Best of PASS Summit 2011
PASS Summit 2011 brought together SQL Server experts from around the globe with over 170 technical training sessions. The results are in and here are the top PASS Summit 2011 sessions as determined by 13,212 completed session evaluations. All PASS Summit 2011 attendees can view streamed recordings of the regular sessions.
Top Overall Sessions
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Isolated Disasters in VLDBs (DBA)
Kimberly Tripp, SQLskills.com
Average Score: 4.91 | Detailed Score |
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What’s New in Security for SQL Server Denali (DBA)
Il-Sung Lee, Microsoft
Average Score: 4.82 | Detailed Score |
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BLITZ! The SQL - More One Hour SQL Server Takeovers (DBA)
Brent Ozar, Brent Ozar PLF
Average Score: 4.90 | Detailed Score |
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Beyond the Hype - Hybrid Solutions for On-Premise and In-Cloud Database Applications (AZ)
Buck Woody, Microsoft
Average Score: 4.82 | Detailed Score |
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More DBA Mythbusters (DBA)
Paul Randal, SQLskills.com
Average Score: 4.89 | Detailed Score |
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Query Tuning Mastery: Zen and the Art of Workspace Memory (AD)
Adam Machanic, Data Education
Average Score: 4.81 |Detailed Score |
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Bug or Feature? (AD)
Itzik Ben-Gan, SolidQ
Average Score: 4.85 | Detailed Score |
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What Happened? Exploring the Plan Cache (DBA)
Kalen Delaney, SQLearning
Average Score: 4.80 | Detailed Score |
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Many-to-Many Relationships in DAX (BIA)
Alberto Ferrari, Sqlbi
Average Score: 4.84 | Detailed Score |
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Top 10 Things you Didn't Know About SSIS in SQL Server Denali (BIA)
Matt Masson, Microsoft
Average Score: 4.80 | Detailed Score |
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End-to-End SQL Server PowerPivot (BID)
Peter Myers, SolidQ
Average Score: 4.84 | Detailed Score |
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Inside Tempdb (DBA)
Bob Ward, Microsoft CSS
Average Score: 4.80 | Detailed Score |
Top 5 Sessions Per Track
Sort by track: AD | AZ | BIA | BID | DBA | PD
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Application and Database Development
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SQL Azure
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Bug or Feature? (AD)
Itzik Ben-Gan, SolidQ |
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Beyond the Hype - Hybrid Solutions for On-Premise and In-Cloud Database Applications (AZ)
Buck Woody, Microsoft |
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Query Tuning Mastery: Zen and the Art of Workspace Memory (AD)
Adam Machanic, Data Education |
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This Ain't Your Father's Cloud (AZ)
Buck Woody, Microsoft and Kevin Kline, Quest Software |
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No More Bad Dates: Best Practices for Working With Dates and Times (AD)
Kendra Little, Brent Ozar PLF |
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Migrating Large Scale Application to the Cloud with SQL Azure Federations (AZ)
Cihan Biyikoglu, Microsoft |
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Advanced T-SQL for SQL Server 2008 and Denali (AD)
Itzik Ben-Gan, SolidQ |
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SQLCAT: What Are the Largest Azure Projects in the World and How do they Scale (AZ)
Kevin Cox and Michael Thomassy, Microsoft |
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SQL Server Execution Plans – From Compilation to Caching to Reuse (AD)
Maciej Pilecki, Project Botticelli |
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SQL Azure - Where We Are Today, and Microsoft's Cloud Data Strategy (AZ)
Gregory Leake and Lynn Langit, Microsoft |
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BI Platform Architecture, Development and Administration
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BI Information Delivery
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Many-to-Many Relationships in DAX (BIA-402)
Alberto Ferrari, Sqlbi |
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End-to-End SQL Server PowerPivot (BID)
Peter Myers, SolidQ |
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Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About SSIS in SQL Server Denali (BIA)
Matt Masson, Microsoft |
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PowerPivot - A Cool Reporting Tool! (BID)
Scott Schommer, Quicken Loans |
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Introduction to Data Mining in SQL Server Analysis Services (BIA)
Brian Knight, Pragmatic Works
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Reporting with Crescent: [Your Organization]’s Got Talent (BID)
Olivier Matrat, Carolyn Chau, and Cindy Song, Microsoft |
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Zero to Cube - Fast Track to SSAS Development (BIA)
Adam Jorgensen, Pragmatic Works |
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Tips and Tricks for Building Rich Reporting Services Reports (BID)
Bob Meyers, Microsoft |
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Developing and Managing a Business Intelligence Semantic Model in SQL Server Denali Analysis Services (BIA)
Cathy Dumas, Microsoft |
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Creating Business Intelligence Dashboards with PerformancePoint Services 2010 (BID)
Rod Colledge, StrataDB |
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Professional Development
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Enterprise DBA and Deployment
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Meet the Presenter: How to Make a Killer Presentation (PD)
Plamen Ratchev, Tangra, Inc. |
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Isolated Disasters in VLDBs (DBA)
Kimberly Tripp, SQLskills.com |
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Are you a Linchpin? Career Management Lessons to Help you Become Indispensible
Andy Leonard, Linchpin People, LLC (with 7 additional speakers) |
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BLITZ! The SQL - More One Hour SQL Server Takeovers (DBA)
Brent Ozar, Brent Ozar PLF |
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Branding Yourself for a Dream Job -The Modern Resume (PD)
Steve Jones, SQLServerSentral.com |
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More DBA Mythbusters (DBA)
Paul Randal, SQLskills.com |
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Who's Responsible? The Vendor or the DBA? (PD)
Erin Stellato, Hyland Software, Inc. and
Mike Walsh, Straight Path IT Solutions |
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What’s New in Security for SQL Server Denali (DBA)
Il-Sung Lee, Microsoft |
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Building a Professional Development Plan (PD)
Andy Warren, Fourdeuce Inc |
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Inside Tempdb (DBA)
Bob Ward, Microsoft CSS |
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The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) is an independent, not-for-profit association, dedicated to supporting, educating, and promoting the Microsoft SQL Server community. From local user groups and special interest groups (SIGs) to webcasts and the annual PASS Community Summit � the largest gathering of SQL Server professionals in the world � PASS enables knowledge sharing, in-depth learning, access to the Microsoft SQL Server team, and the ability to influence the direction of SQL Server technologies.
PASS was founded in 1999 by Microsoft and CA and continues to enjoy executive level endorsement from both organizations. As the number one user community for Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft looks to the PASS community for valued feedback, input, and inspiration. PASS Mission Empower the global Microsoft SQL Server community to connect, share, learn and be inspired through networking, knowledge sharing, peer-based learning, and the ability to influence the direction of Microsoft SQL Server products and services.
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