Enter for a chance to win a trip to SQL PASS - Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The SQL PASS Summit is the largest conference for SQL Server and BI professionals in the world and will be held in Seattle November 8 - 11, 2009.

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PASS Summit 2010 - Wednesday, July 14, 2010

About Summit

PASS Summit is the world's largest, most-focused, and most-intensive conference for Microsoft SQL Server and BI professionals.

Organized by and for SQL Server and BI users, PASS Summit delivers the highest number of technical sessions, the largest number of attendees, the best networking, and the highest-rated sessions and speakers of any SQL Server event in the world.

PASS Summit is produced by the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), an independent, not-for-profit association dedicated to supporting, educating, and promoting the Microsoft SQL Server community. Revenues from the PASS Summit and sponsorships are used to fund year-round community support and growth through initiatives such as global chapter growth, virtual chapters, educational support including exclusive technical articles, funding for local, chapter-run and community events, online events and webcasts, and many other actitivies that support our mission.

From the Board of Directors to the many people on the Volunteer Committee, Program Committee, Content Committee, Summit Ambassadors, Chapter Leaders, Regional Mentors, and more, PASS is made up of a group of passionate, dedicated, and enthusiastic SQL Server users, committed to furthering and growing the SQL Server community. Learn more about PASS.

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MS TechEd & BI 2010 Conference Videos / Presentations - Wednesday, June 16, 2010

If you did or didn't make it down to New Orleans last week I just wanted to let you know that you can access all of the content (or at least a very large majority) at http://www.msteched.com/2010/NorthAmerica. You can use the Browse By Subject to pull up all of the Business Intelligence content and switch between thumbnails and list (over 50 presentations available). You also have the ability to download the videos and presentation material. Very awesome and thanks Microsoft!

SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Presentations - Monday, June 14, 2010

The content from the SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch event has been made available for download in the Resources-->Documents section. Thanks to Lara for getting this all setup.

http://minnesota.sqlpass.org/Resources/Documents/tabid/1487/Default.aspx

Presentation Downloads - Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Are you trying to find the materials from from a previous months presentation? If so, check out the Resources -> Downloads section. Many of the materials for the last few years have been added to the page. With the search functionality, you can find old materials based on the descriptions of the events.

New Website for PASSMN - Tuesday, December 15, 2009

As you may have noticed, PASSMN has moved to a new website and hosting service. One of the things the board has been looking at over the past year was how to better integrate our activities with the larger PASS organization. As part of this goal, we are introducing a new website.