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NJSQL Business Intelligence Saturday Registration Required Microsoft’s Business Intelligence has evolved over the past year to provide a full vendor solution. Let’s embrace it and take some time to learn more about this powerful suite of tools...
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Date: Tuesday, August 19th Sponsor: Quest Refreshments: Pizza/Soda Give-A-Ways: TBD Topic: SQL Server Service Broker in the Real World (SQL 2005+) Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 include a fantastic feature that few people understand or use. That feature...
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The current issue of Redmond Magazine includes a cover story on "The New Face of User Groups". This 4+ page article goes through the history of User Groups and illustrates why they are so vibrant and required in today environment. For some time,...
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On April 15th, the NJ SQL Server User Group will host New Jersey based author Jay Krishnaswamy(See details below). One of my goals for the NJSQL group is to grow the SQL Server Community in New Jersey. It's awesome to be able to host all types of...
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I recently attended an Association for Women in Computing meeting. I was introduced to this group back around the holidays, but regular meeting weren’t scheduled to begin until March. As a women involved in the technology industry for many years,...
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I attended the NYC Microsoft Heroes Happen Here Launch event on 3/4/08. My role in attending this event was to represent PASS and the local user groups at the Community User Group Table. As the day went on, it became more apparent to me that folks are...
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The current "buzz" about SQL Server is the upcoming release of SQL Server 2008 and all the new features that will help to revolutize the way data is used. This is awesome and it's great that Microsoft is sticking with their promise to release...
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Join other industry professionals and help build the SQL Server community as a 2008 PASS Community Summit speaker in Seattle, Washington, November 18-21. Act now and submit an abstract by the March 28 th Deadline . All speakers receive: Complimentary...
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I leased a Nissan Murano about a year ago and I absolutely love this car. I really enjoy driving it and the seats are very comfortable for everyone. But, the car does have one interesting feature. The morning after I purchased the vehicle, I approached...
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It is with great sadness that I report that at the young age of 41, Ken Henderson passed away on January, 27th. I’ve read many of Ken’s “Gurus Guide to SQL” books and spent many hours, sometimes even years reading and re-reading...
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Last Friday, a Microsoft Blog ( http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2008/01/25/microsoft-sql-server-2008-roadmap-clarification.aspx ) announced that SQL Server 2008 will not be released until the 3rd Quarter of 2008. This news isn't...
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Welcome to the D ynamic I nnovative V ivacious A mazing Women in Technology Blog!!!! Over the past few years, I have attended many technical events and have found that the attendees of these events consist of only 5-10% women. While it's really cool...
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Event Dates and Registration are now available for the local launchs of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008!!! Follow this URL to register: http://www.microsoft.com/heroeshappenhere/register/default.mspx Local Launch Event Dates...
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Date: Tuesday, January 15th Sponsor: Microsoft Refreshments: Pizza/Soda Give-A-Ways: Analysis Services 2005 Book Presenter: Kevin Goff Topic: Designing OLAP Cubes in SQL Server Analysis Services Overview: This presentation will cover the basics of designing...
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I had the distinct honor of attending the Philly.Net Code Camp on Saturday, January 12 th at DeVry University in Fort Washington, PA. It was a long day, but it was well worth it for the following reasons: #1: Content The Philly.Net guys really know how...
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Philly.Net is sponsoring a Code Camp on Saturday, January 12th in Fort Washington, PA at DeVry University. This code camp features 48 sessions and 8 tracks including a SQL Server and Business Intelligence track. Registration for this Code Camp opened...
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I work on the Finance MIS Team for a Real Estate C onglomerate and we had a costume contest today. Our team dressed up as a Report Wizard, Database Diva(SQLDiva) and a Data Detective. It was kind of geeky... Well, a lot geeky... But, we had fun!!! SQLDiva...
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I came across this cute SQL WebComic. It's kind of cheesy, but I thought it was funny. http://xkcd.com/327/ Enjoy!!! SQLDiva Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...
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Next Tuesday, Bill Zack & Peter Laudati (NY/NJ/CT Microsoft Developer Evangelist) will be hosting the first MSDN Roadshow in Parsippany, NJ. This will be a free half day event from 1-5pm at the Parsippany Hilton. Detailed information available at...
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Date: Tuesday, October 16th Sponsor: SQLFarms Refreshments: Pizza/Soda Give-A-Ways: SQL Farms will be giving away 1-user license (full unlimited license) for each attendee in the users group session (limit 1-per company) - a ~$5K value each. Topic: Best...
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It seems like yesterday that my little girl was wearing a cute fuchsia polka dot dress with a pastel camp hat. But, it wasn’t yesterday or the day before. In fact, it’s been at least a decade since she wore this type of attire. How did time...
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Date: Tuesday,May 15th, 2007 Time: 6pm(Networking), 6:30pm(Presentation) Topic: SQL Server Profiler 2005 SQL Server Profiler has always been a powerful tool for DBA’s to diagnose performance issues. In SQL Server 2005, Microsoft has added even more...
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Date: Tuesday,April 17th, 2007 Topic: SQL Server Consolidation Presenter: Allan Hirt Presenter Bio: Allan Hirt is a Senior SQL Server Systems Engineer for Avanade, a consulting organization dedicated to the Microsoft platform. Allan has been working with...
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If you missed the November 21st NJ SQL Server User Group meeting featuring DonXml's presentation on LINQ, you can view it via Paul Mooney's Blog(Thanks Paul!!!) Click Here (:-) SQLDiva Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...
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During the 2006 PASS Community Summit, I discovered the interesting SQL Server Websites listed below. I hope this helps you with your journey through the SQL Server Technologies!!! SQL Server Best Practices on Microsoft TechNet: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/bestpractice/default.mspx...
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