SQL Server Heroes


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Ask The Experts

View the type of expertise available to you at PASS Summit 2008 and meet some of the those experts.

Ask the Experts TableFocus Area
SecurityEncryption, Auditing, Compliance
High AvailabilityClustering, Mirroring, Log Shipping, Data Recovery, Replication
ManageabilitySetup, Policy-Based Management, Data Collector, PowerShell™, Management Studio
ScalabilityOptimizer, Shared Databases, Resource Governor
MigrationSQL Server Migration Assistant, Oracle, Sybase, Access®
Data DevelopmentSync Framework, Project Velocity, Entity Framework, LINQ, ADO.NET, ADO.NET Data Services, ODBC, OLE DB,TSQL, PHP Driver, JDBC Driver
SQL Server Reporting ServicesReport Builder 2.0, Self-Service Reporting, Report Designer
SQL Server IntegrationServices High-Speed Connectivity, DTS to SSIS Migration
Beyond Relational - Enhanced Data TypesSpatial, XML, Filestream, Full-Text Search, Service Broker,Sparse Columns, Filtered Indexes, Hierarchy ID
Microsoft SQL ServicesSQL Server in the Cloud
Visual Studio 2008Declarative Database Development, Schema Versioning and Deployment, Database Schema Testing, Data Tier Development Integration into Application Lifecycle
VirtualizationHyper-V™, What to consider while setting up SQL for virtualization, best practices and guidelines, Use of virtualization for HA (Host clustering), Live migration and other provisioning
SQL Server EditionsArchitecture, Design, Project Discussion, Customer Learnings
SQLCAT (SQL Server Customer Advisory Team)Architecture, Design, Project Discussion, Customer Learnings
UpgradeSpotlight Demo: "Rolling Cluster Upgrade", Upgrade Advisor & Related Tooling, Application Compatibility
Business ApplicationsMicrosoft Dynamics®, SharePoint® PerformancePoint® Server Dashboards, Scorecards, Analytics
Data WarehousingScale-up, Scale-out, Project Madison, Compression, Partitioning, Performance
SQL Server Analysis ServicesOLAP & Data Mining, Self-Service BI
VelocityDistributed Cache, Application Performance, Scale, Availability

"Meet the Microsoft Elite 300

Here is a sampling of the Experts you will meet during the Ask The Experts sessions:


Alan Brewer 		Expertise: 17 years experience on the SQL Server support and writing teams

Ilya Butenko 		Microsoft SQL Server - International Team

Expertise: SQL Server Localizability, Internationalization, Localization

Fernando Caro 		Microsoft SQL Server - International Team

Expertise: Globalization (Unicode, sorting, formats)

Mary Chipman

 Expertise: ADO.NET, SQLClient, Access-to-SQL Server migration

Sheldon Cumming 		Microsoft SSRS team

http://blogs.msdn.com/sheldonc/

Bonnie Feinberg 		Developer on Community Samples Team

http://blogs.microsoft.com/bonniefe

Craig Guyer 		Microsoft SSRS team

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlrsteamblog/

Jerome Halmans 		Microsoft SQL Server Team

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine

Kamal Hathi 		Microsoft SSAS Team

http://blogs.msdn.com/kamalh

Wanda He 		http://blogs.msdn.com/mssqlisv/

Umachandar Jayachandran 		http://blogs.msdn.com/sqltips

Expertise: SQL Programmability - SQL, TSQL, Native Types, and SQLCLR

Dan Jones 		http://blogs.msdn.com/dtjones

Michael Kaplan 		http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap

Valeri Kim 		Microsoft SSAS team

Jamie MacLennan 		Microsoft SSAS team

http://blogs.msdn.com/jamiemac

Pradeep Madhavarapu 		Microsoft SQL Engine App Platform Team

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlrbs/

Venkatraman Parameswaran 		Microsoft SQL Engine App Platform Team

Expertise: Fulltext Search, Filters, word breakers, thesaurus

Burzin Patel 		http://blogs.msdn.com/mssqlisv/

Carl Rabeler 		http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlcat

Srik Raghavan 		Expertise: SQL Server engine Scalability and HA

Jack Richins 		Microsoft SQL Server Team

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlsecurity

Lara Rubbelke 		http://sqlblog.com/blogs/lara_rubbelke/default.aspx

Expertise: PBM, encryption, compliance, architecture and some BI

Mark Souza 		http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlcat

Juergen Thomas 		http://blogs.msdn/saponsqlserver

Qingsong Yao 		Microsoft SQL Engine App Platform Team

http://blogs.msdn.com/qingsongyao