March 2020 PSSUG Meeting

------------------------- -->> THIS MONTH WE ARE AGAIN BACK AT MICROSOFT <<-- ------------------------- Location of future meetings TBD. _RUBRIK - SPONSOR OF THIS MEETING IS RAFFLING DRONE. MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR BUSINESS CARD WITH YOU._   AGENDA  ------------------------- ABSTRACT:  SQL SERVER IN CONTAINERS WORKSHOP Containers are eating the world. Yet when it comes to data, containerization is misunderstood or even frowned-upon. Running SQL Server in containers is easy and opens up a world of opportunities. AppDevs are working with containers, it's time data professionals did too. It this hands-on WORKSHOP we'll actually get many SQL Server containers running on your laptop. Then we'll show you some real-world use cases. While our code is running we'll talk about the history of containers, what problems they solve, why they are so popular, and how Kubernetes in the cloud is changing softwware delivery. We'll also discuss common misconceptions around running databases in containers. Finally, we'll discuss how the latest features of Microsoft's SQL-based products are being build from the ground-up using containerization. Bring your questions and your laptop. _Speaker: DAVE WENTZEL_ _As a Microsoft Technology Center Architect, Dave's mantra is "Business Before Technology". Many technologists have "know-how", but few have "know-what". Dave strives to understand your business before rationalizing the Digital Transformation. Dave works with executives and business and IT leaders to brig products to market by leading human-centric desgin thinking workshops at MTC._ _Dave's technical concentration is in analytic solutions involving data and data science. Leveraging Azure technologies and The Modern Data Ethos, he can shorten any solution's time-to-market._ ------------------------- SPONSOR: Rubrik delivers instant application availability for recovery, search, cloud, and development. Support for Hybrid cloud enterprises, automate protection policies, recover from Ransomware, search, and analyze application data at scale on one platform. Reduces restore of data at scale from days to seconds.    For DBAs, Rubrik removes the hassle of scheduling and maintaining database backups.  We also put you in control and save you time with Live Mount, to instantly mount a database from any point in time.  With Rubrik, you can quickly create Oracle or SQL Service clones without consuming storage   SQL SERVER Whether your databases run on-premises or in the cloud, virtualized or not, Rubrik simplifies SQL Server data protection and delivers powerful features. Achieve near-zero RTO with Live Mount, provision a clone to any point in time, and eliminate management complexity. With Rubrik, you say good-bye to painful SQL Server backup and recovery jobs.    Oracle Rubrik Cloud Data Management (CDM) delivers enterprise grade data protection and DevOps centric automation for Oracle databases. Automated Oracle Data Protection allows automatic discovery of Oracle databases to be coupled with the simplicity of Rubrik SLA domain assignments, eliminating the need to manage any RMAN scripts or catalogs. Automated Oracle Data Protection also provides value-add Rubrik benefits such as Automated Live Mount and Instant Recovery to bring near zero recovery times to Oracle databases.