Database/SQL

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Be a Data Liberator with Power BI

Do you want to be the hero that liberates your team's data with first class visualizations in less than an hour? This session will show you how to do it. Power BI is a full offering that allows you to ... more

Level: Beginner

Speaker: Steve Howard

Topics: Azure & Cloud   Database/SQL  

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Create Geospatial Applications with SQL Server, .NET, and the Entity Framework

What are your nearest stores to somebody’s current location? Which policy holders are within 10 miles of a given storm’s track? What percentage of the raw materials in your product was harvested withi ... more

Level: Intermediate

Speaker: Jason Follas

Topics: Database/SQL   Entity Framework  

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Data Governance - Whose responsibility is it?

Data fueled applications are everywhere in the organization. New projects are acquiring data from outside the organization at an exponential rate. Business partnerships are being formed and data is ... more

Level: Beginner

Speaker: David Harper

Topics: Database/SQL  

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Database Projects in Visual Studio

Simplify coordination of changes across multiple teams, environments, applications, and projects. While storing all iterations of changes in a version control system. I will be talking about the featu ... more

Level: Beginner

Speaker: Ronnie Hicks

Topics: Database/SQL   Visual Studio  

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Introduction to DocumentDB

DocumentDB is the document database offering on the Azure platform. We'll take a look at what is, how you can use it, how much it costs, and how it compares to other cloud-based document database offe ... more

Level: Beginner

Speaker: Brian Korzynski

Topics: Azure & Cloud   Database/SQL  

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Introduction to Hadoop and HDInsight

In this session we will introduce HDInsight, the HortonWorks Hadoop distribution on Azure. We will talk about what Hadoop is, review HDFS, Hive, Spark, Flume, and talk about why it is gaining popular ... more

Level: Intermediate

Speaker: Jim Welch

Topics: Azure & Cloud   Database/SQL  

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Introduction to SQL Server Graphical Execution Plans

Tuning T-SQL queries is both an art and a science. SQL Server comes with several free tools you can use to understand just what is going on under the hood with a particular query and how the performan ... more

Level: Intermediate

Speaker: Kathi Kellenberger

Topics: Database/SQL  

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SQL Server Indexing Strategies

This intermediate level session includes key considerations for optimizing SQL Server performance with proper indexes. A brief review of traditional b-tree and memory-optimized index structures is fo ... more

Level: Intermediate

Speaker: Dan Guzman

Topics: Database/SQL  

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SQL Server Q&A with Dan and Kathi

Do you have SQL Server questions but don't know whom to ask? Bring your questions to this SQL Server Q&A open forum. Microsoft Data Platform MVPs Kathi Kellenberger and Dan Guzman will on hand to an ... more

Level: Beginner

Speaker: Dan Guzman

Topics: Database/SQL  

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The Top 5 Mistakes You are Probably Making with SQL Server

SQL Server is a popular and powerful relational database system. It's easy to install with just a few clicks. Create a database, and you are in business. It will run great without much attention...unt ... more

Level: Intermediate

Speaker: Kathi Kellenberger

Topics: Database/SQL  

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Trends in the World of Data

Are you curious what the proverbial Jones family is up to? This session is designed to look at some of the data industry "mega trends" that are not only disrupting how we view data, but how we store ... more

Level: Beginner

Speaker: David Harper

Topics: Azure & Cloud   Database/SQL   Security  

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