, SQLUG

Free Event: SQL Server Day 2009

October 14, 2009 in SQL Server | No comments

For the second year in a row, the Belgian SQL Server User Group organizes the SQL Server Day.

Like last year, the event will take place at Utopolis Mechelen.

If you’re ready for a day filled with learning and networking opportunities and you can make yourself available at December 3, register at www.sqlserverday.be!

There will be some interesting speakers such as:

Chris Webb – SSAS and Gemini
Henk van der Valk – SSIS world record
Dirk Gubbels – Change tracking
my colleagues Luc Lemaire and Mario Van Hissenhoven – Report Builder 3.0

If you’re attending as well and would like to meet up for a chat, don’t hesitate to post a comment here!

See you there!

Tags: Community Event, SQL Server, SQLUG

Free Event: 24 Hours of PASS

August 20, 2009 in SQL Server | No comments

If you don’t have anything planned on next September 2 and you’re interested in some free SQL Server-related learning: it’s the 24 Hours of PASS!

You can even stay in your lazy chair at home because it’s an online event, no worrying about bus/train/plane/hotel/… Just install the software (or browser plug-in, I actually don’t know because I haven’t performed the preparation procedure yet) and off you go.

I have registered for the following 5 sessions myself:

Session 10 (Dev) – Working with Spatial Data in SQL Server 2008 (Greg Low)
Session 11 (DBA) – Effective Indexing (Gail Shaw)
Session 12 (BI) – Reporting Services Inside Out the Things You Should Know (Simon Sabin)
Session 13 (Dev) – Query Performance Tuning 101 (Grant Fritchey)
Session 16 (DBA) – Database Compatibility Settings: What They Really Do .. and Don’t Do (Don Vilen)

Yep, it will be a busy holiday. That same day they’ll be delivering our new combi oven, ideally that would be right after session 13 ends. Fingers crossed.

Anyway, I’ll be seeing you September 2? Or well, maybe not as it’s an online event…

Happy learning!

Tags: Community Event, data, PASS, SQL Server

Community Day 2009

May 17, 2009 in .NET, SQL Server | No comments

About a week ago Gill announced that he’d finished and published the new website so here’s my part of spreading the word.

Click the banner above to register for the free event or put your browser on www.communityday.be.

Tags: Community Event

SQL Server Day 2008

November 25, 2008 in SQL Server | No comments

If you are an active SQL Server professional and you can make yourself available on the 4th of December 2008, make sure to register yourself for the first ever SQL Server Day in Belgium, organized by SQLUG.BE and Microsoft and taking place at Utopolis Mechelen.

What are the topics of the presentations?

New T-SQL programmability features in SQL server 2008 (by Dirk Gubbels)

Scaling Up Your Data Warehouse with SQL Server 2008 (by Geert Vanhove)

Managing large and multi server environments with SQL Server 2008 (by Frederik Vandeputte)

SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services & Report Builder 2.0 (by Dave Mommen)

Beyond relational – Geospatial Data in SQL Server 2008 (by Werner Geuens)

Predictive Analysis with Data Mining in SQL Server 2008 (by Mark Janssens and Dennis Gillon)

More info, including registration, on www.sqlserverday.be. I’ll be there!

Tags: Community Event, SQL Server, SQLUG