November 2019 BRSSUG Meeting

Post date: Nov 04, 2019 4:5:2 AM

posted Oct 9, 2019, 5:15 PM by william assaf

When: Wednesday, 11/13/2019

Agenda:

• 5:30 - 5:45: Introduction/Food and Drinks <-- Note our earlier start time!

• 5:45 - 7:30: Presentations

• 7:30 - Until: Open forum for questions

Location: Louisiana Technology Park- location info here

Sponsor: Quest 

Main Presentation: What's New In SQLServer 2019

Main Speaker:  William Assaf, Sparkhound

William Assaf, MCSE, is a principal consultant and DBA Manager in Baton Rouge, LA.

Initially a .NET developer, and later into database administration and architecture,

William currently works with clients on SQL Server and Azure SQL platform optimization,

management, disaster recovery and high availability, and manages a crack multi-city

team of SQL DBA's at Sparkhound. William has written for Microsoft SQL Certification

exams since 2011 and was the lead author of "SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out"

by Microsoft Press, its second edition due out in 2019. William is a member of the

Baton Rouge User Groups Board, a regional mentor for PASS, and head of the annual

SQLSaturday Baton Rouge Planning Committee.