On Thursday 26th April Conchango hosted meetings of the London SQL Server User Group and the London SQL Server BI User Group. For those that aren't familiar with these groups they are external communities much like our own that are run independently by enthusiasts for the respective technology. Both groups emanate from Tony's original site sqlserverfaq.com.
The following people presented:
Microsoft BI UG
Reed Jacobson - Hitachi - Performance Point Budgeting and Planning
Allan Mitchell MVP - Konesans - Loading Dimensions and Fact Tables with SSIS
David Francis - Conchango - Performance Point Monitoring and Analytics
Microsoft SQL Server UG
Andras Belokosztolszki- Red-Gate - Managing Change in SQL Server
James Rowland-Jones - Conchango - Agile Database Development using Team Edition for Database Professionals
Simon Sabin MVP - TotalJobs Group - Service Broker
Tony Rogerson MVP - Independent Consultant - Parameter Sniffing
The event itself was initially heavily over-subscribed and was very well attended with over sixty people turning up on the night. Speaking with Simon we are hoping to set another one up in June.
It was my maiden voyage presenting externally and whilst I was very nervous I enjoyed the experience immensely. I'd strongly recommend it to anyone to have a go.
I have attached the slides from my presentation to this post. I hope you find them useful and informative.
Cheers, James