London SQL Server User Group
Topics covered:UK SQL Server User Group based in the London area aimed at enthusiasts looking to learn more about all things SQL Server related. "Network, learn, ask a question, meet other folk, get fed - these are all things that happen at user group events. These events are a really great opportunity to socialise in an informal learning experience"
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Is Data Classification More like MineSweeper or BattleShips?
Featuring Richard Macaskill
There are more thorny issues to solve than you might expect in data classification. In this session I'll explore in detail a few that we've come across, while exploring the alternative tools you can use, like the SQL Data Platform’s new options and capabilities for sensitivity metadata....
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DevOps, Dev Data and Data Breaches: 5 Solutions
Featuring Alex Yates
It’s an age-old problem: developers want prod data for dev and test purposes. It helps them to write better code and to test it effectively. Self-service access to usable test-data aligns well with DevOps principles that encourage teams to adopt a shift-left mentality to testing. Unfortunately,...
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Common TSQL Mistakes
Featuring Kevin Boles
We are going to examine a variety of oopsies MANY developers fall prey too - some obvious, some pretty subtle and some downright sneaky! Lots of code examples with the bad AND good code presented. I GUARANTEE that you will find things here that will either prevent you from getting bad data,...
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Standardise, Optimise and Streamline your SQL Server estate
Featuring Phil Grayson
The Community Edition of Aireforge Studio is a free tool that focuses on making estate management simple. Learn how to compare configurations, users, settings, jobs and more, between 2 or 2000+ instances of SQL Server and Azure SQL Database.
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End-to-end SQL Server encryption made easy - if a (SQL)numpty can do it, so can you.
Featuring Mark Pratt
Your manager hurries over to your desk and blurts out: "We have been audited and we need to encrypt our data at rest !!! What do we need to do!” As with amlost everything related to SQL Server, the anser is "It depends". I will cover almost everything you will need to know about...
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Azure Data Factory v2: Data Flows Capabilities
Featuring Kamil Nowinski
Microsoft's services in Azure helps us to leverage big data more easily and even more often accessible for non-technical users. Having UI in ADF version 2 - Microsoft added a new feature: Data Flow which resembles components of SSIS. This is a very user-friendly and non-code approach...
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Maintenance Scripts: One Step Beyond
Featuring Mark Pratt
We will be exploring how to extend the use and deployment of these precious things into large, complex and often dynamic environments. following this will be Neil and he is discussing all new (shiny) releases like SQL Server 2019, Azure like DataWarehouse (GEN2), PowerBI (so many things) and more...
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Migrating Large Databases
Featuring Mark Pratt
Mark Pratt will be taking you though the considerations and design of migrating large databases from an existing system to a highly available solution using Always On availability group.
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Show Me, Don't Just Tell Me!
Featuring Richard Macaskill
Protecting data can be difficult. With data often spread across a growing number of different environments, it's hard to know what to restrict and where it's located. This risks non-compliance, and leaves organizations open to data breaches.
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Maximising SQL Performance - Unleash the I/O
Featuring Neil Hambly
When you IO Performance hits its throughput limits, you can accept that performance or look at finding a way to increase it. This session will showcase how you can unleash the full true IO potential of your SQL Servers.
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