1. Welcome to the Northern Virginia SQL Server User Group
Server & Tools Business
9/12/2018
Welcome to the Northern Virginia SQL Server User Group
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2. Tonight’s & Upcoming Events:
Monday, November 7 – Hands-on, Guided Lab: SQL Server 2016 – Security Features
Dec 3 – DC SQL Saturday – Chevy Chase, MD,
Monday, Dec 5 - Cloud App Architecture Patterns using Azure – Faizan Kahn
Monday, January 23, Kickoff Meeting – Our Big Data/Cloud Analytics Journey
@novasql

3. Top 5 PASS Summit Announcement:
1. Public Preview of Azure Analysis Services
2. SQL Server 2016 DW Fast Track Reference Architecture, 145TB
3. Data Migration Assistant and Database Experimentation Assistant
4. Azure SQL Data Warehouse Expanded Free Trial
5. Cognitive Toolkit (formerly known as CNTK)
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4. NOVASQL User Group 2017 Meeting Dates (posted on Meetup):
Monday, January 23, (Microsoft Store – Tyson’s Corner Mall)
Monday, February 27, 2017
Monday, March 27, 2017
Monday, April 24, 2017
Monday, May 22, 2017
Monday, June 26, 2017
Monday, July 24, 2017
Monday, August 28, 2017
Monday, September 25, 2017
Monday, November 6, 2017
Monday, December 4, 2017

5. Where Do We Go In 2017? Big Data Solutions / Cloud Analytics “101”
Monthly meetings the build on top of each other
Supplemented with homework, labs, webcasts, recorded sessions
Build your own/team project
SQL Saturday Reston: Big Data/Cloud Analytics Edition (Pending approval- Nov 2017)
Kick-off meeting – Jan 23, 2017

6. Admin Notes: www.novasql.com @novasql www.meetup.com/novasql
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Links, Lab Materials and Slides are at:
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