Date:    Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:18:22 -0600
From:    Raheel Retiwalla <raheelr@microsoft.com>
Subject: SQL Server User group for November


Thank you everyone for joining us last meeting. After looking at the
response last month as well as some suggestions here are the topics for
this week's user group meeting.



(NEW MEETING TIME) 6p.m. - 7p.m. Intro to Data Warehousing -
Raheel Retiwalla

In this session we will explore the concepts of STAR Schemas, data marts,
reporting environments versus relational environments. In the following
months we will build this presentation to an Intro to OLAP and Intro to
MDX presentation which will build these concepts to create dimensional
databases as well as data mining.



Another area where I have heard a lot of interest is database change
management.  Greg Robidoux from Edgewood Solutions LLC will talk to us
about Change Management for SQL Server



Establishing Change Management for your SQL Servers is no easy task
without a formalized process. You not only have to coordinate with
multiple departments, but also need to be able to rollback the
environment in case the new code is detrimental. Needless to say, without
a formal process coordination and fire fighting can quickly become time
consuming. It's not worth letting untested code wreak havoc in your
production environments when simple Change Management Solutions can be
implemented. We will help formalize and streamline your process from
Development, Test and Production environments by focusing on essential
people, processes and technology to successfully implement a SQL Server
Change Management solution.



See you all on Thursday!!



Raheel

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