{"id":819,"date":"2006-11-13T16:33:47","date_gmt":"2006-11-13T16:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/bobb\/post\/Dont-be-Afraid-Of-at-ITForum.aspx"},"modified":"2006-11-13T16:33:47","modified_gmt":"2006-11-13T16:33:47","slug":"dont-be-afraid-of-at-itforum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/dont-be-afraid-of-at-itforum\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t be Afraid Of &#8230; at ITForum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>I&#8217;m at ITForum in Barcelona this week. I&#8217;ll be speaking on three topics that are:<\/P><br \/>\n<P>1. Completely or almost completely new in SQL Server 2005<BR>2. Take some DBAs a bit out of their comfort zone<\/P><br \/>\n<P>If you&#8217;ve been avoiding these features until now, its time to take the plunge and let these features help you, rather than avoid them and do without the beneifts they provide. The topics are:<\/P><br \/>\n<P>1. 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