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6:00 – 6:30 Meal and Networking sponsored by FGP

6:30 – 6:40 Announcements

6:40 – 8:15 Rafael Salas: Visual Studio 2010 Database Projects: Top 7 features to make database development a breeze!

8:15 – 8:30 Closing remarks and give-a-ways

Visual Studio 2010 Database Projects: Top 7 features to make database development a breeze!

Most of us agree that the database is the most important component in a typical application, yet formal processes for versioning, testing and deployment of database objects as are often rudimentary or inexistent. 
In this session Rafael explains how you can use Visual Studio database projects  (aka data dude) to have better control over your database schema and reduce the risk and complexity related to the database development cycle. He will talk about the pros and cons he has experienced when using the tool in his  projects and will highlight improvements made since the last version. This is a demo packed session where you will learn about  schema versioning, testing, refactoring,  deployment and more.  
Most the content of this session remains relevant to the previous version of the tool- VSDB 2008 GDR2 - and, no, you don't need prior knowledge of Visual Studio to get the most out of this presentation!

Rafael Salas is a MCITP and MCTS with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and a Masters in Information Technology . Currently, he is a Manager of Professional Services Consulting at Quaero, a CSG Solution where he provides technical  leadership and helps organizations improve performance through Customer Intelligence strategy and solutions.
Rafael is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP with more than 12 years of experience in data warehousing and business intelligence. He is a blog and article author, and is very active in SQL Server MSDN  forums. His specialties include Business Intelligence and data warehousing architecture, ETL, OLAP  and Dimensional Modeling. Rafael is a frequent speaker at community events such as  PASS SQL Saturdays, local users groups and code camps. You can find more about  Rafael on his blog:  www.rafael-salas.com