Once again a fellow CSSUG member is stepping up to host a presentation. We are very pleased to welcome Ben DeBow as he shares his wealth of experience dealing with large SQL Server environments.

Getting The Most From Your SQL Server Deployments by Ben DeBow, MDCBA, MCSE and MCTS.

Are you having performance or other problems you just can’t chase down? Have you over-estimated capacity? You don’t need to buy expensive monitoring tools to get the right information to tell you what’s wrong, or more importantly, what you need to know to make things better. In this session, you will learn how to use what all DBAs have at their fingertips to gather, analyze, and make decisions to have happier and healthier SQL Server instances and databases.

Ben DeBow is a MDCBA, MCSE and MCTS focused on SQL Server consolidations, data architecture and performance tuning for organizations both large and small. Ben specializes in solving diverse and complex data and infrastructure challenges for large, global environments. Ben is a longtime member of the SQL community, volunteering the last 7 years as a SQLPass committee member, trainer and SQLPass presenter. Ben has led webcasts for SQLMag and has co-authored and reviewed several Microsoft whitepapers such as Consolidation Using SQL Server 2008. Besides his work as a consultant, Ben is a cyclist, avid traveler and photographer. You can follow Ben on Twitter here http://twitter.com/#!/BBQSQL and learn more about his consulting company here: www.SQLHA.com .

Agenda:

5:30 PM Networking and Pizza

6:00 PM Stump the SQL Experts - open Q&A Forum with CSSUG Members

6:15 PM Main Presentation

7:30 PM Meeting End

7:45 PM Post-Meeting Social Hour - Join Us for Drinks at a venue TBA

Location:

The meeting is being held at the Microsoft Offices in AP1 - the left building as you drive onto the campus.

Sponsors:

TEKsystems® has been a loyal sponsor of the Charlotte SQL Server Users Group. TEKsystems® provides technology staffing and services, helping businesses deploy high-caliber IT and communications expertise. With roots as the nation’s largest IT staffing firm, they’ve become a billion-dollar services company by blending superior client service with an unrivaled ability to source and manage talent to precise specifications, resulting in successful technology executions. Visit www.teksystems.com for more info.

SQL Sentry, Inc., is a Charlotte based company and a long time sponsor of the Charlotte SQL Server Users Group. SQL Sentry creates software products to optimize the performance of Microsoft® SQL Server® environments. SQL Sentry software provides unprecedented visibility and control that enables database administrators to monitor their database environment with confidence, and quickly diagnose and solve complex performance problems as they arise. Visit www.sqlsentry.net for more info.

About Our Group:

Charlotte, NC has a dynamic, growing business environment filled with opportunities for SQL Server professionals. The goal of the Charlotte SQL Server User Group is to encourage and support the growth of that environment by providing a venue for user education and peer collaboration. Our group is a certified Chapter of PASS and we recommend all members join that organization.