Our spotlight sessions highlight a speaker who is engaging and highly regarded within the SQL Server Community. In years past these speakers have received high ratings for their sessions and have been invited back by popular demand for PASS Summit 2009. (Please note that these sessions are subject to change).
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T-SQL Tips & Tricks
Itzik Ben-Gan (Solid Quality Mentors)Building FILESTREAM solutions with SQL Server 2008
Klaus Aschenbrenner (Klaus Aschenbrenner)Best Practices for Working With Execution Plans
Grant Fritchey (FM Global)Managing Hierarchies in SQL Server 2008 with HIERARCHYID
Peter DeBetta (Microsoft)Nordic - turn SQL Server into an Object Db
Paul Nielsen (www.SQLServerBible.com)Making Effective Use of the Plan Cache
Greg Low (Solid Q Australia)
Applied SSIS Design Patterns
Andy Leonard (Unisys Corporation)Kimball Approach Dimensional Modeling Across SQL Server and SSAS
Warren Thornthwaite (Kimball Group)How to Get Rich (Quicker) Using the Time Series Data Mining Algorithm!
Peter Myers (Solid Quality Mentors)Loading a Data Warehouse with SSIS
Brian Knight (Pragmatic Works)Creating Data-Driven Subscriptions in SSRS
Joe Webb (WebbTech Solutions, LLC)Data Profiling and Cleansing with Integration Services 2008
Erik Veerman (Solid Quality Mentors)Automating your Data Warehouse
Erin Welker (ENF Consulting)SSRS in the Enterprise - How to survive with a smile
Wayne Snyder (Mariner)
SQL Server 2008 Manageability Features
Peter Ward (WARDY IT Solutions)Advanced SQL Server 2008 Extended Events: Performance Profiling and Troubleshooting Techniques
Adam Machanic (SQLblog.com)Sizing SQL Servers for (unknown) Workload
Thomas Grohser (bwin Interactive Entertainment AG)Lies, damned lies and statistics
Gail Shaw (XpertEase)Understanding Logging and Recovery in SQL Server
Paul Randal (SQLskills.com)SQL Server Consolidation and Virtualization: Myths, Realities and Best Practices
Joe Yong (Scalability Experts)SQL Server Covering: Concepts, Concerns, & Costs
Kimberly Tripp (SQLskills.com)Dude, Where Is My Memory? Understanding Microsoft SQL Server Memory Usage and Management
Maciej Pilecki (Project Botticelli Ltd.)Exploring Index Internals
Kalen Delaney (SQLearning)Capturing and Analyzing File & Wait Stats
Andrew Kelly (Solid Quality Mentors)