Presenter: Aaron Bertrand – Senior consultant for SQL Sentry, Inc.
Topic: What’s new in SQL Server 2012 (Denali)?
Presentation cover many of the new features coming our way in the next major version of SQL Server. From contained databases to high availability to T-SQL enhancements, we will cover the good, the bad, the missing and the ugly. Presentation includes several demos and no marketing.
Introduce people to some of the new features they will be getting in Denali. Prepare people for some negative changes (e.g. mirroring now becomes most useful in Windows Enterprise Edition only). Discuss issues of migrating / upgrading from current editions.
Biography:
Aaron Bertrand is a senior consultant for SQL Sentry, Inc, makers of performance monitoring and event management software for SQL Server, Analysis Services, and Windows. He has been blogging at sqlblog.com since 2006, focusing on manageability, performance, and new features; tweets as “@AaronBertrand;” and speaks frequently at user group meetings and SQL Saturday events.