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Webcasts
The webcasts page has links to Kimberly's 10-part MSDN series A Primer to Proper SQL Server Development and her 11-part TechNet series SQL Server 2005 for the IT Professional. It also has links to other recorded webcasts that are available.

Sample Databases
As used in most conference sessions, these two sample databases are useful for learning and reproducing the behavior of most demos. Credit is used in many performance-related demos. SalesDB is used in many "online operations" demos. Unzip and restore (possibly, WITH MOVE) to use.
 2000 Credit Sample Database (48MB zip/155MB backup/700MB restore)

 2008 Credit Sample Database (52MB zip/53MB compressed backup/700MB restore)

 2008 Sales Sample Database (18MB zip/196MB backup/240MB restore)


Sample Corrupt Databases
This zip file contains the six common corrupt databases that Paul uses in Corruption Survival Techniques, DBCC CHECKDB, and disaster recovery conference sessions, and in most classes with corruption recovery demos. These databases are all from SQL Server 2005. For instructions, see this blog post for details. Unzip and restore (possibly, WITH MOVE) to use.

All the databases should restore and show corruptions on SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 too - except DemoFatalCorruption1 and DemoFatalCorruption2. To experiment with fatal corruptions on SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2, use the two databases in the Sample 2008 Fatal Corruption Databases or Sample 2008 R2 Fatal Corruption Databases zip below.
 Sample Corrupt Databases (36MB zip/~400MB restored)

 Sample 2008 Fatal Corruption Databases (232KB zip/~3MB restored)

 Sample 2008 R2 Fatal Corruption Databases (260KB zip/~3MB restored)
 
2008 PASS Community Summit
November 17-21, 2008 - Seattle, Washington
2008 PASS Community Summit
  Presented by PASS, the Professional Association for SQL Server
Bob Beauchemin
  Spotlight Presenter 
By Invitation Only, Spotlight Presenters deliver a pre- or post-conference session as well as a longer (90 minutes) presentations at the conference!
 
Pre-conference Session (November 18):
- SQL Server 2008 Features For Developers In-Depth
 CodeSamples

Spotlight Session:
- Using Spatial Data in SQL and in Clients
 CodeSamples

Paul S. Randal & Kimberly L. Tripp
  Spotlight Presenters 
By Invitation Only, Spotlight Presenters deliver a pre- or post-conference session as well as a longer (90 minutes) presentations at the conference!
 
Pre-conference Session (November 18):
- Database Maintenance: From Planning to Practice to Post-Mortem
 CodeSamples

Spotlight Session (Paul):
- Corruption Survival Techniques
 Code Samples (see this blog post for details)

Conference Session (Kimberly - stepped in at the last minute!):
- Index Internals and Usage
 CodeSamples
SQL Connections, Fall 2008
November 9-14, 2008 Las Vegas, USA
Pre-conference Session (November 9) (Paul & Kimberly):
- Database Best Practices for the Involuntary DBA
 Demo Scripts

Pre-conference Session (November 10) (Paul & Kimberly):
- Relational Data Warehousing: Leveraging Key Features of SQL Server 2005/2008
 Demo Scripts

Conference Sessions:
- SDV303: Index Internals and Usage (Kimberly)
 Demo Scripts

- SDB405: Essential Database Maintenance (Paul & Kimberly)
 Demo Scripts

- SDB412: DBCC CHECKDB: The Definitive Guide (Paul)
 Code Samples (see this blog post for details)

- SDB313: Follow the Rabbit: Interactive Q&A on Database Maintenance (Paul & Kimberly)
 
Microsoft TechEd EMEA Developers
November 10 - 14, 2008 - Barcelona, Spain
  Presented by Microsoft Corporation
Conference Sessions, presented by Bob Beauchemin:
- DAT302: Programming Filestreams in SQL Server 2008
 Code Samples

- DAT303: SQLCLR Enhancements in SQL Server 2008
 Code Samples

- DAT304: Supporting a Sparse Property Design in SQL Server 2008
 Code Samples

- DAT305: Performance Enhancements in SQL Server 2008
 Code Samples

- DAT314: Programming PowerShell in SQL Server 2008
 Code Samples

 
Microsoft TechEd EMEA IT Professionals
November 3 - 7, 2008 - Barcelona, Spain
  Presented by Microsoft Corporation
Instructor-Led Labs, presented by Paul S. Randal:
- DAT02-ILL: Combining Database Mirroring and Transactional Replication in SQL Server 2008
 Code Samples

- DAT04-ILL: Corruption Recovery Techniques
 Code Samples (see this blog post for details)

Instructor-Led Labs, presented by Kimberly L. Tripp:
- DAT01-ILL: SQL Server Worst Practices Fixed
- DAT03-ILL: Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Analyze and Tune your Workload
Conference Sessions, presented by Kimberly L. Tripp:
- DAT305: Microsoft SQL Server 200x: Are Your Indexing Strategies Working?
 Demo Scripts

- DAT308: SQL Server Worst Practices Exposed, Part I
- DAT309: SQL Server Worst Practices Exposed, Part II
Conference Sessions, presented by Paul S. Randal:
- DAT307: Surviving Database Corruption - From Detection to Resolution
 Code Samples (see this blog post for details)

- DAT312: SQL Server 2008 Replication: Providing High-Availability Using Database Mirroring
 Code Samples

Conference Sessions, presented by Bob Beauchemin:
- DAT313: Performance Benefits of new SQL Server 2008 T-SQL features
 Code Samples

- DAT08-IS: Diagnosing Errors and Performance Problems using SQL Server Extended Events
 Code Samples

 
SQLKnowHow/SQLskills Seminars
September 8-9, 2008 - Edinburgh, Scotland
Indexing for Performance, presented by Kimberly L. Tripp:
 Demo Scripts

 
Microsoft TechEd ITPro US 2008
June 9 - 13, 2008 - Orlando, FL
Official Microsoft Tech*Ed US ITPro Site
  Presented by Microsoft Corporation

Conference Sessions delivered by Kimberly L. Tripp:
- DAT354: Are Your Indexing Strategies Working?
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
 Demo Scripts

Conference Sessions delivered by Paul S. Randal:
- DAT375: Corruption Survival Techniques
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
 Code Samples (see this blog post for details)

 
Microsoft TechEd Developers US 2008
June 2 - 6, 2008 - Orlando, FL
Official Microsoft Tech*Ed US Developers Site
  Presented by Microsoft Corporation

Pre-conference Workshop delivered by Bob Beauchemin:
- PRC14: SQL Server 2008 New Features Overview for Developers Monday, 2 June 2008
 Demo Scripts

Conference Sessions delivered by Bob Beauchemin:
- DAT404: Practical SQL Server Security For Developers and Architects
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
 Demo Scripts

- DAT401: End-to-End Tracing with SQL Server 2008 and ADO.NET
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
 Demo Scripts

- DAT308: PowerShell in SQL Server 2008
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
 Demo Scripts

 
SQL Connections, Spring 2008
April 20 - 24, 2008 - Orlando, USA
The Accidental DBA Workshop, presented by Paul S. Randal and Kimberly L. Tripp:
 Demo Scripts

Pre-conference Workshop presented by Bob Beauchemin:
- SPR302: SQL Server 2008 Overview for Developers Saturday, 19 Apr 2008
 Demo Scripts

Conference Sessions presented by Bob Beauchemin:
- SDB403: Diagnosis with Extended Events in SQL Server 2008
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
 Demo Scripts

- SDB304: PowerShell in SQL Server 2008
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
 Demo Scripts

- SDV306: Spatial Support in Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
 Demo Scripts

- SDB307: Learn the XML You Need to Manage Your Database
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
 Demo Scripts

 
Miracle/SQLskills Seminars
March 31, 2008 - Reykjavik, Iceland
The Accidental DBA, presented by Paul S. Randal and Kimberly L. Tripp:
 Demo Scripts

 
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