SQL User Group Monthly Meeting - April 15

SQL Server 2008: Applying Resource Governor
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SQL Server Best Practices
April 15, 2008
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM

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SQL Server 2008: Applying Resource Governor
Speaker: Lara Rubbelke, Microsoft

Are you concerned with the impact of consolidation on your database performance and service level agreements? Are you challenged with the random user query which impacts performance of your production applications? Do you often wish for a solution to define controls over server resources to ensure consistent levels of performance for very important applications?

Of the many new features available in SQL Server 2008, Resource Governor is near the top of the list of favorites for many database professionals who want to define limits on resource usage and provide a predictable response for production databases. Lara Rubbelke will demonstrate how to implement the new feature while painting a vision of business solutions which impact your production environment.

Lara Rubbelke brings her passion for architecting, implementing and improving SQL Server solutions to the community as a Technology Specialist for Microsoft. Her expertise involves both OLTP and OLAP systems, data management, performance tuning, encryption, ETL, and the Business Intelligence lifecycle. She is an active board member of the local PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) chapter and regularly delivers technical presentations at local, regional and national conferences, user groups and webcasts. Notably, Lara has presented at Tech Ed (2006 and 2007), the PASS Summit (2006 and 2007), the Minneapolis SQL Server 2005 Launch, and delivered numerous webcasts on MSDN and TechNet. Lara authored the Microsoft whitepaper detailing SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition features and was a contributing author of "Expert SQL Server 2005 Development". Prior to joining Microsoft, Lara was a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).

SQL Server Best Practices
Speaker: Craig Neville, Fujitsu Consulting

I first installed Microsoft SQL Server 2005 into a real live client development environment in December of 2005. In the two years since then, I have learned many things and even standardized on a few. In this presentation, I will focus on what I have learned, what I consider to be important issues, and other topics that I feel are just plain interesting. The bulk of the presentation will be on topics related to Integration Services and Reporting Services. In addition, I have topics on Analysis Services, Service Broker, TSQL, use of XML, general performance and others. All are topics that I have been involved with over the past two years.

Craig Neville is a Principal Consultant for Fujitsu Consulting. He specializes in working with database technologies with a current focus on Microsoft SQL Server. During his 20+ year career, Mr. Neville has developed expertise in the areas of database management, database solutions architecture, hardware selection and designing and developing complete business intelligence solutions. He has taught classes in SQL and database design and has presented to local and national user groups.