05 January 2009 17:31
tonyrogerson
UK SQL Server User Group (Edinburgh, 29th Jan) - Rob Carrol Microsoft PFE (Upgrading to SQL 2008) and Martin Bell (Resource Governor demo)
Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 - Rob Carrol PFE; Resource Governor demo; SQL Nuggets and networking.
Scottish Area SQL Server User Group Meeting, Edinburgh - Thursday 29th January
Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 – Rob Carrol As a Premier Field Support Engineer for Microsoft, Rob is heavily involved with clients who are in the process or looking to upgrade to SQL Server 2008. In this presentation he will talk about the reasons to upgrade to SQL Server 2008, the possible upgrade routes, what you should consider when upgrading. He will also discuss the potential pitfalls and gotcha’s that people experience on an upgrade as well as the tools which will help you in the planning and execution of you upgrade to make it run smoothly and be a success. Rob Carrol
Rob Carrol has been working with SQL Server since 1999 when he started out his career as a web developer using ASP/.NET, ColdFusion and SQL Server. Since then he has continued to work with SQL Server in a DBA and consultancy capacity, specializing in performance tuning and database troubleshooting. He joined Microsoft in April 2008 as a SQL Server Premier Field Engineer, working with some of Microsoft's largest clients in the UK and Europe. Rob lives in South Ayrshire, Scotland and I am married with 2 daughters. When he's not working with SQL Server you'll usually find him playing Xbox or thinking about football or golf !
Resource Governor – the demoA new feature of SQL Server 2008 that was requested by quite a few attendees at the Jammin’ Session but we couldn’t fit in was Resource Governor. Martin Will demonstrate Resource Governor in use and how it may be beneficial. Martin Bell
Martin Bell has been a freelance computer consultant in the UK for over 23 years. He has worked on many relational database systems and since the 1998 has specialized in SQL Server. He was first awarded Microsoft MVP (SQL Server) status in June 2003. Martin organises the Leeds and Scottish Area SQL Server User Group meetings and is one of the founding members of the SQLBits organising committee.
Agenda
18:30 - 19:00 - Introduction, Networking and Food
19:00 - 19:45 - Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 – Rob Carrol
19:45 - 20:00 – Break 20:00 - 20:20 SQL Server Nuggets Bring along a tip that you can share with the group and we will give you 5 minutes to present this to the group. 20:20 – 20:50 – Resource Governor - the demo 20:50 – 21:00 - Close Location:
Microsoft Office at Waverley Gate
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/about/map-edinburgh.mspx
Registration will be necessary as I have to submit registrations to Microsoft on Thursday morning
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