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Don’t forget the usergroup meeting in London on Tuesday

simonsabin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:03:00 GMT

Its not too late to register for the SQLSocial event in London on Tuesday. This is a must attend event for anyone that wants to know whats coming with SQL Server in the next release or are considering SQL Azure. You can register here http://sqlsocial20110607...(read more)

Oracle and SQL Virtual Chapter Today 20/10/2010 4PM GMT

simonsabin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:58:10 GMT

Oracle / SQL Server virtual chapter meeting is TODAY Wednesday October 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time / GMT – 4 May I ask the chapter leaders to help us out by forwarding this on to your members? More information may be found on our website...(read more)

SQL Usergroup last night in London

simonsabin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:07:13 GMT

Thanks to all those that attended the usergroup last night. It was a great turnout. It was nice to see lots of people I hadn't met before. I may see you at the next one (http://www.sqlpass.org.uk/Events/November2009Meeting/tabid/67/Default.aspx) although it is a bit too close to http://SQLBits.com so I might not be able to make it. It will be a cracker though as Brent Ozar (http://www.brentozar.com/) will be presenting

I will be putting my slides up over the weekend and hopefully a viedo of the first half.

In the meantime if you have any questions please let me know http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/simons/contact.aspx

One person asked about debugging and admin permissions. I have blogged about that here "Does debugging in SQL 2008 require sysadmin priviledges"

SQLBits New Sponsors - SQL Sentry, Redgate and Attunity

simonsabin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:30:40 GMT

Given the current climate its great to have some new Gold sponsors for the next SQLBits.

We've got SQLSentry , Redgate and Attunity on board as well as the stalwart sponsor Idera

We are finalising the agenda this week, its been a bit more complicated than usual with 91 sessions to sort out.

Look forward to seeing you there.

SQLBits evening do

simonsabin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:36:25 GMT

We have finally got finalised that, at SQLBits, we will be having a drinks reception after the sessions finish.

There will FREE beer (other drinks will be available) and pizza.

We've also got some entertainment planned so it should be a good evening

Get your session in for SQLBits Cubed

simonsabin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:48:09 GMT

If you didn't know the next SQLBits is going to be on the 13th September 2008.

We have had an overwhelming response for sessions for the next SQLBits buts there is still time for you to get your session in, especially if you fancy doing something on Business Intelligence.

To submit a session its dead easy

1. Go to the submit a session http://www.sqlbits.com/information/SessionSubmission.aspx
2. If you're not registered then register (link available on the page)
3. Create a speaker BIO
4. Submit your session

I look forward to seeing more sessions.

August London UG Meeting - All things LINQ

simonsabin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:42:37 GMT

We have an exciting meeting planned for London in August.

I’m sure you’ve heard of LINQ, LINQ to SQL or Entity Framework, or you might have heard of over ORM solutions such as NHibernate. ORMs are all about being able to have a set of objects which developers can use with out having to worry about data access.

So what do these tools mean for the SQL Server Developer and DBA.

Mike Taulty has volunteered to do a couple of sessions on what LINQ is all about and what LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework mean to you as a database professional. Is it going to kick you out of a job or provide you more work ???

The Agenda for the evening is.

6pm – 6:30 News and open session

Simon will do a stint on whats going on in the world, betas, release candidates service packs, best practices, training etc. And then will open up the floor to any one that has something to say.

6:30pm – 7:30 Whats LINQ all about? And how does LINQ fit in with LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework Part 1

Mike will go through LINQ as programming feature and how it is used by Linq to SQL and the Entity Framework. He’ll also discuss what LINQ to SQL and the entity framework is.

7:30pm – 7:50 Beer and Pizza

7:50pm – 9pm Whats LINQ all about? And how does LINQ fit in with LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework Part 2

The discussion, demos and presentation will continue from part 1.

SQLBits III - Submit your sessions now

simonsabin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:29:00 GMT

Have you got something you've found out that you think others might be interested in. Then submit a session for the next SQLBits on 13th September 2008.

http://www.sqlbits.com/information/SessionSubmission.aspx

You need to be logged in to fill in a BIO and submit a session.

Once we have all the sessions in we will open voting to get the community to decide which sessions they would like to see.

If you're stuck for ideas have a look at the sessions from the previous events.

http://www.sqlbits.com/information/event2/PublicSessions.aspx

http://www.sqlbits.com/information/event1/PublicSessions.aspx

February Usergroup meeting

simonsabin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:47:27 GMT

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 anything else feel free to contact me.

As I mentioned during the meeting We are looking for people to help out at user group meetings and to speak. Many of you I spoke to said you had something that you would like to present. Please drop me a line and we can arrange something for the forthcomin meetings. The next one will be in TVP and the one after in London again. Your session only has to be 5 or 10 minutes (although I bet once you get started you won't be able to stop) so don't even worry about a slide deck just bring some demos.

Once again thanks for turning up and I hope to see most of you at sqlbits next weekend.

UK SQL Usergroup meeting in London - 21st Feb

simonsabin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:23:43 GMT

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 Reading and London every month.

As mentioned the first one is a week on Thursday at Microsofts new London office you can find more details of the event here http://www.sqlserverfaq.com/?eid=108.

As we get the agendas sorted for the following events we will post those on the site as well. There is so much going on this year there is plenty of content to talk about.

If you want to speak at a meeting feel free to contact Tony ormyself