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OCTOBER VANPASS MEETING

Thanks to our sponsors for the September meeting Sierra Systems for giving us a place to have these meetings and Hyperbac for paying for the pizza.

Thanks to our resident SQL Server MVP, Scott Stauffer, for presenting on Creating a SQL Server Cluster in a Virtual Environment.

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Thursday, October 30^th, 2008 6pm – 8pm

(pizza should be there by 5:30)

Sierra Systems – 25^th Floor 1177 West Hastings Street

LiveMeeting Availability:

TBD

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RSVP

We should have enough pizza for everyone (and hopefully enought wings) but just in case please email me at richard@vanpass.com so we have and idea how many are coming. Thanks.

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Presenter:

Bryan Oliver

Bryan Oliver has over 20 years of industry experience, 11 of which were spent working primarily with SQL Server. Bryan is a lead developer at Quest Software for a number of solutions, including LiteSpeed for SQL Server. Bryan’s position allows him to work with some of the largest and most recognizable SQL database environments in the world. He is also a valued speaker at conferences such as SQL PASS and SQL Server Summit. Born and raised in Australia, Bryan graduated from RMIT University in Melbourne and was an early adopter of SQL Server.

Prior to joining Quest Bryan was the vice president of research and development for Imceda Software.

Presentation:

101 Things Not to do on a SQL Server

During this session Bryan Oliver, SQL Server Domain Expert, will cover mistakes that are frequently made by DBAs, Developers and System Adminstrators.

Learn how keep your boss happy by avoiding commonly occuring issues!

Bryan will discuss:

Improving SQL Server configuration

Managing other applications running along side SQL Server

Indexing and coding for performance

Anti virus software: The Do’s and Don’ts

Monitoring to identify bottlenecks

Backing up for recovery purposes

Location Sponsor

Pizza Sponsor

PASS SUMMIT 2008 - Tuesday, June 03, 2008

For those of your are going to attend please use the PASS Chapter code CHM3D to get your $100 off the registration.

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