Do you like training? Do you like FREE training? Then make sure you check out the 24 Hours of PASS event that starts today at 12:00 GMT. If you miss the events of the day, no worries, the recordings will be up within a few weeks.
Check out the great schedule of events:
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Session 01 (BIA) – Starts at 12:00 GMT
Choosing the Right Reporting Platform
Presenter: Brian Knight, Devin Knight
Session 02 (DBA) – Starts at 13:00 GMT
Best Practices for Upgrading to SQL Server 2012
Presenters: Robert Davis
Session 03 (AppDev) – Starts at 14:00 GMT
Three Ways to Identify Slow Running Queries
Presenter: Grant Fritchey
Session 04 (AppDev) – Starts at 15:00 GMT
Fasten Your Seatbelt – Troubleshooting the Most Difficult SQL Server Problems
Presenter: Klaus Aschenbrenner
Session 05 (CLD) – Starts at 16:00 GMT
SQL Server Private Cloud != Azure
Presenter: Allan Hirt, Ben DeBow
Session 06 (AppDev) – Starts at 17:00 GMT
What are the Largest SQL Server Projects in the World?
Presenter: Kevin Cox
Session 07 (AppDev) – Starts at 18:00 GMT
Practical Demos of Text Mining and Data Mining using SQL Server 2012
Presenter: Mark Tabladillo
Session 08 (DBA) – Starts at 19:00 GMT
PowerShell 101 for the SQL Server DBA
Presenters: Allen White
Session 09 (BID) – Starts at 20:00 GMT
Mobile Business Intelligence
Presenter: Jen Underwood
Session 10 (BID) – Starts at 21:00 GMT
Slow MDX Queries: The Case of the Empty Tuples
Presenter: Stacia Misner
Session 11 (DBA) – Starts at 22:00 GMT
Using SQL Server 2012 Always On
Presenters: Denny Cherry
Session 12 (PD) – Starts at 23:00 GMT
Leadership – Winning Influence in IT Teams
Presenter: Kevin Kline
Friday, September 21, 2012
Session 13 (BIA) – Starts at 00:00 GMT
BI Architecture With SQL 2012 & SharePoint 2010
Presenter: Rod Colledge
Session 14 (DBA) – Starts at 01:00 GMT
DBCC, Statistics, and You
Presenters: Erin Stellato
Session 15 (BIA) – Starts at 02:00 GMT
SSIS Design Patterns for Fun and Profit
Presenter: Jessica Moss, Michelle Ufford
Session 16 (AppDev) – Starts at 03:00 GMT
Characteristics of a Great Relational Database
Presenter: Louis Davidson
Session 17 (BIA) – Starts at 04:00 GMT
What’s All the Buzz about Hadoop and Hive?
Presenter: Cindy Gross
Session 18 (AppDev) – Starts at 05:00 GMT
Taking SQL Server Into the Beyond Relational Realm
Presenter: Michael Rys
Session 19 (BIA) – Starts at 06:00 GMT
Agile Data Warehousing with SQL Server 2012
Presenter: Davide Mauri
Session 20 (AppDev) – Starts at 07:00 GMT
Digging Into the Plan Cache
Presenter: Jason Strate
Session 21 (BIA) – Starts at 08:00 GMT
Introduction to Microsoft’s Big Data Platform and Hadoop Primer
Presenter: Denny Lee
Session 22 (BID) – Starts at 09:00 GMT
Big Data Analytics with PowerPivot and Power View
Presenter: Peter Myers
Session 23 (CLD) – Starts at 10:00 GMT
Best Practices and Lessons Learned Using SSIS for Large Scale Azure Data Movement
Presenter: Steven Howard
Session 24 (PD) – Starts at 11:00 GMT
Mentoring for Professional Development
Presenter: Andy Warren
* Please be sure to check our time zone guide for exact times in your area. This 24 Hours of PASS event begins at 12:00 GMT on September 20 and runs for 24 consecutive hours.