Chennai SQL Server User Group (CSSUG) meet is happening tomorrow (15-Dec-2012) in Microsoft Training Centre, Chennai.

You can download presenation and demo scripts here
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs-admin/blogs/livingforsqlserver/CSSUG_SQLOS_Basics_15Dec2012/SQLOS_CSSUG_Meet_15Dec2012.zip

Tomorrow,  I am going take 2 hour session on SQLOS Basics (Skill level 200-300).

Topics to be covered:

SQL Server Architecture
SQLOS  - Basics
SQLOS – Responsibilities
CPU
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Here is updated list of *free* invaluable SQL Server learning resources.

Unknown is an ocean. 

You think I missed some important  freely available Sql Server resources? please share the link with me.

Technet Resources
http://technet.microsoft.com/hi-in/library/bb545450(en-us).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/hi-in/magazine/ff628330(en-us).aspx?sdmr=sql&sdmi=topics
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/bb978517.aspx

MCM Resources
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/master-sql.aspx (Section 7.6 and 7.7)
http://www.sqlskills.com/mcm.asp
http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Microsoft_Certified_Master_Reading_List

SQLServerPro
http://www.sqlmag.com/authors?fl=A

SQL Skills
http://www.sqlskills.com/Resources.asp
http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/commonsqlservermyths.pdf Read more

Chennai SQL Server user group meet is scheduled for Dec'2013.

Venue: Microsoft Training Centre, Radhakrishnan Salai, Chennai
Landmark: Opposite to President hotel
Timing: 09:30 AM to 01:00 PM
Date: 15th December 2012 (Saturday)

Register here: http://sql-articles.com/cssug/december-2012-ug-meeting-scheduled/

Chennai friends, register yourself to get your seats confirmed.

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It's been 2 years since I wrote my first blog post on SQLServerCentral ("What happens when a query is submitted").

No need to say how nervous I was while posting my first blog on worlds largest SQL Server community.

Remembering that day I was checking user visits once in two minutes for the… Read more

In this article We are going to understand the basics of SQLOS - CPU scheduling.

In high level:

1. When an user connects to SQL Server instance, unique connection id and session id is assigned to the user.
DMV: sys.dm_exec_connections

2. Queries being executed by the user sessions (requests in other… Read more