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Feb VTD - SQL Dev Track: My Session
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It was really nice to see a whole bunch of people attend my session on "7 things I wish Developers Knew about SQL Server". On an average I had double the number of attendees when compared to the other sessions on the same track. It is really nice and thanks for attending the same. If you have any specific feedbacks, please drop a line and I will try to answer them. BTW, I know I had less time as far as Q&A is concerned but that is the format of the online event to be precise and crisp. But you have some space here for discussions. BTW, please ask questions relevant to the session and any feedbacks specific for me.
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HOW-TO Videos on IE8
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Here is a initial set of IE8 videos that demonstrates the various features specific to IE8 and how to go about using them. I think the number of videos are going to increase significantly over the weeks to come, but do make a bookmark of the same.
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Data Loading Performance Guide
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This was floating on our internal technical groups and one of my friend pointed me to this interesting article which I have become a bit of a fan. This is a whitepaper on how do various Data Loading techniques work and how their performance is comparable to other methods with some really good detailing. It is a long one, but surely worth it. Read it here.
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How To Videos: Azure for sure
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I can see a lot of potential and at the same time a lot of interest around Azure topics and here are some videos to get started on these Services offerings. Not exhaustive but something to get your learning started.
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Get Started Developing on Windows Azure?
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If you’re a developer and you’re new to Windows Azure, start here! You’ll see what you need to download and install, and how to create a simple “Hello World” Windows Azure application.
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Deploy a Windows Azure Application
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You’ll see what it takes to move your application into the cloud – you’ll see how to request and register a token, how to upload your Windows Azure application and how to move it between staging and production in the cloud.
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Store Blobs in Windows Azure Storage?
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Learn how to leverage Windows Azure storage to store data as blobs. You’ll learn about blob storage, containers and the API that makes it easy to manage everything from managed code.
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Leverage Queues in Windows Azure?
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Learn how to use queues to facilitate communication between Web and Worker roles in Windows Azure.
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Debugging Tips for Windows Azure Applications
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The Windows Azure SDK includes a development fabric that provides a "cloud on your desktop." In this screencast, learn how to debug your Windows Azure applications in this environment.
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Get Started with .NET Services?
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.NET Services are a set of highly scalable building blocks for programming in the cloud. In this brief screencast, you'll learn about the registration process, the SDK and the built-in samples - everything you need to know in order to get started.
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Harness the Microsoft .NET Service Bus?
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The .NET Service Bus makes it easy to access your Web services no matter where they are. In this brief screencast, you'll see how to take a basic Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service and expose it to the Internet with the .NET Service Bus.
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Get Started with the Live Framework?
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If you are looking to get started developing with the Live Framework, this is the place to start! In this screencast you'll learn how to get a Live Services token and what you need to download in order to start writing Live Framework applications.
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Use the Microsoft Live Framework Resource Browser?
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The Live Framework Resource Model is a simple, straightforward information model based on entities, collections and relationships. In this brief screencast you'll learn how to navigate the relationships between entities by using the Live Framework Resource Browser, which is a tool that ships with the Live Framework SDK.
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Article #5: Microsoft's Security Toolbox
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In this article we examine the tools that Microsoft uses to reduce bugs and vulnerabilities, resulting in improved software quality and security. These tools are used along with best practices, manual code inspection and threat modeling, as part of Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). Insterested, download it here.
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Azure Services Training Kit - Feb Kit
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The Azure Services team just released a training kit which contains a ton of information about Azure: scripted presentations, scripted demos, hands on labs, samples and so on. More on this from the Azure team directly ...
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Errors around Sparse Files
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Sparse Files are an important concept and the first time I saw that with SQL Server 2005 I was really excited. It is very NTFS specific and there are features of Database Snapshot and other SQL Server internal processes (DBCC CHECKDB) who use this concept behind the scenes. I saw a post from the Protocols team blog that talks about some of the errors you can encounter when working with Sparse files as outlined here. Other related posts on this topic are here and here.
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VTD is back in Feb and I am back too :)
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Apologize for not being consistent on my posts in Jan. Just that I have been travelling like mad and doing sessions at various partner locations in Bangalore and Chennai. But that has come to an end and the next big thing starts - As you can see VTD is back and this time too we have TWO full tracks of SQL Server content. Loads of interesting and awesome content that you wished you could get your hands around. Register TODAY !!!
Next question is what - There is lovely SQL Server content and I can assure you it is very different. The Dev track has:
- 7 Things I wish developers knew about SQL Server (Vinod Kumar)
- MDX Unplugged (Nauzad Kapadia)
- Applied Data Mining (Nauzad Kapadia)
- Velocity - Redefining in-memory databases (Janakiram MSV and Siddharth Jagtiani)
- Reporting Services - Perf Tuning and Best Practices (Jaishree Karira)
And the ITPro / Administration track has:
- Policy-based Management Internals (Vinod Kumar)
- From DTS to SSIS, redesign or upgrade (L Srividya)
- Power of PowerShell with SQL Server 2008 (L Srividya)
- SQLCMD - a scripting paradise (Vinod Kumar)
Obviously I am sure you can think these are slightly not of a regular sort of a topic that we are delivering with VTD. I am really happy that we are having some really niche topics here for dicussion.
TODO: If I were to ask you, if there are any topics that we have NOT discussed YET and you want ME to talk about them for you. Drop a comment. I will surely take those suggestions seriously for you.