If you’re interested in Microsoft SQL Server, you should already know about the PASS Summit, the independent (Microsoft-supported) SQL Server conference that happens every year.
PASS Summit is 100% SQL Server focused so if you make your living working on Microsoft SQL Server, this conference is nirvana. With over 190 technical sessions delivered over 2-days of pre-conference learning, plus 3-days of main conference attendance, PASS Summit provides the ultimate networking & education experience for IT Professionals looking to meet SQL MVPs, experts & peers in the industry. It also provides and opportunity to get face-to-face support with Microsoft CSS & SQLCAT, while participating in chalktalks throughout the event.
Here’s a short example of many of the sessions for Microsoft SQL Server administrators & programmers:
Automate Your ETL Infrastructure with SSIS and PowerShell (Allen White)- Building Your T-SQL Tool Kit: Window Function Fundamentals (Christina Leo)
- Hekaton: Why, What, and How (David DeWitt)
- Being the DBA of the Future: A World of On-Premise and Cloud (Grant Fritchey, Dandy Weyn)
- 10 Query Tuning Techniques Every SQL Programmer Should Know (Kevin Kline, Aaron Bertrand)
- Troubleshooting Clusters (Allan Hirt)
- Skewed Data, Poor Cardinality Estimates, and Plans Gone Bad (Kimberly Tripp)
- SQL Server Index Internals: A Deep Dive (Tim Chapman)
- Policy-Based Management and Central Management Server (Ryan Adams)
- Dos and Don’ts of Database Corruption (Gail Shaw)
- Data Mining in SQL Server Analysis Services (Brian Knight)
- Parallel Query Execution (Paul White)
- AlwaysOn in SQL Server 2014
- Advanced Analytics in Excel 2013
- …etc…
The PASS Summit for 2013 published recordings of many of their 190 sessions online at PASS TV:
- VIDEO: PASS TV – Session Recordings from PASS 2013
http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2013/PASStv.aspx
If you’re interested in knowing what was presented, download the PDF Session Schedule here:
- DOWNLOAD: PASS Summit 2013 Session Schedule (PDF)
http://www.sqlpass.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=eNh5qYO0Qkc%3d&tabid=9664
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