PASS Community News April 2010

About PASS

The PASS community encompasses everyone who uses the Microsoft SQL Server or Business Intelligence Platforms. This includes database administrators, application developers, Business Intelligence professionals, information technology professionals, executives, consultants, educators, instructors, and students.

The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) is the only independent, user-run, not-for-profit association dedicated to the SQL Server community helping its members Connect, Share, and

Learn by: – Facilitating member networking and exchange of information through our

websites, Chapters, annual Summits, regional and local events, and virtual communities

– Working with Microsoft to influence the evolution of SQL Server products and services

– Delivering high quality, up-to-date, technical content, presentations, and other educational material for professional development

PASS Latest News

PASS European Conference Is Right Around the  Corner - Have You Registered Yet?

• Thanks to months of hard work by PASS volunteers, we are putting the final touches on what is going to be the best PASS European Conference yet April 21-23 in Neuss, Germany. Andre Kamman gives us an insider's look at the event in this blog post. 

Microsoft Kicking Off SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Tour

• Starting with the European Conference, PASS is partnering with Microsoft to bring 50 regional SQL Server 2008 R2-focused events world wide. More information on our R2 launch page

PASS Summit 2010 Online?

• Would you be interested in attending a live online track at PASS Summit if you couldn’t attend in person? Learn more and post your comments on the PASS blog.

24 Hours of PASS 2010 - May 19th

The 24 Hours of PASS site has gone Live!!! Check it out at http://www.sqlpass.org/24hours/2010/

• Virtual Sessions for 24 straight hours. Speakers include Donald Farmer, Greg Low, Adam Machanic, Louis Davidson and more!

• 4 tracks – App Dev, BI, DBA, and Professional

Development

• Focus on SQL Server 2008 R2 highlights and new

features

Featured Top 10 list

Top 10 Articles on SQL Server Clustering: Hemantgiri S. Goswami

• How to Create SQL Server 2005 Clustering with Virtual Server 2005

• Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Clustering Basics

• Inside SQL Server Cluster Setup and Troubleshooting Techniques

• Busting 6 SQL Server Failover Clustering Myths

• SQL Server 2000 and 2005 Clustering

• Preparing the SQL Server 2005 Clustering Infrastructure

• Should I Upgrade my Current Clustering to SQL Server 2005 Cluster

• SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering White Paper

• SQL Server 2005 Multi-Site Clustering with Windows Server 2008

• SQL Server Clustering Best Practices

Free Virtual Learning for April 2010

Virtualization Live Meeting – virualization.sqlpass.org for more info

Using Virtualization to Solve Common Dev/QA Environment Problems,

Speaker: Aaron Nelson and Dushyanth Nataraj

Wednesday April 7th 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST

Application Development Live Meeting – appdev.sqlpass.org for more infoPowerShell for Database DevelopersSpeaker: Peter SchottDate: April 13th 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST

Understanding SARGability (to make your queries run faster)Speaker: Rob FarleyDate: April 27th 8:00am – 9:00am EST

Database Administration Live Meeting – dba.sqlpass.org for more infoMicrosoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Application and Multi-Server ManagementSpeaker:  Clifford Dibble Date: April 14th, 2:00pm – 3:00pm EST

Other SQL Server Community Webinars – visit http://columbus.sqlpass.org for more info

CBusPASS presents Fundamentals of SQL Server Internals by Jeremiah Peschka

Date: April 8th 2010, 6:30pm – 8:30pm EST

Upcoming SQL Saturday Events

• #30 - Richmond 2010 Apr 10, 2010

• #31 - Chicago 2010 Apr 17, 2010

• #41 - Atlanta 2010 Apr 24, 2010

• #39 - New York City 2010 Apr 24, 2010

• #36 - Wheeling 2010 May 1, 2010

• #38 - Jacksonville 2010 May 8, 2010

PASS Membership

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• It’s FREE• You’ll receive the bi-weekly newsletter called PASS

Connector. The newsletter includes various features such as: Latest news from Microsoft Technical articles Top 10 lists PASS Summit updates Contests, and more!

• Access to articles on the PASS website.

Register at www.sqlpass.org

PASS Headquarters

Who to contact for information on:

Speakers at PASS Summit 2009:Elena.Sebastiano@sqlpass.org

CommunityBlythe.Morrow@sqlpass.org

Sponsorships & AdvertisingSanjeet.Gandham@sqlpass.org

Office Tel: 1604-899-6009

Fax: 1604-899-1269

Thank You from PASS

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