{"id":547,"date":"2011-07-24T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/SQLskills-at-PASS-and-Connections-in-October.aspx"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:41:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:41:17","slug":"sqlskills-at-pass-and-connections-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/sqlskills-at-pass-and-connections-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"SQLskills at PASS and Connections in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The Fall conferences are a little earlier this year &#8211; October rather than November &#8211; and we&#39;ll be at both PASS and SQL Connections.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">We hope to see&nbsp;you there!<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">PASS Summit<\/font><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">This year&#39;s PASS Summit is in Seattle again from October 11-14 &#8211; see <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pass.org\/summit\/2011\/Live.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">here<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> for registration details.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Kimberly and I decided not to submit workshops this year so we&#39;re only doing Spotlight Sessions. Jonathan&#39;s doing a workshop and a Spotlight Session and Stacia&#39;s doing two workshops and a panel discussion.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Here&#39;s the line-up:<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Workshops<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Extended Events Deep Dive (Jonathan)<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">MDX, DAX, and DMX: An Introduction to the Languages of BI (Stacia)<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">So how does the BI workload impact the database engine? 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(Stacia)<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<strong><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">SQL Connections<\/font><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The Fall SQL Connections show will be in Las Vegas as usual, from October 30 &#8211; November 4 &#8211; see <\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">here<\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> for registration details.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">We&#39;ve put together a great show (Kimberly and I are the conference co-chairs) and we&#39;ll both be doing workshops and sessions, as will Stacia.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Here&#39;s the line-up:<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Workshops<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">10\/30: SPR201: The Foundations of a Healthy SQL Server Database (Kimberly and Paul)<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">10\/31: SPR202: Collaborative Business Intelligence: Putting the Pieces Together (Stacia)<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">10\/31: SPR303: Designing for Performance and Scalability (Kimberly)<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Paul&#39;s sessions<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">SQL216: More DBA Mythbusters&nbsp;<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">SQL419: Wait Statistics: Avoiding &#39;Knee-Jerk&#39; Performance Tuning&nbsp;<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">SQL422: Advanced Recovery Techniques&nbsp;<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">SQL225: Follow the Rabbit: Wrap-up Q&amp;A<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Kimberly&#39;s sessions<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">SQL207: Precarious? 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