SQLBits 2011

What could SQL Server users learn from NoSQL

NoSQL is not scary once you understand which problems it tries to solve and how it goes about that. More interesting you can apply a lot of the same design patterns to SQL Server. This sessions covers how NoSQL and SQL relate and are different and takes you through journey of distilling the application patterns and applying them to SQL Server. The following article provides some background of the foundation for this talk: A Co-Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks (http://tinyurl.com/5ssytz5)

Gert Drapers's previous sessions

To the Cloud with SQL Server Data Tools

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Declarative Database Development with SSDT

Declare how you want your schema to look like, not how you want to implement it. Using the SQL Server Data Tools, you define your database schema in a declarative form and deploy it as such!

Database Development with SQL Server Juneau

Juneau is a new developer tool in Denali. Brings VS paradigms to SQL Server like Debug, Refactor and Declarative maintenance. Come to this session and learn what these tools are really about.

What could SQL Server users learn from NoSQL