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The kick-off to the Community Launch Tour celebrating the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 will take place at a special full-day Microsoft Launch Event at the PASS European Conference 2010 in Neuss, Germany, from April 21 to 23. The 24 Hours of PASS: Celebrating SQL Server 2008 R2 is a key component of this launch tour.
Get ready for these 24 Hours of PASS sessions by trying out the SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP today.
The following 24 Hours of PASS sessions will cover the new and exciting features of SQL Server 2008 R2:
BI Track
Session 01 (BI) – Start time: 12:00 GMT Introduction to PowerPivot Presenter: Brian Knight
Session 03 (BI) - Start time: 14:00 GMT What Exactly is in SQL Server 2008 R2? Presenter: Kevin Cox
Session 05 (BI) – Start time 16:00 GMT Implementing MDM Using SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services Presenter: Rushabh Mehta
Session 08 (BI) – Start time 19:00 GMT Solving Common Business Problems with Microsoft PowerPivot Presenter: Donald Farmer
Session 11 (BI) – Start time 22:00 GMT Easier than Ever Report Authoring in SSRS 2008 R2 Presenter: Jessica M. Moss
Session 15 (BI) – Start time 02:00 GMT Producing Dashboards with PerformancePoint Services Presenter: Peter Myers
Session 16 (BI) – Start time 03:00 GMT Reporting Services Enhancements in SQL Server 2008 R2 Presenter: Greg Low
Session 20 (BI) – Start time 07:00 GMT PowerPivot for Financial Decision Makers Presenter: Peter Ward
DBA Track
Session 04 (DBA) – Start time 15:00 GMT Getting Started with SQL Server Utility in SQL Server 2008 R2 Presenter: Glenn Berry
Session 10 (DBA) – Start time 21:00 GMT Using Data Compression with SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Presenter: Maciej Pilecki
Session 19 (DBA): Start time 06:00 GMT Multi-Server Management With UCP, MDW and PBM Presenter: Chuck Heinzelman
Session 22 (DBA) – Start time 09:00 GMT SQL Server 2008 R2: how to manage CPU’s, Cores and CPU Groups Presenter: Thomas Grohser
Dev Track
Session 21 (Dev) – Start time 08:00 GMT Data Tier Applications Presenter: Jacob Sebastian
Check out the 24 Hours of PASS session lineup...