PASS Summit 2013 Discount Code
If you are interested in attending the PASS Summit this year in Charlotte, be sure to take advantage of our chapter discount code "SUM235CH". This should give you up to $150 off your registration.
May 2013 Meeting
Kristin Ferrier is our speaker. Kristin Ferrier is a data and analytics enthusiast with nearly a decade of SQL Server experience and four years Oracle experience. She loves her job as a Senior Data Analyst at Devon Energy and is Co-Founder and President of OKCSQL. Regional speaking credits include Tulsa Tech Fest and SQL Saturday Dallas.
Kristin's talk is going to prime the pump for an open discussion that will follow her short talk. So come with questions, ideas or any solutions you've found lately you want to share. Everything (not just BI) is on the table!
When: May 13th - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Food and Drinks will be provided by GDH
Location: GDH Offices
1111 N Walker Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
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April 2013 Meeting
Jen McCown is our remote speaker. Jen McCown is an independent consultant, Microsoft SQL Server MVP awardee, developer and DBA. She is Senior Editor at MidnightDBA.com, where she creates training videos, the DBAs@Midnight webshow, blogs, reviews, and podcasts. Jen is a member, volunteer, and speaker in NTSSUG, PASS, and the PASS Women in Technology virtual chapter. She has presented at multiple SQL Saturday and 24 Hours of PASS events, PASS Summit 2010 and 2012, PASS SQLRally 2011, and SQLBits 2012. She lives in Dallas, Texas in the vicinity of approximately 6.5 million other humanoids.
When: April 08th - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Food and Drinks will be provided by GDH
Location: GDH Offices
1111 N Walker Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
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March 2013 Meeting
Allen Smith is our in person speaker. Allen Smith is a business intelligence and data warehouse consultant, speaker and trainer. Allen has an MBA in Computer Sciences and has worked in database services and data warehousing since 1998. Allen has a MCTS certification in Business Intelligence. Allen is a principal consultant at Cognitive Information Inc., a consulting firm in Edmond, OK. He enjoys sushi, traveling to obscure places, fixing Rubik's cubes and prefers Marvel over DC.
When: March 11th - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Food and Drinks will be provided by GDH
Location: GDH Offices
1111 N Walker Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
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February 2013 Meeting
This month, we are going to be talking about all things automation. Rob Sullivan is going to be doing a quick presentation on automating SQL Server installation and the concept of infrastructure as code. Once he is done, we will engage in group discussion on ways you all are trying to automate process at work or questions you might have getting started with automation under certain conditions.
When: February 11th - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Food and Drinks will be provided by GDH
Location: GDH Offices
1111 N Walker Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
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January 2013 Meeting
Ryan Adams is our in person speaker. Ryan has worked for a Fortune 100 company for 14 years. He is the sole SQL Server DBA for his group. His primary focus is database design and performance, but also works with SSRS and SSIS. He enjoys being involved in the SQL community and serves on the Board of Directors for the North Texas SQL Server User Group and is President of the PASS Performance Virtual Chapter. He also serves as a Regional Mentor for PASS and holds the following certifications: MCP MCSA MCSE MCDBA MCTS MCITP.
The title for the talk is:
How Active Directory Affects SQL Server and will cover:
There are many things that can go wrong with SQL server, and a lot of times they come from outside influencers. Active Directory is one of the largest influencers that can have many interesting and unexpected issues that are not apparent. We’ll discuss how the location of your server in AD is important, how security can be compromised, AD DNS configuration, and of course Kerberos. By the end of the session you’ll have a check list of things to discuss with your domain administrator when you return to work. This includes the biggest perpetrator, Group Policy Objects.
When: January 14th - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Food and Drinks will be provided by GDH
Location: GDH Offices
1111 N Walker Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
Directions link: Click Here
December Meeting
Allen Smith is our in person speaker. Allen Smith is a business intelligence and data warehouse consultant, speaker and trainer. Allen has an MBA in Computer Sciences and has worked in database services and data warehousing since 1998. Allen has a MCTS certification in Business Intelligence. Allen is a principal consultant at Cognitive Information Inc., a consulting firm in Edmond, OK. He enjoys sushi, traveling to obscure places, fixing Rubik's cubes and prefers Marvel over DC.
The title for the talk is:
SSIS Configurations Vs. Parameters and will cover:
In this session, SQL Santa (Allen) will review configurations in SQL 2008R2. These options allowed dynamic configuration across environments. Next, we look at SSIS 2012 and the new dynamic options, including Parameters, Expressions and Variables. This upgrade takes SSIS from simply confusing to downright confounding. We will simplify these options so any elf in the workshop can follow along.
Before Allen's talk, Rob Sullivan is going to be filling your stockings with a quick rundown of some cool trace flags.
When: December 10th - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Food and Drinks will be provided by GDH
Location: GDH Offices
1111 N Walker Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
Directions link: Click Here
November Meeting
Jamin Mace is our in person speaker. Jamin is a BI Practice Manager for Stonebridge. Stonebridge is an information technology consulting firm headquartered in Tulsa that focuses on helping organizations get better results from their people, processes and technology. Jamin has been with Stonebridge specializing in Business Intelligence for the last 5 years and has been working with SQL Server since 2000. He has been an employee and consulted at a number of prominent companies in the Oklahoma city area including Sonic, Love’s Travel Stops, and Chesapeake Energy. Jamin holds multiple certifications including MCT, MCITP BI 2008, and MCTS SQL 2008 Database development.
The title for the talk is:
Analyzing SQL Saturday OKC attendee data with PowerPivot and PowerView and will cover:
We will be taking a tour of features self-service capabilities of PowerPivot and PowerView to analyze and perform data exploration for SQL Saturday OKC data. We will build a PowerPivot model, optimize it for Powerview, and build a rich, presentation ready dashboard. The session will be heavily focused on demonstration and will encourage interactive questions and discussion.
When: November 12th - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Food and Drinks will be provided by GDH
Location: GDH Offices
1111 N Walker Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
Directions link: Click Here
August 2012 Meeting
Philip Freeman is our in person speaker. Philip is a Consultant for Stonebridge for approximately 5 years. He's been working with databases of various types since 1997. His concentration leans more towards database administration but also includes development and currently Business Intelligence. He's done work for clients here in OKC, Tulsa, Houston and Dallas. In addition to the above, Philip is certified in SQL 2005(MCTS), SQL 2008 (MCITP) and SQL 2012 Database Administration.
The title for the talk is:
SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn and will cover:
This presentation is an illustration of what it takes to connect all of the components of AlwaysOn. I start with 4 vms and walk you through most of the way through getting this feature to work correctly. Then give you an illustration on where to connect your apps with a single connection string.
When: August 13th - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Food and Drinks will be provided by GDH
Location: OKC CoCo
704 W. Sheridan Ave
Oklahoma City, OK, 73102
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SQL Saturday #125 and Joe Celko in OKC!
SQL Saturday #125 in OKC SQL Saturday is back in town on August 25th and it is going to be bigger and better than ever. Spots are filling up quickly so register as soon as possible to make sure you can attend.
SQL with Style class by Joe Celko Whether you do Oracle, SQL Server or Postgres, you won't want to miss Joe Celko as he brings his gigantic SQL brain to help you learn. This even also has limited seating so sign up to make sure you have a spot at this rare educational event here in town.
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