Date: Thursday, July 10
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Central Time
Virtual Chapter: DBA Fundamentals
Event URL: http://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join (Meeting ID TW8M35, Entry Code Prxcw2F-H)
Subject: ?DBA
Now that you're a DBA where do you start? You have backups, don't you? Are you really sure? Tools for the DBA really help you do your job, so we will talk about some tools to use. I'll talk about how you can get help when you need it. I'll point you to some really good scripts to use for monitoring or for using for your whole maintenance cycle on your SQL Servers.
?Presenter: David Smithey has 31 years of IT experience. He has 9 years of experience as an SQL Server DBA and before that he was a developer. He has worked/consulted for companies such as Acustar, Computer Services Corporation, the Pentagon, Boeing and NASA. He is currently employed by Curves International.
?Email: david@davidsmithey.com ? Twitter: @DavidKSmithey
Date: Thursday, July 26
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Virtual Chapter: Data Architecture Virtual Chapter
Event URL: http://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/webJoin?id=CZC34P&pw=nP%28qm%3A2RN&role=attend
Subject: ?Where Are My (Primary) Keys?
In this session, we revisit some of the fundamental design principals of relational databases - normalization rules, key selection, and the controversies associated with these issues -- from a very hands-on, practical perspective. We also consider the benefits and challenges of using different types of keys (natural, surrogates, artificial, others) from multiple aspects, including data consistency, application development, maintenance, portability, and performance.
Session takeaways:
Understand the profound impact of key selection on the entire application lifestyle
Learn to identify when it is best to use natural or artificial keys
Learn how to minimize performance, portability, and maintenance issues during the early database design phase
?Presenter: ?Ami Levi, CTO, DBSophic - Ami Levin is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP since 2006, with over 20 years of experience in development and IT. For the past 14 years, he has been consulting, teaching, writing, and speaking about SQL Server worldwide. Ami's areas of expertise are data modeling, database design, T-SQL, and performance tuning. He leads the Israeli SQL Server user group (ISUG), moderates the Hebrew MSDN SQL Server support forum, and is a regular speaker at Microsoft Tech-Ed Israel, Dev Academy, and other SQL Server conferences. Ami speaks often at user group meetings in Israel and Europe and writes articles about SQL Server.
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