This week I’m attending the SQL PASS Summit in Seattle. I’ll be live blogging each of the keynote presentations on Wednesday and Thursday morning. This post will be updated throughout the duration of the Day 1 keynote. Introduction We’re off and running! PASS president Adam Jorgensen starts us off with some opening remarks about PASS, Microsoft. Adam shares that PASS…
It seems like it was just yesterday that we all said goodbye in Seattle at last year’s PASS Summit, but the calendar on the wall says that the next event is a mere four months away. This means that it’s that time of year again: the schedule of sessions has been published. I am happy to announce that I’ll be presenting…
Today is the second day of the SQL PASS Summit in Seattle, Washington. I’ll be live blogging today’s keynote address. This post will be updated throughout the keynote. Don’t forget you can watch the live stream on PASS TV. Adam Jorgensen, current EVP of finance (and future president) of PASS shares about the financial status of the organization. Revenue has…
Today, I’ll be live blogging the SQL PASS 2015 keynote. Today is the third day of the PASS Summit, and the first day with regular sessions. Everything shown in the keynote will also be streamed on PASS TV. As a logistical note, I’ll be updating this post throughout the keynote. PASS president Tom LaRock kicks things off by recognizing existing…
In just two short months – exactly sixty days from today – the SQL PASS Summit will begin. Although it’s still a couple of months away, this is a great time to start making preparations to ensure that you get the most out of your Summit experience. Download and install the latest SQL Server 2016 CTP bits. Even if you’re…
I’m happy to announce that I will be speaking at the SQL PASS Summit this fall. The summit will be held during the first week of November in Seattle, Washington. This will be my seventh year attending the PASS Summit, and my fourth year as a speaker. This year I will be delivering a new presentation entitled “Building Bullet-Resistant SSIS…
It’s that time of the year again – time to make your voice heard as a PASS member. The PASS board elections are upon us, and if you’ were a PASS member as of June of this year, you should receive your ballot via email tomorrow. Remember that this year’s voting window is very narrow – just five days –…
I’m happy to announce that I have been selected to present at the SQL PASS Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina this October. I’ll be delivering a session entitled “Data Cleansing in SQL Server Integration Services”, in which I’ll cover various ways to detect and cleanse dirty data using tools built into (or accessible from) SQL Server Integration Services. This will…
I’m back home after a long week attending and presenting at the SQL PASS 2012 Summit in Seattle. This was the best event yet, in my opinion, and for me it was certainly the busiest. For the second year in a row, our SSIS Design Patterns team was invited to deliver a full-day preconference seminar before the Summit. Unlike last…
It seems just yesterday that we were all in Seattle together, getting a crash course in what’s new and exciting in SQL Server. It couldn’t possible have been 8 months since we were attending after-party events together, stopping by the Tap House for a beer, or closing down Bush Gardens with some spectacular SQL Karaoke. Yet here were are, getting…