Community Track

The Community Track is different than our other Code Camp tracks and frankly unlike anything we have held in the past. That said, we think many of you will enjoy it and find real value in participating. The Community Track is an open format in the style of a BarCamp. According to their website, "BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants who are the main actors of the event." In other words, it's where you can ask questions and get answers. It's where you can promote something technology related that you are passionate about. More importantly, it's where you can discuss topics which have not been covered in any of the other more traditional tracks or sessions. If you would like more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference.

For the Community Track, sessions will be pitched by attendees from 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM on Saturday. Participants will then vote on the sessions they would like to see and then schedule them throughout the rest of the day.

The following are some of the sessions that have already been proposed for this track. You will hear more about these sessions during the pitch from 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM on Saturday. If you are interested in participating and would like to pitch your own session, feel free to register as a speaker. Register Now! (We will also be accepting sessions Saturday morning.)

COM13-300: FAST Search Chalk Talk
Presenter: Dan Gilroy
Community Session - Level 300 (Advanced)

An informal disucssion of the FAST search engine. Bring your questions, or just come to get an overview of the search engine, document processing and design of search UI.

Dan Gilroy
Project Manager, RDA
Dan Gilroy is a Project Manager with RDA Corporation. He has over 15 years of experience developing business solutions utilizing Microsoft technologies. Managing cross-functional project teams ranging in size from 5 to 30, Dan has a depth of management experience in a large variety of industries and corporate environments. He has leveraged a variety of methodologies and technologies to successfully and efficiently solve business problems for a long list of satisfied clients. Dan’s technical specialty is projects that leverage SharePoint and FAST to provide business value through collaboration.

Email: gilroy@rdacorp.com
Website: http://www.rdaCorp.com
Blog: http://rdacollab.blogspot.com


COM43-100: VSTS DB: Ten features to make DB schema versioning and deployment easier!
Presenter: Rafael Salas
Community Session - Level 100 (Beginner)

Are you looking for a simpler way to keep track of database schema changes? Does it take you too long to create and test database deployment scripts? Are you having hard time keeping up with breaking changes in your DB scripts? If you answered 'Yes' to one or more of these question or have similar issues, then you may find this session helpful. This session will jump start you into using Visual Studio database development tools (data dude) to reduce the risk and complexity involved in managing database schema changes required by your applications. While this session is based on VSTS DB 2010, most of the information is relevant to VSTS DB 2008.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) logo Rafael Salas
Senior Consultant, Mariner
Rafael Salas is a Senior Consultant at Mariner, a BI focus consultant firm, where he helps organizations improve performance through Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solutions. He has been a SQL Server evangelist since he started using the 2005 since CTP days. He is a SQL Server MVP, MCTS and an active member of the user’s communities, where he provides guidance on the use of the SQL Server tools. You can find Rafael's blog at http://rafael-salas.blogspot.com/

Blog: http://www.rafael-salas.blogspot.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rfsalas