posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:37 AM
by
Knight_Reign
DevTeach Day Four
Well just gave two more talks back to back. The first one was about the Dataflow task and some approaches to how to optimize it. The second was a general introduction to Integration Services. Both went well I thought, except for my tricky laptop that seems to do something different everytime I hook it up to a video feed.
I really enjoy giving the "What's New in DTS?" talk. There's a goldmine of things to talk about. There's no shortage of features and most of all, it's really fun to watch people's faces as you describe what this product can do. Folks are constantly looking at each other and whispering things with a surprised look on their faces sometimes. I think it's also a bit overwhelming for people. Especially when I put up the slide that gives line item listings of all the individual features that are new in SSIS. The sheer scale of the differences and the effort put into SSIS is apparent and folks in the classes seem to get that, even if they don't catch all the changes or remember certain details.
It's been a fun conference, now I get to go see some other speakers. I'm looking forward to that.
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