1. Welcome to MSBIC!
June 2014

2. 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

3. MSBIC - Logistics
Schedule 2nd Tuesday of EVERY month. Time – 5:00 – 7:00pm Next Meeting: August 12, 2014 (NO MEETING IN JULY) 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!

4. Announcements

5. SQLPASS.org site – sign up for emails

6. Hadoop Series for MSBIC Speaker: Bryan Smith, Microsoft
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 Jobs
October – To Be Announced 
June – Querying the Data with Hive
November - Loading Social Media Data
July - On Vacation
December – Data Warehouse Integration

7. Visit www.sqlsaturday.com to register for an event near you!
SQL Saturday #305 BA Edition!
When: Saturday May 3, 2014
Where: Microsoft – Irving, TX
Tracks:
Big Data
Power BI
Information Delivery
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
Visit to register for an event near you!

8. 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

9. Volunteering with PASS
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.
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 recognized. 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!

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

11. Virtual Chapter Meetings – June
TOPIC
DBA Fundamentals
June 3 04:00– 05:00 (UTC -08:00)
Rolling Upgrades, The Easy Way presented by Argenis Fernandez
Global Hebrew
June 8 10:30-11:30 (UTC -08:00)
Introduction to SSRS, and SSRS on SSRS presented by Steve Rezhener
Data Architecture
June 13 05:00-06:00 (UTC -08:00)
SQL 2014 Clustered Updatable Columnstore Indexes presented by Brian Mitchell
Powershell
June 18 09:00-10:00 (UTC -08:00)
PowerShell Desired State Configuration presented by Steven Murawski
Business Analytics
June 19 09:00-10:00 (UTC -08:00)
The Accidental Report Designer: Data Visualization Best Practices in SSRS presented by Meagan Longoria

12. Upcoming SQLSaturday Events
Upcoming North America Events
Upcoming International Events
June 14 #281 Edinburgh (BI)
June 14 #316 Christchurch
June 17 #321 Cairo
June 28 #313 Rheinland
July 26 #322 Guatemala
June 7 #307 Iowa City
June 7 #294 Philadelphia
June 14 #288 South Florida
June 14 #299 Columbus
June 21 #286 Louisville
June 21 #303 Rochester
July 12 #312 Sacramento
July 26 #302 Albany
Visit to register for an event near you!

13. Join Us in Seattle, WA
November 4-7, 2014

14. Stay Involved! Sign up for a free membership today at sqlpass.org
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