We are just days away form SQL Saturday 233 in Washington DC and if you are on the fence as to whether you will be attending or not let me give you 10 reason why this is a must event. 1. Andy Leonard , @ AndyLeonard, Using BIML as an SSIS Design Patterns Engine . For almost a year now I have attempted to see Andy present this session and have come up dry. I am psyched to FINALLY be able to attend this introduction to BIML!! 2. Brian Kelley , @ kbriankelley, Being the Swiss Army Knife of DB Pros . I love the synopsis of this session and am excited to see what Brian has to present on being a SQL Server “ generalist” . 3. Jason Brimhall , @ sqlrnnr, SQL 2012 Extended Events . Extended Events have been available since SQL 2008, but I have yet to really work with them. I am hoping to get some tips from Jason and gain some more insight into the intricacies of Extended Events, besides in SQL 2012 they can be configured in the SSMS GUI. C’mon man. Don’t judge me cause I’ve become lazy. 4. Steve Jones, @ way0utwest, Branding Yourself for a Dream Job . This session may be the most important for me for this event. That’s right!! It is very hard for potential employers to get past the whole retire police officer thing with me. I am hoping to get past the whole, “you want a donut?” thing!! You would think my breath taking good looks would be enough huh? 5. Jessica Moss , @ jessicammoss, Data Warehouse ETL Rollback with SSIS 2012 . For the past year I have worked a great deal with SSIS and I am looking forward to this session to get some tips on removing data that was loaded incorrectly using SSIS. 6. Grant Fritchey , @ GFritchey, Tune Queries By Fixing Bad Parameter Sniffing . Having just worked on a project with a particularly burdensome query due to parameter sniffing this session should prove to be quite insightful. 7. Andrew Kelly, @ GunneyK, Policy-Based Management and Central Management Server . Looking for a means of centralizing administration and control of you SQL environment? 8. Kevin Goff SQL Server 2012 Columnstore index . Columnstore indexes were introduced in SQL 2012 and can provide an incredible performance enhancement over traditional indexing strategies. It’s time to see what you can gain from this new indexing strategy! 9. Wayne Sheffield, @ DBAWayne, Crazy Things That Developers Do, Part I . Having gone from administration to development this should prove to be a somewhat embarrassing session for me to attend. I actually have some stories I could share about this, but until the statute of limitations expire all I can say is, “It wasn’t me.” 10. IT IS WASHINGTON DC!! REALLY?!?! What more of a reason are you really looking for? Our nations capitol… A FREE all day event… True quality presenters and sessions… Networking and fellowship… C’mon man!! Just register and show up.
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