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SQLBangalore UG Meeting – Sep 6

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Come join us on Saturday, September 6th for another SQL Bangalore User Group meeting to learn more about Azure Backups, SQL Server 2014 In-memory OLTP, Hybrid cloud scenarios and Power BI.

The session line up is available below.

14:00PM 14:45PM – Azure Backup by Ravikanth
14:45PM 15:30PM – Performance Improvement and In-memory – Balmukund Lakhani
15:45PM 16:30PM – Hybrid Cloud Scenario with SQL Server – Vinod Kumar
16:30PM 17:15PM – Power BI Overview – by yours truly

I will show you how you can use Power BI and Excel can be used to analyze your Facebook data and much more. Register for the event here. As usual, I will post the content used during that day on this blog. Stay tuned in case you are not able to attend in person. And don’t forget to spread the word! Hope to see in person on the 6th!

Venue:
Microsoft Corporation, Signature Building,
Embassy Golf Links Business Park,
Intermediate Ring Road,
Domlur, Bangalore – 560071

The slide deck that I used for this session is available below.

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August SQLBangalore UG Meet: It was a cloudy day

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imageI am always amazed by the turnout on Saturdays for the SQLBanglaore UG Meetings. This time around it was an all Azure day where we had four sessions talking about different features that Azure offers.

The first session as about Machine Learning by Govind. He showed us how Machine Learning can make the machines smarter. It doesn’t mean that the machines are taking over but they can become your assistants with a bit of training. He went on to demo what Azure Machine Learning (in Preview) has to offer in this space.

This was followed by Angshuman’s session on Azure Redis Cache (in Preview). It gives you access to a secure, dedicated Redis cache, managed by Microsoft. A cache created using Azure Redis Cache is accessible from any application within Microsoft Azure.

The next session by Pranab was on the Smart Backup Feature in SQL Server 2014 which allows you to backup your SQL Server databases directly to Windows Azure Storage accounts. This enables you to pull down those backups for restore from anywhere in the world!

I had the last session and I was the one who was standing between attendees and their lunch! Not an enviable position to be in on a Saturday afternoon! This time around I had attempted to do things a bit differently. I started with the demo and moved onto my presentation. I used a video from PowToon to create a story line for provisioning a SQL Server virtual machine in a short span of time! That is available below. Lately, I have been using animation videos for a few of my presentations. And the view below is the one that I used for this session.

The presentation that I had used for my session is available below:

If you want the PowerShell script which performed the magic after creating the Azure SQL VM, you can from the files section of the SQLBangalore Facebook Group. Look forward to further posts on this blog detailing additional possibilities for that script.

Once again, a big THANK YOU to all the attendees as without them, these sessions will never be a success!

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SQLBangaloreUG: It is going to be a cloudy day

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sponsor-bangaloreUGWHEN: Saturday, August 2, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM (IST)

WHERE: Embassy Golf Links Business Park, Bangalore, India

We are prepping up for another SQL Bangalore User Group meeting on August 2nd, 2014. I will be presenting on SQL Server provisioning on Azure Virtual Machines. We will see how the latest hooks provided in Azure makes provision and post installation configuration easier.

And what’s more, this SQL Bangalore User Group session is devoted to AZURE! So, if you are interested in learning about Azure, then do come and attend the session. There is a great lineup of speakers who will be presenting on various interesting topics:

  • Be Smart with …Smart Backup – Pranab Mazumdar (Twitter) – Escalation Engg, Microsoft
  • Zero to hero with Azure ML (Machine Learning) – Govind Kanshi (Twitter) – Technical Director, MTC
  • Introduction to Azure Redis Cache – Angshuman Nayak – Escalation Engg, Microsoft

So join us for another day of learning. See you in-person on the 2nd!

As usual, I will post the content used during that day on this blog post. Stay tuned in case you are not able to attend in person.

Signup for the event here and don’t forget to spread the word!

A full house–We could not have asked for more

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The turnout at today’s event had an overwhelming response today. A big thank you to everyone who attended today’s event. An overwhelming response… So thank you everyone who attended and made this UG meeting a grand success! This was our very own version of introducing SQL Server 2014 to the SQLBangaloreUG community!

We had a brilliant line-up of topics… Just to re-cap the day.. Here is a short summary..

The day started off with a keynote session from Anupam Tiwari who is Business Program Manager and closely works with the team that supports developer technologies at Microsoft. He talked about where IT as we know it today is headed tomorrow.

Sourabh Agarwal [Blog | Twitter] covered the performance enhancements in SQL Server 2014 and explained why this version is bigger, faster and stronger! Smile

Then I had the opportunity of explaining the new enhancements in backup and restore in SQL Server 2014. I talked about backing up to a URL i.e. a storage account in Azure, managed backups to Azure and encrypted backups. The slide deck from today’s presentation is available below.

This was followed by Pinal Dave’s [Blog | Twitter] session on “Performing an effective Presentation” One key takeaway from this session is that the art of story-telling can weave out a presentation which can keep the audience hooked! He demonstrated this during his session and kept the audience awake after lunch! Smile

Then we had Balmukund Lakhani [Blog | Twitter] talking about InMemory Enhancements with SQL Server 2014. You can follow his SQL Server 2014 learning series to gain in-depth insights into the various enhancements that he talked about.

His session was followed by Vinod Kumar [Blog | Twitter] who talked about the Some more lesser known enhancements with SQL Server 2014 where he talked about managed lock priority, delayed durability and more.

And last but not the least was Kane Conway – (Support Escalation Engineer at Microsoft) who talked about Power Packed – Power BI with SQL Server. If you have not played around with PowerBI, then you should start now! Presenting data with compelling visualizations just got a new definition.

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It was a house full event and I had to put in two pictures to showcase the turnout today! It is not possible to have a successful event without the audience participation. We personally want to apologize to folks who came in late and had to return because the hall was overcrowded and the seats were full. Please do come in early for next UGs for sure.

A special thanks to Microsoft GTSC for giving us the space and the support till date. Also a special thanks to SQL Server Product Marketing team for sponsoring this Launch Event. Finally, a special thanks to team Pluralsight for supporting the UG till date and giving us numerous gifts as giveaway at the event.

The presentation that I used at the event today is available below:

Bangalore Community gets a peek at SQL Server 2014

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SQL Server 2014 which was recently released will now receive special attention at the SQL Bangalore UG Meet scheduled to happen on Saturday, May 3rd, 2014. We are  conducting a full-day event for a SQL Server 2014 Community Launch at the SQL Bangalore UG. So don’t miss the opportunity to come and learn some of the new cool features introduced with SQL Server 2014.

I will be presenting on Backup Enhancements in SQL Server 2014 and will show you some exciting new features. This will get you thinking about your backup strategy when you upgrade to SQL Server 2014.

Just to tickle your learning taste buds, the agenda for the day is mentioned below:

Backup Enhancements with SQL Server 2014
Performance Enhancements with SQL Server 2014 – Sourabh Agarwal [Blog | Twitter] – An active member on SQLBangalore community!

LUNCH BREAK

Performing an effective Presentation by Pinal Dave [Blog | Twitter] – He does not require an introduction!
InMemory Enhancements with SQL Server 2014 by Balmukund Lakhani [Blog | Twitter] – One of the most helpful people in the SQL community!
Some more lesser known enhancements with SQL Server 2014 by Vinod Kumar [Blog | Twitter] – Another individual who needs no introduction!
Power Packed – Power BI with SQL Server by Kane Conway – (Support Escalation Engineer at Microsoft) – A technical expert who will explain to about what PowerBI can do for you and your organization!

Register for the event (registration link) and feel free to pass along the message. The day will have an early start… 9.30AM!! Get your learning hats on and come visit us on Saturday!

Venue:
Microsoft Corporation, Signature Building,
Embassy Golf Links Business Park,
Intermediate Ring Road,
Domlur, Bangalore – 560071