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SQL for the Oracle DBA:SQL Academy concludes.
January 22nd, Dublin

SQL cross-training for Oracle DBAs, delivered by Kevin Ashby from Microsoft UK.

Agenda

  • Why SQL Server and not Oracle
  • Structural Differences
  • Getting Started with SQL
  • Day to Day Tasks
  • Monitoring
  • Security
  • Advanced topics
  • High Availability
  • Migrations

Kevin Ashby, an Enterprise Technology Strategist in the CATM team in the UK, will deliver the training. Kevin has been
involved with database platforms for more than 20 years and has performing many roles including development, DBA,
technical design and account management. Kevin has also got tones of Oracle database experience and has even talked at
OracleWorld a number of times. See his bio online.

SQL Academy Session 4
When:4th December 2008

Tools and Planning

HA Upgrades

DTS to SSSIS

SQL Academy Session 3
When:13th November 2008

SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence for Developers/Architects
SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Track for DBAs/IT Professionals

BI Overview

SSIS Unleashed

SSIS Best practices

Data warehouse

SSAS Performance

Creating flexible reports

SSRS architecture

BI architecture

Delivering Business Value through Deployment

When:Dublin, 23rd Oct 2008

Deployment Keynote

Deployment Belfast Trust Sanitized

Arsenal Football Club video

Topics covered:

  • Business, management and technical benefits of Vista and Office 2007
  • How To Deploy

Visit the Deployment website

SQL Academy Session 2: Database Infrastructure & Scalability

When:Tuesday 14th October 2008
Location: Microsoft European Development Centre (EDC 2) Auditorium , South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18.

Shahar's SQL Academy presentation

Saggi's SQL Academy presentation & demos

Shahar's SQL UG presentation

Topics covered:

  • Clustering
  • Data Compression
  • Filestreaming

SQL Academy Session 1: SQL Server 2008 Overview for DBAs

When: Friday 5th September 2008, Session running from 9.30-17.00
Location: Microsoft European Development Centre (EDC 2)Auditorium , South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18.

Delivered by none less than Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randall - two of the very best SQL Server speakers on this planet!

SQL Server 2008 offers an impressive array of capabilities for professional developers that build upon key innovations introduced in SQL Server 2005. The use of many of these will have manageability and infrastructure implications for a database—and hence the DBA! There are also enhancements to existing high-availability technologies, plus a variety of new tools to aid in managing performance, scalability, administration, and troubleshooting. This workshop will help you understand how to exploit the new toolset and how to manage a database that makes use of the new features in SQL Server 2008. Come to this workshop so your developers don't surprise you with new demands once your company upgrades!

Topics covered:

  • Availability Enhancements
  • Policy-Based Management
  • Performance Data Collection
  • Resource Management and Troubleshooting
  • Security Enhancements
  • Management Implications of New Features
  • Scalability Enhancements
SQL Server 2008 Overview for DBAs

Office End user Training

Office End User Intro Web

Data Mining and Business Intelligence for Enterprises

Rafal Lukawiecki
Dublin 15th January

Introduction to Data Mining
Using Data Mining in Your IT Systems
Working with Data Mining

Microsoft NI Health Seminar
27th November, Hilton Hotel, Belfast

Microsoft NI Healthcare Breakfast

Optimise and secure your core Infrastructure
Dublin 29th of May, Belfast 31st of May.

An Introduction to DPM 2007 (12431kb)
Infrastructure Consulting Services System Center Expertise & Experiences (1012kb)
Introduction and Forefront (10917kb)
Microsoft and Virtualisation (3203kb)
System Center Overview (7710kb)

Find out what the developer opportunities available are with Windows Mobile on Monday May 14th!

Windows Mobile has become the platform of choice for an increasing number of enterprise and consumer solutions today. Together with Visual Studio 2005, the ability to leverage the power of Windows Mobile is now easier than ever. As the technology drives ahead with the announcement of Windows Mobile 6, mobile markets are growing and it is an exciting time for developers. Come to the Windows Mobile Ireland Briefing to find out what Windows Mobile is all about, where it is headed and how you can leverage its capabilities to realise the huge potential these devices bring to the mobile user.

This event is complimentary and will be hosted in the Microsoft EPDC2 Building, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18.

Keynote - Develop and Win with Windows Mobile (6570kb)
Windows Mobile Today (4535kb)
Extending Windows Mobile Applications (1769kb)
Fun with Windows Mobile (4571kb)

Unified Communications & Messaging
Friday March 30th, Morrison Hotel, Dublin.

Unified Communications Keynote (3735kb)
Unified Communications Event Intro and Close (6914kb)
Exchange Server 2007, Whats New and Why Upgrade (6138kb)
Unified Communications Devil Wears (15,429kb)
Windows Mobile 6 (5548kb)
Realise the Potential of Business Intelligence
Dublin, 7th February 2007
Belfast, 8th February 2007

Independent BI Overview - Dr Brendan Goodman (ppt, 1,919kb)
Overview of SQL Server BI - Donald Farmer (ppt, 8,155kb)
ProClarity in Microsoft BI - Mark Hayes (ppt, 4,375kb)
HP Integrity Server for Business Intelligence - Michael Fitzpatrick and Jim Agnew (ppt, 598kb)
Get Ready
Dublin, 5th December 2006

Ready for a New Day Keynote Presentation (ppt, 9,216kb)
Windows Vista Security Session, Rafal Lukawiecki (ppt, 3,447kb)
Microsoft's Application Platform
Dublin, 26th September
Belfast, 28th September

Keynote and Overview (ppt, 12,517kb)
Upgrading to SQL Server 2005 (ppt, 1,479kb)
Migrating to SQL (ppt, 8,641kb)
Development Integration Services and Reporting Services (ppt, 16,913kb)
ICAI and Microsoft: ProductivITy in Finance
A Seminar organised by the IT Services Committee of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in association with Microsoft.

The use of Microsoft products in business today is all pervasive. Yet there is a sense among finance people that the full power of the products is not being harnessed to its optimum. On Wednesday, 31st May 2006, the IT Services Committee linked up with Microsoft to present a free seminar which explored the issues faced by Chartered Accountants in their use of Microsoft products, and discuss the capabilities which this IT company provides finance personnel for greater efficiency.

Download the presentations here (pdf, 14,109kb)
Microsoft Management Showcase
Date: Wednesday, June 7th
Time: 09:00
Location: Belfast

MMS Keynote (ppt, 11,038kb)
Data Protection Manager (ppt, 2,887kb)
Group Policy Whats new in vista and longhorn server (ppt, 1,757kb)
SMS 2003 R2 and SCCM2007l (ppt, 4,167kb)
System Center Operations Manager 2007 (ppt, 6,188kb)
TechNet Event: Active Directory Event
Date: Thursday, April 27
Speakers: John Craddock and Sally Storey
Location: Microsoft's EPDC2 Building, Dublin

AD Maximizing Performance with 64-Bit Windows - John Craddock - Presentation (pdf, 1,376kb)
AD Maximizing Performance with 64-Bit Windows - John Craddock - Handouts (pdf, 700kb)
Ready Launch Tour 2005

Location: 100 cities in 50 countries, including Dublin, Belfast, Cork and Galway.
Date: 2005

To date the Launch tour has visited over 100 cities in 50 countries, including Dublin, Belfast, Cork and Galway. The Ready Launch Tour showcases the new features and functionality of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006.

Keynote Presentation (Powerpoint Presentation 16.4mb)
Managing the Software Lifecycle with Visual Studio 2005 Team System (Powerpoint Presentation 9.59mb)
Design and Development Tools for Building Mission-Critical Applications (Powerpoint Presentation 8.19mb)
Building Cutting-Edge Web Solutions with Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 (Powerpoint Presentation 2.59mb)
Delivering Business Insight with SQL Server 2005 - PM Centrix (Powerpoint Presentation 9.14mb)
HP LGCSB Dell (Powerpoint Presentation 9.48mb)
Building Highly Available Systems with SQL Server 2005 - Brandon Consulting (Powerpoint Presentation 2.51mb)
Assess Your Company's Security & Security Clinic - Security Training Seminar - Day 3

Location: Dublin
Date: 15th June 2005

eircomnet-bs7799v3 (Powerpoint Slideshow 182kb)
Security Assessment Tools (Powerpoint Presentation 1,759kb)
Assessing Security (Powerpoint Presentation 1,876kb)
Hacked! Your Network... IT Security Training

Location: Dublin
Date: 11th June 2005

Session 1 Network Security and ISA Server (Powerpoint Presentation 3,406kb)
Session 2 Implementing Exchange Server Security (Powerpoint Presentation 3,555kb)
Session 3 Securing SQL Server (Powerpoint Presentation 1,578kb)
Out-think the Hacker... IT Security Training

Location: Dublin
Date: 8th June 2005

Identity and Access Management - Paula Kiernan, Senior Consultant, Ward Solutions (Powerpoint Presentation 3,412kb)
Network and Perimeter Security - Paula Kiernan, Senior Consultant, Ward Solutions (Powerpoint Presentation 3,290kb)
Securing Your Servers - Paula Kiernan, Senior Consultant, Ward Solutions (Powerpoint Presentation 4,532kb)
Hacked! Your Network... IT Security Training

Location: Dublin
Date: 26th May 2005

Network Isolation Using Group Policy and IPSec - Paula Kiernan, Senior Consultant, Ward Solutions (Powerpoint Presentation 2,960kb)
Patch Management in the Enterprise - Paula Kiernan, Senior Consultant, Ward Solutions (Powerpoint Presentation 4,147kb)
Wireless LAN Security - Paul Hogan, Ward Solutions (Powerpoint Presentation 4,411kb)
Protect Your Network - Security Training Seminar - Day 2

Location: Dublin
Date: 25th May 2005

Protect Your Network - Veritas (Powerpoint Presentation 1,495kb)
Security Policies - Paul Hogan, Ward Solutions (Powerpoint Presentation 2,978kb)
The Connected Productive Business - Increasing your business' productivity, efficiency and performance in the Digital Decade.

Location: Dublin, Belfast, Galway
Date: 4th - 17th May 2005

Doing business in Ireland has always been demanding. New business challenges are constantly emerging and companies need to be productive with fewer resources. However the shift in the 2005 business climate is impacting the way in which companies are addressing these challenges. These Microsoft executive briefing sessions introduce some of the new technology advances that are helping companies to become more successful.
The Connected Productive Business (Powerpoint presentation 28,080 kb)
Visual C# and Windows Forms in Visual Studio 2005 Tour - Dublin/Belfast

Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date: 16th May 2005

Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date: 17th May 2005

The Visual C# and Windows Forms teams came over from Seattle to visit Dublin and Belfast. Click on the links below to download presentations.
Visual C# 2005 IDE Enhancements - Brussels (Powerpoint presentation 1,198 kb)
Visual C# 2005 Language Enhancements - Brussels (Powerpoint presentation 897 kb)
Windows Forms - Advanced (Powerpoint presentation 763 kb)
Windows Forms - Overview (Powerpoint presentation 855 kb)
Hacked! Your Company... IT Security Training

Location: Microsoft Ireland, Sandyford, Dublin 18
Date: 28th April 2005

Starting with an open and vulnerable system, this series of seminars will teach the key areas you need to know to protect you network from attack. This no-nonsense approach includes implementing strong security policies, protecting you applications from attack and locking down your network.

Assessing Network Security - Paula Kiernan, Ward Solutions (Powerpoint presentation 2343 kb)
Security Risk Management - Paula Kiernan, Ward Solutions (Powerpoint presentation 2396 kb)
Think Like a Hacker - Paul Hogan, Ward Solutions (Powerpoint presentation 2326 kb)
Expose the Vulnerability - Paul Hogan, Ward Solutions (Powerpoint presentation 973 kb)
MSDN Evening Briefing: An Introduction to .NET

Location: Belfast, Galway, Cork
Date: Monday, 7th, 14th, 21st March 2005

New to .NET or curious about what web services are all about? If so, this event is for you! From basic technical concepts to how to get free training - this session will map out how to get from zero to .NET hero in the shortest time possible.

MSDN Evening Briefing: An Introduction to .NET (Powerpoint presentation 20,068 kb)
TechNet/MSDN Roadtrip

Location: Belfast, Galway, Cork
Date: Tuesday, 8th, 15th, 22nd March 2005

IT Professionals - Learn about the latest version of Exchange Server and how to migrate from previous versions. In addition, learn how BizTalk Server 2004 can be used within your organization to facilitate enterprise application integration (EAI) and between business partners to automate business-to-business processes.
Developers - Get the highlights of the European ASP.NET 2.0 MSDN Tour (March 4th, Dublin). Walk through the most exciting release of ASP.NET and Visual Studio yet - ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. Learn how the new release of ASP.NET enables developers to dramatically reduce the number lines of code required to write real-world Web applications.

Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 (Powerpoint presentation 3,839 kb)
Microsoft Ireland Technology Briefing Events for Further & Higher Education

Venue: Microsoft Ireland, Belfast
Date: 24th Feb 2005

These one day events focused on these topics:
  • Customer Relationship Management in Education
  • Application Integration, Reporting, and Data Driven Decision Making in Higher Education
  • Systems & Operations Management for Higher Education
Should you require further information, please contact Aoife Ni Mhathuna at aoifenim@microsoft.com or on +353 1 7063170

MOM & SMS (Powerpoint presentation 2,452 kb)
Microsoft & CHEST Ireland Technology Briefing Events

Venue: Microsoft Ireland, Sandyford, Dublin 18
Date: 22nd Feb 2005

Venue: University of Limerick
Date: 23rd Feb 2005

These one day events focused on these topics
  • Communication & Collaboration in Higher Education
  • Identity & Access Management
  • Systems & Operations Management
Should you require further information, please contact Aoife Ni Mhathuna at aoifenim@microsoft.com or on +353 1 7063170

Identity Management Lifecycle Management for Higher Education (Powerpoint presentation 3,891 kb)
Systems and Operations Management - Mentec (Powerpoint presentation 4,438 kb)
Ward Sharepoint Microsoft Presentation to higher ed (Powerpoint presentation 4,452 kb)
Security Training Seminar

Venue: Radisson Hotel, Belfast and Microsoft Ireland, Sandyford, Dublin 18
Date: 23rd and 24th Feb 2005

This one day security event focused on these topics
  • IT Security Session
  • Securing the Network Perimeter with ISA Server 2004
  • Assessing Network Security
  • Logical Isolation Using IPSec
Accessing Network Security (Powerpoint presentation 2080kb)
Network Isolation with Group Policy and IPSec (Powerpoint presentation 2960kb)
Security Expert Session - Holistic Security & Digital Trust - presented by Rafal Lukawiecki

Venue: EPDC2 Auditorium, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland.
Date: 09 February 2005
This full day seminar aims to equip IT Professionals who are in charge of designing, deploying and administering such systems with more structured proactive defences.

A Holistic View of Enterprise Security (Powerpoint presentation 433kb)
Active Security Common Practices (Powerpoint presentation 423kb)
Cryptography and PKI for Passive Security (Powerpoint presentation 544kb)
Digital Trust - Goals and Obstacles (Powerpoint presentation 553kb)


The Connected Productive Enterprise
Venue: Northern Ireland Science Park, The Innovation Centre, Queen's Road, Queen's Island, Belfast BT3 9DT
Date: Thursday, 27th January 2005
This seminar will focus specifically on Microsoft Office System 2003 and how it can help organisations become more productive.

MS Tower presentation (Powerpoint presentation 1,556kb)
Office Event - The Connected Productive Enterprise (Powerpoint presentation 969kb)
Priority Management Presentation (Powerpoint presentation 4,888kb)
Tim Willoughby presentation (Powerpoint presentation 21,005kb)


Software Seminar for Accountants in Practice in conjunction with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, Intel & Relate Software.
Venue: Intel Ireland
Date: Wednesday 12th January, 2004
How to use technology to increase client satisfaction, reduce costs & manage your firm more efficiently.

Small Business Top Ten Tips
Networking Guide for Small Businesses (pdf 451 KB)
Microsoft Technology: enabling companies to realise their full productivity potential (Word Document 36 KB)


Microsoft's Premier European Conference for IT Managers, Systems and Applications Architects, Specialists and Administrators.
Experience rich technical content on planning, deploying and managing the secure connected enterprise. Building on this year's theme of 'Security', you will explore best practices for strengthening security, managing systems and planning/implementing rollouts of Microsoft products and technologies - BE THERE!
Gearing Up For Growth - A seminar for growing Irish Businesses
Venue: The Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Date: Tuesday, 16th November 2004
With another period of economic growth on our doorstep, small and medium sized businesses need to ensure that they are leveraging technology to help them drive growth and maximise profitability.

Gearing Up For Growth (Powerpoint Presentation 2,760 KB)
Microsoft Technet Security & MSDN Day Featuring guest speaker Eric Rudder
Venue: Media Lab Europe, Sugar House Lane, Bellevue, Dublin 8.
Date: Wednesday, November 3rd 2004

A look at the future - Eric Rudder (Powerpoint Presentation 12,100 KB)
Prepare to unleash your websites potential with ASP.net 2.0 - Nick Grattan (Powerpoint Presentation 1,280 KB)
ISV Community Evening Briefing - Building Connected Systems Today
Venue: Clarence Hotel, Dublin
Date: Tuesday, October 26th 2004

Building Connected Systems Today - Beat Schwegler, Architect, Microsoft EMEA HQ (Powerpoint presentation, 8140 KB)

Northern Ireland IT Security Briefing
Venue: Microsoft Offices, NISP, Belfast
Monday, 20th September 2004

IT Security at Microsoft Overview (Powerpoint presentation, 1619 KB)

Delivering on security (an update on progress) - Stuart Okin, Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft UK (Powerpoint presentation, 6823 KB)

MSDN Developer Day
Tuesday, June 22nd 2004

SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services - Paul Hand, Senior Systems Engineer, Microsoft Ireland (Powerpoint presentation, 2557 KB)

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Rapid Application Development - Roy Wilson, Microsoft Ireland (Powerpoint presentation, 784 KB)

XML, XQuery, and Common Language Runtime Integration in Microsoft SQL ServerTM 2005 - Paul Hand, Senior Systems Engineer, Microsoft Ireland (Powerpoint presentation, 906 KB)

Enterprise Technology Briefing
Wednesday, 9th June 2004

BizTalk Server 2004: Enterprise EAI / B2B / B2C Solution - Paul Hand, Senior Systems Engineer, Microsoft Ireland (Powerpoint presentation, 2416 KB)

Introduction to Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002 - John Hussey, Microsoft Ireland (Powerpoint presentation, 3979 KB)

Microsoft Team Collaboration: Enabling a new era of team productivity - Denis Meade, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Ireland (Powerpoint presentation, 3433 KB)

Microsoft Platform and Security Update - Ian Taylor, Microsoft Ireland (Powerpoint presentation, 10374 KB)

Future Product Roadmap - Ian Taylor, Microsoft Ireland (Powerpoint presentation, 3579 KB)

Customer Relationship Management Event
Tuesday, 20th April 2004

Business Solutions CRM: Irish Customer Launch (Powerpoint presentation, 8500 KB)

Enterprise Project Management
Wednesday, 31st March 2004

Mick Lynam, PM Group: Why Projects Fail (Powerpoint presentation, 650 KB)

Frederic Sitbon, Microsoft: Enterprise Project Management in the 21st Century (Powerpoint presentation, 815 KB)

Mary Davis, Special Olympics: Case Study (Powerpoint presentation, 142 KB)

Fergus Aherne, PM Group: Project Management - An Integrated Solution (Powerpoint presentation, 1776 KB)

Microsoft Public Sector Information Worker Event
Thursday, 4th March 2004

Presentation slides now available from the Microsoft Public Sector Information Worker event which happened in the Conrad Hotel in Dublin on March 4th.

The presentation also includes information regarding:

Office Deployment Rebate


Customers will be eligible to receive a rebate of up to euro27K when they acquire Office Edition 2003 licenses with Software Assurance.
Offer ends May 31st 2004

Should you require any further information, please contact your account manager or Aoife Ni Mhathuna.

email: aoifenim@microsoft.com
phone: 01-7063170

Click to download Joe Nugent's presentation (917kb)

Click to download Microsoft's presentation (17588kb)


Click to download Tim Willoughby's presentation (4786kb)