Company: Guide-line
Website/blog: http://guide-line.com/
Track: Microsoft
About:
Raoul Illyés a SQL Server MVP,
is an internationally recognized lecturer and teacher, who is known
for his passion and ability to go into depth. His high energy level
and enthusiasm has been appreciated by many customers over the
years, including Microsoft, U.S. who have made use of Raoul
including on their big annual PASS conference for the SQL
people.
Raoul is a expert in performance optimization and consolidation
and by merging the two things together, made great achievements in
terms of savings for the customers.
Part I: How to get in control of SQL Server sprawl
The MAP toolkit (Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.5) is the ideal tool for simplified IT infrastructure planning.
With the help from the MAP toolkit there is now an unitive and easy way to get in control of SQL Server sprawl, get assessments regarding Azure and migration to the cloud, heterogeneous database discovery, and enhanced server consolidation capabilities and much more.
This presentation will be good introduction on how to get started using the MAP toolkit, specifically targeted for a SQL server audience.
Part II: How to reduce your SQL server footprint
You have done your home work with the MAP toolkit, so now what?
There has been a big drive in the industry for the last couple of years to identify and reduce the overall foot print in IT in general.
This have been especially true when it comes to SQL Server and the three main methods used to achieve these goals has been in the form of:
Virtualization, Instance or database consolidation. But how do you know which solution is the right one for you?
All of these questions will be answered during this presentation which will also include the latest trends from Microsoft such as cloud consolidation and appliances.