LA Data Platform @LADataPlatform
The Los Angeles Data Platform (f.k.a. SQL Malibu) is the informal meeting of a group of Microsoft Data Platform enthusiasts in the Greater Los Angeles area. linktr.ee/ladataplatform Los Angeles, CA Joined February 2013-
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Our favorite content for this week! More info: buff.ly/4aFwMyE #ladataplatform #postgres #dbatools #sqlserver #security #statistics #ssbs #telegraph #indexing
Next session - Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Session #1 - Improve the performance in Azure using these features by Deepthi Goguri Session #2 - A Beginner's Guide to Query Store by Brandon Tucker RSVP here: buff.ly/441Nc1P #ladataplatform #usergroup #querystore #sqlserver
Thank you for attending our last meeting! Thank you to Paresh Motiwala for his 20 Stupid Things We Can Avoid as DBAs and Ginger Grant for her Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric sessions. buff.ly/3O5b9hS #ladataplatform #dba #microsoftfabric
0 Days Away from Things to Avoid as DBAs by Paresh Motiwala | Microsoft Fabric by Ginger Grant Wednesday, April 17, 2024 RSVP here: buff.ly/3PQJMZQ #ladataplatform #usergroup #dba #sqlserver #fabric
1 Day Away from Things to Avoid as DBAs by Paresh Motiwala | Microsoft Fabric by Ginger Grant Wednesday, April 17, 2024 RSVP here: buff.ly/3PQJMZQ #ladataplatform #usergroup #dba #sqlserver #fabric
2 Days Away from Things to Avoid as DBAs by Paresh Motiwala | Microsoft Fabric by Ginger Grant Wednesday, April 17, 2024 RSVP here: buff.ly/3PQJMZQ #ladataplatform #usergroup #dba #sqlserver #fabric
Our favorite content for this week! (041224) More info: buff.ly/3vOHbZD #ladataplatform #sqlserver #deprecatedfeatures #tls #sqlserver2022 #vmwaremigrations #denserank #toxicleaders
Next week (Wednesday, April 17, 2024): Things to Avoid as DBAs by Paresh Motiwala | Microsoft Fabric by Ginger Grant RSVP here: buff.ly/3PQJMZQ #ladataplatform #usergroup #dba #sqlserver #fabric
Next meeting (Wednesday, April 17, 2024): Things to Avoid as DBAs by Paresh Motiwala | Microsoft Fabric by Ginger Grant RSVP here: buff.ly/3PQJMZQ #ladataplatform #usergroup #dba #sqlserver #fabric
Our favorite content for this week! (040524) More info: buff.ly/3xfYS4z #ladataplatform #sqlserver #datadog #windowsserver2025 #virtualbox #datatypes #randomdata #sqlelasticpool
Goodbye Eventbrite and Hello Meetup! More info: buff.ly/4aAQVoS #ladataplatform #eventbrite #meetup #events #usergroup
Our favorite content for this week! (032924) More info: buff.ly/4adT1LQ #ladataplatform #sqlserevr #jobsearch #synapse #dbatools #powershell #hyperscale
Next meeting - Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:00 PM PDT Things to Avoid as DBAs by Paresh Motiwala | Microsoft Fabric by Ginger Grant RSPV: buff.ly/43vgQME
Unfortunately, our user group meeting on Wednesday, March 20 didn't go as planned. Rest assured, we will reschedule and make it happen! #ladataplatform #usergroup #meeting
Our favorite content for this week! (032224) More info: buff.ly/4a29imN #ladataplatform #sqlserveragent #ssbs #snapshotbackup #groupby #sqlserver #fibonacci
Today only (WED, MAR 20): 1. SQL Server Slowness by Chandan Kumar 2. Microsoft Fabric by Rowland Gosling More info: buff.ly/434qiGB #ladataplatform #sqlserver #performancetuning #microsoftfabric #azure
This week only (WED, MAR 20): 1. SQL Server Slowness by Chandan Kumar 2. Microsoft Fabric by Rowland Gosling More info: buff.ly/434qiGB #ladataplatform #sqlserver #performancetuning #microsoftfabric #azure
This week only (WED, MAR 20): 1. SQL Server Slowness by Chandan Kumar 2. Microsoft Fabric by Rowland Gosling More info: buff.ly/434qiGB #ladataplatform #sqlserver #performancetuning #microsoftfabric #azure
Our favorite content for this week! (031524) More info: buff.ly/3wT12ah #ladata platform #sqlserver #performancetuning #ssms #securityadmin #nativebackups #snapshots
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TY for attending our May 2023 meeting and TY to John Sterrett (@johnsterrett) for a great Getting Started with SQL Server Performance session! buff.ly/3OjCOfW #sqlsatla #sqlsaturday #sqlserver #performance #tuning #optimization #gofaster
0 day away: Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM PST Advanced SQL For Data Scientists by Jean Joseph (@CloudDataDriven) RSVP here: buff.ly/3GwBNww #ladataplatform #datascience
2023 Data.SQL.Saturday.LA Call for Speakers is still open! Submit here: Join the following speakers that already submitted sessions: Deexith Reddy, Armando Lacerda, Inderji@arlacerdaannucci, Nuri Halperin, Prabhat N@Nurihuf@Pra…lnkd.in/gkB_f7e7 lnkd.in/gjkGeFA8
2023 Data.SQL.Saturday.LA Call for Volunteers is still open! Register here: #sqlsatla #sqlsaturday #microsoft #amazon #sqlserver #postgres lnkd.in/g53kjGRf
@LADataPlatform Maybe this is good. I did not meant to use application to publish anything and spam the group but manually when something fits like the post I responded to :-)
@LADataPlatform benim SQL Server 2022 Parameter Sensitive Plan makalemi paylaşmış. Çok memnun oldum. O zaman daha fazla İngilizce içerik üretmeye devam. 🙂 Love to Los Angeles.❤️ preview.mailerlite.com/z7p2p5b7w2
Join us THIS Wednesday evening, March 15th, for our monthly Los Angeles Data Platform User Group (LADPUG) virtual meetup starting at 7PM PST/UTC-7. @Azure_George0 from Fulton Analytics will be presenting his The Length and Breadt…lnkd.in/gWfibtfR lnkd.in/g3q4k_N8
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Our favorite content for this week (01/30/2023 - 02/03/2023) More info: buff.ly/3Y10APZ #ladataplatform #usergroup #datacommunity
Attending @LADataPlatform user group meeting - SQL Server Security by @sqlstudent144!
Attending #powerbi session by @PhilSeamark at the LA Data Platform (@LADataPlatform). #ladataplatform #powerbi #microsoft lnkd.in/gCQnT9S7
@LADataPlatform Hey! I'm going to submit this metric to the team to see if it can be added. In the meantime, our CS team suggested you create a Data Calculation for the metric "Followers by Gender" and calculate the sum total. Feel free to DM us in the app if you want this set up for you!
2 days away - November 16, 2022 @ 7PM PST/UTC-8 Modernize your Data wrangling approach for Datalakes by Dan King - More info: buff.ly/3eFrDyV #ladataplatform #usergroup #datacommunity #datalakes #datawrangling
Attending Jupiter Notebook session by @dbanuggets at the @LADataPlatform!
@TGelfling @AnalyticAnna please check out @SQLBits in UK. Looks like UK used to have #SQLSaturday in London, Birmingham, and Manchester. Maybe @sqlsatofficial can help?
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Submit to speak at SQL Saturday Los Angeles on Aug 13 and @way0utwest will see you there sessionize.com/inperson-2022-… #sqlsat
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