Tyler Chessman of Microsoft has started a Business Intelligence Users Group in Houston. The group will meet online and onsite quarterly. The first meeting is tomorrow at 11:15 CDT. If you are interested in attending here are the meeting details: Houston – Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group We would like to invite you to the very 1 st Houston Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group. This event will take place on Wednesday October 20 th , 2010 from 11:15 – 1:00 p.m. at the Microsoft Hou...
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Well I am sure most of you noticed that I haven't posted an MDX puzzle in some time. After much consideration I have decided to pass the torch to someone that I feel will devote the time needed to help you all continue with your learning. So with that, I would like to introduce or re-introduce you all to Dustin Ryan the new MDX Puzzle guy. Dustin is a consultant for Pragmatic Works and a regular blogger on BIDN.com. He is also very skilled with MDX. I am not quite sure when Dustin is going to st...
I am excited to announce a new speaker to the SQL Lunch, Ryan Adams. Ryan will be discussing Database Mirroring and how it has become an integral part of high availability and disaster recovery planning. See the following meeting details: Speaker: Ryan Adams Meeting URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=6J9BKQ&role=attend Add To Outlook: Add To Calendar Date and Time: 10/19/2010 11:30:00 AM CST BIO: Ryan is a highly skilled Microsoft oriented administrator and has worked for...
After making the trip last weekend to Houston for Houston Techfest with the kids I am off again, but this time alone. On Friday I will fly into Orlando for the Speaker dinner, which is always a lot of fun. On Saturday I will be presenting two sessions. The first is a mini session on Speaking and the second is on using Change Data Capture and SSIS to load a Slowly Changing Dimension . This is my second time speaking at SQL Saturday in Orlando . If you are in the area stop by. Registration is stil...
As an active speaker and volunteer in the SQL Server community I am often asked why do I do it? Sometimes, I actually ask myself that question, but when I think about how the community as a whole operates (quick to answer questions and join discussions) any doubt is quickly removed. Think about this, in what community can you post a question on twitter or send an email to someone you met at a community event and before you know it, you have several responses to your question. I became active in ...
I will be speaking at the South Florida SQL Server User Group on October 13 via Live Meeting. My topic is Introduction to Change Data Capture with SSIS. If you have some time logon and watch the meeting. Time: 6:30 pm EDT Meeting URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/join?id=PWWZ93&role=attend&pw=47WFd%7EC%5CJ In the presentation I will Introduce Change Data Capture and show how it can be used to incrementally load a Slowly Changing Dimension. Hope to see some of you online. Talk to yo...
Don't miss SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard on the SQL Lunch, Monday, October 11th. #32-SSIS Design Patterns 1c: Variables, Events, and Automated Custom Logging Patterns Speaker: Andy Leonard Add To Outlook: Add To Calendar Live Meeting URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=JG6T72&role=attend Date and Time: 10/11/2010 11:30:00 AM CST BIO: Andy Leonard is an Architect with Molina Medicaid Solutions, SQL Server database and Integration Services developer, SQL Server MVP, PASS Regio...
I am heading down to Houston, TX to speak at the Houston Techfest this weekend. Being a Houston native makes this trip even more exciting. This is a free event that offers a diverse set of sessions. The sessions range from What's new in Java to Introduction to Window Azure. I attended the event last year and if my memory serves me correctly there were only two SQL Sessions. Fortunately, I was able to convince the event coordinator, Michael Steinberg, to include a full SQL Track at the event. Thi...
There has been a slight change to this weeks SQL Lunch meeting. Our scheduled speaker cannot present this week, therefore you dedicated host, me, will be presenting. I know you all were excited to learn about Performance Point, but you will have to wait until later this year. Here is the updated meeting information. Hope to see you all at Lunch. #39-SSIS: Taming your Configuration Files Speaker: Patrick LeBlanc Live Meeting URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=75Q6Q6&role=a...
I am very excited to announce the 1 year anniversary of the SQL Lunch. Last year around this time I was getting the site up and trying to find a couple of speakers to ensure that we had a good start. I was able to convince Tim Mitchell to speak and the rest is history. Thanks to everyone that has attended all of the lunch events and thanks to all of the speakers who gave their time to make the site a success. During the first year I gained a co-host (Adam Jorgensen) and several new friends along...
I have been working with a several clients that are leveraging Change Data Capture (CDC) as a tool for incrementally loading their Data Warehouse. In most cases the clients are using database restores from various environments to create test environments. When databases with CDC enabled is restored to the same server with the same database name, CDC remains enabled and all related meta data is persisted . However, when restoring the database to another server or to the same server, but with a ne...
So many people have been waiting for a SQL Saturday in Houston and now it’s finally here. As a native of Houston I was surprised that it wasn’t one of the first SQL Saturday venues. Well the wait is over. Thanks to Nancy Wilson, the local SQL Server User Group Chapter Leader, Jonathan Gardner and Malik Al-Aminthe, the first Houston SQL Saturday (#57) will be held on January 29, 2011. Several great sessions have already been submitted, but they are definitely accepting more. In a city the size of...