My Schedule @ PASS Summit 2018

This was my 2nd time attending the annual conference and I barely got a chance to plan my schedule ahead of time. I pretty much selected the pre-con(s) the same day they were announced months prior, but not the general conference sessions until 2 days before my flight to Seattle, WA. I compiled this list…

My Schedule @ PASS Summit 2017

Here's my week's schedule - narrowed down with help of friends, for my 1st time at SQL PASS Summit 2017 in Seattle, WA. Here's the full conference schedule: http://www.pass.org/summit/2017/Sessions/Schedule.aspx My Schedule: Precon: Mon: Data Modeling with Power BI (603, Marco) Tues: Columnstore Indexes – Practical Solutions & Techniques (606, Niko) Conf: Wed: 1015am: Benchmarking & Testing In-Memory OLTP…

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