August 2018 PASSMN Meeting

• What we'll do

Meeting Agenda:

3:30-4:00 : Registration, Networking, and Food
4:00-4:10 : Kickoff / Announcements
4:10-5:25 : SQL Databases in the Clouds (Tim Plas)
5:25-5:35 : Closing

Meeting Sponsor: Virteva - https://www.virteva.com/

Presentation topic and abstract for this meeting:

SQL Databases in the Clouds

Application servers or services running on a cloud platform now have many options for their database engines. We discuss the various alternatives for providing Microsoft SQL Server services to cloud-based applications, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, and Google GCP, and multiple options within those environments. Why would you choose one approach over the other? What are the trade-offs on cost, performance, availability, security, ongoing maintenance, required skill sets, etc.

Speaker bio:

Tim is a Principal Consultant at Virteva, in Mpls MN. His current focus areas are cloud computing, operational-DBA services (esp. HA/DR), server migrations, server virtualization, and storage. His experience over the past 25+ years has been primarily with server / data-center infrastructure, including being CTO / co-founder of a successful hosting company. Tim has held a variety of MS certifications since 1994.

• Important to know

There will be free wifi available with an event code and please bring a pen to fill out the survey / feedback forms.

Have a photo id available for registration desk to get printed badge. We typically serve pizza and have pop and water available when you arrive.