29th - 31st March 2012

Novotel London West, London

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SQLBits X is the official UK SQL Server 2012 Technical Launch Event.

At SQLBits, we are delighted to announce that SQLBits X is the official UK Technical Launch for SQL Server 2012.

Not only will we have 3 days of amazing deep SQL Server content, we will also have some of the best SQL Server 2012 content available in the world. With many presentations based on actual production deployments of SQL Server 2012.

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Biggest SQL Event in Europe

SQLBits continues to be the biggest SQL Server event in Europe and SQLBits X will be no different. SQLBits X will be the biggest and best event yet, we have increased capacity for this event to allow for:

  • 900 attendees on each day.
  • 14 Training day seminars.
  • 70 breakout sessions.
  • 2 Evening network events.

Novotel London West

3 days of amazing SQL Server Training

Thursday will be a series of deep dive full day sessions.  Delivered by leading SQL Server experts from the SQL Server product groups and MVP community including:

  • Matt Mason, SQL Server Integration Services Team at Microsoft
  • Michael Rys, Product Manager SQL Server Engine Team Stacia Misner SQL Server MVP
  • Denny Cherry, SQL Server MVP and MCM
  • Stacia Misner, SQL Server MVP
  • Tobias Ternstrom, Product Manager SQL Server 
  • and many more...... 



The following sessions currently have a waiting list:

No More Guessing! Enlightened Performance Troubleshooting with Adam Machanic

However, the following session is a fantastic alternative given by Tobias Ternstron who is a SQL Server product manager based in Redmond:

Programmability in SQL Server 2012 and SQL Azure with Tobias Ternstrom



The following sessions are close to filling up, so be sure to book your place to avoid disappointment

A 360-Degree View of SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence with Stacia Misner

AlwaysOn: Maximizing High Availability with SQL Server 2012 with Allan Hirt

Deep dive into Analysis Services with Akshai Mirchandani



Additional training days from Microsoft SQL Server Product Managers include:

Beyond Relational in SQL Server 2012 and SQL Azure with Michael Rys

SSIS Performance Design Patterns with Matt Masson

SSDT Master Class with Gert Drapers



And finally there are still places available on the following sessions:

Putting tabular models into production with Cathy Dumas

Take Good care of your Data: Introducing SQL 2012 DQS &MDS with David Faibish

Storage For the DBA with Denny Cherry

An effective (though uncommon) approach to database design with Hugo Kornelis

SQL Server Workshop for Developers with Leonard Lobel

Leadership Skills for the Database Professional with Kevin Kline

Deploying Highly Available SQL Server 2012 BI Environments. with Chris Testa-O'Neill



This is just a small section of the Microsoft Certified Masters, Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals and Microsoft Staff who will be attending the most important European SQL Server event of the year.

Friday 7 tracks of SQL Server 2012 sessions delivered by our highest rated speakers including SQL Server Product Team , MVPs, MCMs and other world renowned speakers.

Saturday - As always we will conclude proceedings on the Saturday with our free Community Day.

Networking

Novotel London West

It's not all about work, SQLBits is an amazing opportunity to network with SQL Server professionals from around the world. We have the following events that follow on from the normal conference days on Thursday and Friday evenings.

  • Thursday Fusion-io’s follow-up to last year’s highly entertaining Crappy Code Games in the evening. Test your SQL Server skills to win amazing prizes or just relax and watch.
  • Friday SQLBits Pub night. This is a great chance to test your non SQL Skills against your colleagues and fellow SQL Server professionals. In our commitment to the community and to make this a must attend event this time we are allowing partners to come along. Make sure you say they are coming when you register.

Agenda

The agenda isn't finalised yet but you can still register to make sure you get your place. If you want to change your mind once the agenda is finalised then you can do, but we know that the content is going to be amazing so you would be mad to.



Location Novotel London West

The conference will be taking place at the Novotel London West. We have a special rate for attendees but space is limited to book early to avoid disappointment

To see details go to our Travel & Accommodation page

Pricing

We want as many SQL Server professionals to take advantage of this unique event. To that end, for the third conference in a row, we are freezing the prices to attend. Please visit the pricing page for more information.


If you are not a member already join SQLBits and we will send you updates about this event as and when they happen.



Sessions from the last conference

Advanced SQL Server 2008 Troubleshooting
Advanced SSRS. Find out what you have been missing.
Around the world (of query plan operators) in 50 minutes
Basic BISM
BDA and BDW Appliance Deep Dive
Building a SSMS Add-in; The Agony and Ecstasy
Building Great Models for Crescent
Creating a Meta Data Driven SSIS Solution with Biml
Data Quality Services-Making Data Suitable for Business
Data Replication Redefined – best practices for replicating data to SQL Server
Database Development with SQL Server Juneau
Database unit testing with visual studio 2010
Deep Dive – HP EDW, Massive Scale, Low Cost
Designing an SSIS Framework
Disk IO Tuning for Microsoft SQL Server Newbie
Fast Track to Spatial Reporting
Finding the Limits
Gather SQL Server Performance Data with PowerShell
Gruesome Grotesque and Gory Horrors Stories from the World of IT
Handling Advanced Data Warehouse Scenarios in SSIS
Hey PowerShell Eventing, can you notify me ?
Implementing Real-Time Data Warehouse
Inside Ola Hallengrens Maintenance Solution
iPad and Powerpivot-Mobile Business Intelligence in action
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
Kerberos-All You Need to Know in One Hour
Keynote - Appliance Roadmap
Knowing the Internals, Who Needs SQL Server Anyway?
Let Service Broker Help You Scale Your Application
Lightning Talks
LogParser-quicker than SSIS, easier than BCP
Many-to-Many Relationships in DAX
Master Data Services in SQL Server Denali
MDX and DAX-compare and contrast
Myths and Monsters of Flash
Performance tuning from the field
POSH Clustering
PowerPivot and QlikView 101
Preparation for Disaster
READPAST & Furious: Transactions, Locking and Isolation
Real Time and Historical Performance Troubleshooting with SQL Sentry
RoboDBA
SQL Azure-Design Concepts
SQL Server Community presents : The A to Z of SQL Nuggets
SQL Server Denali-Always On Deep Dive
SQL Server Upgrade: take help from tools and best practiceS
SQL Storage for the real world
SQL tuning from the dot.net perspective
The Art of War-Fast Track Data Warehouse & Fragmentation
The forgotten DBA daily essential checklist
Through the virtual looking glass – monitoring virtualised SQL
To Err on the safe side: Denali T-SQL Error handling
Transaction Log Performance & Troubleshooting-Deep Dive
Tricks of the Trade - DBA tools
Trivia Quiz: Test Your SQL Server and IT Knowledge and Win Prizes
T-SQL : Bad Habits to Kick
TSQL Performance Recommendations
Understanding SQL Server Execution Plans
Vertipaq vs OLAP: Change Your Data Modeling Approach
We have control!-Controlling Resources in SQL Server
What could SQL Server users learn from NoSQL
Whats New in Denali-DB engine and client tools
Whats new in Denali-TSQL
Whats New in SQL Server Denali for SSIS
Why are we Waiting.. Part 2
Working with Server Side Traces
Writeback-Here Comes the Sun