SQL Server -- Visual Studio Live!: Training Conferences and Events for Enterprise Microsoft .NET and Azure Developers

SQL Server

With the ink still drying on SQL Server 2012, and SQL Server 2014 on the way, no Microsoft-focused developer conference would be complete without coverage of Microsoft's venerable database platform. Visual Studio Live! meets this need handsomely, with coverage of:

T-SQL enhancements in SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2014 features
Power BI and HDInsight/Big Data
NoSQL

MW03 Workshop: SQL Server for Developers Monday August 18 8:00am - 6:00pm

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.
Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

This full-day workshop will get you up to speed on powerful new features in SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, and SQL Server 2012. more

W02 Learning Entity Framework 6 Wednesday August 20 9:15am - 10:30am

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

Whether you're new to ORM, or you've dabbled in other ORM technologies, Lenni will show how quickly you can start working with EF6 and boost your productivity when building data-centric .NET applications. more

W07 Programming the T-SQL Enhancements in SQL Server 2012 Wednesday August 20 10:45am - 12:00pm

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

In this informative and demo-packed session, Lenni will guide you through the T-SQL enhancements in the very latest release of SQL Server. more

W12 SQL Server 2014: Features Drill-down Wednesday August 20 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Scott Klein, Data Platform Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

Join this session for a deep dive into the features of SQL Server 2014 and learn how to implement the new capabilities. more

W17 SQL Server 2014 In-memory OLTP - Deep Dive Wednesday August 20 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Scott Klein, Data Platform Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

In this demo-filled session we will discuss Hekaton from a DBA perspective. more

TH02 AWS for the SQL Server Professional Thursday August 21 8:00am - 9:15am

Lynn Langit, Data Wrangler

Learn about AWS services that support data project more

TH07 Real-world Predictive Analytics with PowerBI and Predixion Software Thursday August 21 9:30am - 10:45am

Lynn Langit, Data Wrangler

Learn how the Excel-add in Predixion works with the PowerBI stack to provide powerful machine-learning tools for analysts more

TH12 Excel, Power BI and You: An Analytics Superhub Thursday August 21 11:00am - 12:15pm

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

In this session, you will look at the analytics capabilities in the core Excel product and the combination of Excel 2013 Data Model, Power Pivot, Power View, Power Query and Power Map and learn how to use them together. more

TH17 Big Data 101 with HDInsight Thursday August 21 2:15pm - 3:30pm

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

In this session, Microsoft BI expert and ZDNet Big Data blogger Andrew Brust will explain what Big Data is all about and how Hadoop works more

TH22 NoSQL for the SQL Guy Thursday August 21 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Ted Neward, Director, Developer Relations, Smartsheet.com

In this session, you will review the different NoSQLs, why they're different from the RDBMS, and more importantly, what they're good for and why you should spend time learning how to use and develop to them. more