The SSWUG Virtual Conference has posted free 10-minute samples of each speaker’s videos. You can get a 10-minute intro to several presentations to get a feel for the quality of the videos, the speakers and the material. The videos take 10-15 seconds to start, so hang in there.

SQL Server V-Conference Samples
- Brent Ozar – Log Shipping 101
- Chris Shaw – Looking for a New Job
- Eric Johnson – Using Database Mirroring for High Availability
- Jeremy Lowell – SQL 101 – The Essentials
- Kevin Kline – End-to-End Troubleshooting for SQL Server 2008
- Paul Nielsen – Secrets of the Phantom Row
- Sarah Barela – Panic! Disaster Strikes
- Thomas LaRock – Optimize Database Backups and Restores with SQL 2008
.NET Development V-Conference Samples
- Ben Hoelting – Building a Multi-Page Silverlight Application
- David Penton – A New Approach to HttpRuntime.Cache Management
- Donald Belchman – Introduction to Aspect Oriented Programming
- Rachel Appel – AJAX 4.0
- Scott Golightly – Introduction to “M”
- Tim Heuer – Silverlight 3 Out of Browser
- Vishal Shukla – ADO.NET Sync Services
SharePoint V-Conference Samples
- Adam Levithan – Measure Twice, Develop Once
- Becky Isserman – Dazzling SharePoint with Silverlight
- Daniel Galant – Content Types – SharePoint’s Building Blocks
- Lynn Langit – SharePoint and SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence
- Paul Stork – Microsoft Single Sign-On Service
- Ricky Spears – Using SharePoint’s Built-In Mobile Features
- Shannon Bray – SharePoint Development: The API and Web Services
- Shannon Callaway – Ditch Your Public Folders
Business Intelligence V-Conference Samples
- Anthony D’Angelo – Deep Dive: Extending SSIS with .NET Development
- Brian Knight – Loading a Data Warehouse with SSIS
- Craig Utley – Do It Right: Best Practices for SSAS 2005 and 2008
- Donald Farmer – Best Practices for Analysis Services Administration
- Erik Veerman – Dimensional Modeling 101
- John Welch – Doing More ETL with Less Effort by Automating SSIS
- Josh Jones – Deploying OLAP Solutions with Visual Studio 2008
- Matt Masson – Incremental Data Warehouse Loads with Merge & CDC
If you like these videos, you’ll love the full-blown V-Conference. This is only a sampling of the presentations that we’ll be running on April 22-24. The speakers often sit in during the initial airings of their videos on April 22-24 so that you can type in questions directly to the presenter. If you can’t make it for those dates, you can still watch them several weeks afterwards when your schedule permits.
You can sign up for each of the V-Conferences separately, and you can use my VIP code “SPVBOZSP09” to get $10 off the registration, bringing it down to $115: