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September Events for OttawaSQL.net

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Here is a list of training events going on in September for the OttawaSQL.net group

www.OttawaSQL.net

This month we are happy to announce 3 excellent SQL Server training events in Ottawa at the Microsoft office.  Check the RSVP link for event details.

September 17th Evening:
  • Presented by the Ottawa Windows Server User Group
  • Topic: How to protect  SQL Server using Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 (DPM)
  • Speaker: Islam Gomaa
  • Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
  • RSVP: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=141173
September 21st Lunch:
September 23rd Evening:
  • Unleash Management Studio 2.0, Don Kiely
  • SQL Server Efficiencies: Sparse Columns and Filtered Indexes, Don Kiely
  • Speaker: Don Kiely
  • Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
  • RSVP: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=141029

OttawaSQL.net is a community group of Ottawa area developers and IT professionals.  We share an interest in Microsoft’s data technologies especially:  SQL Server, SharePoint, PerformancePoint, Workflow Foundations, LINQ, ADO.NET and Entity Framework.

OWSUG User Group Meeting – How to protect SQL Server using Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 (DPM)

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The fall events are being lined up and the first event for the OWSUG this fall is on Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1. The first event is on September 17th at the Microsoft office on Queen St.

Topic:

How to protect  SQL Server using Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 (DPM).
Through discussions and demonstrations, we will be covering  how DPM offers a continuous data protection for SQL Server with simple and advance configuration.

Presenter Bio:

Islam Gomaa is a Senior Systems Administrator at e-academy. He has over eight years of experience in IT in a Windows Server environment.  Additionally, he has 3 years of experience deploying and implementing System Center Data Protection Manager in several sites. Islam is a member of the Ottawa Windows Server User Group executive committee and the Team Lead of the SharePoint study group.

Agenda:
5:30 p.m.  Event registration
6:00 p.m.  Presentation
7:30 p.m.  Q & A
8:00 p.m.  Door Prizes

Location:
Microsoft Canada Co.
100 Queen Street Suite 500
Ottawa, ON K1P 1J9

http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=141173

Notes:  Pizza and Pop will be served, Please RSVP to help us order enough of both.

Please note that no one will be admitted after 5:55 p.m.!

IT Pro Toronto User Group

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Toronto’s IT Pro User group meets on the first Tuesday of the month. Here is the agenda for the upcoming meeting.

 

 

SharePoint for Public Facing Websites

Start Date/Time:
September 1, 2009 6:00 PM

End Date/Time:
September 1, 2009 9:00 PM

Location:

University of Toronto
Health Sciences Building, Room 108
155 College Street,
Toronto, ON
M5T 3M7

To Register for this Event click the following Link:

Registration site: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=140614

Presentation Overview

When done wrong, SharePoint can turn your public facing sites into a performance hog, which is impossible to manage.

Here we will cover some guidelines for a successful public website based on SharePoint:

  • Planning your SharePoint environment for a public facing website
  • Branding your SharePoint website; master pages; page layouts, style sheets, XSLT, item/group styles, etc.
  • Writing custom code to add more functionality to your SharePoint-based site: web parts, features, etc.
  • Customizing built-in SharePoint search functionality on your site
  • Securing your SharePoint-based website (protect backend servers, configure anonymous mode, use lockdown mode, etc.)
  • Implementing or preserving SEO practices in SharePoint
  • Tuning the performance of the SharePoint-based public site (managing page load, optimizing server response time, http compression, cache profiles, blob-cache, etc.)

Presenter

Max Yermakhanov

IT Manager, ObjectSharp

http://objectsharp.com/max

Max is an IT Manager with ObjectSharp Consulting where his main goal is to help the clients and staff to get more (and better) use out Microsoft and other leading technologies.

Max has been involved with information technology professionally since 1999, i.e. “the last millennium.” He has two Master’s degrees: first one in Computer Science and the second one in Library and Information Science. He also has MCSE, MCSA, CCNA, and a few other certifications, but who is counting…

With over nine years’ experience working in public and private organizations, Max has a vast depth of knowledge in Information Technology. He is a life-long learner, bringing an uncompromising approach to client satisfaction.