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• In case you did not hear, PASS Call for Speakers is now open!

  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 Read More... Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 10:39 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, Education, Events, Conferences, SQL 2008, User Group Meetings, SQL 2005

• Get Ready for SQL Server 2008!

  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 Read More... Posted Sunday, January 20, 2008 12:13 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, Education, Events, Conferences, SQL 2008, Katmai, SQL 2005

• Who's got your DB's back?

  While I was reviewing one of the sessions from the PASS Community Summit using the streaming media on some new things in SQL Server 2008, I stumbled across a new reason to mirror. The primary reason to mirror of course is availability and to give DBAs Read More... Posted Saturday, November 10, 2007 1:05 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: Conferences, SQL 2008, high availability

• Seemless Upgrade or "seem" less like an upgrade

  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 Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:37 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: SQL Community, Conferences, SQL 2008, Katmai

• PASS is next month!

  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 Read More... Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:45 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, Events, Conferences, SQL 2008

• Caught by the roving eye at TechEd, Catching Up on Katmai

  I was in Orlando for Tech for 2.5 days. It was great to see some old friends and make new ones too. I saw fellow SQLBloggers like Kalen, Kevin, and of course Peter to drop a few names. Today, a colleague of mine on the Board of Directors with PASS shot Read More... Posted Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:52 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, fun, Events, Conferences, SQL 2008, Katmai