Schedule

Here is our schedule for the upcoming event. We've done our best to provide a good mix of topics and skill levels, we hope you'll find something of interest throughout the day. Our thanks to the speakers listed below for volunteering their time, we couldn't do it without them. If there are schedule changes we will make them here as they happen. We encourage you to check back a few days before the event just in case we have had to move one of your favorite sessions.

Note: Some speakers alternately upload their sessions to their own blog sites, which you can locate their site when you click on their session below.

Start Time	Application Development - Room: 2-110	Business Intelligence - Room: 4-100	Database Administration - Room: 3-114	Mixed Sessions - Room: 1-108	Mixed Sessions 2 - Room: 6-112	Professional Development And More - Room: 5-102
8:30 AM	Jonathan Boulineau T-SQL: Beyond the Basics Level: Intermediate	Craig Utley Why BI Projects Fail--And What You Can Do About It Level: Beginner	Adam Belebczuk SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Readable Secondaries Level: Intermediate	Allen White Gather SQL Server Performance Data with PowerShell Level: Intermediate	David Liebman BI in the Cloud Level: Beginner	Joe Webb Professional Development Level: Beginner
9:45 AM	Rob Volk Revenge: The SQL Part 2: The Sequel! Level: Intermediate	William E. Pearson III Bridging the Chasm: BI Theory vs. Practice Level: Beginner	Eddie Wuerch TempDB Performance Troubleshooting and Optimizing Level: Intermediate	Glenn Berry Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware Level: Beginner	Kieth Mayer Virtualizing SQL Server with Windows Server 2012 a Level: Intermediate	Mark Swofford I Shoulda Taken That Left Turn at Albuquerque... Level: Beginner
11:00 AM	Sanil Mhatre Parameter sniffing - make it work for you ! Level: Intermediate	Robert Cain The Decoder Ring for Data Warehousing / BI Level: Beginner	Kevin Boles Indexing Deep Dive Level: Advanced	Karen Lopez Database Design Throwdown Level: Intermediate	Mark Stacey Slowly changing dimensions- an integrated approach Level: Intermediate	Josh Fennessy New Models! An Introduction to Tabular Mode SSAS Level: Beginner
1:15 PM	Rick Morelan Do SQL XML queries have to scare me? Level: Beginner	Pam Shaw Taking the Scary out of Monster Reports Level: Intermediate	David Klee Virtualizing Business Critical SQL Servers Level: Intermediate	Kathi Kellenberger SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Level: Intermediate	Louis Davidson Quiz Bowl Level: Beginner	Joseph D'Antoni You Wouldn't Let HR Manage Your DBs... Level: Beginner
2:30 PM	Jeffrey Garbus Rewriting bad T-SQL Code Level: Intermediate	Daniel Evans What's new in BI for SQL Server 2012 Level: Intermediate	Sarah Barela Bulletproof: Hardening your SQL Server from Attack Level: Intermediate	Jason Strate Extended Events, Work Smarter Not Harder Level: Intermediate	Wayne Snyder Deeper into Tabular Models - M-to-M and the "W" Level: Intermediate	Jonathan Gardner Adventures in Project Management Level: Beginner
3:45 PM	Denny Cherry TBA - Introductory SQL Session Level: Beginner	Gareth Swanepoel The Fangorn Forest - ColumnStore Indexes Level: Intermediate	J.D. Pellerin Custom SQL Server Transaction Log Shipping Level: Intermediate	Geoff Hiten Bad SQL Level: Intermediate	Tim Ford The Periodic Table of Dynamic Management Objects Level: Intermediate	Joe Murphree Beginners guide to Table Expressions Level: Intermediate

Submitted Sessions

Here is the list of sessions submitted so far. Our goal is to feature as many different speakers and topics as possible, but space limitations prevent us from accepting every session. This list is also a great way for those thinking about speaking to see what might be on the agenda and enter a session that doesn't collide with an existing one.

Title	Speaker	Level
.NET, Microsoft Office and SQL Server-Building you	Joe Ferry	Intermediate
2012 Blitz	Kathi Kellenberger	Intermediate
45 min to build your first SSRS report	Tamera Clark	Beginner
A Lap Around Data Quality Services 2012	Christopher Price	Intermediate
Add It Up: Analysis Services Aggregations	Craig Utley	Intermediate
Administering the BI Stack	Josh Fennessy	Intermediate
Advanced T-SQL techniques	Alex Grinberg	Advanced
Adventures in Project Management	Jonathan Gardner	Beginner
Analysis Services 2008 End-to-End	Craig Utley	Beginner
Analysis Services 2012 End-to-End	Craig Utley	Beginner
Analysis Services for the DBA	Mark Stacey	Beginner
Asynchronous programming with Service Broker	Sanil Mhatre	Intermediate
Attribute Discretization in Analysis Services	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
Attribute Discretization in Analysis Services 2012	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
Automate Policy-Based Management using PowerShell	Allen White	Advanced
Avoid Slow SSAS Queries: MDX Query Troubleshooting	Craig Utley	Advanced
Bad SQL	Geoff Hiten	Intermediate
Basic Performance Tips and Gotchas for Beginners	Rick Morelan	Beginner
Become a PowerShell Pop Star - Part 1	Robert Cain	Beginner
Become a PowerShell Pop Star - Part 2	Robert Cain	Beginner
Becoming DAX: An Introduction ...	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
Becoming DAX: An Introduction ...	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
Beginners guide to Table Expressions	Joe Murphree	Intermediate
Behind the Scenes: SQL Server Statistics	Travis Whitley	Beginner
Beyond Plateaux: Optimize SSAS with Best Practices	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
Beyond Plateaux: Optimize SSAS with Best Practices	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
BI as a Service (BIaaS)	Daniel Evans	Advanced
BI in the Cloud	David Liebman	Beginner
Bridging the Chasm: BI Theory vs. Practice	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
Bridging the Chasm: BI Theory vs. Practice	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
Bulletproof: Hardening your SQL Server from Attack	Sarah Barela	Intermediate
Career Management for Data Professionals	Karen Lopez	Beginner
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Morning After	Thomas LaRock	Advanced
Concurrency in PowerShell	Jonathan Boulineau	Advanced
Configuring SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services	Robert Cain	Intermediate
Custom SQL Server Transaction Log Shipping	J.D. Pellerin	Intermediate
Data Quality Services--Finally!	Julie Smith	Beginner
Database Design Throwdown	Karen Lopez	Intermediate
Database Design: Size DOES Matter	Thomas LaRock	Advanced
Database Health and Performance	David Klee	Intermediate
Decisions, Decisions: SSAS 2012 Design and Storage	Craig Utley	Beginner
Deeper into Tabular Models - M-to-M and the "W"	Wayne Snyder	Intermediate
Design and Implement BI Like Edison!	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
Design and Implement BI Like Edison!	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
Developing and Managing a BI Semantic Tabular Mode	Patrick LeBlanc	Intermediate
Discovering the Plan Cache	Jason Strate	Intermediate
DMV Emergency Room!	Glenn Berry	Intermediate
Do It Right: Best Practices for Analysis Services	Craig Utley	Intermediate
Do SQL XML queries have to scare me?	Rick Morelan	Beginner
Documenting Your Integrated Microsoft BI Solution	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
Documenting Your Integrated Microsoft BI Solution	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
Entity Strategies: Structuring Your Consultancy	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
Entity Strategies: Structuring Your Consultancy	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
Extended Events, Work Smarter Not Harder	Jason Strate	Intermediate
Extending the SSIS 2012 Reports with Analytics	Patrick LeBlanc	Intermediate
File IO Stalls and Wait Stats - Tune Like Guru!	Kevin Boles	Advanced
Fundamentals of Join Operations	Kevin Boles	Beginner
Gather SQL Server Performance Data with PowerShell	Allen White	Intermediate
Get Ready for SSIS in SQL Server 2012!	Dave Fackler	Intermediate
Getting involved and Getting ahead	Tim Radney	Beginner
Getting Started with MDX: The (Very) Basics	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
Getting Started with MDX: The (Very) Basics	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
Getting Started with Powershell for DBAs	Jonathan Boulineau	Beginner
Getting To Know Your Indexes	Jason Strate	Intermediate
Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware	Glenn Berry	Beginner
High Availability for SSIS in SQL Server 2012	Patrick LeBlanc	Advanced
How to build XML.	Alex Grinberg	Advanced
I Got Your Back (Up)...	Mark Swofford	Beginner
I Shoulda Taken That Left Turn at Albuquerque...	Mark Swofford	Beginner
Indexing Deep Dive	Kevin Boles	Advanced
Indexing for Join Optimization	Jeffrey Garbus	Advanced
Indexing for performance	Jeffrey Garbus	Intermediate
Integrating DQS, MDS and Your Data Warehouse	Christopher Price	Intermediate
Intro to the new Data Alert feature in SSRS 2012	Ludwig Armbruster	Beginner
Introduction to Master Data Services 2012	Christopher Price	Intermediate
Introduction to SQL Server Service Broker	Adam Belebczuk	Beginner
It is TEMPDB, Why Should You Care?	Tim Radney	Intermediate
Know Backups and Know Recovery	Tim Radney	Intermediate
Leveraging Index Operational Statistics	Jason Strate	Intermediate
Make SQL Server Pop with PowerShell	Robert Cain	Intermediate
Many-to-Many: Multiple Calendars in a Single Cube	William E. Pearson III	Advanced
Many-to-Many: Multiple Calendars in a Single Cube	William E. Pearson III	Advanced
Model-Driven Database Design	Karen Lopez	Beginner
Monitoring Databases in a Virtual Environment	Thomas LaRock	Advanced
Moving Data With SQL Azure Data Sync	Patrick LeBlanc	Intermediate
Moving Day - SQL Migrations with SharePoint	Geoff Hiten	Intermediate
My Favorite SSIS Tips and Tricks	Dave Fackler	Intermediate
New Models! An Introduction to Tabular Mode SSAS	Josh Fennessy	Beginner
Nuts and Bolts of Table Compression	Mike Byrd	Intermediate
Overcoming Barriers and Avoiding Mistakes with BI	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
Overview of PowerPivot	David Eichner	Beginner
Parameter sniffing - make it work for you !	Sanil Mhatre	Intermediate
Partitioning: The Rest of the Story	Mike Byrd	Intermediate
Performance Enhancing Laziness	Tim Ford	Intermediate
PowerPivot for Excel: For Those Unacquainted ...	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
PowerPivot for Excel: For Those Unacquainted ...	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
PowerShell for Data Professionals	Aaron Nelson	Intermediate
Private Clouds with SQL Server 2012	Sarah Barela	Intermediate
Professional Development	Joe Webb	Beginner
Project Deployment Model and SSISDB in SSIS 2012	Ludwig Armbruster	Beginner
Prototype with PowerPivot: External SSAS Groups	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
Prototype with PowerPivot: External SSAS Groups	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
Queries vs Indexes - A How to Guide	Joe Murphree	Intermediate
Query Plan Tuning for Beginners	Joe Murphree	Beginner
Quiz Bowl	Louis Davidson	Beginner
Read Dirty to Me - Isolation Levels/User Impact	Wendy Pastrick	Beginner
Reciprocal Symmetry: MDX in PowerPivot	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
Reciprocal Symmetry: MDX in PowerPivot	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
Revenge: The SQL Part 2: The Sequel!	Rob Volk	Intermediate
Revenge: The SQL!	Rob Volk	Intermediate
Rewriting bad T-SQL Code	Jeffrey Garbus	Intermediate
Searching for the Holy Grail of DDL Auditing	Colleen Morrow	Beginner
Secure SSAS Data Without Tying Yourself in Knots	Craig Utley	Intermediate
Serene Velocity: Reporting Services and SSAS Data	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
Serene Velocity: Reporting Services and SSAS Data	William E. Pearson III	Intermediate
Sets and Relations and Queries, Oh My!	Allen White	Beginner
Slowly changing dimensions- an integrated approach	Mark Stacey	Intermediate
So I started this blog... now what?	Colleen Morrow	Beginner
So you're a MS SQL N00B	Tamera Clark	Beginner
SQL 2012 -- All About Availability	Joseph D'Antoni	Intermediate
SQL 2012 AlwaysOn	Geoff Hiten	Advanced
SQL 2012 DMV's & Extended Events	Gareth Swanepoel	Intermediate
SQL 2012 Error Handling, Pick your Destiny.	Rick Morelan	Intermediate
SQL IO for beginners (and all non-gamers)	Mark Stacey	Beginner
SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Readable Secondaries	Adam Belebczuk	Intermediate
SQL Server 2012 Column Store Index	Kevin Boles	Intermediate
SQL Server 2012 T-SQL	Kathi Kellenberger	Intermediate
SQL Server 2012 TSQL Enhancements and Additions	Kevin Boles	Intermediate
SQL Server Partitioning From A to Z	Kevin Boles	Advanced
SQL Server Relational Database Performance-Less is	Joe Ferry	Beginner
SQL Server Statistics - A User's Guide	Joe Murphree	Intermediate
SQL Server XML 101	Alex Grinberg	Advanced
SRS Report Builder for Business Intelligence	David Eichner	Beginner
SRS Report Builder for Business Intelligence	David Eichner	Beginner
SSAS 2012 Tabular vs. Multidimensional	William E. Pearson III	Beginner
SSIS 2012—Why you might want to move to it sooner	Joe Ferry	Intermediate
SSIS Moving Beyond the Script Task & Script Compon	Christopher Price	Advanced
SSRS in ASP.Net Application	David Liebman	Beginner
Taking the Scary out of Monster Reports	Pam Shaw	Intermediate
TBA - Introductory SQL Session	Denny Cherry	Beginner
TempDB Performance Troubleshooting and Optimizing	Eddie Wuerch	Intermediate
The Creepy DBA, How to Stalk Your Users	Jason Strate	Intermediate
The Decoder Ring for Data Warehousing / BI	Robert Cain	Beginner
The Fangorn Forest - ColumnStore Indexes	Gareth Swanepoel	Intermediate
The Periodic Table of Dynamic Management Objects	Tim Ford	Intermediate
Time Saving Tips & Tricks for SSMS 2012	Aaron Nelson	Intermediate
Tips & Tricks for Dynamic SSRS Reports	Pam Shaw	Beginner
Transaction Log Deep Dive	Kevin Boles	Advanced
Transaction Log Internals	Tim Chapman	Advanced
Transactional Replication 101	Wendy Pastrick	Beginner
T-SQL: Beyond the Basics	Jonathan Boulineau	Intermediate
Understanding SSIS Performance	Dave Fackler	Intermediate
Unit Testing made easy for Database Development	Sanil Mhatre	Beginner
Virtualizing Business Critical SQL Servers	David Klee	Intermediate
Virtualizing SQL Server with Windows Server 2012 a	Kieth Mayer	Intermediate
What Are You Waiting For?	Jason Strate	Intermediate
What's new in BI for SQL Server 2012	Daniel Evans	Intermediate
What's New in PowerShell v3	Robert Cain	Beginner
Why BI Projects Fail--And What You Can Do About It	Craig Utley	Beginner
Windowing Functions: THE Reason to Upgrade to 2012	Kevin Boles	Intermediate
Writing Faster Queries	Tim Chapman	Advanced
XQuery Basics for the DBA	Jason Strate	Intermediate
You Inherited a Database, Now What?	Tim Radney	Beginner
You Wouldn't Let HR Manage Your Databases, So ...	Joseph D'Antoni	Beginner
You Wouldn't Let HR Manage Your DBs...	Joseph D'Antoni	Beginner

Suggested Sessions

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