Czasu do konferencji jeszcze trochę zostało (7-10 czerwca 2010, Nowy Orlean) ale mniej więcej siedemdziesiąt procent z 684 zapowiadanych sesji jest juz opisana. Wśród nich można znaleźć dwa polskie nazwiska: Rafała Łukawieckiego oraz Maćka Pileckiego i trzy prowadzone przez nich sesje. Tego drugiego prelegenta pozdrawiam szczególnie serdecznie, bo przecież to ziomek z Wrocławia, wraz ze mną prowadzący lokalny oddział Polish SQL Server User Group. Poniżej przytoczę opisy tych sesji, a nuż ktoś z was będzie miał okazję tam pojechać, wówczas z pewnością warto o te sesje zahaczyć, zwłasza że sa to sesje przed-konferencyjne (u Rafała i Maćka) sesja klasyczna (u Maćka) – nota bene świetnie poprowadzona zarówno na Teched Europe w Berlinie w ubiegłym roku, jak i na naszym 16. Spotkaniu PLSSUG we Wrocławiu:
From Data to Decisions: Business Intelligence in an Enterprise
Session Type: Pre-Conference Seminar
Track: BI: Improve Organizational Effectiveness
Speaker(s): Rafal Lukawiecki
Improving decision making and getting valuable insight into the functioning of a complex organization is the job of Business Intelligence. As such, it has been the key IT concern of executives worldwide. Microsoft has built a thorough, integrated, easy to use, and rich platform for delivering BI. Come learn about what is new in SQL Server 2008 R2, SharePoint 2010, and Office 2010 as a BI platform, including the innovative self-service data analysis tool, PowerPivot. Administrators will benefit from simplified enterprise master data management. BI developers will like the integrated nature of SharePoint. Analysts will like PowerPivot. Everyone will benefit from a new analysis language called DAX. Above all, you will see that Microsoft tools and technologies work they way you like: Excel-style for the user, Visual Studio-like for a developer, SSMS for database experts, and MMC-like for IT professionals – all the groups that we will address in this intensive overview of Microsoft BI for 2010.
Secrets of the SQLOS: Leveraging Microsoft SQL Server Internal Operating System for Improved Scalability and Performance
Session Type: Pre-Conference Seminar
Track: Database Platform
Speaker(s): Maciej Pilecki
Delivered by the expert on the subject, this seminar familiarizes you with one of the most mysterious components of Microsoft SQL Server — its own internal built-in operating system, or SQLOS. SQLOS is little known and even less documented. It provides operating system-like services to other components running within the engine and forms a foundation of SQL Server scalability, reliability, and performance. As the scalability requirements increase and hardware becomes more and more powerful, the role of SQLOS grows more and more important — and so does our need to understand its internals. During the course of the day, we cover all aspects of SQLOS from the basics of its architecture, through thread scheduling, memory management and Resource Governor, to troubleshooting, Extended Events and advanced SQL Server configuration. Through a series of lectures and demonstrations, you become familiar with all aspects of its operations and how it enables SQL Server to take advantage of modern, powerful hardware architectures with many CPUs and vast amounts of memory available. You also learn how to diagnose and troubleshoot advanced performance issues on such servers, including tips and tricks that can make a big difference in performance of high-end servers under heavy load. This seminar is addressed to experienced Database Administrators and Database Developers, building and operating high-end, mission-critical database applications on Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2. Experience in working with SQL Server either as a DBA or Database Developer is a prerequisite.
Microsoft SQL Server Execution Plans: From Compilation, to Caching, to Reuse
Session Type: Breakout Session
Track: Database Platform
Speaker(s): Maciej Pilecki
Level: 400 – Expert
Execution plan reuse is one of the most important aspects of building well-performing and scalable SQL Server solutions. But it’s also the one that is often overlooked during the design phase and becomes very difficult to troubleshoot later. In this session we discuss in detail the following aspects of SQL Server execution plans: compilation, re-compilation, parameterization, caching, reuse, and aging. You will leave this session with full understanding of how to improve your server’s performance by increasing execution plan reuse (and how to avoid reuse in case this is necessary).
Pełny spis sesji znajdziecie w TYM miejscu.
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No i słusznie mi się oberwało. Bowiem to nazwisko, o którym nie wspomniałem powinno się znaleźć na pierwszym miejscu w tym poście. Otóż nie jest wprawdzie jeszcze podana sala (dlatego je przegapiłem), ale na TechEd North America 2010 wystąpi również z doskonałą sesją:
New and more advanced Useful Hacker Techniques: Which Part of Hackers’ Knowledge Will Help You in Efficient IT Administration?
Session Type: Breakout Session
Track: Security
Speaker(s): Paula Januszkiewicz
Level: 350 – AdvancedExpert
Everyone has heard about hackers. It is commonly known that their jobs differ from system administrator jobs. However, things they do in their darkened rooms are definitely interesting and worth knowing. Many of the techniques they use are very useful in everyday administration tasks. A Hackers’ knowledge is considered to be valuable, both by system creators and common users. As an IT security uditor, I know that administrators do not have to be taught how to be a hacker; it is often enough to show them one simple, but very interesting tool or technique, to change the point of view on their own IT environment. Topics covered in this session will help you to feel for the hacker’s role and evaluate your network from their point of view. Be careful — this session is designed for IT and Security professionals who want to take their skills and knowledge to the next level. After this session you will be familiar with hacker techniques which can be useful to protect yourself against.
Paula, przepraszam za opóźnienie.
