Welcome to MSBIC! August 2014

MSBIC Who are we ? We are a PASS chapter focused on Business Analytics. Who is PASS ? While it is an acronym for Professional Association for SQL Server, today it is expanding its horizons as a Professional Association to serve the entire spectrum of Data Professionals associated with the Microsoft Data Platform to – Connect, Share and Learn. Who is leading this group? Jeff Johnston – MSBIC President, Practice Lead at Artis Consulting Greg Taylor – MSBIC Director, Practice Director at Slalom Consulting Sri Sridharan – MSBIC Director, MVP, PASS - Board of Director, NTSSUG – Chapter Leader We get a lot of help from Microsoft and our local MS sponsor - Bryan Smith and from PASS Regional Mentor – Ryan Adams. Why ? Business Analytics is changing at a rapid pace – need a forum for collaboration We want to grow and serve the BI community in the North Texas area

MSBIC - Logistics Schedule 2 nd Tuesday of EVERY month. Time – 5:00 – 7:00pm Next Meeting: September 9, 2014 Distribution List Get on the MSBIC distribution list Details on the website Follow us on Spread the word Let your friends in the BI community know about our community! Volunteers Needed! There are a number of opportunities that we need your help on. If you are interested in volunteering please let us know!

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Planning on attending PASS Summit 2014? Start saving today! The world’s largest gathering of SQL Server & BI professionals Take your SQL Server skills to the next level by learning from the world’s SQL Server experts, in 190+ technical sessions Over 5000 attendees, representing 2000 companies, from 52 countries, ready to network & learn Ask your Chapter Leader how to save $150 off registration! $1,895 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 Use Discount Code: USSCS28 Use Discount Code: USSCS28

Hadoop Series for MSBIC Speaker: Bryan Smith, Microsoft 7 Learn the basics of Hadoop through a combination of demonstration and lecture. Session participants are invited to follow along leveraging emulation environments and Azure-based clusters, the setting up of which we will address in our first session. March – Getting Started August - Processing the Data with Pig April – Understanding the File System September – Leveraging Hadoop through MS BI May – Implementing MapReduce JobsOctober – To Be Announced June – Querying the Data with HiveNovember - Loading Social Media Data July - On VacationDecember – Data Warehouse Integration

SQL Saturday #305 BA Edition! Visit to register for an event near you! When: Saturday May 3, 2014 Where: Microsoft – Irving, TX Tracks: 1.Big Data 2.Power BI 3.Information Delivery 4.Visualization & Analytics Call for Volunteers! We need Volunteers in the following areas the day of the event Interested? us: Sponsor/Exhibitors coordinators Speaker coordinators Room monitors Lunch coordinators

PASS Elections The PASS Board of Directors has established new eligibility requirements for voting in PASS elections. To receive a ballot for this year’s upcoming Nomination Committee and Board elections, you need to update your PASS membership profile by June 1. Here’s how: Login in to your MyPASS Navigate to MyProfile Update fields Click on ‘save’ Have more than one profile? Login to the profile/s you no longer use and click ‘Deactivate My Profile’ next to the Save button. Need more information or have questions? Contact

Volunteering with PASS Outstanding Volunteer Award The Outstanding Volunteer award is intended to honor peer-nominated PASS members who have shown extraordinary dedication and effort in service to the data professional community. Send your nominations to along with why you think they should be PASSion Award The highest of PASS accolades presented yearly to a volunteer who has a made significant contribution to PASS and the global data professional community. Nominations will open several months before the annual PASS Summit. Stay tuned! Interested in Volunteering? It’s now easier than ever to volunteer with PASS. Let us know your volunteer preferences, by updating the new “MyVolunteering” section of your MyPASS profile.

PASS Virtual Chapters Listing Check out the sqlpass.org for more information on all the Virtual Chapters: Application Development Big Data Book Readers Business Analytics Business Intelligence Cloud Data Architecture Database Administration DBA Fundamentals Excel BI Healthcare High Availability and Disaster Recovery InMemory Master Data\Data Quality Oracle SQL Performance Powershell Professional Development Security Virtualization Women in Technology Global Chinese Global French Global Hebrew Global Italian Global Portuguese Global Russian Global Spanish

Virtual Chapter Meetings – June VIRTUAL CHAPTERMEETINGTOPIC DBA FundamentalsAug 1 11:00– 12:00 (UTC -06:00)Rolling Upgraders, The Easy Way presented by Argenis Fernandez Global SpanishAug 6 12:00-12:30 (UTC -05:00)Los caso de uso para In-Memory OLTP presented by Warner Chaves Global HebrewAug 10 17:30-18:30 (UTC -05:00)Take your SQL Server development process forward! presented by Itai Binyamin Professional Development Aug 12 12:00-13:00 (UTC -05:00)Bridging the Communication gap between DBA and Developer presented by Robert Davis High Availability and Disaster Recovery Aug 12 12:00-13:00 (UTC -06:00)Mirroring Start to Finish presented by Ryan Adams Global SpanishAug 13 12:00-13:00 (UTC -05:00)7 Ideas on Encouraging Advanced Analytics presented by Andrei Garzon

Virtual Chapter Meetings – June VIRTUAL CHAPTERMEETINGTOPIC Business IntelligenceAug 15 19:00-20:00 (UTC -00:00)Continuous Integration for Reporting Services presented by Nat Sundar DBA FundamentalsAug 19 11:00-12:00 (UTC -06:00)The Roadmap to Better Performance: Reading Query Plans presented by Erin Stellato Global SpanishAug 20 12:00-12:30 (UTC -05:00)Fundamentos sobre lost indices end SQL presented by Enrique Puig Global RussianAug 29 15:00-16:30 (UTC +03:00)SSIS - Повышение производительности обработки потоков данных Global FrenchAug 29 20:00-21:00 (UTC +01:00)Power BI Hybride avec la Passerelle de Gestion de Données presented by Jean- Pierre Riehl Business AnalyticsAug 21 12:00-13:00 (UTC -05:00)Looking Through the Windshield: Creating forward-looking Dashboards and KPI’s presented by Brian Larson

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15 Volunteering with PASS Volunteer Today! Now it’s easier than ever to volunteer with PASS. Let us know your volunteer preferences by updating the “MyVolunteering” section of your MyPASS profile. PASS would not exist without our passionate, dedicated, and hardworking volunteers from around the globe.

16 Outstanding Volunteer Award Do you know a volunteer that has gone above and beyond recently? Nominate them for the monthly OVA. Volunteering with PASS PASSion Award The highest of PASS accolades presented yearly to a volunteer. Nominations will open in August Stay tuned!

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