PASS - Category Archive

The following is a list of all entries from the PASS category.

Blogging From the 2009 PASS Community Summit

Like a lot of other SQL Server bloggers, this week I will attempt to write regular blog entries each day, and hopefully include some photographs of the activities I attend. I am not an “official” PASS blogger, but I will try and offer my perspective of the event, with my own particular slant. And next ...read more


Some 24 Hours of PASS Sessions Can Now be Viewed Online

If you missed out on some of the 24 free, live sessions that made up the 24 Hours of PASS, some of them can now be viewed here. To view them, you will have to register, whether or not you originally registered for the 24 Hours of Pass. As of Wednesday, September 9, the available ...read more


30 Days of Adventure in Australia and New Zealand

Starting Saturday, September 26, 2009, I will begin a 30 day, 9 city, and 11 session speaking tour of Australia and New Zealand. While I have been on several 2 and 3 week speaking tours, this will be my longest and most complex. I have spent nearly a year making the arrangements, coordinating the tour ...read more


PASS Community Summit to be Held in Seattle

Organized by SQL Server users for SQL Server users, PASS Summit Unite 2009 is the largest and most intensive Microsoft SQL Server and BI conference in the world. In its 10th year, PASS Summit returns to the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle Nov. 2-5, 2009. Guided by the results of a recent ...read more


24 Hours of PASS was an Adventure

On July 21, just a few short weeks ago, I got an e-mail from Rick Heiges, who is on the Board of Directors for PASS, asking me if I was willing to participate in the 24 Hours of PASS virtual conference, to be held on September 1, 2009. This was the first I had heard ...read more


Would You Like to Do Technical Reviews of Articles for PASS’s SQL Server Standard?

If you haven’t heard yet, PASS has started commissioning articles to be published in the new PDF version of the SQL Server Standard. If you are an experienced DBA with writing experience and want to participate, then you need to check out this link. It provides all of the information you need to get you ...read more


Don’t Forget to Sign Up for the 24 Hours of PASS

The first 24 Hours of PASS event will be starting September 2, 2009, and will feature 24 different SQL Server-related sessions by 24 different speakers, and all for free. So if you haven’t signed up for this event yet, you still can at 24hours.sqlpass.org. I will be presenting on Using SQLdiag to Troubleshoot SQL Server ...read more


Summary of What PASS Members Want from the 2009 PASS Community Summit

PASS recently conducted a survey of its members, asking them what topics they would like to see covered at the 2009 PASS Community Summit. A total of 304 people responded to the survey, and the entire survey can be seen at the PASS Speaker’s Resource Page (you have to log on to the website to ...read more


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