Topic "The LINQ Revolution"

Microsoft's inclusion of query capabilities as a first-class language component in .NET, along with two object-relational mapping (ORM) solutions in LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework, will change the ways that you develop database applications. This will be an open discussion, where you choose the topics of greatest interest, including anything from LINQ syntax and code generation to ORM, domain-driven design, n-tiered design issues as they related to LINQ and ORM, the changing role of stored procedures with ORM, and entity-relationship modeling now that E-R models can be represented directly in code.

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About the Speaker

Diane Wilson has worked in development, testing, and deployment of commercial, ecommerce, and enterprise applications for nearly 30 years, in environments that span from mainframes to telephone switching systems to healthcare systems to the web. Her interest in user experience led to positions as webmaster and then conference chair for the Usability Professionals' Association.

She was an early adopter of object-oriented technology, and has made conference presentations on topics as diverse as virtual machine performance tuning, remote usability testing, and the application of carnival theory to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Her programming background includes 370 Assembler, PL/I, SAS, C, Protel 2 (Nortel's proprietary language for telephony and networking), Perl, PHP, MySQL, (of course) .NET and SQL Server. She has a MCSD .NET certification.

Topic "Designing and Consuming SSRS reports for SQL 2005"

SSRS is a robust, easy to use reporting tool that fully integrates with the various tools in Microsoft's BI suite.  Learn the basics of designing and consuming SSRS reports with a general overview, followed by a walk-though of two report designs, first using SSIS as a data source for a report, then using VB.NET code in a report.
 

 
About the Speaker

Karen Lennon is a Reporting Analyst with RMIC, currently working with Actuate and the Microsoft BI suite.  She has worked in reporting for 7 years, using such tools as Microsoft Access and Crystal Reports in addition to the tools she currently uses.  Karen has also worked as a .NET programmer and is a Microsoft Certified Professional.  She currently serves as Treasurer of the Triad SQL Server Users Group.