{"id":4743,"date":"2010-12-02T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T22:29:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:50:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:50:08","slug":"all-about-the-sql-server-jumpin-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2010\/12\/02\/all-about-the-sql-server-jumpin-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"All about the SQL Server JumpIn! camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0<\/span>SQL Server JumpIn! Camp<\/span>, was scheduled from Nov 16th<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>thru 19th<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>at an\u00a0<\/span>excellent facility<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>not too far from Microsoft’s main campus with the purpose of bringing key PHP developers and SQL Server engineers together with the goal of supporting SQL Server and SQL Azure, with the last day reserved for Windows Azure and IIS. We extended our invitations to several projects\/communities and were very happy and honored that most of them accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n

With so many talented developers planning to attend, we were ready to put the finishing touches on the details to make it an awesome experience for all.<\/span><\/p>\n

We planned an\u00a0<\/span>intense schedule<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of a lot of hard work for each day followed by fun entertaining activities!<\/span><\/p>\n

Who was at the camp?<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

17 developers representing\u00a0<\/span>10 PHP projects<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>from several countries rubbed shoulders with Microsoft developers to build Windows, IIS, SQL Server, and Azure Platform support into their applications. In addition, when the situation demanded it, we called in the relevant SQL \/ IIS experts to provide the expertise for the participants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why did they come?<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Simply put, SQL Server is an excellent product that has the highest reach among all databases available today. By adding support for SQL Server, these projects stand to gain from the broad customer base that already has SQL Server in their organizations. As I later found out, most of them came prepared to add support for SQL Server, and then notched it up by wanting to complete it at the event itself!!<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n


\nWhat was our goal?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

The stated goal of this camp was to “listen and educate”. That is, listen to and learn from the PHP community and educate them about our technologies, SQL Server, SQL Azure, Windows Azure & IIS, and help them understand how they can leverage them best in the applications. And, I\u2019m happy to say, we did just that.<\/span><\/p>\n

What happened at the camp?<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

By all measures, we consider this camp a major success! This sentiment is reflected by all the participants! While the blogs haven’t started to roll in yet, tune in to twitter with the #jumpincamp hash tag and see it for yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

We kicked it off with a nice chat with\u00a0<\/span>Ted Kummert<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Nigel Ellis<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>where several topics were discussed including the fact that the decision to create a SQL Server PHP driver by Microsoft was made in the same room! Nigel provided some excellent insights into how SQL Server evolved from a nascent product to an enterprise class product and it’s evolution to SQL Azure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After a brief visit to the Microsoft Company Store and Visitor Center, we headed back to the Willows Lodge, ready to crank out some code. Our event manager, Gloria, had a nice surprise for all \u2013 we all got together and created our own rhythm and beat!<\/span><\/p>\n

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With our hands all warmed up, we started off the coding sessions with a gusto that was a pleasure to watch. There are lot of details with nuggets of information that I think will be useful to all, I’ll save those for follow up blogs. I’ll just summarize that we used several tools provided by Microsoft to quickly migrate to SQL Server. We had several checkpoints along the way and it was incredible to see the momentum building up.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are the accomplishments?<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

A testament to the intense focus and effort from all the participants is evidenced by the following facts. Of the 10 projects at the camp:<\/span><\/p>\n