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	Track 1 - Room: Room 214	Track 2 - Room: Room 116	Track 3 - Room: Room 216	Track 4 - Room: Room 217	Track 5 - Room: Room 117	Track 6 - Room: Room 118	Track 7 - Room: Room 215	Track 8 - Room: Room 218
09:00 AM	Chris Webb What’s New for BI in Excel 2013? Level: Intermediate	Jason Strate Discovering the Plan Cache Level: Intermediate	Jorge Segarra What is a BI DBA? Level: Intermediate	Scott Shaw The Future of the DBA Level: Beginner	Allan Hirt Demystifying Clustering for the DBA Level: Intermediate	Ed Leighton-Dick Service Broker: The Queue Continuum Level: Intermediate	Aaron Lowe Writing Professional Database Code Level: Intermediate	Mike Donnelly Flipping Through the SSIS Catalag Level: Intermediate
10:30 AM	Jason Thomas Advanced Charting Techniques in SSRS Level: Intermediate	Erin Stellato Making the Leap from Profiler to Extended Events Level: Beginner	Joseph Vertido Data Quality Services Approach to Cleansing Level: Intermediate	James Serra What exactly is Business Intelligence? Level: Beginner	David Klee Database Health and Performance Level: Intermediate	Frank Gill Tools to Make Multi-Object Administration Easier Level: Intermediate	Merrill Aldrich PowerShell 101 Level: Beginner	Paul Turley Visualization Choices: What, When, and How? Level: Beginner
1:00 PM	Doug Lane Hailing Frequencies: SSAS Terms and Concepts Level: Beginner	Jason Strate What Are You Waiting For? Level: Intermediate	Josh Fennessy Demystifying BISM and Tabular Mode SSAS Level: Beginner	Kyle Neier Locks, Blocks, and Deadlocks Level: Intermediate	Eddie Wuerch Partitioning for Perf and Mgmt of Large Tables Level: Intermediate	Joseph D'Antoni Using Compression to Improve Database Performance Level: Intermediate	Rob Volk Tame Your Unruly Data...With Constraints! Level: Beginner	Stacia Misner Dashboard Do's and Don'ts Level: Beginner
2:30 PM	Ted Krueger Upgrading to SQL Server 2012 with limited downtime Level: Beginner	Kevin Kline SQL Server Internals & Architecture Level: Intermediate	Julie Koesmarno Analytic Cartography: Master geospatial reporting Level: Intermediate	Neil Hambly SQL Server 2012 Memory Management Level: Intermediate	Paul Timmerman An Optimistic Approach: Snapshot Isolation in SQL Level: Intermediate	Rick Krueger Rules of Engagement: NoSQL is SQL Server's Ally Level: Beginner	Sanil Mhatre Database Unit Testing made Easy Level: Beginner	Terry Bunio How to install and configure SSRS 2012/Sharepoint Level: Beginner
4:00 PM	James Serra Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture Level: Beginner	Kathi Kellenberger SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Level: Intermediate	Leonard Murphy Getting the most out of Power View Level: Beginner	Erin Stellato Demystifying Database Statistics Level: Intermediate	Ross LoForte Deep dive on SQL Server 2012 Availability Groups Level: Beginner	Haidong Ji Monitoring and collecting storage info for DBAs Level: Beginner	Luke Jian Anatomy of a Join Level: Intermediate	Hope Foley Consulting The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Level: Beginner

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
(Way Too Much) Fun with Reporting Services	Stacia Misner	Intermediate
7 Habits of Highly Effective DBAs	Nicholas Cain	Intermediate
Accelerating the DBA with Powershell	Kyle Neier	Advanced
Advanced Charting Techniques in SSRS	Jason Thomas	Intermediate
Agile Data Warehouse - The final frontier	Terry Bunio	Intermediate
AlwaysOn - Finally, A usable 'mirror'!	Jim Murphy	Beginner
An Optimistic Approach: Snapshot Isolation in SQL	Paul Timmerman	Intermediate
Analytic Cartography: Master geospatial reporting	Julie Koesmarno	Intermediate
Anatomy of a Join	Luke Jian	Intermediate
Asynchronous programming with Service Broker	Sanil Mhatre	Beginner
Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture	James Serra	Beginner
Business Continuity: The Real Reason for HA and DR	Allan Hirt	Beginner
Consulting The Good, The Bad, The Ugly	Hope Foley	Beginner
Dashboard Do's and Don'ts	Stacia Misner	Beginner
Data Models - Why SQL Scripts aren't enough	Terry Bunio	Intermediate
Data Quality Services Approach to Cleansing	Joseph Vertido	Intermediate
Database Development: Paradox or Imperative	Aaron Lowe	Intermediate
Database Health and Performance	David Klee	Intermediate
Database Unit Testing made Easy	Sanil Mhatre	Beginner
DAXMD: SSAS Multidimensional meets DAX and Power V	Chris Webb	Intermediate
Deep dive on SQL Server 2012 Availability Groups	Ross LoForte	Beginner
Demystifying BISM and Tabular Mode SSAS	Josh Fennessy	Beginner
Demystifying Clustering for the DBA	Allan Hirt	Intermediate
Demystifying Database Statistics	Erin Stellato	Intermediate
Dimensional Data Modeling Primer	Terry Bunio	Beginner
Dimensional Modelling for the DBA	Scott Shaw	Intermediate
Discovering the Plan Cache	Jason Strate	Intermediate
Disk IO Tuning on Microsoft SQL Server	Kevin Kline	Beginner
Do More With Less: Consolidate and Virtualize	Jorge Segarra	Beginner
Don't Box Me In: Escape the Cubicle	Tim Ford	Beginner
Effective Index Partitioning, Compression Strategy	Neil Hambly	Intermediate
Extended Events – Effective Usage	Neil Hambly	Intermediate
Extended Events, Work Smarter Not Harder	Jason Strate	Intermediate
Flipping Through the SSIS Catalag	Mike Donnelly	Intermediate
GeoSpatial Analytics Using Microsoft BI	Jason Thomas	Beginner
Get Involved!	Ed Leighton-Dick	Non-Technical
Getting the most out of Power View	Leonard Murphy	Beginner
Hailing Frequencies: SSAS Terms and Concepts	Doug Lane	Beginner
High IO, High IO, It's a Case Study Yo Ho!	Tim Ford	Intermediate
How to install and configure SSRS 2012/Sharepoint	Terry Bunio	Beginner
Interrogating the Transaction Log	Frank Gill	Intermediate
Into a Swan - Discovering the Beauty of RESTORE	Kyle Neier	Beginner
Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services	James Serra	Beginner
Locks, Blocks, and Deadlocks	Kyle Neier	Intermediate
Looking Through Windows	Ed Leighton-Dick	Beginner
LT: But I Want BI NOWWWW	Paul Turley	Lightning Talk
LT: Rock Your World With GeoFlow	Julie Koesmarno	Lightning Talk
Making the Leap from Profiler to Extended Events	Erin Stellato	Beginner
Matching and Survivorship	Joseph Vertido	Intermediate
Monitoring and collecting storage info for DBAs	Haidong Ji	Beginner
Overview of Microsoft Appliances	James Serra	Beginner
Page Latches for Mere Mortals	Eddie Wuerch	Intermediate
Partitioning for Perf and Mgmt of Large Tables	Eddie Wuerch	Intermediate
Policy-Based Management in a Nutshell	Jorge Segarra	Beginner
Power to the Pivot - Intro to PowerPivot 2012	Hope Foley	Beginner
Power View: A Peek Behind the Curtain	Stacia Misner	Beginner
PowerShell 101	Merrill Aldrich	Beginner
PowerShell and SQL Server Administration: upgrade	Haidong Ji	Beginner
Revenge: The SQL Part 2: The Sequel!	Rob Volk	Intermediate
Revenge: The SQL!	Rob Volk	Intermediate
Rules of Engagement: NoSQL is SQL Server's Ally	Rick Krueger	Beginner
Running SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server Core	Ross LoForte	Beginner
Service Broker: The Queue Continuum	Ed Leighton-Dick	Intermediate
Shoveling Frogs into a Wheelbarrow	Merrill Aldrich	Intermediate
SQL 2012 -- All About HA and DR	Joseph D'Antoni	Intermediate
SQL Server 2012 Memory Management	Neil Hambly	Intermediate
SQL Server 2012 T-SQL	Kathi Kellenberger	Intermediate
SQL Server 2012 T-SQL	Kathi Kellenberger	Intermediate
SQL Server Dos and Don'ts: Keys to DBA Nirvana	Allan Hirt	Beginner
SQL Server Internals & Architecture	Kevin Kline	Intermediate
SQL Server: The Undiscovered Country	Rob Volk	Intermediate
SRS Report Builder for Business Intelligence	David Eichner	Beginner
Tame Your Unruly Data...With Constraints!	Rob Volk	Beginner
Team Leadership Fundamentals	Kevin Kline	Beginner
TempDB Performance Troubleshooting and Optimizing	Eddie Wuerch	Intermediate
The Future of the DBA	Scott Shaw	Beginner
Tools to Make Multi-Object Administration Easier	Frank Gill	Intermediate
Top 10 Admininistrator Mistakes on SQL Server	Kevin Kline	Beginner
T-SQL 2012 Analytic Functions	Kathi Kellenberger	Intermediate
Understanding Kerberos	Ed Leighton-Dick	Intermediate
Upgrading to SQL Server 2012 with limited downtime	Ted Krueger	Beginner
Use a custom assembly to extend reports & queries	Paul Turley	Advanced
Using Compression to Improve Database Performance	Joseph D'Antoni	Intermediate
Virtualizing Business Critical SQL Servers	David Klee	Intermediate
Visualization Choices: What, When, and How?	Paul Turley	Beginner
What Are You Waiting For?	Jason Strate	Intermediate
What exactly is Business Intelligence?	James Serra	Beginner
What is a BI DBA?	Jorge Segarra	Intermediate
What’s New for BI in Excel 2013?	Chris Webb	Intermediate
Why are we Waiting..	Neil Hambly	Advanced
Why I Won't Be Hiring You	Nicholas Cain	Beginner
Why Scans are better than Seeks	Rob Farley	Intermediate
Writing Professional Database Code	Aaron Lowe	Intermediate
XQuery Basics for the DBA	Jason Strate	Intermediate

Suggested Sessions

Thinking about participating as a speaker but no ideas for the topic? Often our attendees will have an idea for you! Or, submit a suggestion of your own.