Volunteer meetings, PASS business, PASS SIG Quizbowl, Welcome Reception, SQL Server Central Party and the subsequent after party and after-after party, General Session and four breakout sessions and man is my brain tired!<\/p>\n
It’s all just a part of being at PASS and being involved<\/u> in PASS. Sure it is a great deal of work, but it is also a great deal of fun. It was brought up in our day-long volunteer meeting yesterday that you may be an attendee, but until you volunteer in some level, you don’t really feel like a member of the community. From someone who has been a volunteer since their first summit in January 2002 it is hard to explain what that sense of community feels like. It’s akin to explaining a sunset to a blind person. Well, maybe I am prone to hyperbole.<\/p>\n
The general session provided a nice inside look at some of the upcoming features of (surprise) SQL Server 2008. It was also noted that there will be no price increase for 2008 versus 2005.<\/p>\n
After the general session it was time to make those hard choices that come with wanting to be in two or more places at a time: which sessions to take? The good news with PASS 2007 is that each session is being recorded and attendees will be able to view them online at a later time on demand. On that note I chose the following sessions:<\/p>\n
Notification Services, by Joe Webb<\/p>\n
Optimizing High Performance SQL Systems Using Lessons Learned From Customer Deployments (A Microsoft-presented session that used MySpace as the basis of the discussion) <\/p>\n
Database Recovery For The Paranoid DBA, by James Luetkehoelter (always an engaging speaker.)<\/p>\n
Disk Configuration for the Microsoft SQL Server DBA, by Allan Hirt<\/p>\n
Now it’s on to the vendor exposition to pimp myself out for swag. The kids need more tee-shirts to sleep in!<\/p>\n
Oh, James L. reminded us that it was International Talk Like A Pirate Day! (Wow, hard to believe it’s been a year since the last one.) So on that note let me close by saying <\/p>\n
Gar Maytee!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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