Food provided by Woodstone!

We are fantastically fortunate to have Aaron Nelson making the trip from Atlanta to be with us this month. Aaron is a well-known speaker for SQL Saturdays and is even going to be a presenter at the national PASS Summit this year (along with our friend, Ken Simmons). Please make sure to invite your non-DBA IT friends. PowerShell has many applications outside of SQL Server and Aaron is going to be covering those features as well. There will be all sorts of books, t-shirts, etc. to give away. We're going all out to welcome Aaron to the Columbus chapter, so everyone make a special effort to be there and invite friends. Here is a preview of his presentation:

PowerShell for IT Professionals

In this session we will begin exploring the amazing world of the PowerShell language. We will learn to perform several everyday DBA tasks like backing up user databases, scripting table objects and evaluating disk space usage with PowerShell; then we will change these into multi-server scripts by adding only a single line of code. We will also take a look at some data visualization techniques that require only a small amount of code. In addition, we'll look at some other uses for PowerShell that apply to server administration tasks. Only a basic understanding of PowerShell or DOS is needed. The goal is to get IT professionals feet wet about PowerShell and ready to practice it when they leave. Yes you will get a copy of the scripts I use.

Aaron Nelson is a Senior SQL Server Architect with over 10 years experience in architecture, business intelligence, development, and performance tuning of SQL Server. He has experience managing enterprise-wide data needs in both transactional and data warehouse environments. Aaron holds certifications for MCITP: Business Intelligence Developer, Database Administrator, Database Developer; as well as MCTS: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuration (meaning Hyper-V).

Topic: SQL Azure 101

Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:00 PM EST (12:00 PM PDT)

Presenter: Scott Klein and David Robinson

Abstract:

Microsoft SQL Azure Database is a cloud-based relational database service built on SQL Server technologies. It provides a highly available, scalable, multi-tenant database service hosted by Microsoft in the cloud. SQL Azure Database helps to ease provisioning and deployment of multiple databases. Join us as we introduce you to the SQL Azure world and help you to understand the benefits that it can provide.

Speaker Bio:

Scott Klein is co-founder of Blue Syntax Consulting, a company that specializes in Azure training and consulting. Scott has been working with SQL Server for nearly 20 years, working with companies large and small all over the United States, working in a wide scope of fields such as medical, finance, and retail. Scott is also a veteran author, having written a number of books including Professional SQL Server XML, Professional LINQ, Pro ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0, and the soon to be released Pro SQL Azure. Scott is a SQL Server MVP and President of the South Florida SQL Server Users Group and the newly formed Azure PASS Virtual Chapter. He speaks frequently as SQL Saturday events and user groups, and was lucky enough to speak at the 2008 European PASS conference in 2008.

David Robinson is a Senior Program Manager on the SQL Azure team. David is responsible for a multitude of things including driving product features, code samples, and most importantly demonstrating to customers the value that SQL Azure and cloud computing provides. You can often find him speaking on Channel 9 or TechEd.

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