I am at PASS Summit 2011 and on day 1 of the Summit, at the Keynote presentation, Ted Kummert (Sr. VP, Business Platform Division, Microsoft Corporation), has made an official announcement about the next version of SQL Server. SQL Server 2012, which is slated to be released in the first half of 2012.
For more information on the events at the PASS Summit 2011, visit the official PASS page here… http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2011/
– Bru Medishetty
I reached Seattle on Sunday afternoon, a day before PASS Summit 2011 Pre-Conference kick starts.This is my first visit to PASS Summit and I was all excited. Here you can see a pic taken from my mobile as soon as I entered the convention center.
I went straight to the registration booth and got my registration kit, which includes a Official PASS Summit badge, brochures from various participating sponsors / vendors, booklet containing event details and last but not the least, PASS Summit 2011 Backpack. I went to breakfast along with few friends whom I have made while we were at the lobby. I could meet few fellow SQL Server DBA’s, Developers, SQL Server Users from various parts of the world ( from Belgium, Lebanon, China, New Zealand) apart from those coming from other parts of US.
Then I went to the Pre-Conference Seminar Secrets of the SQLOS by Maciej Pilecki (http://twitter.com/#!/DrHouseOfSQL)
The Session was very interesting and had a lot of things to learn. After the session was completed, I could catch up with Maciej and discussed some of my doubts and could grab a pic with him..
Later, I was off to my hotel and wrote some notes on what I had learned in today’s session.
I am excited to be participating in PASS Summit 2011. I have been planning to attend the annual PASS Summit for the last 3 years, but was never able to attend. This year’s PASS SUmmit is taking place during October 11-14 at Seattle, WA. I now have to plan my trip for the first PASS Summit. Since this is not like an ordinary training program. It is at PASS Summit where I would be able to meet many of the SQL Server MVP’s and fellow SQL techies. This trip should provide me a good networking oppurtunity, and I am very eager to be there..
Hopefully, I shall try to write more on my PASS Summit experience through this blog…..
– Bru Medishetty