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Tips for using SQL Server 2008 indexed views
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SharePoint Performance Troubleshooting
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Free Webcast: Get Your Implementation Organized
Service Accounts, Web Applications, Application Pools, File Locations, Database Names, when it comes to SharePoint environments, if you don’t plan ahead, your environment can quickly become a disorganized mess of IIS, SQL & SharePoint components. Suddenly you don’t know what web application maps to what application pool in IIS, or even worse, you don’t know what service accounts perform what functions! This session will cover strategies and provide recommendations on ways that SharePoint administrators can reign in their farm and make sure that no matter who is managing it, everyone is on the same page. Organization is key – and this session will help get you one step closer to organization nirvana.
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Mentoring and SQL Server
I think one of the biggest challenges facing people coming into the information profession is learning the realities of working with databases. It’s one thing to learn steps in a process or to learn application of Books Online. But I think it’s quite something different to think about how you teach someone approaches to problem solving with a data platform. I suppose, of course, that this isn’t limited just to SQL Server. It’s really all data platforms that are maturing so quickly to support business intelligence.
I was talking with a speaker that was here in-studio about different options that are available and how people approach learning. I think there’s a need for apprenticeship/mentor/coach relationships. While it’s perhaps not as hard-core as becoming a blacksmith, I do think that very similar relationships would have a profound impact on our profession.
I wanted to see how YOU learned? Was it all by trial and error? I’d guess it was largely that (it certainly was for me) and the efficiency of that is pretty dismal. Think about where things could be in terms of rolling out new systems, new BI tools, new approaches if the lessons learned were passed along in a more active/structured/coaching type of way. There’s so much more than just reading an article, FAQ or whatever. Sure, that’s great troubleshooting assistance, but…
So, drop me a note – swynk@sswug.org – how did you learn? What would you do different? What do you think of the mentor/coach idea?