May is a great month for DBA’s and developers in Pittsburgh, PA and Wheeling, WV. Here are some great events you should attend this month.
Pittsburgh, PA and Wheeling, WV
Update 5/10/2011: Included SharePoint meeting as recommended by John Scott.
| Date | Host | Meeting |
| May 11th | Greater Wheeling Chapter of AITP | Blogging – what is it and why should I? |
| May 11th | Pittsburgh SharePoint User Group | Upgrading to SharePoint 2010: A Panel Discussion |
| May 16th | Pittsburgh .NET User Group | Visual Studio Product Tour |
| May 24th | Pittsburgh SQL Server User Group | Virtualization and SAN Basics for DBAs |
| May 26th | WVPASS –Wheeling SQL UG | Database Mirroring: The Bear Necessities |
SQL Rally!
This week I will be getting my connect, share and learn on in Orlando, Florida at SQL Rally(yes, you can still sign up!). I cannot wait to connect with my friends in the SQL Server community. I also look forward to making some new ones. I will be sharing my knowledge on “Evaluating your Daily Checklist against 100+ instances of SQL Server while you get a cup of coffee.” I will also be participating in the Mock Interview Overdrive session hosted by Kevin Kline. I also look forward to learning from the vendors and some of the best presenters in the SQL Server community.
Speaking of vendors, I look forward to catching up with Confio, Idera, SQLSentry (bonus points for being a WVPASS sponsor), Quest, RedGate and DELL. I also look forward to meeting new vendors like entrinsik, Enterprise Software Solutions, Melissa DATA.
I am sure I will have some ad-hoc changes but I still want to share my schedule for next week.
| Day | Event | Description |
| Wednesday | Free Day! | There are some really good pre-con sessions. I might jump in one of these sessions or see the sites of Orlando. |
| After-Hours Activities | Beer, Wings and SQL Networking at Buffalo Wild Wings | |
| After-Hours Activities | Pirate’s Cove for miniature golf. | |
| Thursday | Morning Session I | The Dirty Dozen: PowerShell Scripts for the Busy DBA – Aaron Nelson |
| Morning Session II | Visit the SQL Rally vendors! | |
| Morning Session III | Understanding Storage Systems and SQL Server – Wes Brown | |
| Lunch! | WIT Luncheon and Panel Discussion | |
| Afternoon Session I | T-SQL Code Sins: The Worst Things We Do to Code, and Why – Jennifer McCown | |
| Afternoon Session II | Writing faster queries – Tim Chatman | |
| Afternoon Session III | SQL University: Lightning Talks – Jorge Segarra | |
| SQLRally OverDrive |
Conducting an Interview – Participating |
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| After-Hours Activities | meet up at nearby Old Town | |
| Friday | Morning Session I | Big and Tall: When to Partition – Kendra Little |
| Morning Session II | Prepare for my presentation and visit vendors! | |
| Morning Session III | Evaluate your daily checklist against 100+ instances of SQL Server while you get a cup of coffee – ME! | |
| LUNCH!! | ||
| Afternoon Session I | Deadlocking for Mere Mortals – Jonathan Kehayias | |
| Afternoon Session II | Windows PowerShell Best Practices for SQL DBA’s – Ed Wilson | |
| Afternoon Session III | Fundamentals of SQL Server Internals – Jeremiah Peschka | |
| Vendor Raffle |
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