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Upcoming December IT Events in Ottawa on December 10th and 11th

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December 10th, 2008 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM:  Ottawa .NET Community Presents – Layered Architecture: Beyond Object Programming

Designing and implementing a layered architecture is no easy feat and getting it right takes a lot of practical experience. On Wednesday December 10th, Mario Cardinal will be coming in from Montreal to share his architectural expertise with us on this subject. This presentation will be of particular interest to intermediate and senior developers that want to hone their architectural skills. We welcome you to join us for this evening event and partake in the presentation. To register, simply send an email request to [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you soon.

December 11th, 2008 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM:  OWSUG and OttawaSQL.net Presents – SQL Server 101 for the IT Pro & SQL Server Chalk Talk

SQL What?!?  What every IT Pro needs to know about SQL Server

More and more products require a SQL Server database.  Are you an IT Pro installing SQL Server but not sure how to support it?  Do you work at a place where you are the IT department?  Well this event is for you!

The OWSUG and OttawaSQL.net user groups are teaming up to bring you a special session dedicated to SQL Server for the non-DBAs.  We will cover important topics that are often overlooked until it is too late, and talk about ways to simplify SQL Server administration.

Topics include:

  • Backup and Restore
  • Checking for data corruption
  • Creating Maintenance plans
  • Sending alerts
  • Setting up email for notifications
  • Security Basics
  • Tips and Tricks, and time saving tools

… and much more!

After the presentations we will have a panel of local DBAs, SQL Server veterans and Microsoft MVPs ready to answer your questions in an informal SQL Server Chalk Talk

Registration: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=133776

Special Event – SQL Server 2008 Developer Enhancements – Klaus Aschenbrenner

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OttawaSQL.net

Free Evening Event @ Microsoft Ottawa

Thursday, December 4th 5:15 – 8:00 PM

Special Event: SQL Server 2008 Developer Enhancements, Klaus Aschenbrenner

SQLTeach is proud to bring one of this year’s star speakers to the Ottawa user group, all the way from Vienna, Austria!!!

Fresh from his presentations at Microsoft’s PDC Conference (LA) and SQLTeach (Montreal) Klaus will be in Ottawa for one night only to share his knowledge with our local community. If you are a .NET developer planning to use SQL Server 2008 or a SQL Server Developer this is one event you won’t want to miss!!!

Session: SQL Server 2008 Developer Enhancements, Klaus Aschenbrenner

SQL Server 2008 provides a lot of new features for .NET and T-SQL developers. In this Session Klaus will show you how to use the following new technologies inside SQL Server 2008:

• Make use of the new T-SQL enhancements like Table Valued Parameters in T-SQL and .NET code

• New T-SQL data types like Hierarchy ID, DATE, TIME, DATETIME2, DATEOFFSET

• Usage of the new FILESTREAM data type for efficient storage of BLOBs inside the database

• Spatial data to do geographic queries and visualization inside Virtual Earth

Speaker: Klaus Aschenbrenner, ANECON Software Design & Consulting

Klaus Aschenbrenner

Klaus

Klaus Aschenbrenner works as a Software Architect for ANECON (Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Data Management Solutions/ISV) in Vienna – Austria. Klaus works with the .NET Framework and SQL Server. In the years 2004 Klaus was awarded with the MVP designation by Microsoft for his tremendous support of the .NET Community.

Currently he travels around the world and teaches customers the core concepts of SQL Server 2008. He speaks at industry conferences about SQL Server 2008 and how a service oriented data architecture can be achieved with the tools available with SQL Server 2008. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Apress book ‘Pro SQL Server 2005 Service Broker’. Klaus also serves as the SQL PASS lead for Austria.

APress Pro SQL Server 2005 Service Broker

REGISTRATION:

LOCATION:

RSVP: Event Registration

Arrival: 5:15 PM to 5:30 PM

Presentation: 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Refreshments: Pizza and Pop

Microsoft Ottawa, World Exchange Plaza

100 Queen Street, Suite 500, Ottawa

EVENT SPONSORS:

SQLTeach

DevTeach

This special event is sponsored by SQLTeach and DevTeach.

Use our group’s rebate code OT00SQLNET to register and save an extra $100!

DevTeach / SQL Teach in Montreal, CANADA! December 1st – 5th

Most conferences feature less than 20 speakers, DevTeach / SQLTeach features 60 speakers because it’s not just a conference it’s a festival. Most conferences feature 50 sessions DevTeach features more the 116 sessions because it’s not just a conference it’s a festival! If you are a developer you won’t want to miss this fantastic festival.  The tracks will cover the latest technologies and techniques for SQL Server 2008, .NET 3.8, Windows 2008, ASP.NET, Software Architecture and Agile.  Please visit www.DevTeach.com for more information

SQLTeach & DevTeach have sweetened the deal for our members:

1. Our user group rebate has been increased from $50 to $100.  Just use code OT00SQLNET to get the deal.

2. If you attend TechDays the $100 discount has been increased to $350.  For this use the voucher code in your TechDays kit.

3. Everyone attending DevTeach Montreal will get Visual Studio 2008 Pro, Expression Web 2 and Tech-Ed DVD set in their bag. That represents over $1,000 worth of software!

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.