April 9, 2015 Email - passbavc@sqlpass.org PASS BA Virtual Chapter Presents: “Transforming Reporting Requirements into a Visual Masterpiece” April 9, 2015 Email - passbavc@sqlpass.org

PASS Business Analytics Updates Chapter Leader – Dan English Dan is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP, author, on the leadership team for the MN Microsoft BI User Group, and is the Business Intelligence Practice Manager at Superior Consulting Services in MN. Chapter Co-Lead – Paras Doshi Paras is a consultant at SolidQ, Microsoft Community Contributor awardee and Blogger. He is passionate about helping businesses extract valuable insights from data. PASS Business Analytics Virtual Chapter http://tinyurl.com/linkedinpassbavc Twitter handle @passbavc https://twitter.com/passbavc YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/PASSBAVC

April 9 – Transforming Reporting Requirements into a Visual Masterpiece Abstract Starting with an understanding of user objectives and business needs, we’ll talk about choosing the right visual theme for a report or dashboard; choosing the right tool and then explore techniques to deliver a functional reporting experience. We’ll talk about reporting on different data sources such as a SQL Server data mart, SSAS multidimensional & SSAS Tabular model. We’ll also consider a choice of visualization tools like SSRS, Power View and Excel Services. Presenter – Paul Turley (@Paul_Turley) is a Mentor with SolidQ and a Microsoft SQL Server MVP. He consults, writes, speaks, teaches & blogs about business intelligence and reporting solutions. He works with companies around the world to visualize and deliver critical information to make informed business decisions. He is a Director of the Oregon SQL PASS chapter & user group, the lead author of Professional SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services and 13 other titles from Wrox, Packt & Microsoft Press.

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Select Virtual Chapter Meetings TOPIC Excel Business Intelligence Apr 2 12:00-13:00 (UTC-06:00) Getting Started with Power Query presented by Devin Knight DBA Fundamentals Apr 7 11:00-12:00 (UTC-06:00) Getting started in Azure’s SQL Database presented by Warner Chaves Virtualization Apr 08 12:00-13:00 (UTC-05:00) Easy VM Performance Tuning with Wait Statistics Professional Development Apr 08 17:00-18:30 (UTC-00:00) Journey to being a Consultant presented by David Klee High Availability & Disaster Recovery Apr 14 12:00-13:00 (UTC-06:00) Is AlwaysOn the Right HADR Plan for me? Presented by Ryan Adams Business Intelligence Apr 14 19:00-20:00 (UTC-05:00) Automating your SSIS Design Patterns for Faster Development presented by Sam Vanga

Select Virtual Chapter Meetings TOPIC Global Italian Apr 14 21:00-22:00 (UTC+01:00) Mettere il database sotto source control presented by Alessandro Alpi Global Spanish Apr 15 12:00-13:00 (UTC-05:00) Planes de ejecuciόn en SQL Server 2014 presented by Guillermo Taylor Global Russian Apr 15 11:00-12:00 (UTC-06:00) Оптимизация модели для работы с PowerBI Q&A Global Hebrew Apr 20 15:00-16:00 (UTC+02:00) Schema-less table & Dynamic Schema presented by Davide Mauri Apr 22 12:00-13:00 (UTC-05:00) Polybase y su uso en la integraciόn de almacenes de datos presented by Eduardo Castro Security Apr 23 10:00-11:00 (UTC-08:00) Analysis Services Security presented by Stacia Misner Cloud Apr 27 19:00-20:00 (UTC-05:00) SQL Server DR in Microsoft Azure presented by Joseph D’Antoni

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PASS BA Webinar Marathon – Recordings Available http://passbaconference.com/2015/Learn/Webinar.aspx Introducing the Reimagined Power BI Platform 03 Feb 2015 14:00 GMT Jen Underwood James Kobielus's Session on Big Data 03 Feb 2015 15:00 GMT James Kobielus What's next for Business Analytics in the 21st Century? 03 Feb 2015 16:00 GMT Hyoun Park, Jen Stirrup, Marc Reguera Visualization Tools for Data Discovery 03 Feb 2015 17:00 GMT Lynn Langit An Overview of Predictive Analytics for Practitioners 03 Feb 2015 18:00 GMT Dean Abbott Productivity Revolution in Excel 03 Feb 2015 19:00 GMT Avi Singh, Purna Duggirala

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