1. PASS Community News April 2019
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2. #PASSturns20 April 05 is PASS’ 20th Birthday!
And we want to celebrate this milestone with you.
We are holding a fun contest* on the PASS Twitter account this week. Complete daily challenges for the chance to score a SWEET swag bag of PASS-themed items. What are you waiting for? Join in on the fun today!
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3. 24HOP: 20 Years of PASS – Past Learnings and Future Visions April 03 – 04, 2019
As we get ready for PASS’ 20th birthday, join 24 of our community’s best speakers as they share insights on preparing your data estate over the next 20 years, and the timeless fundamentals you need to know.
Learn More
pass.org/24hours/2019/20years/About.aspx

4. PASS Summit 2019 Pre-Conference Speakers Announced!
Meet our top-rated, expert pre-conference speakers who will bring you innovative content to propel your learning and grow your skills.
These full day sessions will cover DAX, PowerBI, DevOps, Docker and Kubernetes, SQLServer 2019, PowerShell, T-SQL and more!
Learn More and Register Now
pass.org/summit/2019/Learn/Speakers.aspx

5. PASS Summit Blogger Program Apply to become an Official PASS Summit Blogger
Do you want to receive priority access to PASS Summit news and updates,
on-site press activities, and interviews with vendors and PASS Board
members – PLUS, a discount to this coveted event?
Apply before April 25, 2019 (23:59 UTC) to be considered. Don’t miss your opportunity to become an Official PASS Summit Blogger!
Learn More and Apply Now
pass.org/summit/2019/Learn/Bloggers.aspx

6. PASS Summit 2019 Future-Proof Your Data Career
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Register for PASS Summit and as a participant in Vancouver PASS, you can save $150 USD off your conference registration price.
To access your exclusive discount, use code* LGDISI41Q when you register and your savings will calculate at time of registration.
* Unique discount code cannot be applied retroactively and cannot be combined with any other offers

7. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
Professional Development
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC)
Apr 3, 2019
Working at Microsoft, Certifications and Diversity - George Walters
professionaldevelopment.
pass.org
Cloud
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
Apr 4, 2019
ETL2.0: Data Engineering with Azure Databricks - Asanka Padmakumara
cloud.pass.org
Performance
18:00 – 19:00 (UTC)
Automate the Pain Away with SQL Server John Sterrett
performance.pass.org
DBA Fundamentals
02:30 – 03:30 (UTC)
Apr 9, 2019
Containers - You Better Get on Board!
- Anthony Nocentino
fundamentals.pass.org

8. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
Global Italian
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
Apr 10, 2019
Monitoraggio di Reporting Services
- Lorenzo Vercellati
globalitalian.pass.org
Virtualization
Would You Run Production SQL Server on Docker? - James Anderson
virtualization.pass.org
Data Architecture
18:00 – 19:00 (UTC)
Going Asynchronous with Service Broker
- Jonathan Kehayias
dataarch.pass.org
Cloud
Apr 11, 2019
Azure Intelligent Services - Amie Mason
cloud.pass.org

9. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
Application Development
01:00 – 02:00 (UTC)
Apr 14, 2019
Networking Strategies - Charlotte Click
appdev.pass.org
DBA Fundamentals
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC)
Apr 16, 2019
3 Performance Tuning Tricks you Always Wanted to Know - Pinal Dave
fundamentals.pass.org
Cloud
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
Cubes in the Cloud - Analysis Services in Azure - Alex Whittles
cloud.pass.org
Apr 18, 2019
Azure Data Factory v2 with Data Flows capabilities - Kamil Nowinski

10. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
DevOps
19:00 – 21:00 (UTC)
Apr 23, 2019
How to Overcome the Top Blockers for Implementing Database DevOps
- Kendra Little
devops.pass.org
Database Administration
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC)
Apr 24, 2019
Azure SQL Database-How to keep your business running when disaster strikes?
- Taiob Ali
dba.pass.org
Cloud
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
Apr 25, 2019
Azure Data Factory V2 - Kevin Wilkie
cloud.pass.org
Global Hebrew
12:00 – 13:30 (UTC)
Apr 30, 2019
Advanced Dynamic Search Queries and How to Protect Them - Eitan Blumin
globalhebrew.pass.org

11. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
Business Intelligence
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC)
Apr 30, 2019
Power BI Dataflows 201 – Beyond The Basics - Matthew Roche
bi.pass.org
Cloud
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
May 2, 2019
Benchmarking in the Cloud
- Gianluca Sartori
cloud.pass.org
DBA Fundamentals
May 7, 2019
Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware for OLTP Performance - Glenn Barry
fundamentals.pass.org
Data Architecture
18:00 – 19:00 (UTC)
May 8, 2019
Building Your Data Lake on ADLS
- Mark Van de Wiel
dataarch.pass.org

12. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
Cloud
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
May 9, 2019
Querying Semistructured Data in Azure Data Lake with USQL - Russel Loski
cloud.pass.org
DBA Fundamentals
02:30 – 03:30 (UTC)
May 14, 2019
Using Open Source Products for Collecting Performance Metrics
- Tracy Boggiano
fundamentals.pass.org
21:00 – 22:00 (UTC)
Modern Azure Data Warehouse
- David Alzamendi

13. PASS Virtual Groups

14. Upcoming SQLSaturdays
# Madison – Apr 06, 2019
# Colorado Springs – Apr 06, 2019
# Québec – Apr 12, 2019
# Orange County – Apr 13, 2019
# Raleigh – April 27, 2019
# Edmonton – April 27, 2019
# Redmond – April 27, 2019
# Phoenix – May 04, 2019
# Philadelphia – May 04, 2019
# Jacksonville – May 04, 2019
US/Canada
# Croatia – Apr 06, 2019
# Israel – Apr 11, 2019
# Budapest – Apr 20, 2019
# Yaounde – April 27, 2019
# Stockholm – May 04, 2019
# Finland – May 11, 2019
EMEA
# Joinville – Apr 06, 2019
# Santiago – Apr 13, 2019
LATAM

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