How do you find deep technical expertise at PASS Summit 2016?
Signpost Number 1: Watch Joseph Sirosh’s Day One keynote.
Attend in person if you can, or watch the live stream on PASS TV if you can’t. The world around us – every business and nearly every industry – is being transformed by technology today, and SQL Server 2016 was built for this new world and to help businesses get ahead of today’s disruptions.
I am very excited about Joseph Sirosh’s keynote at PASS Summit since he will be making announcements… can’t say what… but you can be sure that there will be cutting-edge content around SQL Server 2016 to solve real-world problems. I’m in the PASS Summit 2016 keynote as well, helping with some things… to be announced! I’m extremely honoured.
Signpost Two: Want to learn in agile, small groups with the experts? Microsoft have also added a new type of session called a Chalk Talk. These are Level 500 sessions with Microsoft senior program management hosting open Q&A in a collegiate style setting. Seating is limited to 50 so you’ll want to get there early to claim your spot.
Signpost Three: Want in-depth, one-to-one help? SQL Clinic is the place to be. SQL Clinic is the hub of technical experts from SQLCAT, Tiger Team, CSS, and others. Whether you are looking for SQL Server deployment support, have a troublesome technical issue, or developing an application the experts at SQL Clinic will have the right advice for you.
Signpost Four: Want to know about anything SQL Server? Microsoft has also increased investment in sending employees onsite to talk with attendees. They’ll be easy to spot – all 500 Microsoftees will be wearing bright fuchsia t-shirts. You can find them in big numbers the Day 1 keynote, Microsoft booth, SQL Clinic, Wednesday’s Birds of a Feather luncheon, Thursday’s WIT luncheon, and of course in our big booth in the Expo Hall.
Signpost Five: Want Mobile Business Intelligence? SQL Server 2016 offers end-to-end mobile BI solutions on any device at a fraction of the cost of other vendors. Join me at my PASS Session on Wednesday 26th October at 1.30pm, called Mobile BI and Dataviz with SQL Server 2016, R, and PowerBI [Room BID-304] If you want a calendar entry for my session, please download here below.
That’s not all! The full PASS Summit schedule is here. With SQL Server 2016 , Microsoft is positioned as an industry leader, and now packs an even bigger punch in the recent Gartner Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems. SQL Server 2016 builds on this leadership, and is packed with powerful built-in features.
I look forward to seeing you there!