Showing posts with label Azure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Azure. Show all posts

Data Modernization in a Day

Last month I was allowed the opportunity to deliver Microsoft's workshop "Data Modernization in a Day" in Edina, Minnesota and Irving, Texas. The workshop is a deep-dive, interactive exploration of how to migrate applications and databases to the cloud. The purpose of the event is for professionals in data management and technical decision-making roles to better understand the following:
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PASS Summit 2017 - The Good and Bad News

The Good news
After seven (7) years of submitting and attending PASS Summit, this was the first year that I was selected as a presenter. It was a super awesometastic feeling (awesome + fantastic - copyright pending) when I got the email and I think it left me in shock for so long that I  forgot to post it on social media after PASS announced it on the summit site.


The Bad News
Right now I am supposed to be somewhere up in the air heading to Seattle (my second home), however I am here on the ground in Trinidad (my first home) thinking about how much this situation sucks. Two weeks ago I found out that I had a medical condition that could impact my trip and then based on how I felt the last few days, I decided to not take the chance of flying in my condition and hence I gave up my first opportunity to speak at the event.
 
The Good News part 2
The medical condition isn't going to kill me and I should be recovering sometime this week. Once I recover I have a list of events that I plan to be presenting at during November 2017 so look out for that blog post next week.

I want to thank the PASS Members and Teams - Directors, HQ members, committee members, volunteers and everyone affiliated for everything they do to ensure that a PASS Summit occurs every year and thank you for the opportunity to present at it this year. To the attendees, my sincerest apologies for my last minute cancellation and I will be able to make up for it next year (once I am lucky to be selected again).

 
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SQL Sessions in U.S. Virgin Islands

This week I will be presenting at SoftwareONE's Event - Transform your Business to the Digital Era. The event will be held on Friday 28th October at Frenchman's Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. I will be covering the following topics:
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My Last Presentation For 2015

This Tuesday I will be one of the presenters at the Teleios event: Leveraging Microsoft Azure as part of your Cloud Journey. I will be discussing SQL Server in Azure VMs and Azure SQL Database so you can understand the options available for moving your SQL environment to Azure. Demonstrations will be done using the new Azure portal to show how to set up the environment and migrate databases from on premises to the two Azure options. Another presenter will be demonstrating how to setup a Domain Controller in Azure.
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M4 Technical Session: Evolving your Infrastructure

This Thursday, Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago team will be hosting their annual M4 event at the Hyatt Regency, Trinidad. This year they also have a separate technical session for the IT Professionals in the Caribbean starting at 1pm. See the invite below for more information and register here.

v-jurajc@microsoft.com
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AzureCon and Azure Tour

AzureCon is a free, virtual event where experts from Microsoft and the community will present the latest in Azure innovation and easy-to-adopt solutions. This event has three (3) Keynotes, fifty (50) technical breakout sessions and live Q&A with Microsoft executives, Azure engineers and community members including:
Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President, Cloud & Enterprise
• Jason Zander, Corporate Vice President, Cloud & Enterprise
• Bill Staples, Corporate Vice President, Cloud & Enterprise
Mark Russinovich, CTO, Microsoft Azure

Event details: September 29, 2015 9am - 5pm PST

The Azure Tour starts in Philadelphia and continues in eight (8) different cities around the world from October 2015 to March 2016. Each city will host a free, in-person, one-day technical training event that offers technical breakout sessions, hands-on experiences and full-day immersions. The tour site has more details.


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PASS Azure VC Meeting: SQL Server 2012 IaaS and SQL Database in Depth


Topic: SQL Server 2012 IaaS and SQL Database in Depth

Speaker:  Herve Roggero, Partner Blue Syntax Consulting LLC

Date: Tuesday, 30 July 2013 12:00-13:00            

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Summary: 

Let's talk database! SQL Server 2012 IaaS is a new offering, while SQL Database (previously SQL Azure) is a PaaS relational database engine. How do they compare? Which one should you use? Let's discuss pros and cons, and see how easy it is to build a database in the cloud.

About Speaker:

Herve Roggero, SQL Azure MVP and co-author of PRO SQL Azure, is the founder of Blue Syntax Consulting (http://www.bluesyntax.net/). Herve’s experience includes software development, architecture, database administration and senior management with both global corporations and startup companies. Over the last 15 years, Herve has worked in the Education, Financial, Health Care, Management Consulting and Database Security sectors. He holds multiple certifications, including an MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD. He also holds an MBA from Indiana University. Herve is heavily involved with the South Florida SQL Server community, speaks at multiple venues, and runs SQL Saturdays in South Florida.

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PASS Azure VC Meeting - Performance Tuning with Azure SQL Database


Topic: Performance Tuning with Azure SQL Database

Speaker:  Grant Fritchey, Product Evangelist Red Gate Software

Date: Friday April 26th 2013 12:00- 13:00 (GMT-06:00) Central Time
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Summary: 
Just because you're using an Azure SQL database does not mean you can avoid tuning queries. Microsoft has throttling in place that could seriously impact your systems if your queries are using up lots of resources. This session will introduce you to the tools you have available to identify poor performing queries, such as dynamic management objects and others. You'll learn how to understand why a query is running slow using the Azure Portal execution plans. This understanding will enable you to fix your poorly performing queries. All in the cloud.

About Speaker:
Grant Fritchey is a SQL Server MVP with over 20 years’ experience in IT, including time spent in support and development. He has worked with SQL Server since 6.0 back in 1995. He has also developed in VB, VB.NET, C#, and Java. Grant has written books for Apress and Simple-Talk. He joined Red Gate Software as a Product Evangelist in January 2011.
 
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Windows Azure HDInsight Service



Earlier this week, Microsoft announced the release of their new HDInsight Service preview for Windows Azure. HDInsight Service brings an Apache Hadoop solution to the cloud and allows users to manage, analyze and report on big data. The new preview is directly integrated into the windowsazure.com portal and includes a number of enhancements and features such as simplified cluster deployment and the ability to deploy a cluster of up to 40 nodes.

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PASS Azure VC Meeting - November Meeting

Topic: In-Depth Azure’s No-SQL with Azure Tables
 
Speaker: Herve Roggero, Partner Blue Syntax Consulting LLC
 
When: Tuesday, Nov 20 2012 17:00 - 18:00 Eastern Standard Time
 
Summary: In this presentation, Herve will talk about the benefits and practices of Windows Azure’s no-sql offering called Azure Table. Herve will demonstrate the use of Azure Tables, how to migrated data in and out of Azure Tables and a SQL Server environment, and some of the important design considerations when creating Azure Tables from a performance standpoint. Herve will also review the performance and scalability objectives of Azure Tables and how this impacts your design decisions.

About Herve: Herve Roggero, SQL Azure MVP and co-author of PRO SQL Azure, is the founder of Blue Syntax Consulting (http://www.bluesyntax.net/). Herve’s experience includes software development, architecture, database administration and senior management with both global corporations and startup companies. Over the last 15 years, Herve has worked in the Education, Financial, Health Care, Management Consulting and Database Security sectors. He holds multiple certifications, including an MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD. He also holds an MBA from Indiana University. Herve is heavily involved with the South Florida SQL Server community, speaks at multiple venues, and runs SQL Saturdays in South Florida.
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PASS Azure Virtual Chapter Launched!

Earlier this year I became the chapter leader for the PASS SQL Azure Virtual Chapter and decided to reboot it. While in the reboot phase, an announcement was made stating that  SQL Azure would now be known as SQL Database. This situation made the committee members consider not only renaming the group but also changing the focus of the group. The end result is the creation of the PASS Azure Virtual Chapter with a mission to enable Azure knowledge sharing and create a network of Azure and Cloud Computing professionals.

Does this mean that we would not have any SQL Database (SQL Azure) sessions? SQL Database is part of Windows Azure so we will have sessions on the topic but not all the sessions would be focused on it.

Join us for our first session: Getting Started with Windows Azure

Date: Monday 24th September 11 AM Eastern Time (8 AM Pacific) - Add the event to your calendar

Speaker: Brian Prince, Principal Cloud Evangelist Microsoft

Abstract:
Windows Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform for quickly building and running scalable applications. We will cover just what the cloud is, as an industry, and what Microsoft is offering. We will see into the datacenters, how they work, and a high level view of all of the components of the platform.

For more information: http://azure.sqlpass.org/
Follow us on twitter: @AzurePASSVC

 
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