Hi Friends,

With respect to my last post, the decks & demo scripts of the event is uploaded on www.WeTogether.in

Regards
Amit

Hi Friends,

I recently concluded a community session for SQLServerGeeks.com – AB’s SQL Server day. SQLServerGeeks.com officially kicked off its series of community sessions on SQL Server branded as AB’s SQL Server day. The Delhi NCR chapter was delivered on 14th April 2010 at Microsoft Gurgaon. Sarabpreet Singh and I presented 1 session each on Back/Restore & SQL Server Spatial data respectively. The sessions were very well received and responded by the audience. The event was attended by 40 people approximately. Thanks to Microsoft, Rishu Mehra, Sarabpreet Singh, Amit Bansal, PeoplewareIndia, UGSS, GITCA & INETA for all their support in community activities.

All the pics can be seen on www.peoplewareindia.com/events.htm

Stay tuned. More events coming up !!!

Regards

Amit Bansal
www.amitbansal.net

Hi Friends,

SQLServerGeeks.com & PeoplewareIndia.com cordially invite you to AB’s SQL Server day on 24^th April 2010 (Saturday) at Microsoft Gurgaon from 10.30 am to 2 pm. Register at http://www.eDominer.com/CL/Registration1.aspx

Amit Bansal & Sarabpreet Singh will present power-packed sessions. This is a community event and is absolutely free. Session details are as follows:

10.30 am to 10.45 am – Introduction

Topic 1: Backup & Restore

Speaker: Sarabpreet Singh

Time: 10.45 am to 12 noon

Abstract: Guidelines for good backup Strategy

Role of recovery models in Backup \ Restore

Precautions while switching Recovery Models

How to avoid common pitfalls in Backup\ Restore

Tweaking to get maximum Performance in Backup\ Restore

12 noon to 12.30 pm – Refreshments & Networking

Topic 2: SQL Server Spatial stuff

Speaker: Amit Bansal

Time: 12.30 pm to 1.45 pm

Abstract: You might have attended many sessions (online webcasts & physical events) that show you how to insert & retrieve spatial data to and from a database in SQL Server 2008. You might have seen standard demos and code snippets that insert data into Geometry/Geography data type in a table and then easily retrieve it using T-SQL. But do you really know what spatial data is all about? Do you understand what is Geo-Spatial stuff is all about? Fathom this - Coordinate Systems, Cartesian coordinate systems, World Geodetic System, Spatial Reference System, Geographic Coordinate System, Spherical Coordinate System, etc. Already confused? Well, Spatial support is just not about 2 data types, it’s a whole world of complex data and Amit Bansal will make this difficult concept easy for you to understand and implement. Amit will present a well-balanced session with delivery of strong concepts followed by crisp demos. Get ready to develop your own Geo Spatial application !

1.45 pm to 2 pm – Closing note

Date: 24^th April 2010, Saturday

Time: 10.30 am to 2 pm

Venue: Microsoft, CyberGreen towers, DLF Phase II, 9^th Floor, Gurgaon

Contact: Rishu Mehra: 9818562858

Registration link: http://www.eDominer.com/CL/Registration1.aspx

Note: Registration is a must.

We look forward to your participation. Please forward this email to your friends & colleagues to make them aware of the event. Do spread the word by blogging about it and posting it in relevant forums. Your efforts in spreading the word will be highly appreciated.

Thanks & Regards

SQLServerGeeks.com

PeoplewareIndia.com

Hi Friends,

I have uploaded the pictures of SQL BI community session that I delivered in January 2010. I was delivering in Kathmandu for the first time and it is always a good experience interacting with the audience of another country. The participants engaged me well and I thoroughly enjoyed interacting with them. And yes, it was cold there

You can browse the pics at: http://www.peoplewareindia.com/images/Events/photogallary/photogallary_Kathmandu_Jan2010/photogallary_Kathmandu_Jan2010.htm

Hi Friends,

I recently delivered Advance SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services workshop across 7 cities in India. The outline/course & training delivery was so well appreciated that I almost ran full house in every city. In this process, I landed up training 100+ IT Pros/Devs in SQL Server BI. Pictures can be seen at www.peoplewareindia.com/events.htm. In India, this was first time that such a comprehensive workshop on SSAS 2008 was being delivered pan India, that too with such a fabulous feedback. You can read all the feedback/testimonials at http://www.peoplewareindia.com/feedback/viewfeedbacks.aspx.

Now, I have another group of IT PROs requesting the same course again in Delhi NCR, and I am running another batch from 4-7 Feb in Gurgaon.

Please visit http://www.peoplewareindia.com/emailers/SSAScourse_onceagain.htm to get complete details on schedule, course outline & the venue.

I will deliver the training myself and you can know more about me by visiting www.peoplewareindia.com & www.amitbansal.net. You can also download my profile from these links.

Get yourself nominated from your company (or) attend this in your capacity. This is the most comprehensive course on SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services and the sessions are truly ‘deep-dive’. If you want me to send the details to your Training manager/Project Manager/Training & Learning Department or any other manager, connect me with that person over email at amit.bansal@peoplewareindia.com

Please also forward this email to your friends & colleagues to make them aware of the event.

You can reach me at +91 9007009017 to know more. (PS: I will be out of India from 29 Jan to 1^st Feb and this number will not be reachable)

Apologies, if this message has disturbed you, I just wanted to make you aware of the event.

Hi Friends,

Community TechDays is being organized across India. I could not post the emailer in my blog due to formatting issues. the emailer has been posted in Peopleware India forum www.WeTogether.in. Log in to the forum and register yourself for the event. Its a professionally managed community event. Great sessions & great speakers. And its all free. I might be speaking in Hyderabad or Delhi. Hope to meet some of you.

Hi Friends,

I am planning to deliver a few webcasts on SQL Server. I know many of you are looking forward to webcasts on SQL Server 2008 R2. But apart from standard stuff like "What’s New" or "Feature-based" sessions, I want to focus on real-life issues that you all face on a day to day basis. Thus I need suggestions from all of you. Think about what type of sessions could help you in improving your productivity, or solve a real problem (performance or otherwise) or help implement a solution. It could be administration, development or BI or DW. Your suggestion could be across SQL Server 2005, 2008 or R2, or it may not be version specific at all. So, I am really looking forward to your valuable inputs. Send me your suggestions at amit.bansal@peoplewareindia.com. Please put the subject as ‘SQL Server session ideas’. Do not forget to put your name, company name & contact details in your signature. Please **do not** post your suggestions in the forum here because I may not come and check this thread as I have posted the same message in many UGs across India. I am really looking forward to something innovative, something different from the standard league. If your session is selected, you shall get the credit when I deliver the session.

Looking forward to hear from you. Send you suggestions at amit.bansal@peoplewareindia.com

Hi Friends,

Last month, I delivered a community session for Hyderabad Techies on SQL Server BI. Harish from Microsoft & Hima (MVP) also presented. The sessions rocked and the audience enjoyed to the fullest. I love delivering sessions for the community and every sessions is a new learning experience.

There are many pictures that you can see at www.peoplewareindia.com/events.htm and the presentations can be downloaded from www.WeTogether.in.

Hi Friends,

We have an excellent opportunity to have a FIRST look into Microsoft Sharepoint 2010. The event details are as follows:
Date: Saturday, Jan 9th 2010
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 9th Floor, Microsoft Corp, Tower A, Cyber Greens, Sector
25A, Gurgaon

The session will be delieverd by Neha Monga, Program Manager, Microsoft Corp.:
Neha is a Program Manager on Microsoft Access & Access Services team based in Microsoft Redmond USA. She is responsible for various Access
features that run on SharePoint. She graduated from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore with degree in Computer Engineering and a love for data. She is very excited to talk about Access 2010 and SharePoint 2010.

Detailed agenda of the event is as follows:
1. First Look into SharePoint 2010
2. Microsoft Access with Sharepoint 2010
3. What is BPOS

Do join MS folks in this session.

Hi Friends,

My team has finally uploaded all the pictures that I took during my workshops across India in November & December. This includes my 7 city workshop on SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services, BI workshop at Microsoft IDC Hyderabad, BI course for one of my clients in Chennai & the Hyderabad community session. Well, it has been a real hectic tour. Enjoy all the pictures at www.peoplewareindia.com/events.htm

Wish you all a very happy & prosperous new year !!!