We have typically meetings on the second Tuesday of every month.  Our group meets at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.

In an ongoing attempt to make the content presented useful to our members we start each meeting with a short Q&A session.  Unless noted in the meeting notes the schedule for each meeting will be:

6:00 - 6:10 - General Q&A session & Announcements
6:10 - 7:20 - Presentation(s)
7:20 - 7:30 - Door prizes and Question & Answer session
7:30 - ??    - Networking and Socializing

2635 Fruitville Rd.
Sarasota, FL 34237

Topic:	August Meeting - SQL Azure Performance Considerations
Date:	Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Speaker:	Herve Roggero
Location:	Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Overview:	In this session we will dive in the world of Azure, the Cloud Computing offering from Microsoft. We will take a look at SQL Azure from an application design perspective including design options, scalability and performance. If you are wondering what SQL Azure can do for you, how to best leverage it from a performance and scalability standpoint, and it compares to SQL Server, then this session is for you! Bio: Herve Roggero is the founder of Pyn Logic (a company focusing on advanced SQL Server security) and Blue Syntax Consulting (a company focusing on Azure Consulting and Training). Herve’s experience includes software development, architecture, database administration and senior management with both global corporations and startup companies. Over the last 15 years, Herve has worked in the Education, Financial, Health Care, Management Consulting and Database Security sectors. In his last full time position, Herve was a Director of Software Development at a health care company in Florida. He has been freelancing as a .NET and SQL Server Architect since 2007. He holds multiple certifications, including an MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD. He also holds an MBA from Indiana University. Herve is heavily involved with the South Florida SQL Server community, speaks at multiple venues, co-authored Pro SQL Azure and runs SQL Saturday events in South Florida. He also promotes the use of Azure in many ways including through the development of training materials and consulting engagements. MVP URL: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=56132E10-34A0-4C7B-A6C8-2A5433C7101B Twitter: @hroggero Blog: www.geekswithblogs.net/hroggero Pizza will be provided courtesy of Microsoft and the User Group Support Services.  Please RSVP using the following link so that I have an accurate head count - http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=156522
Sponsor:	None

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