SQL PASS Summit was very educational, and I wish I had the time to personally document all that I learned. However, thanks to my bout with illness, I do not have the time to write all that I should. Fortunately for the rest of us, many SQL PASS Summit attendees already blogged about the highlights and they write much more coherently than I do.
Here is a brief list of the live blogging of SQL PASS Summit events, classes, keynotes and suchlike (in the order I stumbled upon them, rather than in any order of priority or importance)
- SQL Belle’s blog on the Women in Technology Luncheon at SQL PASS Summit, PASS Summit Day 1 keynote and classes she attended, her discoveries on the day prior to the start of PASS Summit (aka Day -1).
- Jen of MidnightDBA’s blog includes the PASS Virtual Vendors Area, Pass Day 3: Keynote Live Blog, Pass Day 2: WIT Luncheon, Pass Day 2: Keynote live Blog, Pass Day 1: Keynote Live Blog, and of course video of the MidnightDBA groupies PASS Meetup.
- Brent Ozar blogged about Keynote day #1
- Strate SQL blogged about Dr. David DeWitt’s amazing keynote about SQL Query Optimization on the 3rd day of SQL Pass. The blog page also includes the links I forgot to write down for the URLs Dr. DeWitt mentioned during his talk.
- Grant Fritchey on Keynote Day #1 (part 1, part 2, part 3) , Keynote Day 2, Keynote day 3.
- SQL Rockstar, aka Thomas LaRock, blogged on what he did last week, the first keynote, and the Women in Technology Luncheon.
- Replays of the Live streaming video of the keynotes from SQLPass site: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and WIT Luncheon.
- New path to obtaining the Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) certification for SQL Server 2008.
- Brent Ozar wrote a summary of the changes for those who want a quick bulleted list of the changes rather than the full program description.
- Paul Randal and Glen Berry also blogged on the MCM announcement.
- Many posted the all-important link to the MCM readiness videos, which is required viewing for all MCM candidates.
- Brent Ozar wrote a summary of the changes for those who want a quick bulleted list of the changes rather than the full program description.
- SQL Server Denali Community Technology Preview was released, and all attendees received a CD containing SQL Server Denali CTP1. Brent Ozar was one of the first to post a blog about Denali and its high availability features.
- SQL Server Tools code named “Juneau” – SSMS BI functionality now available in BIDs.
- SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse
- Microsoft “Atlanta” (online service providing proactive alerts for SQL server 2008+). Official site here. Brent Ozar expresses his concerns about Atlanta in a blog he posted within minutes of Atlanta being announced (fast blogger!).
- Project Crescent – web-based reporting tool
- Lucid 77’s photostream with sqlpasspics tag
- Brent Ozar’s photostream
- The “official” flickr “SQLPass” tag series of photos
- Lucid 77’s photostream
- SQL Chicken’s inside view of the SQL Server Central Party on Monday evening
- SQL Chicken’s live streaming iPhone video set from SQL Karaoke, including “11/10/10 9:48 PM singing”, “11/10/10 11:18 PM” (the Elvis song singing guy is actually quite good), and of course “11/10/10 10:47 PM”, proving yet again that Karaoke is singing better left in the shower.
I got to sit next to Brent Ozar in a panel at SQL Pass. He snapped my picture as I was trying to peek into his birthday gift bag:
(hyperlink to original of photo) He tagged it “Celebrity Sighting at #sqlpass and tweeted my photo to everyone. I guess I’m a Celebrity now. Wowza.
I've always thought of you as a celebrity, dear Lady :) I can tell you the most fun moments of the week were spent in your company, and for that I am thankful. Totally nice meeting you, you're a great person. Thanks for allowing me to share in your company.
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