I am honored to have been selected to be a presenter at this year’s PASS Summit coming up this November. I will be presenting a half-day talk entitled Build a Metadata-Driven ETL Repository with Biml and SSIS: Your boss tells you that a new field will be added to one of your vendor’s data files, and asks how long it will…
It’s day 2 of the PASS Summit. Yesterday was a whirlwind of a day, after my early-morning post-Halloween trip to Seattle. I spent some time with my Microsoft friends in the SQL Clinic and visited several vendor receptions, followed by a quick visit to the karaoke party. Today is the Cosmos DB keynote by Rimma Nehme. I’ve heard Dr. Nehme…
The yearly PASS Summit is just around the corner, a little less than six weeks away. For those not familiar with this event, it is a gathering of several thousand data professionals for 4+ days of education and networking. The PASS Summit will take place in Seattle, Washington, from Tuesday, October 31st until Friday, November 3rd. Networking at the Summit…
It has been a fantastic week here in Seattle at the annual PASS Summit. I’ve spent the last five days hanging out with 4,000 or so of my closest friends while teaching and learning more about SQL Server and data management. Although my schedule kept me busy – I delivered 3 sessions including a half-day on Biml – but I…
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 2 keynote. It’s the second full day of the PASS Summit and we’re back for another keynote. Today we’ll hear from the always-popular David DeWitt,…
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…
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…
Today is the last official day of the PASS Summit. The sessions will wrap up at the end of the day, and we’ll all go our separate ways and resume our semi-normal lives. Having delivered my presentation yesterday, my official PASS duties are over, and I’m planning to spend the day taking in a few sessions and networking. 08:15am: No…
It’s another beautiful day in Seattle. And by beautiful, I mean overcast and threatening rain. Today will be mostly consumed by the MVP Summit, with some fun stuff scheduled for later in the day. At 6pm today, I’m headed back to the Tap House for BI Over Beers, a gathering of business intelligence professionals sponsored by Varigence. 08:00am: On the…