October '17 BRSSUG Meeting

Post date: Oct 04, 2017 11:6:5 PM

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!  Thinking of registering for the PASS Summit in October? Use this code for a $150 discount!  LC15BGL5

NEXT MEETING Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Location: The Louisiana Technology Park - http://www.brssug.org/where

Sponsor: TBA

All of our meetings are open to the public, open to students, folks looking to get into the field and those looking to move up! Please spread the word and come prepared to learn and share your knowledge and experience!

Agenda:

5:45 - 6:15 pm: Networking and Dinner with the other user groups

6:15 - 6:30 pm: Announcements, Sponsor Message, and Lightning Talks

6:30 - 7:00 pm: User Group business/Lightning Rounds

7:00 - 8:00 pm: Speakers

8:00 - 8:30 pm: Raffle and Giveaways

This will be a joint meeting with the Baton Rouge Power BI User Group (BRPBIUG)

 Please also visit our Meetup.com site and RSVP!

Lightning Round Presenter: John Wells, Lamar Advertising 

Topic: Implicit Conversions "Performance Killer"

Summary: Implicit conversions are a performance killer that you may not 

even realize you have. The good news is they are easily corrected.

In this quick presentation, we will go over why they happen and 

and how to prevent them.

Bio: Originally from Southern California, I relocated to the state I grew up visiting and enjoy the easier life here.I'm a DBA at Lamar Advertising for the last 10 months after 2 years with an advertising company in Shreveport.Relocating to Louisiana 3 years ago was for a new beginning and something different. I enjoy everything database and some call me "Mr. SQL Saturday".

Main Presenters: Chrissy LeMaire, NATO and Constantine Kokkinos, Consultant

Topic: "Introduction to DBATools, from the original author of the dbatools module"

Detail: TBA

Bio:

Chrissy LeMaire is a Windows PowerShell MVP and PASS PowerShell Virtual Group co-lead who has worked in IT for over 20 years. Originally from Kaplan, LA [or Lafayette if nobody will know Kaplan], she now works for General Dynamics and serves as the SQL Server DBA at NATO Special Ops HQ in Belgium.

Bio:

Constantine Kokkinos is a technophile, DBA, and all around nice guy. He spends the bulk of his time either performance tuning databases or using PowerShell to automate anything he can. A lifelong love of tech led him to creating a short lived social network startup which kicked off his software career. He moved on to become a Certified Apple Trainer, and is now a self-employed SQL Server consultant.