Last fall, I spoke at the SSWUG Virtual Conference and had a really good time with it, so I signed up again to do the Spring SSWUG Virtual Conference too.
Here’s how it works: I fly out to Tucson to record my sessions in SSWUG’s sssswanky TV studio ahead of time, and then you can watch all of the sessions in your web browser later. On the release days, when my videos are scheduled to go out for the first time, I sit in on the sessions in the chat room. I answer questions you’ve got about the material, clarify things, and the other attendees can also share tips and tricks in the chat. If you can’t clear your schedule on the release days (April 22/23/24), you can go back and watch the videos later – the only drawback being that I won’t be there to hold your hand while you watch it. Of course, you can always email me with questions too, or catch me on Twitter.
I’m really excited about my sessions:
Log Shipping to the Cloud
In an ideal world, we’d have a standby SQL Server in a disaster recovery datacenter, but we can’t always afford that luxury. In this session, Brent Ozar will explain how to log ship your databases to Amazon S3, a cloud-based file service, and bring up a standby SQL Server in the event of an emergency. It’s like having your own disaster recovery datacenter, but without the cost – until emergency strikes.
Reaching Compliance with SQL Server 2008
To become a production DBA at a public company, hospital, bank or even just a security-minded firm, you need to understand the basics of regulatory compliance. In this session, you’ll learn how to talk the language and learn what tools are available in each version of SQL Server to make your job easier.
SQL Server Encryption
Regulatory compliance needs are a big pain point for DBAs. How do we make sure our data stays safe? Brent will explain the options available for SQL Server 2005 and 2008, do a Transparent Data Encryption implementation with SQL 2008, and demonstrate its strengths and weaknesses. Attendees will get scripts and sample Policy-Based Management policies.
Plus Great Sessions by Much Smarter Guys
Get a load of these:
- Using Database Mirroring for High Availability by Eric Johnson
- Become Your Own Picasso: Writing Better T-SQL by Jason Strate
- Disk IO Tuning for SQL Server 2005 by Kevin Kline
- 7 SQL Server Development Practices More Evil Than Cursors by Paul Nielsen
- Panic! Disaster Strikes by Sarah Barela
- Visual Studio Team System Database Edition – Managing Database Deployment by Ted Malone
- Optimizing Backup and Restore Performance by Tom LaRock
- Auditing Your Users by TJ Belt
And I’m only scratching the surface – check out the full list of SQL Server abstracts.
Register for the SSWUG V-Conference now and use VIP code SPVBOZSP09 for $10 off. That coupon code can be combined with other discounts, too, like the early bird registration or the alumni registration.
This is a heck of a lot of quality training for less than $100. I’ve heard from a lot of DBAs whose training budgets have been sliced away, and I gotta tell you that this is probably the best way to spend $100 on training. The video style is really easy to follow, the speakers are just top notch, and the subject matter is really appropriate for what DBAs have to do in their jobs. I hope you join me in my sessions!
