Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Data Warehousing Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Data Warehousing http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/data+warehousing Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/data+warehousing en Sun, 26 May 2013 06:51:17 GMT Sun, 26 May 2013 06:51:17 GMT Rev9 28 2 25 Christian Kleinerman: Introduction to SQL Server Project Madison Madison”. "Madison" is a highly scalable data warehouse appliance that delivers performance at low cost through massively parallel processing (MPP). How does it work? What's the story? Well, "Madison" Product Unit Manager Christian Kleinerman sure knows the answers and he provides an introduction to this new SQL data warehousing technology. Tune in.

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http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2009/08/24/microsoft-ships-the-first-technology-preview-for-project-code-named-madison.aspx

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Christian-Kleinerman-Introduction-to-SQL-Server-Project-Madison The SQL Server team is working on a new project code-named “Madison”. "Madison" is a highly scalable data warehouse appliance that delivers performance at low cost through massively parallel processing (MPP). How does it work? What's the story? Well, "Madison" Product Unit Manager Christian Kleinerman sure knows the answers and he provides an introduction to this new SQL data warehousing technology. Tune in. More info here: http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2009/08/24/microsoft-ships-the-first-technology-preview-for-project-code-named-madison.aspx 1668 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Christian-Kleinerman-Introduction-to-SQL-Server-Project-Madison Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:21:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Christian-Kleinerman-Introduction-to-SQL-Server-Project-Madison Charles Charles 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Christian-Kleinerman-Introduction-to-SQL-Server-Project-Madison/RSS Data Warehousing Madison Parallel Computing SQL Server 2008 Demo SQL Server Star Join Query to Excel Pivot Table  

In this screencast, Eric uses a typical DW query along with Microsoft Excel to create reports.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Star-Join-Query-to-Excel-Pivot-Table Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key data warehousing features and functions of SQL Server.    In this screencast, Eric uses a typical DW query along with Microsoft Excel to create reports.   If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 247 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Star-Join-Query-to-Excel-Pivot-Table Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:11:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Star-Join-Query-to-Excel-Pivot-Table Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Star-Join-Query-to-Excel-Pivot-Table/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Reporting Demo SQL Server Manual Query Rewrites vs. Indexed View Matching  

When should you manually rewrite queries to capitalize on aggregates rather than rely on SQL Server's Query Optimizer, to generate more efficient query plans? This screencast provides tips on how to experiment with both methods for best results.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Manual-Query-Rewrites-vs-Indexed-View-Matching Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008.    When should you manually rewrite queries to capitalize on aggregates rather than rely on SQL Server's Query Optimizer, to generate more efficient query plans? This screencast provides tips on how to experiment with both methods for best results.   If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 165 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Manual-Query-Rewrites-vs-Indexed-View-Matching Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:11:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Manual-Query-Rewrites-vs-Indexed-View-Matching Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Manual-Query-Rewrites-vs-Indexed-View-Matching/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Demo SQL Server Aggregate Query Rewrites with Indexed Views

 

This technique helps you to accelerate query performance for SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008, by taking advantage of indexed views.


If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Aggregate-Query-Rewrites-with-Indexed-Views Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008.    This technique helps you to accelerate query performance for SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008, by taking advantage of indexed views. If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 337 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Aggregate-Query-Rewrites-with-Indexed-Views Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:10:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Aggregate-Query-Rewrites-with-Indexed-Views Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-Aggregate-Query-Rewrites-with-Indexed-Views/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Demo SQL Server 2008 Partition-aligned Indexed Views

Speed up query performance on very large fact tables. Partitioning and indexing now complement each other.


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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Partition-aligned-Indexed-Views Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008.  Speed up query performance on very large fact tables. Partitioning and indexing now complement each other. If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing.    518 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Partition-aligned-Indexed-Views Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:10:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Partition-aligned-Indexed-Views Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Partition-aligned-Indexed-Views/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Demo SQL Server 2008 Grouping Sets

Simplify queries that require grouping or aggregation. Using Grouping Sets reduces repetitive scans of the same data and improves performance.


If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Grouping-Sets Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008.  Simplify queries that require grouping or aggregation. Using Grouping Sets reduces repetitive scans of the same data and improves performance. If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 325 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Grouping-Sets Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:33:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Grouping-Sets Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Grouping-Sets/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Demo SQL Server 2000/2005 Few Outer Rows Workaround What can I do if I am using SQL Server 2000 or 2005, and I want to do a more efficient join between a date dimension and a large fact table?

Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through creation of a workaround.


If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-20002005-Few-Outer-Rows-Workaround What can I do if I am using SQL Server 2000 or 2005, and I want to do a more efficient join between a date dimension and a large fact table? Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through creation of a workaround. If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 282 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-20002005-Few-Outer-Rows-Workaround Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:32:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-20002005-Few-Outer-Rows-Workaround Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-20002005-Few-Outer-Rows-Workaround/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Demo SQL Server 2008 Few Outer Row Joins

Automatically leverage parallel processing when joining dimensions to the fact table.  Each outer row gets a separate thread on a nested loop join and all available cores share the workload.


If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Few-Outer-Row-Joins Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008.  Automatically leverage parallel processing when joining dimensions to the fact table.  Each outer row gets a separate thread on a nested loop join and all available cores share the workload. If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 223 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Few-Outer-Row-Joins Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:35:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Few-Outer-Row-Joins Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Few-Outer-Row-Joins/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Demo SQL Server 2008 Partitioned Table Parallelism Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008.

 

Make the most of your available hardware resources through intelligent parallel processing against partitioned tables. SQL Server automatically assigns queries to all available threads. All cores share the workload equally to scan qualifying partitions, process and deliver results.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Partitioned-Table-Parallelism Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008.   Make the most of your available hardware resources through intelligent parallel processing against partitioned tables. SQL Server automatically assigns queries to all available threads. All cores share the workload equally to scan qualifying partitions, process and deliver results. If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 343 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Partitioned-Table-Parallelism Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:18:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Partitioned-Table-Parallelism Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Partitioned-Table-Parallelism/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Demo SQL Server 2008 Star Join Query Optimization Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008.

Get more performance out of your star schema data model. Automatic star join query optimization dramatically improves performance by efficiently filtering out non-qualifying fact table rows early in the query plan.
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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Star-Join-Query-Optimization Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008. Get more performance out of your star schema data model. Automatic star join query optimization dramatically improves performance by efficiently filtering out non-qualifying fact table rows early in the query plan. If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 238 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Star-Join-Query-Optimization Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:17:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Star-Join-Query-Optimization Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Star-Join-Query-Optimization/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Demo SQL Server 2008 Change Data Capture If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Change-Data-Capture Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008. Use Change Data Capture to easily capture changes from your source database and accelerate ETL to the data warehouse. If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 452 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Change-Data-Capture Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:30:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Change-Data-Capture Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Change-Data-Capture/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Demo SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Backup Compression If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-of-SQL-Server-2008-Enterprise-Backup-Compression Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008. Video 4 is on accelerating backups with easy Backup Compression. If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 201 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-of-SQL-Server-2008-Enterprise-Backup-Compression Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:54:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-of-SQL-Server-2008-Enterprise-Backup-Compression Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-of-SQL-Server-2008-Enterprise-Backup-Compression/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Demo SQL Server 2008 Data Compression If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Data-Compression Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008. Watch video 3 to learn how data compression can easily save disk space and improve query performance. If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 411 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Data-Compression Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:54:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Data-Compression Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-SQL-Server-2008-Data-Compression/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Demo SQL Server 2008 DW: Configuring tempdb for Data Warehouse If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-of-SQL-Server-2008-DW-features-Configuring-tempdb-for-Data-Warehouse Eric Hanson, principal program manager for SQL Server data warehousing, walks through several of the key features and functions of SQL Server 2008. Video 2 is on configuring TempDB for data warehousing. If you're having difficulty reading the scripts, please select a higher-res format for viewing. 305 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-of-SQL-Server-2008-DW-features-Configuring-tempdb-for-Data-Warehouse Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:25:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-of-SQL-Server-2008-DW-features-Configuring-tempdb-for-Data-Warehouse Joe Longtin Joe Longtin 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Joe+Longtin/Demo-of-SQL-Server-2008-DW-features-Configuring-tempdb-for-Data-Warehouse/RSS Data Warehousing Demo demo series Eric Hanson Data Warehousing - Torsten Grabs Torsten Grabs gibt einen Überblick über seine Arbeit an Microsoft SQL Server 2008 als Lead Program Manager. Er erläutert seinen Beitrag zu „Data Warehousing“ und beschreibt anhand eines Beispiels an der Tafel „Query Optimization“ und deren Vorteile für die Kunden. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/69GermanTorstenGrabs Torsten Grabs gibt einen Überblick über seine Arbeit an Microsoft SQL Server 2008 als Lead Program Manager. Er erläutert seinen Beitrag zu „Data Warehousing“ und beschreibt anhand eines Beispiels an der Tafel „Query Optimization“ und deren Vorteile für die Kunden. 403 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/69GermanTorstenGrabs Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:23:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/69GermanTorstenGrabs Zach Skyles Owens Zach Skyles Owens 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/69GermanTorstenGrabs/RSS Data Warehousing de-de SQL Behind the Scenes – German SQL Server 2008 Motorenentwicklung - Peter Zabback ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/64GermanPeterZabback Peter Zabback spricht über seine Arbeit als Entwickler und die wichtigsten Features an denen er mitgewirkt hat, wie zum Beispiel „Query Optimizer“. Er beschreibt die Herausforderungen in der Entwicklung und die Tatsache dass die Komplexität seiner Arbeit ständig zunimmt. Er gibt ausserdem einen kurzen Abhang über neue SQl Server 2008 Lösungen zum Regressionsproblem beim Upgrade. 232 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/64GermanPeterZabback Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:22:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/64GermanPeterZabback Zach Skyles Owens Zach Skyles Owens 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/64GermanPeterZabback/RSS Data Warehousing de-de OLTP SQL Behind the Scenes – German SQL Server 2008 Engine Optimierungen - Cesar Galindo-Legaria ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03GermanCesarGalindoLegaria Cesar Galindo-Legaria arbeitete an Erstellungs- und Nutzungsvorgängen von Partitionstabellen und räumlichen Abfragetabellen. Seine drei Hauptaufgaben waren spezielle Verarbeitungen, parallele Partitionstabellen und Tabellenausführungen, u. a. von geographischen und räumlichen Tabellentypen. 921 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03GermanCesarGalindoLegaria Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:55:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03GermanCesarGalindoLegaria Zach Skyles Owens Zach Skyles Owens 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03GermanCesarGalindoLegaria/RSS Application Development Data Warehousing de-de SQL Behind the Scenes – German SQL Server 2008 Motor optimizaciones - Cesar Galindo-Legaria ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03SpanishCesarGalindoLegaria Trabajó en la operación de creación y explotación de tablas de partición  y consulta espacial. Tres objetivos principales:  procesamiento especial, tablas de partición paralelas y ejecución de tablas, y tipos de tablas geográficas y espaciales. 921 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03SpanishCesarGalindoLegaria Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:51:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03SpanishCesarGalindoLegaria Zach Skyles Owens Zach Skyles Owens 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03SpanishCesarGalindoLegaria/RSS Application Development Data Warehousing es-es SQL Behind the Scenes – Spanish SQL Server 2008 Двигатель Оптимизация - Сезар Галиндо-Легария ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03RussianCesarGalindoLegaria Работал над оптимизацией процессов создания и применения таблиц секций и таблиц пространственных запросов. Три главных направления деятельности:  особая обработка, параллельные таблицы секций и выполнение таблиц, географические и пространственные типы таблиц. 921 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03RussianCesarGalindoLegaria Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:01:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03RussianCesarGalindoLegaria Zach Skyles Owens Zach Skyles Owens 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/03RussianCesarGalindoLegaria/RSS Application Development Data Warehousing ru-RU SQL Behind the Scenes – Russian SQL Server 2008 MERGE Operator with Bruno Denuit ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Bruno-Denoit Bruno talks about his work on the Engine team, developing the syntax for the new MERGE operator, which according to data warehousing metrics is much faster than in previous versions of SQL Server. He also talks about his background in client-side languages and how that helped him become part of the Engine team. (Discussion includes a whiteboard demonstration of MERGE.) Bruno then tells us about the biggest challenges that he faced on this project. 1183 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Bruno-Denoit Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Bruno-Denoit Zach Skyles Owens Zach Skyles Owens 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Bruno-Denoit/RSS Application Development Data Warehousing SQL Behind the Scenes – English SQL Server 2008 Data Warehousing Improvements with Eric Hanson

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Eric-Hanson Eric Hanson is a Lead Program Manager for CORE RDBMS processing. He coordinated and worked on data warehouse scalability related improvements and details the benefits of these for customers. He also talks about some other new features in SQL Server 2008. 748 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Eric-Hanson Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:20:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Eric-Hanson Zach Skyles Owens Zach Skyles Owens 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Eric-Hanson/RSS Data Warehousing SQL Behind the Scenes – English SQL Server 2008 Engine Optimizations with Cesar Galindo-Legaria ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Cesar-Galindo-Legaria As a Developer Lead on the Engine team Cesar worked on a number of new optimizations for SQL Server 2008.  The three biggest features were indexing for spatial and geographical data types, parallel execution for partitioned tables, and enhancements for star join processing. 922 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Cesar-Galindo-Legaria Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:01:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Cesar-Galindo-Legaria Zach Skyles Owens Zach Skyles Owens 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Cesar-Galindo-Legaria/RSS Application Development Data Warehousing SQL Behind the Scenes – English SQL Server 2008 Data Warehousing with Torsten Grabs ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Torsten-Grabs Torsten Grabs is a Lead Program Manager on the SQL Server Engine Team. He discusses his work as a Lead Program Manager on Microsoft SQL Server 2008. He explains his contribution to Data Warehousing in SQL 2008, and its benefits to the customers. (Includes a white board example.) He also talks about his normal daily schedule. 777 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Torsten-Grabs Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:53:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Torsten-Grabs Zach Skyles Owens Zach Skyles Owens 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Torsten-Grabs/RSS Data Warehousing SQL Behind the Scenes – English SQL Server 2008 Scenario Testing with Alejandro Hernandez-Saenz ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Alejandro-Hernandez-Saenz Alejandro worked primarily on scenario testing. His biggest challenges were the data warehousing scenarios. 285 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Alejandro-Hernandez-Saenz Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:51:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Alejandro-Hernandez-Saenz Zach Skyles Owens Zach Skyles Owens 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Alejandro-Hernandez-Saenz/RSS Data Warehousing SQL Behind the Scenes – English SQL Server 2008 Query Optimization Testing with Leo Giakoumakis ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Leo-Giakoumakis Leo Giakoumakis is a Test Lead in the SQL Server team.  His team is responsible for the quality of query optimization, making sure that queries used in the new features are optimized properly and also that existing customers don’t see regression from their level of performance when upgrading to the new version. He also discusses some specific features. 768 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Leo-Giakoumakis Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:38:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Leo-Giakoumakis Zach Skyles Owens Zach Skyles Owens 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ZachSkylesOwens/Behind-the-Scenes-with-Leo-Giakoumakis/RSS Data Warehousing OLTP SQL Behind the Scenes – English SQL Server 2008