BI, Big Data and Analytics -- Live! 360 Events

BI, Big Data and Analytics

As organizations are increasingly turning to SQL Server and related technologies to make better decisions about their businesses, SQL Server Live! presents a full track to help you master the complex world of BI, Big Data and Analytics. From Analysis Services to Power BI, from Big Data to NoSQL, you'll find it all!

SQM01 Workshop: Big Data and NoSQL for Database and BI Pros Monday November 17 8:00am - 5:00pm

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

A proper introduction to Hadoop, NoSQL, and related technologies that is free of hype and explained in terms a relational database or BI professional can understand. more

SQT04 Excel, Power BI and You: An Analytics Superhub Tuesday November 18 11:00am - 12:15pm

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

In this session, we'll look at the analytics capabilities in the core Excel product and other add-ins, as well as investigate how to use these tools together. more

SQT07 Big Data 101 with Azure HDInsight Tuesday November 18 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Andrew Brust, Senior Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence, Datameer

Learn what Big Data is all about and how Hadoop works. more

SQT10 Integrating SQL Server Analysis Services with Hadoop Tuesday November 18 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Edwin Sarmiento, Managing Director, 15C

In this session, we will look at how to integrate SQL Server Analysis Services with Hadoop to provide real-time data analysis and reporting. more

SQW01 Who Moved My Tuple? Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server 2014 Wednesday November 19 9:15am - 10:30am

Joey D'Antoni

In this session Joey will discuss Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server 2014. more

SQW04 Getting Started with MDX Wednesday November 19 11:00am - 12:15pm

William E. Pearson III, Business Intelligence Architect and Founder, Island Technologies Inc.®

In this session, we will concentrate largely upon crafting simple MDX expressions and queries. more

SQW07 Getting Started with Analysis Services 2014 Tabular Wednesday November 19 1:45pm - 3:00pm

William E. Pearson III, Business Intelligence Architect and Founder, Island Technologies Inc.®

In this session, BI Architect, SQL Server MVP and Analysis Services Maestro Bill Pearson introduces Microsoft Business Intelligence 2014 and the Business Intelligence Semantic Model ("BISM"). more

SQW10 Implementing Data Warehouse Patterns with the Microsoft BI Tools Wednesday November 19 4:00pm - 5:15pm

Kevin Goff Microsoft SQL Server MVP, Practice Manager, SetFocus, LLC

This session will take several of the key concepts in Data Warehousing and demonstrate some implementations using SQL Server Integration Services and Analysis Services. more

SQH01 SQL Server Reporting Services for Application Developers – Attendees Choose Thursday November 20 8:00am - 9:15am

Kevin Goff Microsoft SQL Server MVP, Practice Manager, SetFocus, LLC

In this session, Kevin will review SSRS topics and allow attendees to select which topics to cover. more

SQH07 Self-Service BI Governance Thursday November 20 11:00am - 12:15pm

Jen Underwood, Founder & Principal Consultant, Impact Analytix

In this session, you'll learn the best approached to self-service BI implementation. more

SQH10 Busy Developers Guide to R Thursday November 20 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Ted Neward, Director, Developer Relations, Smartsheet.com

This session is going to go over R, starting from the very basics. more

SQH13 Advanced Analytics and Data Mining for Power BI Thursday November 20 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Jen Underwood, Founder & Principal Consultant, Impact Analytix

This session will introduce and walk-through a variety of popular advanced analytic techniques and tools. more

SQH15 Busy Developer's Guide to NoSQL Thursday November 20 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Ted Neward, Director, Developer Relations, Smartsheet.com

In this session, you'll review different NoSQLs and the benefits of using/developing them. more