1. PASS Community News October 2014

2. Planning on attending PASS Summit 2014? 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! $2,095 Until October 31 st !

3. Take PASS Summit Home with You – Official Merchandise Now Available! For the first time ever, grab official merchandise from PASS PASS hoodies & t-shirts PASS Summit mugs PASS bags Special Edition 25 th anniversary SQL Server t-shirt – available to Summit 2014 attendees only Pick up at PASS Summit 2014 or Shipping Available for most items Limited Time Offer – Order by October 20 th Head over to PASSboutique.com to SHOP NOW!

4. 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

5. 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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7. 7 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.

8. 8 Outstanding Volunteer Award Do you know a volunteer that has gone above and beyond recently? Nominate them for the monthly OVA. VolunteerRecognition@sqlpass.org PASS Volunteer Awards PASSion Award The highest of PASS accolades presented yearly to a volunteer. http://www.sqlpass.org/Community/Volunteers /PASSionAward.aspx

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