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SQL Relay 2012 - Full day, SQL 2012 Feature overview by Microsoft (AM) then deep dive in (PM) by SQL MVP's - SSIS, HADR, BI Resilience, other...

21/05/2012

SQL Relay 2012 brings SQL Server experts to your locality; full day seminars in Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London.

The morning session taken by Morris Novello, SQL Server Product Manager and Andrew Fryer, Technical Evangelist, Development and Platform Group; the session commences with Morris discussing technical challenges facing IT and dev organisations and also provide an overview on SQL Server 2012, Andrew will then dip into the new features within SQL Server 2012.

The afternoon session is led by SQL Server MVP's, among them Chris Testa O'Neill, Allan Mitchell, Martin Bell, Jamie Thomson, Chris Webb and Tony Rogerson.

Sponsors - Premier

AM - Overview and Strategy
09:00	Registration Opens
09:30	Morris Novello SQL Server Product Manager, Microsoft UK Morris will take the SQLRelay audience on a journey across SQL Server 2012 new innovations that span traditional boxed software, appliances, and cloud. Morris will address some of the tough issues facing IT and dev organizations today; mission critical SLAs that are simply expected, the explosion of data volumes with the need to enable end-user insight, and the evolution into the cloud world. Both IT and developers attendees will see technologies from SQL Server that help solve today’s growing challenges.
10:00	Andrew Fryer Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Want to know more (part 1)? I have no idea what you will be doing with SQL Server 2012 as there are so many new features in the latest version. So after a short high level overview of the new stuff we’ll dip into the things that you want to see in more detail, be that the database engine, the new BI stuff, data warehousing and a bit of development. The only technology I won’t be showing is PowerPoint as you’ve probably seen that before.
10:45	Break
11:00	Andrew Fryer Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Want to know more (part 2)? More dipping....
12:00	Finish - Networking and wrap up
PM - Deep Dive
12:30	Afternoon Registration Opens
13:00	Jamie Thomson SQL Server MVP http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jamie_thomson A lap around the SSIS Catalog SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2012 includes a new database referred to as the SSIS Catalog. SSIS developers and administrators are going to spend a lot of time in here and, like any database, you need a good handle on what secrets it holds. In this session I'll take you on a demo-heavy (i.e. no slides) tour of the SSIS Catalog so you can get a handle on the sea-change this is going to bring to SSIS development.
14:00	Break
14:15	Tony Rogerson SQL Server MVP, Freelance SQL Server Specialist Always On - SANless High Availability Through using Availability Groups we no longer rely on shared storage to provide a usable and fully redundant copy of your Production databases. This session will talk through the move away from SAN to SANless within the DR space and will also give a level 400 talk on Availability Groups within SQL Server 2012.
15:15	Break
15:30	Chris Testa O'Neill SQL Server MVP, BI Specialist, COEO SQL 2012 Highly Available BI Environments from the Field This one hour session will provide insight on what to expect when deploying a highly available end to end SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence environment as experienced from the field. As well as leveraging the SQL Server Business Intelligence skills that you possess. You will also gain an insight into the additional skills and knowledge that you will need to ensure the successful delivery of technologies such as such as PowerPivot, PowerView, SQL Server Reporting Services and SQL Server Analysis Services on a robust architecture.
16:30	Finish - Networking and wrap up
Evening - Community
17:00	Evening registration opens
17:30	Introduction, bring your questions and nuggets
18:00	Satya Shyam K Jayanty SQL Server MVP SQL Server 2012 backward compatibility, do not ignore the facts! Backward compatibility is nice feature in very new product release, however to continue business-as-is many of us will use it. However there are certain risks associated using the backward compatibility feature such as deprecated, discontinued, breaking changes and behaviour changes on the application. In this session we will overview the associated risks and ways to overcome majority of compatibility issues (code and features) to migrate data platform to SQL Server 2012 successfully.
19:00	Break and Pizza
19:30	Rob Carrol Microsoft Premier Field Support Engineer A closer look at some of the new features in SQL Server 2012 Whilst some features like ColumnStore indexes get a huge fanfare when rolled out with new release of SQL Server it is often some of the other features that may make the day-to-day life of a DBA easier. Rob will try and pick out some of the things that you may not have been picked up by marketing
20:30	Feedback and Prize Draw
20:45	Close

SQL Relay 2012 - Full day, SQL 2012 Feature overview by Microsoft (AM) then deep dive in (PM) by SQL MVP's - SSIS, HADR, BI Resilience, other...

22/05/2012

Sponsors - Premier

AM - Overview and Strategy
09:00	Registration Opens
09:30	Morris Novello SQL Server Product Manager, Microsoft UK Morris will take the SQLRelay audience on a journey across SQL Server 2012 new innovations that span traditional boxed software, appliances, and cloud. Morris will address some of the tough issues facing IT and dev organizations today; mission critical SLAs that are simply expected, the explosion of data volumes with the need to enable end-user insight, and the evolution into the cloud world. Both IT and developers attendees will see technologies from SQL Server that help solve today’s growing challenges.
10:00	Andrew Fryer Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Want to know more (part 1)? I have no idea what you will be doing with SQL Server 2012 as there are so many new features in the latest version. So after a short high level overview of the new stuff we’ll dip into the things that you want to see in more detail, be that the database engine, the new BI stuff, data warehousing and a bit of development. The only technology I won’t be showing is PowerPoint as you’ve probably seen that before.
10:45	Break
11:00	Andrew Fryer Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Want to know more (part 2)? More dipping....
12:00	Finish - Networking and your local group wrap up
PM - Deep Dive
12:30	Registration Opens
13:00	Jamie Thomson SQL Server MVP http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jamie_thomson A lap around the SSIS Catalog SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2012 includes a new database referred to as the SSIS Catalog. SSIS developers and administrators are going to spend a lot of time in here and, like any database, you need a good handle on what secrets it holds. In this session I'll take you on a demo-heavy (i.e. no slides) tour of the SSIS Catalog so you can get a handle on the sea-change this is going to bring to SSIS development.
14:00	Break
14:15	Tony Rogerson SQL Server MVP, Freelance SQL Server Specialist Always On - SANless High Availability Through using Availability Groups we no longer rely on shared storage to provide a usable and fully redundant copy of your Production databases. This session will talk through the move away from SAN to SANless within the DR space and will also give a level 400 talk on Availability Groups within SQL Server 2012.
15:15	Break
15:30	Chris Testa O'Neill SQL Server MVP, BI Specialist, COEO SQL 2012 Highly Available BI Environments from the Field This one hour session will provide insight on what to expect when deploying a highly available end to end SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence environment as experienced from the field. As well as leveraging the SQL Server Business Intelligence skills that you possess. You will also gain an insight into the additional skills and knowledge that you will need to ensure the successful delivery of technologies such as such as PowerPivot, PowerView, SQL Server Reporting Services and SQL Server Analysis Services on a robust architecture.
16:30	Finish - Networking
Evening - Community
17:00	Registration for evening attendees and pizza

18:00

Duncan Sutcliffe
Senior Architect, Hitachi Consulting

The Magic of SQL 2012 Business Intelligence in SharePoint

This fast paced one hour session will look at the magic you can work using SharePoint as a front end to the SQL Server 2012 products. Make your BI pretty, make it interactive, make it fast and easy to get to. Best of all, get your users to make it for you. 100% demos 0% slides.

19:00 Break

19:20

TBC

SQLLunch - All stuff, no fluff - Jeff Moden

22/05/2012

SQLLunch has arrived in London.

12:30 sharp start , downstairs bar at the Golden Fleece EC4N 1SP.

Agenda :

12:30 - 12:31 Welcome and hello

12:31 - 13:15 Remote Presentation : Jeff Moden - Expanding Hierarchies

For this session of the SQLLunchUK Users Group, Jeff Moden talks about and demonstrates techniques on “Expanding Hierarchies” (lecture first given at PASS 2010). This is normally a 90 minute session but Jeff understands that we already know the basics and promises that he’ll be able to blast us through it all in something less than 60 minutes.

You might expect a session on this subject to focus on the HierarchyID that came out with 2008 and nothing could be further from the truth for this session. Jeff is going to take us on a whirl-wind ride from Adjacency Lists through Hierarchical Paths (skipping the HierarchyID almost entirely) right to how to convert a million node Adjacency List to super high performance Nested Sets in about 2 minutes using a new method he designed. You’ve just got to know that new method involves some form of a Tally Table.

As a grand finale, Jeff shows us how to build a single table “data mart” from the million node hierarchy that answers nearly all the questions you could as of such a hierarchy.

Speaker Bio:

With nearly 30,000 posts and more than 25 articles to his name, Jeff Moden is one of the leading contributors on SQLServerCentral.com where he coined the term “RBAR” which stands for “Row By Agonizing Row”. Jeff has been a Microsoft SQL Server MVP since 2008, won the 2011 Red Gate Exceptional DBA Award, and has worked with SQL Server since 1996. His easy to read and light hearted articles have turned previously difficult to understand “advanced” subjects, like the Tally Table, into everyday tools that everyone can easily understand and use. Jeff has presented at PASS 2010, 2 SQL Saturdays, and at many SQL Server User Group meetings both in person and remotely.

SQL Relay 2012 - Full day, SQL 2012 Feature overview by Microsoft (AM) then deep dive in (PM) by SQL MVP's - SSIS, HADR, Distributed Replay, other...

23/05/2012

Sponsors - Premier

AM - Overview and Strategy
09:00	Registration Opens
09:30	Morris Novello SQL Server Product Manager, Microsoft UK Morris will take the SQLRelay audience on a journey across SQL Server 2012 new innovations that span traditional boxed software, appliances, and cloud. Morris will address some of the tough issues facing IT and dev organizations today; mission critical SLAs that are simply expected, the explosion of data volumes with the need to enable end-user insight, and the evolution into the cloud world. Both IT and developers attendees will see technologies from SQL Server that help solve today’s growing challenges.
10:00	Andrew Fryer Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Want to know more (part 1)? I have no idea what you will be doing with SQL Server 2012 as there are so many new features in the latest version. So after a short high level overview of the new stuff we’ll dip into the things that you want to see in more detail, be that the database engine, the new BI stuff, data warehousing and a bit of development. The only technology I won’t be showing is PowerPoint as you’ve probably seen that before.
10:45	Break
11:00	Andrew Fryer Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Want to know more (part 2)? More dipping....
12:00	Finish - Networking and your local group wrap up
PM - Deep Dive
12:30	Registration Opens
13:00	Allan Mitchell SQL Server MVP http://www.CopperBlueConsulting.com SSIS in SQL Server 2012 Come to this session and learn what all the fuss is about. SSIS has evolved every time a new version is released and in SQL Server 2012 this is no different. The main areas of focus are of course the new SSIS Server and the capabilities it provides to logging. We will also take look at some of the features that make our lives as ETL developers so much nicer.
14:00	Break
14:15	Tony Rogerson SQL Server MVP, Freelance SQL Server Specialist Always On - SANless High Availability Through using Availability Groups we no longer rely on shared storage to provide a usable and fully redundant copy of your Production databases. This session will talk through the move away from SAN to SANless within the DR space and will also give a level 400 talk on Availability Groups within SQL Server 2012.
15:15	Break
15:30	Martin Bell SQL Server MVP SQL 2012 Distributed Replay SQL Server Distributed Replay is a tool which can help remove the risk and uncertainty of hardware consolidation and changes. Available as part of the SQL Server installation, it goes beyond the capabilities of SQL Profiler to help simulate a more realistic load.
16:30	Finish - Networking
Evening - Community
17:00	Registration Opens
17:30	Gordon Meyer Microsoft BI Architect, Consolidata Ltd 100% Zero footprint Mobile BI How Consolidata are using Strategy Companion to provide a SaaS BI solution for a retail customer. We needed a rich, web-based tool to sit on top of our Analysis Services cubes and Strategy Companion provides exactly what we need.
18:00	Allan Mitchell SQL Server MVP http://www.CopperBlueConsulting.com DQS in SQL Server 2012 Data Quality Services - Making data suitable for business
19:00	Break & Pizza
19:30	Satya Jayanty SQL Server MVP Author of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Administration cookbook Performance & Scalability SQL Server 2012: What's new specific to Performance & Scalability with tour of Manageability enhancements SQL Server 2012 is at its pace and for every IT Professional and Developer it is highly essential to start to come to speed on what's new in this highly anticipated version of SQL Server. In this session we will go through the details of new features & enhancements to the features that are continued from previous versions of SQL Server. The key areas are Database Engine: Manageability, Scalability & performance topics
20:30	Close

You can pre book parking at the venue here
Directions to the venue can be found on the Conference Aston website

Sponsors
This event would not be possible without the generosity of our sponsors
Gold Sponsor	Microsoft
Silver Sponsor	Fusion IO
	Quest
	PASS
	RedGate
	SQLBits
	Strategy Companion
Bronze Sponsor	Microgen
	Purple Frog
	Technitrain
	Wrox

SQL Relay 2012 - Full day, SQL 2012 Feature overview by Microsoft (AM) then deep dive in (PM) by SQL MVP's - Distributed Replay, HADR, other...

24/05/2012

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Sponsors - Premier

AM - Overview and Strategy
09:00	Registration Opens
09:30	Morris Novello SQL Server Product Manager, Microsoft UK Morris will take the SQLRelay audience on a journey across SQL Server 2012 new innovations that span traditional boxed software, appliances, and cloud. Morris will address some of the tough issues facing IT and dev organizations today; mission critical SLAs that are simply expected, the explosion of data volumes with the need to enable end-user insight, and the evolution into the cloud world. Both IT and developers attendees will see technologies from SQL Server that help solve today’s growing challenges.
10:00	Andrew Fryer Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Want to know more (part 1)? I have no idea what you will be doing with SQL Server 2012 as there are so many new features in the latest version. So after a short high level overview of the new stuff we’ll dip into the things that you want to see in more detail, be that the database engine, the new BI stuff, data warehousing and a bit of development. The only technology I won’t be showing is PowerPoint as you’ve probably seen that before.
10:45	Break
11:00	Andrew Fryer Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Want to know more (part 2)? More dipping....
12:00	Finish - Networking and your local group wrap up
PM - Deep Dive
12:30	Registration Opens
13:00	Tony Rogerson SQL Server MVP, Freelance SQL Server Specialist Flash out the Hard Drives A talk on the move away from Hard Drives, we will also cover Shortstroking, the effect of Disk Geometry on Read and Write performance, SSD's - backgrounder and why they are so good, Hard Drive solutions are MORE expensive than SSD.
14:00	Break
14:15	Tony Rogerson SQL Server MVP, Freelance SQL Server Specialist Always On - SANless High Availability Through using Availability Groups we no longer rely on shared storage to provide a usable and fully redundant copy of your Production databases. This session will talk through the move away from SAN to SANless within the DR space and will also give a level 400 talk on Availability Groups within SQL Server 2012.
15:15	Break
15:30	Martin Bell SQL Server MVP SQL 2012 Distributed Replay SQL Server Distributed Replay is a tool which can help remove the risk and uncertainty of hardware consolidation and changes. Available as part of the SQL Server installation, it goes beyond the capabilities of SQL Profiler to help simulate a more realistic load.
16:30	Finish - Networking

SQL Relay 2012 - Full day, SQL 2012 Strategy by Microsoft, SQL 2012 on Intel (AM) then deep dive in (PM) by SQL MVP's - HADR, Distributed Replay, other...

30/05/2012

SQL Relay 2012 brings SQL Server experts to your locality; full day seminars in Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London.

The morning session taken by Morris Novello, SQL Server Product Manager, Steve Shaw, Database Technology Manager from Intel and another speaker TBC; the session commences with Morris discussing technical challenges facing IT and dev organisations and also provide an overview on SQL Server 2012.

The afternoon session is led by SQL Server MVP's, among them Chris Testa O'Neill, Allan Mitchell, Martin Bell, Jamie Thompson, Chris Webb and Tony Rogerson.

Sponsors - Premier

AM - Overview and Strategy
09:00	Registration Opens
09:30	Morris Novello SQL Server Product Manager, Microsoft UK Morris will take the SQLRelay audience on a journey across SQL Server 2012 new innovations that span traditional boxed software, appliances, and cloud. Morris will address some of the tough issues facing IT and dev organizations today; mission critical SLAs that are simply expected, the explosion of data volumes with the need to enable end-user insight, and the evolution into the cloud world. Both IT and developers attendees will see technologies from SQL Server that help solve today’s growing challenges.
10:00	Steve Shaw Database Technology Manager Intel SQL Server on Intel systems: tips, tools and tuning for maximum performance and scalability This presentation gives you the inside track on optimizing and testing SQL performance on Intel Servers. We will look at Operating System and SQL Server configuration to get the best possible performance and scalability from Intel servers. We will also give an insight into the next generation of platforms to show how to get the maximum from CPU features such as Turbo-Boost and Hyper-Threading, Scalable Memory and Solid-State Disk features to take your SQL Server environments to the next level of performance. We will also consider both OLTP and Query based testing to measure and compare SQL Server configurations in your own environment.
11:00	Break
11:20	Andrew Fryer Technical Evangelist, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Overview Short overview of the new stuff then a drill down into further detail through demos.
12:20	Finish - Networking and your local group wrap up
PM - Deep Dive
12:30	Registration Opens
13:00	Chris Webb SQL Server MVP Technitrain What's new in SQL Server Analysis Services 2012? The 2012 sees Analysis Services splitting into two: the Multidimensional model, which is basically the Analysis Services of cubes and dimensions that we're all familiar with, and the new Tabular model which is very similar to PowerPivot. This session will cover what's new in Analysis Services 2012 Multidimensional, provide a brief overview of the Tabular model, discuss their relative strengths and weaknesses and help you decide which one is appropriate for your project.
14:00	Break
14:15	Tony Rogerson SQL Server MVP, Freelance SQL Server Specialist Always On - SANless High Availability Through using Availability Groups we no longer rely on shared storage to provide a usable and fully redundant copy of your Production databases. This session will talk through the move away from SAN to SANless within the DR space and will also give a level 400 talk on Availability Groups within SQL Server 2012.
15:15	Break
15:30	Martin Bell SQL Server MVP SQL 2012 Distributed Replay SQL Server Distributed Replay is a tool which can help remove the risk and uncertainty of hardware consolidation and changes. Available as part of the SQL Server installation, it goes beyond the capabilities of SQL Profiler to help simulate a more realistic load.
16:30	Finish - Networking
Evening - Community @ The Theodore Bullfrog 26-30 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HL
17:00	To be confirmed

Maidenhead UG meeting, Tuesday 12th June - Neil Hambly and Mark Broadbent presenting

12/06/2012

Maidenhead SQL Server User Group - Tuesday 12th June

18:00 - 18:30 - Registration, Intro, Round Table discussion, Nuggets etc.

18:30 - 21:00 - Speakers to include Neil Hambly and Mark Broadbent.

Location: Maidenhead, Berkshire

SQL Leicester - Speakers including Mark Broadbent, Gavin Payne and Christian Bolton

20/06/2012

Inaugural Leicester SQL Server User Group, being held at Leicester YMCA, 7 East Street, Leicester, LE1 6EY on Wednesday June 20th, 6:30pm to 9pm.

For our first meeting, we have a packed schedule, featuring three distinguished speakers, namely the inimitable Mark Broadbent (blog | twitter ), as well as Gavin Payne (blog | twitter), and Christan Bolton (twitter) of coeo.com.

We will have to make a prompt start at 18:30, in order to accomodate all of this great SQL Server content, wolf down a couple of samosas at the break, and still catch the last bus home.

I recently returned from SQLBits X in London bearing two of those rugby shirts they give to the speakers, and I will be raffling one of these off during the interval. Entry is automatic providing you show up on the night - much easier than spending hours, if not days, preparing a session for the SQLBits conference itself in order to obtain this season's must-have fashion accessory.

The revised programme is as follows:

18:15 - Arrivals, Registration, Introduction
18:30 - Mark Broadbent with "Enter the Dragon: SQL2012 on Server Core"
19:15 - Break, Samosas, Raffle draw
19:30 - Gavin Payne on Virtualisation for the SQL Server Professional
20:15 - Christian Bolton on Parallelism

21:00 - Pub

SQL London User-Group 21st June 2012 with (Neil Hambly, Jonathan Allen, Avanade)

21/06/2012

Nearest Tube : St. Paul’s

Learn how to leverage the power of BPM and gain control of multiple SQL instances in your environments.. Learn more than just the terminology, making the administration of the servers simplier through PBM framework

7:20 – 7:50pm (Avanade) TBC

Topic & Speaker to be confirmed soon

7:50 – 8:10pm Break: Light refreshments
More time to network, ask questions and eat pizza...

8:10 – 9:00pm Jonathan Allen - Extended Events-Not so tricky as you might think

Taking you from what Extended Events are and how they fit in with SQL Server, through using the default session to keep an eye on your servers to creating your own Event Sessions to check for important events and potential problemsTaking you from what Extended Events are and how they fit in with SQL Server, through using the default session to keep an eye on your servers to creating your own Event Sessions to check for important events and potential problems

Leeds User Group July Meeting with Chris Webb

05/07/2012

Network, learn, ask a question, meet other folk, get fed - these are all things that happen at user group events. These events are a really great opportunity to socialise in an informal learning experience - if you want your own exposure then come and do a 1 - 5 minute nugget in front of your peers.

Remember to tell your friends and the people you work with; make sure you register as soon as you can.

5.30pm – 6:00pm Registration and networking

Meet and greet.

6:00pm – 6:30pm Round Table discussion and Nuggets - ALL
Take stock and get the latest news in the SQL Server field. This is also a great opportunity to ask any burning questions you have, may be a problem at work.

It's also a great opportunity to share your knowledge and gain exposure in the industry by giving a short 1 - 6 minute "nugget" demo/tip.

6:30pm - 7:30pm TBD

7:30pm - 7:50pm BREAK: Light refreshments

More time to network and ask questions...

7:50pm – 8:50pm TBD

8:50pm - 9:00pm Close

Scottish Area SQL Server User Group July Meeting

12/07/2012

Scottish Area SQL Server User Group Meeting, Edinburgh - Thursday 12th July

We will also have the usual food and prize draws!

Agenda

18:00 - 18:30 - Introduction and Networking

18:30 - 19:30 - First Session - TBC

19:30 - 19:50 - Break
Time for pizza or sandwiches

19:50 - 20:50 - Second Session - TBC

20:50 - 21:00 - Feedback, Prize Draw and Close

21:00 - onwards - Drinks in the Orchard

Location:

This meeting will be kindly hosted by Craneware

Craneware plc
1 Tanfield
Edinburgh
EH3 5DA

Directions:
Craneware is located in the old "Standard Life" building opposite a very good pub called "The Orchard" (formerly known as “The Northern Bar”). http://g.co/maps/89a7m
On entry the building receptionist will direct you to the top floor.
During the event the Support Team will also be working; please be considerate of these guys as you go through their work area into the conference room.

SQL Midlands - Evening SQL User Group - Chris Testa-O'Neill on Resource Governor and Jen Stirrup on Data Visualisation

12/07/2012

Midlands SQL Server User Group, being held in The Briar Rose Pub in the centre of Birmingham on Thursday 12th July 2012.

Session 1: Controlling Resources in SQL Server - Chris Testa-O'Neill (MVP)

Session 2: Data Visualisation - Jen Stirrup (MVP)

6.00pm – 6:30pm Meet, Greet & Beer

6:30pm - 7:30pm We have control! - Controlling Resources in SQL Server (Chris Testa-O'Neill MVP)

With SQL Server 2008, you can control environments using Policy based management and with the Resource Governor. This session will demonstrate the implementation and workings of Policy based management and with the Resource Governor and provide you compelling reasons why these tools can be used to enforce standards and control SQL Server hardware in your environments.

7:30pm - 8:00pm Break, Food & Beer

8:00pm – 9:00pm Data Visualisation (Jen Stirrup)

Session details to be confirmed

We'll be putting on food for the event, so please do register so we know numbers. If you then can't make it we'd really appreciate it if you'd unregister and/or let us know.

When you get to The Briar Rose, go in through the Hotel entrance to the right, up to the 1st floor and follow signs to the conference room. Grab yourself a drink from the bar on your way!

If you need any further details or have any requests for this or future Midlands SSUG events, please let me (Alex Whittles) know, either on Twitter (@PurpleFrogSys or @SQLMidlands) or email SSUG@PurpleFrogSystems.com

See you in July!

Speaker profiles

Chris Testa-O'Neill

Chris Testa-O'Neill is a SQL Server Microsoft Most Valuable Professional(MVP) and a Senior Consultant at Coeo specialising in SQL Server Business Intelligence. He is also a technical author, working on courses for SQL Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft Learning and advising on the SQL Server 2012 curriculum. Chris runs the Manchester SQL Server User Group and is an organiser for SQLBits. Chris has spoken at a range of events including user groups in the UK and Adelaide, Australia, SQLBits, the MCT Conference and last year’s SQLPASS. Chris is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), MCDBA, MCTS and MCITP in SQL Server.

Jen Stirrup

Jen Stirrup is a newly-awarded SQL Server MVP. She is an independent consultant who specialises in Business Intelligence, with a focus on Data Visualisation. Jen has conducted projects in the UK and mainland Europe. Jen has previously spoken at SQLBits, SQLPASS and other community events on the topic of Business Intelligence and Data Visualisation. She blogs regularly on these topics at jenstirrup.com and can be found tweeting at @jenstirrup

UK SQL Server User Group Events Feed

SQL Relay 2012 - Full day, SQL 2012 Feature overview by Microsoft (AM) then deep dive in (PM) by SQL MVP's - SSIS, HADR, BI Resilience, other...

SQL Relay 2012 - Full day, SQL 2012 Feature overview by Microsoft (AM) then deep dive in (PM) by SQL MVP's - SSIS, HADR, BI Resilience, other...

SQLLunch - All stuff, no fluff - Jeff Moden

SQL Relay 2012 - Full day, SQL 2012 Feature overview by Microsoft (AM) then deep dive in (PM) by SQL MVP's - SSIS, HADR, Distributed Replay, other...

SQL Relay 2012 - Full day, SQL 2012 Feature overview by Microsoft (AM) then deep dive in (PM) by SQL MVP's - Distributed Replay, HADR, other...

SQL Relay 2012 - Full day, SQL 2012 Strategy by Microsoft, SQL 2012 on Intel (AM) then deep dive in (PM) by SQL MVP's - HADR, Distributed Replay, other...

Maidenhead UG meeting, Tuesday 12th June - Neil Hambly and Mark Broadbent presenting

SQL Leicester - Speakers including Mark Broadbent, Gavin Payne and Christian Bolton

SQL London User-Group 21st June 2012 with (Neil Hambly, Jonathan Allen, Avanade)

Sponsored by Information Management Group - Wednesday night meeting at BSS with Andrew Whettam and Chris Webb

Leeds User Group July Meeting with Chris Webb

Scottish Area SQL Server User Group July Meeting

SQL Midlands - Evening SQL User Group - Chris Testa-O'Neill on Resource Governor and Jen Stirrup on Data Visualisation