May Free Training with Pragmatic Works

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Pragmatic Works, SQL Server Central and Microsoft would like to
invite you to another month of Free SQL Server
Training delivered by the people that write the
books!

May Speakers and Topics

http://pragmaticworks.com/Resources/webinars/Default.aspx


Speaker:Gareth Swanepoel

Topic: SQL Server 2012 DMV's & Extended Events: Lightning sand, Flame
spurts, & R.O.U.S.'s

Date:May 1, 2012, 11:00AM EDT

As a lone DBA in the scary world of the SQL
Server 2012 Fire Swamp, you may be wary of the multiple threats of
Lightning sand, Flame spurts & Rodents of Unusual Size. In this
session, come and learn how to map your way through these threats
using the new and improved DMV's and Extended Events that are found in
SQL Server 2012.In this session, you will learn about the new DMV's
available in SQL 2012. You will also learn about the improved XEvents
interfaces and how to use XEvents to monitor your server and track
issues.



Speaker:Alistair Pugin

Topic: Technical Track: Multi-Tenancy vs Shared Services in SharePoint
2010

Date:May 3, 2012, 11:00AM EDT

Many organizations start out by deploying
SharePoint using a “Shared Services” model but realise that various
divisions, companies and or business units want a more individualized
control over their platform; enter the Multi-Tenant. In this session
we will cover, the differences between Shared and Tenanted
Architecture, the pitfalls of both platforms, and how to effectively
deploy multi-tenancy.



Speaker:Scott Klein

Topic:An Extensive Look at SQL Azure

Date:May 8, 2012, 11:00AM EDT

This demo-filled session will begin by providing an overview of SQL
Azure, Microsoft’s cloud-based relational database service. We will
then follow that up with detailed discussions and hands-on
demonstrations that illustrate many of the rich and powerful SQL Azure
features and services including SQL Azure Federations for scalability
and performance, and SQL Azure Data Sync Services for data
synchronization. Lastly, we’ll discuss migration strategies for moving
your on-premise database into SQL Azure and considerations around
migrating to SQL Azure.



Speaker:Chad Churchwell

Topic:SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn for High Availability and Disaster
Recovery

Date:May 10, 2012, 11:00AM EDT

This webinar will explore the new AlwaysOn
features of SQL Server 2012 and how this can be used to set up a DR/HA
plan. We will discuss the current limitations of database mirroring
and clustering as well as cover how these limitations have been
accounted for in SQL Server 2012. Topics will be availability groups
and failover cluster instances as well as a demo of these
features.



Speaker:Jorge Segarra

Topic:STOP! Consolidate and Listen!

Date:May 15, 2012, 11:00AM EDT

In today's economic times, we are being asked
to do more with less-less budget, less hardware-and yet our data needs
keep growing! How do we keep our database infrastructure humming along
given these restrictions? In this session, we talk about different
options of consolidation, including database-level consolidation,
instance-level consolidation, and virtualization. We also discuss some
of the tools and methods you can use today to help consolidate your
SQL Server environment and do more with less.



Speaker:Bradley Schacht

Topic:SharePoint for the DBA

Date:May 17, 2012, 11:00AM EDT

In this session Brad will discuss the DBA's
role in a SharePoint environment as well as much of the important
information about SharePoint that a DBA should know. Topics to be
discussed include SharePoint database architecture, service
applications creating databases, dos and don'ts of database
maintenance, backup and restore and disaster recovery. Brad will also
cover some of the blurry lines such as where do the DBA's job
responsibilities end and the SharePoint admin's being. This session is
a must attend for any DBA that deals with SharePoint in their
environment.



Speaker:Bradley Ball

Topic:Transparent Data Encryption Inside and Out In SQL 2012

Date:May 22, 2012, 11:00AM EDT

Security is a very important part of your job
and in how data is utilized. We have many tools to make data more
secure, and starting in SQL 2008 we were able to add Transparent Data
Encryption to that list. Find out What it does and What it doesn’t do,
How it effects Read-Only Filegroups, Performance, Compression (Backup
and Row/Page), What the X.509 Encryption Standard is and Why you
should be careful of what you store and where, and other Advance
Features as well as some tips on how to manage it.



Speaker:Kathi Kellenberger

Topic:SQL Server Data Compression

Date:May 29, 2012, 11:00AM EDT

SQL Server data compression was introduced
with 2008. Of course, compression can save you storage space, but many
DBAs do not know that you can get a performance boost from compression
as well. By attending this webinar, you will learn about the two
levels of compression, how to estimate the benefits of compression,
and how to implement it.