Speaker: Tim Mitchell
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BIO: Tim is a Microsoft SQL Server consultant, developer, speaker, and trainer. He has been working with SQL Server for over 6 years, working primarily in database development, business administration, data integration, and automation. He has earned a number of industry certifications and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M at Commerce. Tim is principal and senior data engineer for Tyleris Data Solutions, a business intelligence and data management consulting firm. As an active member of the community, Tim has spoken at venues including SQL Saturday and the PASS Business Intelligence SIG, and is an active volunteer and speaker at the North Texas SQL Server User Group in Dallas. Tim is an author and forum contributor on SQLServerCentral.com and has published dozens of SQL Server training videos on JumpstartTV.com.
Topic: #1-Report Builder 2.0 for Self-Service Reporting
For the DBA, creating and maintaining reports can take up a significant amount of time. Constantly changing requirements, an endless stream of ad-hoc requests, and simple formatting changes all add up to a good deal of maintenance. To lighten the load, Microsoft offers SQL Server Report Buider 2.0, an easy-to-use reporting tool for building published and ad-hoc reports using SQL Server Reporting Services. In this SQL Lunch presentation, we'll look at the capabilities of Report Builder 2.0 and how it can be used with SSRS to allow users to create and maintain many of their own reports. |
Speaker: Patrick LeBlanc
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BIO: Patrick LeBlanc, SQL Server MVP, is currently a Business Intelligence Architect for Pragmatic Works. He has worked as a SQL Server DBA for the past 9 years. His experience includes working in the Educational, Advertising, Mortgage, Medical and Financial Industries. He is also the founder of TSQLScripts.com, SQLLunch.com and the President of the Baton Rouge Area SQL Server User Group. Patrick is a regular speaker at various SQL Server community events, including SQL Saturday’s, User Groups and the SQL Lunch.
Topic: #2-SQL 2008 Data Compression
SQL Server 2008 introduced two types of data compression. In this session I will show you how to implement to use tools provided by microsoft to impliment it in your environment. |