1. Louisville SQL Server Users Group
May 2014

2. Welcome! Thanks for Joining Us!
Join our chapter (officially) via the PASS Website: Visit our website for meeting info: Join our Facebook page to stay connected with other members:

3. Welcome X-IO – Sponsor for May 2014!!
X-IO is a recognized innovator in the storage industry. The X-IO Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) systems are based on two decades of invention and investment by veteran storage industry experts, and deliver unmatched price/performance, reliability and scale for enterprise and cloud applications and infrastructure. The company’s plug-and-perform ISE storage arrays are customer-proven to accelerate transactional, reporting and business intelligence applications by a factor of 3X or more; drive extreme performance and scale for virtual desktop and virtualized server infrastructures; and with five- to seven-year duty cycles, a super-efficient energy and space profile, and the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). X-IO solutions have been recognized as SQL Server Magazine and Windows IT Pro’s 2011 Editors’ Best Gold Medal winners, the 2012 Best of TechEd “Hardware and Storage Product” and “Attendees’ Pick” Awards, and inclusion in CRN’s 2012 Data Center 100 List. Visit us at

4. 2014 Monthly Meetings Date Time Venue Topic Speaker May 8
11:30am – 1:30pm
Humana
SQL Performance with X-IO Storage
Jeff Boling
Jun 12
6:00pm – 8:00pm
TBD
SQL Server Statistics
Sreeni Julakanti
Jul 10
Trends in Big Data With PDW
Tony Mattas
Aug 14
Visual Studio Database Tools
Dave Fackler
Sep 11
Contained Databases
Malathi Mahadevan
Oct 9
Backup Internals
Tim Chapman
Nov 13
Columnstore Indexes in SQL 2014
Dec 11
Holiday Party

5. 2014 SQL Saturday Line-up!
SQL Saturday provides a fantastic, FREE day of SQL Server training!
Different tracks for different topics (DBA, BI, Dev, etc.)
Typically pay small fee for lunch
Pre-cons sometimes offered (at additional cost)
Great way to spend a Saturday learning more about SQL Server
Columbus – June 14
Louisville – June 21
Indianapolis – Aug 9
Birmingham – Aug 23
Raleigh – Sep 6
Charlotte – Oct 4 (BI Edition)

6. Louisville SQL Saturday #286
June 21 at Indiana Wesleyan University Registration is open! Session schedule has been set Volunteer committee headed up by Malathi Mahadevan (contact her to volunteer!) Visit to register, find the schedule, etc.

7. Louisville SQL Saturday #286
Pre-Cons for June 20 announced!!
Query Performance Tuning in SQL Server (Grant Fritchey, Red Gate Software)
BI Solutions from Start to Finish (Dave Fackler, resident expert and wise guy )
All-day training session for $120 (includes breakfast refreshments and boxed lunch)
Registration links and information on the Louisville SQL Saturday #286 website

8. Our Featured Presentation
SQL Performance with X-IO Storage
… And Away We Go…