Offers

PDC Discount Vouchers for JaxDUG Members

2008-10-09T15:19:00Z

The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is coming up at the end of the month. If you are attending, then Russ Fustino and Joe Healy have a deal for you:

As a token of our appreciation, we are able to offer 20 discount vouchers for you and your User Group members for the upcoming Microsoft Professional Developer Conference (PDC). Each voucher equals $200 discount off the full priced PDC registration fee.

So if you are interested in this and haven't registered yet, email me at jonathan.bates@batener.org and I'll send you the code. Offer only good for the first 20 respondents, first come fist serve.

Ken Tucker, President of the Space Coast .NET User Group also wanted to make every one aware of this:

In case anyone from your group is attending PDC let them know about the party.

There will be a Community party taking place at the PDC open to all attendees. Please tell your User Group leaders to get the word out.

The website for the party is www.underground.socalcodecamp.com Anyone who is coming to PDC is also welcome to attend the Southern California Code Camp as well. There will be several Microsoft product team members there.

Free SSRS Virtual Training

2008-08-26T12:53:00Z

An email from Brian Knight, Jacksonville SQL Server User Group leader:

Since we didn't have a UG meeting this month due to storms, I thought I'd send out a quick notice about some upcoming free training opportunities. There is a free SSRS session coming up this week on the 28th. There is no vendor message to any of these sessions.
August 28th Introduction to SSRS. Join author Darren Herbold:

9:00 a.m. EST: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/148698457
1:00 p.m. EST: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/344677967
Don't forget that the SQL Server launch is coming up on Sept 12th at the Modis building. You can register for that one at SQLSaturday.com. It's a free event with loads of giveaways. We have about 150 seats taken so far and only another 100 or so left.
Brian Knight

http://www.pragmaticworks.com/webinars.asp

SQL Server Business Intelligence Webinar Series 7/14 - 7/18

2008-06-30T03:34:00Z

Local geek-celebrity, cage fighter, and SQL MVP Brian Knight is offering free SSIS and BI training to you via webinars delivered from Pragmatics Works.

The week's schedule can be seen here: http://pragmaticworks.com/community/blogs/brianknight/archive/2008/06/25/5-hours-of-free-training-the-bi-series.aspx. The webinar series is broken into hour chunks around lunch time each day (except Friday) so you'll be able to grab lunch and sit at your desk to learn in bite sized chunks. The entire week or any part of the week is free!

Upgrading DTS Packages to SSIS

Mon, Jul 14, 2008 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Join SQL Server MVP and SSIS author Brian Knight to discuss the strategies of upgrading DTS packages to SSS. The session will include an actual DTS package conversion using DTS xChange and other strategies. DTS xChange offers the latest automated DTS to SSIS migration technology used to complete SQL Server 2005 upgrades. Attendees to this session will all receive a copy of DTS Profiler (a $495 value), which will help you scope your DTS migration project.

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/520992041

Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

Tue, Jul 15, 2008 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Join SQL server MVP and SSIS author Brian Knight in this webinar that will get you past the learning curve of SSIS. Brian covers creating an end to end package that covers many of the concepts in SSIS. He covers, looping over a set of files, processing each file and then archiving. You won't want to miss this if you're new to SSIS.

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/359086032

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) for the DBA

Wed, Jul 16, 2008 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Join SQL Server MVP and author, Brian Knight to see how you can use SSIS to complete and automate a number of common DBA tasks. Brian will start by showing you the basics of SSIS then quickly jump into common DBA tasks like trying to integrate SSIS with dynamic management views (DMVs) to determine the worst performing queries across multiple databases and servers. If you're a DBA and have SSIS in your environment, you won't want to miss this presentation.

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/328130178

Performance Tuning SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Join SQL Server MVP and author, Brian Knight to see how you can get the most out of SSIS. In this demo-rich presentation, Brian shows you some of the common and not so common ways to tune SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). Learn how to tune the data flow using some of the advanced SSIS options and how to avoid common SSIS mistakes. See how to measure performance and how to keep SSIS from monopolizing your server's resourcing. Lastly, discover SQL Server 2008 features that will make SSIS more efficient.

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/248774021

What's New In SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence

Friday, July 18, 2008 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT (note the different time!)

Join SQL server MVP and SSIS author Brian Knight in this webinar that will get you past the learning curve of SQL Server 2008. He'll cover each fo the BI platforms' best new features: SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS. Additionally, he'll cover many of the T-SQL new features that will effect business intelligence.

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/742337468

Offer from Telerik

2007-12-14T20:10:00Z

I am writing to you on behalf of Telerik – a vendor of .NET tools and components.

With this e-mail I have the pleasure to invite you and your User Group members to take part in our Sitefinity Community Challenge! Sitefinity is our .NET based Content Management System.

By joining the challenge you will have the chance to win a Sitefinity license ($899 value) or a Microsoft Zune player. All you need to participate is spare 20 minutes and watch a few short videos and then answer 15 multiple choice questions. Thus you will enter the draw for the great prizes.

Join the Challenge

The Sitefinity Challenge will be open until January 31, 2008. If you feel that this challenge will be of interest to your User Group members, please forward them this announcement. If you have any questions, I will be happy to answer.

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Best regards,
Joseph Anderson
The Telerik Team

Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition available for download

2007-11-20T05:57:00Z

Get it while its fresh and free! Find the details and links to downloads here http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2007/11/19/visual-web-developer-2008-express-edition-available-for-download.aspx

New Crystal Reports 30 Day Trial

2007-11-01T14:31:00Z

I received this in the mail from Ryan Oliver of Business Objects.

As part of the community of .NET developers, we thought you and your .NET user group would be interested in the recent announcement of Crystal Reports 2008 which is expected to be shipping by November 15 2007. We currently have a 30 Day Trial available for download so developers can sample first hand the new features and interface. I have also provided some key resources related to the release below. Please feel free to pass these on to your members:

Crystal Reports 2008 Home Page (Features & Demos/What’s New/Sample Reports)
Webinar - Introduction to Crystal Reports 2008: Productivity and Visualization (Pre-recorded) – A 45 minute outline of some of the new features. (Part 1 of a 2 part series)
Webinar - Getting to Know Crystal Reports 2008: XML, What-If Analysis, and Deployment Options (Nov 6 2007, 11am PST) A 45 minute live web seminar which serves as Part 2, of the 2 part series.

For more information or questions please feel free to contact myself or Robert Horne, our developer evangelist.

Also, please visit our Diamond Developer Community for the latest Crystal Reports .NET developer information including white papers, blogs, forums, webinars and more.

Thank you.

Ryan Oliver
Developer Marketing Specialist

Business Objects
Vancouver, BC
910 Mainland St, V6B 1A9
Tel: 604-647-8635 Fax: 604-974-2312
www.businessobjects.com

Free Websites From INETA and Verio

2007-09-10T01:37:00Z

Updated: I have rescinded this offer, partly due to lack on community interest, partly due to technical issues. I think if either of those items get addressed, this will still be a great opportunity.

I believe this is a great opportunity for the community brought to us by INETA and Verio. Shared hosting offers many restrictions that are similiar to those that you will find in modern professional business environments. Here's the chance to get that type of experience at practically no cost to you. I say "practically", because the only caveat to this offer is that you must have your own domain name. But other than that, read below. If you like it, email me at jonathan.bates@batener.org and we will get it started.

Visit http://www.reverttoself.com/ for more details.

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