posted Dec 3, 2013, 8:50 AM by BRSSUG SQLPass BatonRouge
The day of the February '14 user groups meeting, we'll have two national Business Intelligence speakers presenting a paid all-day training, then hanging around to present at the SQL Server User Group meeting that night!
Register today for these limited availability sessions on February 12, 2014 at the Louisiana Tech Park!
Tim Mitchell’s Real World SSIS: A Survival Guide
Bill Pearson's Practical Self-Service BI with PowerPivot for Excel |
posted Nov 20, 2013, 12:18 PM by BRSSUG SQLPass BatonRouge
You're cordially invited to the Baton Rouge User Groups Holiday Party!
The party is the night of our regularly scheduled Wednesday night meeting at a new location:
When: December 11, 2013, 5:30pm-7:30pm
What: Free Taco Bar, Chips, Dip, Door Prizes from Sponsors. Self-pay cash bar to control our costs.
Who: Folks interested in .NET, SQL Server, SharePoint, Windows Mobile Dev and IT Pro are welcome to join us!
See you in December for the holiday party and in January for our big 2014 kickoff meeting with Microsoft!! |
posted Nov 14, 2013, 8:04 AM by william assaf
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Topic: Microsoft Azure!
Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Sponsored By: Microsoft
Agenda: 5:45 - 6:15 pm: Networking and Refreshments 6:15 - 6:30 pm: Announcements 6:30 - 8:00 pm: Microsoft!
Main Topic: Microsoft Azure (TBA)
Main Topic Speakers: Ryan Roussel, Microsoft and Nate Shea-Han, Microsoft
Main Topic Summary: Azure is an exciting platform
and between IAAS, PAAS, big data, storage, media, mobile services, etc. the
possibilities in Azure truly seem limitless. This user group session will
focus on an introduction to Azure with a focus on the agenda topics
below. The session will include lots of live Azure demonstrations and
answering questions from the group. Every person in attendance will
have free access to Azure so they can do everything demoed at the user group
meeting on their own after the session!
Agenda: · Review Azure IAAS (Infrastructure As A Service) – Windows and Linux o http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/solutions/infrastructure/· Review Azure PAAS (Platform As A Service) and Azure for the web o http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/solutions/web/ o How do developers leverage Azure for .Net, JAVA, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, etc. · Review Azure Mobile Services – Azure development for mobile apps on iOS, Android, Windows Phone o http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/mobile/ · Azure storage options review Azure storage (tables, blob, queue) o http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/storage/ o Developer perspective, when to look at Azure Storage, IAAS database (SQL or Oracle) for SQL Database (Azure PAAS database) · Free Azure access, review options: o MSDN users have free Azure access of $150-$200 free Azure capacity per month. Activate today no credit card needed: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/msdn-benefits/ |
posted Oct 22, 2013, 6:18 AM by BRSSUG SQLPass BatonRouge
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Topic: Demystifying The Transaction Log
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Agenda: 5:45 - 6:15 pm: Networking and Refreshments with the .net user group 6:15 - 6:30 pm: Announcements 6:30 - 6:45 pm: Lightning Round 6:45 - 8:00 pm: Speaker Topics
Lightning Round Topic: 5 Tips for Reporting and Analytics Projects
Lightning Round Speaker: Rusty Frioux
Main Topic: Demystifying The Transaction Log This session will demystify the transaction log, including how to manage and optimize their performance. It is very important to understand the usage of the transaction log. The activity of transaction log for SQL Server will allow you to ensure that the operations SQL Server is successful. I hope that after the session you will have a better understanding of the transaction log and you can apply these techniques at your work.
Main Topic Speaker: Robert Canzonire, Advisory Database Administrator, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Robert Canzonire is an Advisory Database Administrator for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana. He is the chair leader of the Virtual Chapter of Data Architecture for PASS. He holds several certifications including MCSE, MCSA and MCITP. He started with SQL Server in 1995.
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posted Sep 23, 2013, 8:07 AM by BRSSUG SQLPass BatonRouge
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Topic: SQL Jeopardy!
Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Agenda: 5:45 - 6:15 pm: Networking and Refreshments with the .net and SharePoint user groups 6:15 - 6:30 pm: Announcements 6:30 - 8:00 pm: SQL Jeopardy!
Main Topic: SQL Jeopardy! Our very own version of Alex Trebek is Robert M Bishop, who is creating a board of SQL questions for the whole User Group to enjoy as a fun, cooperative and competitive event.
Main Topic Speaker: Robert M Bishop, Woman's Hospital Robert M Bishop is a true “Accidental DBA” and currently the Database Administrator for Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge. As a MS SQL 2008 MCITP in Business Intelligence, Robert has been working with .NET development, MS SQL Server, SSRS and SSIS since 2004. He currently blogs at sqlpadre.wordpress.org, but not as often as he would like, and can be found on twitter at @SQL_Padre. |
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posted Aug 19, 2013, 11:46 AM by william assaf
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Topic: Speaker Idol!
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Agenda: 5:45 - 6:15 pm: Networking and Refreshments with the .net and SharePoint user groups 6:15 - 6:30 pm: Announcements 6:30 - 8:00 pm: Speaker Idol!
What is Speaker Idol? Our annual Speaker Idol competition is a fun and entertaining user group experience with all three user groups joining together: SQL Server, .net and SharePoint. For Speaker Idol, each "contestant" is given 10 minutes to present on a topic of their choosing. Afterwards, our celebrity judges give them some feedback and ask questions. After all of the presentations, the crowd votes and the top three get prizes!
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posted Aug 13, 2013, 10:04 AM by william assaf
We're spreading the word out about an event this weekend called Startup Weekend. It's an event for developers, designers, and entrepreneurs to come together and work on the ideas they have. Startup weekend is a lot crazy ideas, a little bit hackathon, and a little bit business venture incubation and evaluation. This is the third event in Baton Rouge. It's a great release and experience for "professional software developers" to spend the weekend as "wild west programmers" kicking out validation-less UI, radical interfaces and apps with only the fun functionality done to contrast their day jobs of tedious construction and meticulous polishing. And the devs get to pick which project they want to be a part of and support and join that team for the weekend, which may not always be the case at work. It's also a great opportunity for team leads and senior devs to see their staff devs and junior devs work in a free and fun environment.The deal is it's a Friday evening to Sunday evening event. Friday is pitch night and team building. Saturday is the solidify, design, evaluate, with experienced investors and technical coaches if the team isn't itself technical, and git-er-done day. Sunday is final changes and preparation for the presentation at the end of the event. Startup Weekend is worldwide with a goal to create an environment where passionate people can come together to get things done; to learn, network, bridge the gap between trades, expose potential and see actual results. Startup Weekend is held 125+ events in 170+ cities around the world throughout the year. Our event will be held on August 16-18, 2013 and we have confirmed a venue at Bon Carre / Louisiana Technology Park. Our participant count is expected to be around 75, but last minute registrations could raise that figure closer to 100. More info: http://batonrouge.startupweekend.org |
posted Aug 7, 2013, 5:49 PM by william assaf
Our excellent host the Louisiana Tech Park is hosting Tech Tuesday on August 13, 2013
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posted Jul 17, 2013, 2:20 PM by william assaf
SQL Saturday is a global event to bring Information Technology speakers and professionals together for a community-driven, community-attended free day of technical training. The Baton Rouge SQL Saturday 2013 event is sponsored by the Baton Rouge SQL Server and .net User Groups, and will be our fifth annual event on campus at LSU.
We expect over 500 regional IT professionals and national speakers to join us. This free conference is open to the public and is perfect for students, CIO's, database administrators, developers, IT managers, server admins and job-seekers. Please visit sqlsaturday.com for complete details on this free community event.
What does SQL Saturday Baton Rouge look like?
We've got 60 sessions over 12 13 tracks and a board range of expertise in technologies coming to our event at the LSU Business Education Complex on August 3.
SQL DBA Foundations
SQL Dev
Business Intelligence Foundations
Business Intelligence Advanced
Dev .net Foundations
Dev .net/ALM
Dev Web/Mobile
Dev App Support
SharePoint
Powershell
Windows Server Infrastructure
Career Development
CIO/CTO/IT Manager
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posted Jul 3, 2013, 1:27 PM by BRSSUG SQLPass BatonRouge
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Topic: SQL Server Disaster Recovery and High Availability with AlwaysOn
Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Agenda: 5:45 - 6:15 pm: Networking and Refreshments with the .net and SharePoint user groups 6:15 - 6:30 pm: Lightning Round Topic 6:30 - 8:00 pm: Main Topic 8:00 - until: Open Forum for questions and giveaways
Lightning Round Topic: Exploring the PowerShell Pipeline
Lightning Round Speaker: Mike Huguet, Microsoft
Lighting Round Summary: In fifteen minutes we’ll cover the basics of the pipeline and go through some of the commonly used pipeline supporting cmdlets.
Main Topic: SQL Server Disaster Recovery and High Availability with AlwaysOn
Main Topic Speaker: Patrick Leblanc, Microsoft
Speaker Bio: Patrick LeBlanc is a Microsoft SQL Server and Business Intelligence Technical Solution Professional. He has written several blogs and articles on his blog at http://patrickdleblanc.com, www.sqlservercentral.com and www.bidn.com. Along with his 10+ years experience he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of four SQL Server books. His past work experiences include Sr. Consultant at Pragmatic works and Database Architect at several companies. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community.
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