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27 March 2008 00:46

UK Usergroup afternoon meeting in London on 7th April with Rob Farley

We are venturing into afternoon usergroup meetings for thos of you that can't make it in the evenings. We are fortunate to kick off the first afternoon meeting with Rob Farley on the 7th April. Fortunate as he lives in Australia and is only in the...
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22 February 2008 00:47

February Usergroup meeting

Thanks for all those that turned up tonight it was a good turnout, if only for the beer and pizza (which was very good for those who didn't come). We will be following up on the questions that everyone raised over the next few days. If you thought of...
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11 February 2008 12:23

UK SQL Usergroup meeting in London - 21st Feb

Last year we promised more usergroup meetings and hopefully this year we will deliver. I have now arranged to have a user group meeting every 3rd Thursday of the month. We will be starting off in London on the 21st of February and then alternating between...
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14 January 2008 21:02

SQLBits - Your last chance to vote for sessions

On Friday we will be deciding on the sessions that are going to be at the next SQLBits. If you haven't yet voted for the sessions you want then make sure you do so to avoid disappointment. http://www.sqlbits.com/information/PublicSessions.aspx We will...
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18 December 2007 14:08

Last chance to submits sessions for SQLBits

We really want more speakers from the community for SQLBits 2008 ( www.sqlbits.com ). If you want to present a session in March then let us know, you have until the end of this week. We will be opening the voting in the New Year. To submit a session send...
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24 November 2007 02:06

SQLBits 2008 In Birmingham on 1st March Call for speakers

Yes we're doing it again. SQLBits ( www.sqlbits.com ) will be back on the 1st March at The Lakeside Conference Centre in Birmingham. Its a bigger venue than TVP so we shouldbe able to let more people attend. Registrations aren't open yet but if you register...
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21 November 2007 20:04

Reporting Katmai bugs

So we all like to knock Microsoft now and again. And we al like to find bugs, however I've seen lately lots of submissions to connect ( http://connect.microsoft.com/SqlServer ) that aren't bugs and could be resolved by posting to a forum. What benefit...
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21 November 2007 16:27

SQLBits 2008 - News coming soon

Just to get some buzz going, we will be making an anouncement in the next week about the next SQLBits. So if you're interested in doing a session then start thinking up ideas before al those christmas parties kick in. We've taken on board lots of your...
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06 November 2007 14:43

What application doesn't have UNDO in today's world

Well the first that is close to my heart is Integration Services and its really annoying. I tried to track down a connect item for this but couldn't find a specific one. So I raised one https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx...
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02 November 2007 10:58

Connect Site is just too slow. Please vote

I summarised my fustration with the connect site down to one factor. Its too slow. 30 seonds for a page to load in this day and age is too much. So I've raised a feedback item if you agree I t would be good to vote for it. https://connect.microsoft.com...
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07 October 2007 22:39

SQLBits 2007 - What a blast

Its now sunday evening and SQLBits finished just over 24hrs ago. We had 321 delegates turn up and have some fantastic feedback. Not everything went perfectly but the feedback we have had has been great and so the next on should be even better. Yes the...
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03 September 2007 07:13

Welcome to the some new bloggers

Over the past week I've been moving some blogs to SQLBlogcasts from other sites such as SQLJunkies and blogspot. So I would like to welcome Alex_Kuznetsov Sutha's SQL BI Blog Madhivanan There are also some other new guys Jon Sayce Ray's World greenmtnsun...
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27 August 2007 20:54

SQLBits Registration is open

We have now opened the full registration for www.SQLBits.com You will need to register on the site and then select the 10 sessions ( http://www.sqlbits.com/information/PublicSessions.aspx ) you would most like to see. We will use this voting to help decide...
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20 August 2007 23:25

SQLBits - Sessions and speakers are now available

We ave now published the sessions tht have been proposed, we have yet to finalise the agenda but at least you can see whats might be going on. The event registration site won't be available for a few days, but in the mean time if you register on the site...
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17 July 2007 00:10

SQLBits - Free SQL Server Conference October 2007

I have pleasure in announcing SQLBits Community Day .On the 6th October we will be taking over building 3 at Microsoft's Head offices in Reading. To hold a full day of SQL Server content with speakers from the UK. There will be 20 sessions over 3 tracks...
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