PASS Summit Day 2 Keynote - Live Blog

Welcome to the PASS Summit Day 2!

Today I am at the blogger table representing Trinidad, TTSSUG and SolidQ! If you can't see the name 'Nigel Sammy' in my badge you can recognise me with my spidey t-shirt (black suit for the comic book fans).

Today’s keynote session with Quentin Clark, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, starts at 8:15am today! You can see it live here! 

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PASS Summit Experience Day 1

I am now blogging about my first day because my first day actually ended last night. I left Trinidad at 6:50 am on Monday and landed in Seattle at 8 pm (11 pm TT time). By the time I got to the hotel, checked in and got dinner it was 11 pm (3 am TT Time) and since I had to reach Trinidad airport by 3:50am it means I was up for 24 hours!

I got 2 hours rest (no not sleep) before getting up to check some mail and then I got ready to heading out for my ‘almost’ full day of meetings/events:

9:15 am- 12:15 am - SQLSaturday Meeting

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TTSSUG Event Review: SQL Server Security Best Practices

Last week Tuesday I presented at the TTSSUG September meeting which was a part of the Microsoft Tech Week! The session had less than twenty people but they were very lively and this led to various discussions. This contributed to a fun and very interactive session.

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Only 10 More Days...

Until the PASS Summit 2011!

Never heard about the PASS Summit?
The PASS Summit is the largest, most-focused and most-intensive SQL Server and BI conference in the world. This annual conference brings together SQL Server professionals for deep-dive technical learning, hands-on labs, and the best networking in the community. I will describe the summit as a 'must-attend' event for anyone who 'lives in the SQL Server world.'

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