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Marc Beacom

Marc Beacom – MCTS (BI, Dev), Principal Architect and Owner at DawaBI, has over 15 years of technical and business experience. DawaBI focuses on Making Data-Driven Decisions Possible by delivering user friendly and scalable data warehouse and business intelligence solutions. Marc is an active volunteer within the community and currently is co-organizer of the Colorado GiveCamp, served a year as a PASS Regional Mentor and served five years on the leadership board for the Denver and Colorado Springs SQL Server User Groups.

Giving back–Colorado GiveCamp has started (#CoGiveCamp)

The Colorado GiveCamp is underway with 40 volunteers and 5 charities.  Gabe Villa ( blog | twitter ), Kevin Krueger ( blog | twitter ), Jason Horner ( twitter ) and I have been organizing this event for the last several months.  This is the second GiveCamp hosted in Colorado.… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 22 October 2011

Announcing the fifth certification study session

The Denver SQL Server User Group is starting another round for the certification study group. Last year we ran three sessions with each focusing in on a specific subject area (DBA, Dev, BI). For the next session starting next week, we thought we would try a general study session and… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 19 October 2011

ColoradoSQL. in October

All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 p.m. and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend so bring a co-worker…or two. These events provide for great learning opportunities as well as networking with other local SQL Server professionals.

 

BoulderSQL

Third Tuesday (September 20)

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 18 October 2011

ColoradoSQL in September

 

All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 p.m. and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend so bring a co-worker…or two. These events provide for great learning opportunities as well as networking with other local SQL Server professionals.

 

BoulderSQL

Third Tuesday (September 20)

Level… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 14 September 2011

Announcing the upcoming Colorado GiveCamp

What is a GiveCamp?

GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where technology professionals from designers, developers and database administrators to marketers and web strategists donate their time to provide solutions for non-profit organizations. Since its inception in 2007, the National GiveCamp program has provided benefits to over 150 charities, with a…

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 16 August 2011

ColoradoSQL in August

All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend so bring a co-worker.

BoulderSQL

Third Tuesday

Level 3 Communications

Room 4LA-07

1025 Eldorado Blvd
Broomfield, CO 80021

 

Presenter: Scot Reagin ( web )– SJReagin & Associates

 

Having developed…

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 15 August 2011

SQL Server 2008 R2 Developers Training Kit

If your looking for presentations, demos, hands-on labs and videos to help you better understand SQL Server 2008 R2, then check out the Developers Training Kit.  This is a great resource for a wide range of SQL Server topics.


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Posted in Marc Beacom on 15 July 2011

ColoradoSQL in June

All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend so bring a co-worker.

BoulderSQL

Third Tuesday

Level 3 Communications

Room 4LA-07

1025 Eldorado Blvd
Broomfield, CO 80021

Warm-up Presentation

Transaction Basics

Paul Paiva

An overview of what transactions are all… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 15 June 2011

ColoradoSQL in May

All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend so bring a co-worker.

BoulderSQL

Tuesday May 17

Level 3 Communications

Room 4LA-07

1025 Eldorado Blvd
Broomfield, CO 80021

 

Presentation

Managing SQL Server Permissions
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Posted in Marc Beacom on 16 May 2011

Looking for FREE SSAS training?

SSWUG.org is hosting a free SQL Server Analysis Services expo on May 20, 2011.  Register today to reserve your spot.

 

If your not familiar with the SSWUG.org events, they host several virtual conferences at great rates.  Did I mention that this event is FREE?  The sessions are pre-recorded… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 11 May 2011

Announcing the fifth certification study session

The Denver SQL Server User Group is starting another round for the certification study group. Last year we ran three sessions with each focusing in on a specific subject area (DBA, Dev, BI). For the next session starting next week, we thought we would try a general study session and… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 23 April 2011

Announcing the fourth certification study session

The Denver SQL Server User Group is starting another round for the certification study group. Last year we ran three sessions with each focusing in on a specific subject area (DBA, Dev, BI). For the next session starting next week, we thought we would try a general study session and… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 23 April 2011

DenverSQL UG Meeting: Tim Mitchell presents Dirty Data? Clean it up!

 Denver SQL Server User Group - Thursday, February 17, 2011
 

Main Presentation
"Dirty Data? Clean It Up! By Tim Mitchell"

Dirty Data? Clean It Up!

Dirty data is everywhere, and it's headed for a database near you.  Extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) can be difficult, but often the…

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 17 February 2011

Kimball University: Microsoft Data Warehouse in Depth

Several years ago, late 2006, I decided to focus my career on Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence (DW/BI). I was fortunate to have picked up a copy of a book titled “The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit” written by members of the Kimball Group.  This is a great… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 20 September 2010

Denver SQL Server UG September meeting

For the past 1 1/2 years now we’ve been hosting two presentations each meeting.  The first presentation is typically a 30 minute intro level topic and the second a 60 minute more advanced topic.  This month we are giving something else a go.  We are hosting two 60 minute presentations. … Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 16 September 2010

SQLSaturday #52 - Colorado Details

 

What is SQL Saturday?

SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. Admittance to this event is free.  If you wish to have lunch with us there is a $10 lunch fee.  All other costs are covered by donations and sponsorships.… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 12 September 2010

Speaking at a SSWUG vConference

I was asked recently by Chris Shaw who is the site manager for SSWUG.org, if I was interested in speaking at the upcoming vConference.   I was thrilled to have been asked as I've been wanting to do more community activities. I went out to the speakers list and my… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 27 September 2009

Denver SQL Server User Group Board Meeting Notes from 20090901

To address a few questions on what does the board actually do and to bring more visibility to all of the members plus non-members, I thought I'd write-up some notes from last weeks board meeting.  We are always looking for feedback as to what you think is not working,… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 10 September 2009

Project Gemini

Dan English put up a blog post on his experiences with installing Gemini. His post is loaded with screen shots and walks you through the install.  He then has a few screen shots of Gemini in action.  Dan also includes several links that you can access for additional information on… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 31 August 2009

24 Hours of PASS

Image a full day of SQL Server and BI training. Even better yet, a full day of FREE training. Well PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) is offering just that. A full day of FREE training. No not 8 hours, but a full 24 hours of FREE training. 

This event will be online and… Read more

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Posted in Marc Beacom on 24 August 2009

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