PASS has launched its new website.  There has been a lot of hard work behind the scenes over the past year to be ready for this.  Nothing ever goes as planned, but I believe that you will agree with me that the improvements made are huge. If you are not a member, membership is now FREE at www.sqlpass.org.  The summit will be held ...

Earlier this year, I was fortunate to visit Dublin, Ireland to speak at the Irish Microsoft Technical Conference (IMTC).  Chuck Boyce from www.SQLServerDVD.com was there recording and streaming sessions.  He was unable to stream my session live, but he did get it recorded.  Chuck has just posted my session on SQL Server Express 2005 ...

PASS has structured its registrations to give the best deals to those who register the earliest.  The current rate of $1395 expires June 30th.  As Greg pointed out in his blog, community speakers have been announced.  Register for the summit at http://summit2008.sqlpass.org/ now to beat the price increase.  Come to the ...

It seems to be that time of year.  The time of year when conferences and speaking opportunities abound.  I have some events coming up.  If you are in the area, please drop in.  March 20 - 7pm - Triad SQl Server User Group - www.triadsql.com.  I will be delivering a session entitiled BI for the Relational Guy April 3-4 - ...

In the latest PASS Community Connector, there is a call for Speakers for this year's summit in Seattle in November.  If you have never been to Seattle in November, it really makes you want to learn more about SQL Server in the breakout sessions. ;-)   But seriously, it is a great venue to meet other SQL Server professionals and ...

On Jan. 24, there is a FREE virtual conference focused on SQL Server 2008.  This is not just a webcast that you can view online.  The sessions are scheduled at specific times with Live Q&A following the session from the speakers.  Grab one of your SQL buddies and sign-up to attend virtually on Jan. 24! Register Here: ...

I recently got my login access to the streaming content from the PASS Community Summit in Denver.  I have started to play the sessions on my other system as I work on other projects.  It is great to be working along and pickup tidbits along the way while multitasking. There is so much great content, it seems like I will never get through ...

Last week at the PASS Community Summit, I was so busy that I did not get a chance to blog about anything.  Looking back, I had a great time and learned a few things.  In one of the keynotes, I heard MSFT say that the upgrade experience from 2005 to 2008 would be seemless.  When I repeated this information to a few other MSFT folks, ...

THe PASS Community Summit will be held in Denver, the Mile High City, this year with more content focused on BI than ever before.  To be a part of this event, visit www.sqlpass.org and register by Aug 31 to enjoy the last price break before the summit. Don't forget to check out the pre-conference events as well.  There is a lot of ...

I can't believe it. The PASS COmmunity Summit is only a month away! Check out the strong SQL Server content at www.sqlpass.org and register today.  BI is a growing part of your business and is also a growing part of the content that you will find in Denver this year.  Plus Microsoft will have several sessions on SQL Server ...