The Belgian SQL Server User Group is teaming up with Microsoft to organize an “Ask The Experts” event. The purpose of this event is to give you, the SQL Server user, an opportunity to ask Microsoft those things which you’ve always wanted to know but never could find on the internet. The questions are currently being gathered [...]
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For the second time this year, the SQL PASS folks are organizing another 24 Hours of PASS, a 24-hour free virtual training event.  Each session takes one hour, so there are 24 presentations in total.  Instead of putting them right after each other, this time they’ve decided to split the event in half: 12 hours [...]
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No excuses for not attending if you’re a SQL Server DBA, system administrator or just interested in the subject.  It’s a free training event, it’s presented by Ricardo Noulez and it’s taking place in the Microsoft offices in Zaventem. When? Thursday, April 20th, 2010 Where? Microsoft België Corporate Village Leonardo Da Vincilaan 3 1935 Zaventem More info Managing SQL Server requires insight in the [...]
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As I have recently become a core-member of the Belgian SQLUG, you’re probably going to see a bit more spread-the-word posts about interesting events or other advantages, such as this one. The Belgian SQL Server User Group offers a significant 35% discount for its members (even more than the early-bird discount) for any PASS European Conference [...]
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With great pleasure I’d like to share with you that my employer has approved my request to attend the SQL PASS European Conference! (Thank you Ordina ) This event will take place at 21-23 April 2010 in Neuss, Germany. I’m really looking forward to this, I’m sure it will be three days with a lot [...]
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What? Service Broker provides queuing and reliable messaging for SQL Server. Service Broker is used both for applications that use a single SQL Server instance and applications that distribute work across multiple instances. Within a single SQL Server instance, Service Broker provides a robust asynchronous programming model. Database applications typically use asynchronous programming to shorten interactive response [...]
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If you don’t have anything planned on next September 2 and you’re interested in some free SQL Server-related learning: it’s the 24 Hours of PASS! You can even stay in your lazy chair at home because it’s an online event, no worrying about bus/train/plane/hotel/…  Just install the software (or browser plug-in, I actually don’t know because [...]
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