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

SQL Server

SQL Server 2014 is here, and 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 for application developers
SQL Server 2014 In-memory OLTP
Power BI and HDInsight/Big Data
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)

MW02 Workshop: SQL Server for Developers Monday October 6 9:00am - 6:00pm

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

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

T07 Introduction to In Memory OLTP Using Hekaton in SQL Server 2014 Tuesday October 7 10:45am - 12:00pm

Kevin Goff Microsoft SQL Server MVP, Practice Manager, SetFocus, LLC

This session will cover the benefits of Hekaton, why developers and DBAs would want to use Hekaton, and the different options for creating Hekaton tables. more

W04 SQL for Application Developers - Attendees Choose Wednesday October 8 9:30am - 10:45am

Kevin Goff Microsoft SQL Server MVP, Practice Manager, SetFocus, LLC

In this session, Kevin will show 25 possible topics and attendees vote on which topics to cover. more

W08 Database Development with SQL Server Data Tools Wednesday October 8 11:00am - 12:15pm

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

Don't miss out on this demo-centric information-packed session on the current generation of database tools for application developers! more

W12 Learning Entity Framework 6 Wednesday October 8 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

In this session, Lenni will show how quickly you can start working with EF6 and boost your productivity when building data-centric .NET applications. more

TH01 Excel, Power BI and You: An Analytics Superhub Thursday October 9 8:00am - 9:15am

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

TH05 Big Data 101 with HDInsight Thursday October 9 9:30am - 10:45am

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