Welcome to MSBIC! October 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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Virtual Chapter Meetings VIRTUAL CHAPTERMEETINGTOPIC Global SpanishOct 1 10:00– 11:00 (GMT-05:00)Indices Columnares en SQL Server 2014 presented by Jose L. Rivera Big DataOct 1 14:00-15:00 (GMT-05:00)YARN and the Modern Data Architecture presented by Scott Shaw DBA FundamentalsOct 7 11:00-12:00 (GMT-06:00)Changing your Habits to Improve Performance of your T-SQL presented by Mickey Stuewe VirtualizationOct 8 10:00-11:00 (GMT-07:00)SQL Server Virtualization 499 presented by Kendal VanDyke Global SpanishOct 8 12:00-13:00 (GMT-05:00)Power BI para Office 365 presented by Jorge Castañeda Global SpanishOct 15 12:00-13:00 (GMT-05:00)Introducciόn a SSIS con BIML presented by Guillermo Caicedo Business IntelligenceOct 15 12:00-13:00 (GMT+01:00)Risk Analysis Dashboard on a shoestring presented by Johan Ludvig Brattås

Virtual Chapter Meetings VIRTUAL CHAPTERMEETINGTOPIC Global RussianOct 15 15:00– 16:30 (GMT+03:00)Windows Azure: Нежданное Путешествие presented by Дмитрий Короткевич Excel BIOct 16 10:00-11:00 (GMT-05:00)MrExcel’s Favorite Excel Tips & Tricks presented by Bill Jelen Business AnalyticsOct 16 11:00-12:00 (GMT-05:00)How to Incorporate “Big Data” in Analysis Services cubes presented by Reid Karabush Global HebrewOct 19 17:30-18:30 (GMT+02:00)MS Azure SQL DB: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly presented by Pini Krisher Business IntelligenceOct 22 12:00-13:00 (GMT 0:00)A Dive into Data Quality Services presented by Steve Simon Global SpanishOct 29 12:00-13:00 (GMT-05:00)Escalando con SQL Server hasta la nube, un trayecto necesario presented by Adrian Miranda

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10 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.

11 Outstanding Volunteer Award Do you know a volunteer that has gone above and beyond recently? Nominate them for the monthly OVA. PASS Volunteer Awards PASSion Award The highest of PASS accolades presented yearly to a volunteer. /PASSionAward.aspx

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