As a result of promotions and in general getting the word about the Detroit Area SQL Server User Group we area now around 100 members strong and growing and meeting each month with at least one major presentation from some of the industries leading advocates.

Join us for our next meeting, March 9th, 2006 at the Microsoft office in Southfield, Michigan

Presenter: Kevin Kline, President of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), Director of Technology as Quest Software and author of books such as ""SQL in a Nutshell"" published by O'Reilly & Associates.

Topic: Performance Baselining, Benchmarking, and Monitoring

Level: 200

Abstract: It's impossible to truly tune a SQL Server without a good understanding of its performance profile and work load. This session describes techniques and procedures to assess the baseline performance profile of a SQL Server, benchmark the performance of the server under varying work loads, and how to continuously monitor the server for maximum availability and performance.

This session will help you:

1. Learn how to set up baselines, benchmarks, and monitoring
2. Understand the benefits and drawbacks of the two main approaches to monitoring
3. Learn major PerfMon counters that are important for baselining, benchmarking, and monitoring
This presentation will have a primary emphasis on SQL Sever 2005.

Registration: Please visit our website at www.SQLSIG.org for registration information, maps and directions.