SharePoint for the DBA
Microsoft SharePoint is a large part of many organizations; landscapes, and becoming larger each day. For the most part, the SharePoint systems have been the purview of the Systems Administrator, and the data professional had little interaction with it. But as the systems become larger and organizations try to make better use of their data resources, the data professionals finds themselves inheriting the SQL Server portion of SharePoint, often with little background or resources.
Come hear Buck Woody, Microsoft’s ‘Real World DBA’ explain what you need to know about SharePoint as a DBA. He’ll cover a quick overview of the product and the duties of the SharePoint administrator, and then focus in more on the database side of the equation. You’ll learn:
SharePoint System Architectures, and how to lay out and configure the database servers for them
What the SharePoint Databases are, what they do, and where they are stored
Best Maintenance Practices for SharePoint Databases
Security for SharePoint and SQL Server
Disaster Recovery options
Monitoring, Tuning and Performance for SharePoint Database systems
Come hear Buck Woody, Microsoft’s ‘Real World DBA’ explain what you need to know about SharePoint as a DBA. He’ll cover a quick overview of the product and the duties of the SharePoint administrator, and then focus in more on the database side of the equation. You’ll learn:
Speaker:
Microsoft Corp.
Senior Technical Specialist, SQL Server
Buck Woody has been working with Information Technology since 1981. He has worked for the U.S. Air Force, at an IBM reseller as technical support, and for NASA as well as U.S. Space Command as an IT contractor. He has worked in most all IT positions from computer repair technician to system and database administrator, and from network technician to IT Manager and with multiple platforms as a Data Professional. He has been a DBA and Database Developer on Oracle systems running on a VAX to SQL Server and DB2 installations. Buck has a business degree and several industry certifications, including MCSE, MCDBA and Brainbench DBA. He is the author of over 400 SQL Server articles and five published SQL Server books; he is the site personality on InformIT.com's SQL web, and was the President of the Tampa SQL User's Group for 5 years. He was awarded the Microsoft MVP Award in 2006 for SQL Server, and started work in the SQL Server Team at Microsoft a year later. He has over twenty years' extensive professional and practical experience in computer networks and database design. He also teaches a Database Design course at the University of Washington.
Microsoft Corp.
Architect
Database practitioner for Oracle and SQL for over 18 years. Joined Microsoft Services in 2000 and have been working with enterprise customers to design and deploy database and business intelligence solutions including ones based on SharePoint starting with SharePoint 2007.
A proud member of the first SQL Server Ranger (now MCM) rotation and hold MCA SQL Server certification.
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