Kansas City SQL Server Users Group

Date: April 29, 2010 @ 2:30pm

Topic: SQL Server 2008 R2

SQL Server 2008 R2 delivers several breakthrough capabilities that will enable your organization to scale database operations with confidence, improve IT and developer efficiency, and enable highly scalable and well managed Business Intelligence on a self-service basis for your users.
Come to learn in this session the capabilities and an overview on R2. This session will give you an overview of the Self-service BI capabilities, the Multi-Server Management Capabilities and the IT efficiencies in R2 with a few quick demos.

Speaker: Sudhir Gajre

About Sudhir:

Sudhir Gajre is a Principal Database Technology Specialist with Microsoft. Sudhir's area of interest and expertise is in the SQL Server core engine and he has over 14 years of experience working with Database Systems. As an Architect with Microsoft Services, Sudhir has architected and implemented many VLDB and high transaction web sites and database systems. He is also experienced in performance tuning and has done may engagements performance tuning large web site based databases, large ERP applications, and complex database systems. He is also the author of Performance Tuning SQL Server for PeopleSoft applications.

Tips and Tricks Topic: Top 3 Underused SQL Server 2008 Features

Now that SQL Server 2008 has been out for a while and become widely adopted I’d like to revisit a few of the key features. These are new features that I don’t see being used that much but can be very helpful for database administrators and developers.

Speaker: Bill Graziano

About Bill:

Bill Graziano is a Kansas City-based SQL Server consultant. He provides performance tuning and part-time DBA services. Bill is a SQL Server MVP and serves on the Board of Directors of The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS). Bill is a regular presenter on SQL Server topics at conferences and user groups. He is a founder of SQLTeam.com, a web site for SQL Server professionals and has taught classes in SQL Server, Visual Basic, MSF and Windows Server. Bill also maintains a SQL Server blog.

Location: Overland Park Microsoft Office
10801 Mastin Blvd., Suite 620
Overland Park, KS 66210 (map)

Sponsor: ScaleSQL Consulting

Topic: Business Intelligence

Date: August 27, 2010 2:30 PM

Speaker:  Leonard Mwangi

Overview:  Data is the backbone of every business and providing the decision makers with accurate and up-to-date information can go long ways for every organization. With SQL Server being the backbone of Microsoft driven Business Intelligence (BI) Solution we will look at how you can build a BI solution from ground up mashing data from different sources and creating a data model that will streamline your environment data collection while provide a visual dashboard with KPI’s, Scorecard, Reports and Filters and presenting them in a SharePoint 2010 environment.

About Speaker:  Leonard Mwangi is a Principal Consultant with e Tek Global Inc. concentrating mostly on Information Worker Solutions and applications Integration. Leonard has over 8 years of experience in IT Industry and has been working with SQL Server since SQL 7.0 and SharePoint since SPS with end-to-end client solutions. Leonard is also a regular contributor for MS forums and a presenter at different Special Interest Groups regarding SQL Server and SharePoint.

Location: Overland Park Microsoft Office
10801 Mastin Blvd., Suite 620
Overland Park, KS 66210 (map)

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Date: October 28, 2010

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Location: Overland Park Microsoft Office
10801 Mastin Blvd., Suite 620
Overland Park, KS 66210 (map)

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Date: January 27, 2011

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Location: Overland Park Microsoft Office
10801 Mastin Blvd., Suite 620
Overland Park, KS 66210 (map)

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