Activate Conference 2018: Presentation info

A special hello if you're visiting this blog post during or after my workshops on Thursday afternoon, February 22 at the Louisiana Tech Park as park of the Activate Conference 2018!

Here are all the links, downloads, and more you need for these two workshops on Thursday, Feb 22:

Databases 101 for the Aspiring App Dev
Student Track
2:45 PM - 4:15 PM

Your Applications and modern SQL Server 2017
Professional Track
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Links to get setup with SQL Server:

This is the link to download SQL for FREE:

• SQL Server 2017 Downloads, click Developer

The tools to dev in the Microsoft ecosystem are all free:

• SSMS (for the SQL Server) 
• SSDT (for SSRS, SSIS, SSAS, also for Database Projects) (installs a shell of Visual Studio)
• Visual Studio Community Edition or Visual Studio Code

Download the WideWorldImporters sample database:

• WideWorldImporters-Full.bak (restore to any Edition aside from LocalDB)

Presentation Downloads:

Slide decks: Download link  (.pptx files) 

Toolbox: Github (.sql files)

• Look for toolbox.zip for an easy download, or 
• Click on each file then download, or 
• Click on each file, click “raw” on each file to copy/paste