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July 22, 2015: SIOS Sponsors South Florida SQL Server User Group – Miami (Updated)

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Update: SSSFUG has moved this meeting from July 15th to July 22nd.

SIOS is proud to sponsor the South Florida SQL Server User Group’s July 22nd meeting in Miami. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend joining. Kevin Boles will be presenting “SQL Server Defaults SUCK!!” and we’ve included the abstract for you below the fold.

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July 22, 2015 at 6:00 PM
Location:
Carnival Cruise Lines (Map)
6750 North Andrews Ave. Suite #400
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Cost:
This is a free event – Food and Drinks will also be provided at no cost.

This groups meeting registration is managed through meetup.com. If you are not a member of the group, just click the join group button. This group is open and everyone is welcome. You will need to be a member of the group to see additional meeting and group details.

Abstract: SQL Server Defaults Suck!!!

By Kevin Boles

If you just click next-next-next and think you have a good-to-go SQL Server THINK-AGAIN!! 🙂 There are umpteen things you just GOTTA change right out of the box if you want your potentially very expensive and always precious SQL Server resource to perform and behave optimally. This session will cover a laundry list from data and log file growth factors to Windows power settings and many useful items in between.

Unit Testing SQL Server

In the nearly 20 years I have been working with SQL Server, most of that as an independent consultant, I can count two hands the number of clients I have come across that had ANY database tests constructed. I can count on TWO FINGERS the number of them that had repeatable database tests. Even the most ardent Agile/Scrum/pick-your-new-and-shiny-development-mantra shops hardly ever do anything more than wave a magic wand at testing the database, because it can be REALLY HARD to do and do correctly. In this session we will cover examples of why repeatable database testing is CRITICALLY important and then examine both a free and a low-cost commercial product to ease the pain and improve developer efficiency.

Update — Clustering 101 Webinar Postponed — June 24, 2015: Live Clustering 101 Webinar: HA Implementation Without Disruption or Delay

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Update: Due to severe weather and power outages, today’s SIOS Clusters 101 webinar is cancelled. We are sorry for the inconvenience and we will let you know when it is rescheduled.

In this month’s Clustering 101 webinar Dave Bermingham reviews strategies for implementing high availability and disaster protection for SQL Server without disrupting ongoing business operations. He will discuss real-world scenarios, key preparations, and the necessary steps for installing and configuring a SANLess Window Server Failover clustering quickly and efficiently. 

You can participate before the event by tweeting your questions to @SIOSTech using #Clustering101 and of course bring your own questions and comments.

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High Availability (HA) Implementation Without Disruption or Delay

Date: June 24, 2014 — To be Rescheduled
Time: 10:00a PDT / 1:00pm EDT

About Clustering 101 Series

Clustering 101 is a webinar series hosted by Microsoft MVP, Dave Bermingham focused on addressing the numerous facets of clustering for high availability, data replication and any combination there of. This series will air monthly, the fourth Wednesday of the month at 10:00a PST / 1:00p EST.

About Dave Bermingham

David Bermingham is recognized within the technology community as a high availability expert and has been honored by his peers by being elected to be a Microsoft MVP in clustering since 2010. David’s work as director, technical evangelist at SIOS Technology Corp., has him focused on Microsoft high availability and disaster recovery solutions as well as providing hands on support, training and professional services for cluster implementations. David holds numerous technical certifications and draws from more than twenty years of experience in IT, including work in the finance, healthcare and education fields, to help organizations design solutions to meet their high availability and disaster recovery needs. Learn more at www.us.sios.com

June 18, 2015: Live Webinar: Implementing a SANLess SQL Server Cluster in Under an Hour – Presented by MVP Kendal Van Dyke

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Join Kendal Van Dyke as he shares how to migrate a replication distributor from a standalone instance to a clustered instance in under an hour.

Drawing from real world experience, Kendal’s use case is a company that needed to implement a failover cluster to protect their SQL Server replication distributor and the applications that rely on it during a strict one-hour window – and without causing disruption to ongoing business processes or slowing performance. Kendal describes the customer’s HA needs, options and why a SIOS SANLess cluster was the solution of choice.

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Date: Tuesday June, 18th 2015
Time: 10:00a / 1:00p (Pacific/Eastern)
Hosted by: MSSQLTips.com

About Kendal Van Dyke

Kendal Van DykeKendal Van Dyke is a Principal Consultant at UpSearch, a Microsoft Cloud and Database Platform Partner. Kendal is passionate about helping leaders use Microsoft’s SQL Server to solve complex problems that protect, unlock and optimize data’s value.

Since 1999, Kendal has specialized in SQL Server database management solutions. He excels at disaster recovery, high availability planning/implementation and debugging/troubleshooting mission critical SQL Server environments. He currently serves the SQL Server community as Founder and President of MagicPass, the Orlando, FL based chapter of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS). Since 2008, Kendal has operated a SQL Server focused blog at http://www.kendalvandyke.com/.

June 26, 2015: SIOS Sponsoring the Nashville SQL Server User Group’s June Meeting

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SIOS is proud to sponsor the Nashville SQL Server User Group’s June meeting. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend joining. This month’s keynote speaker will be SQL Server MVP, Kevin Kline.  SQL User Groups are a great place to network, learn and meet other SQL professionals.

 

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June 26, 2014
11:30a – 1:00p

Location: Nova Copy  | 15 Lindsley Avenue, Nashville, TN 37210 (Map: bing | google)
Cost: This is a free event – Food and Drinks will also be provided at no cost.

Visit the Nashville SQL Server User Group’s homepage for more information.

June 13, 2015: SIOS is Proud to Sponsor SQLSaturday Rheinland

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Register Now for SQLSaturday Rheinland
When: June 13, 2015
Where: Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Grantham-Allee 20, Sankt Augustin, 53757 , Germany
Cost: There may be a small fee to cover the cost of lunch, the event itself is free. Please contact the organizers for more information.

SIOS is proud to sponsor at SQLSaturday Rheinland. Be sure to visit the SIOS table for your chance to learn more about our SAN and #SANLess solutions, enjoy some candy, and drop off your raffle ticket for your chance to enter our end of day raffle. There are a number of great tracks, so be sure to plan your schedule well in advance (schedule).