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We're back! The Nashville SQL Server User Group is getting back together! Our next meeting is Friday, June 6th, 2008. See the Next Meeting below for details.

Next Meeting

Topic:	LINQ and the DBA
Date:	Friday June 6, 2008 at 11:30am

Speaker:	John Kellar John Kellar is the Founder and Chairman of the devLink Technical Conference He is a Technical Consultant with Compuware Corporation and owner of Anvil Systems in Nashville, TN. John is also a member of the Nashville .NET User Group Board of Directors and an occasional speaker at technical events. John has developed solutions in several markets including healthcare, government, financial services and data integration services.
Location:	Microsoft Nashville Office 2555 Meridian Blvd Suite 300 Franklin, TN 37067 (615) 778-2500
Sponsor:	Microsoft, Rezult Technology
Overview:	New language features are introduced all the time, why all the fanfare for LINQ? Many developers are learning LINQ, but the database professional should be researching LINQ as well. This session will seek to provide a better understanding of LINQ, its impact on developers and database professionals.
RSVP:	Shelton Dickson
Agenda:	11:30 am - 12:00pm : Lunch (provided) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm : Presentation

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Nashville SQL Server Meeting

The SQL Server Users Group had a fantastic turnout of 100 people at our meeting last Friday. Kevin Kline of Quest Software, our new President, made a great presentation on the top 10 features of SQL Server 2008. If you missed the meeting, a white paper of the presentation is available on the Resources tab.

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