1. PASS Community News May 2019
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2. PASS Summit 2019 Wave of General Sessions Released!
26 General Sessions have been released:
Introduction to AI for Everyone
Modern Cloud Data Modeling
Dipping Your Toes In: Azure Data Lake for DBAs
How I Would Attack SQL Server
Comparing Predictive Models from R, Python, SSAS, and Azure ML
Improve your Power BI reports with DAX
And more!
Join the largest technical conference for data professionals that leverage the Microsoft Data Platform.
With prices increasing on May 31, 2019, you don’t want to wait!
pass.org/summit/2019/Learn/Pre-ConferenceSessions.aspx

3. It’s SQL Server Migration Season
End of support for SQL Server 2008 is fast approaching so it’s time to take flight and build your migration plan.
To guide you through this journey, PASS, Microsoft, and Intel have teamed up for a series of expert-led events, giving you all the tools you need to get to your final destination – a modern data platform.
Get started today by registering for our upcoming PASS Marathon: Modernizing Your Data Platform event on May 9.
Register Now
pass.org/marathon/2019/eosreadiness/About.aspx

4. PASS Marathon: The New World of Data Privacy May 23, 2019 | 14:00 UTC
From Europe's GDPR launch to updated legislation the world over, the global data privacy landscape has seen big changes over the past 12 months. Join PASS and Redgate for a series of back-to-back webinars designed to help SQL Server teams navigate in this new world. PASS Marathon: The New World of Data Privacy will take place on May 23, 2019.
Registration Opens May 1
pass.org/AttendanEvent/OnlineEvents/PASSMarathon.aspx

5. PASS Summit 2019 Future-Proof Your Data Career
Save $150USD
Register for PASS Summit and as a participant in Fox Valley Microsoft Data Platform, you can save $150 USD off your conference registration price.
To access your exclusive discount, use code* LGDISJ2UX when you register and your savings will calculate at time of registration.
* Unique discount code cannot be applied retroactively and cannot be combined with any other offers

6. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
Global Chinese
May 1, 2019
01:00 – 02:30 (UTC)
Deploy AlwaysOn to Cloud (AWS, Azure and Google Cloud) - Zhen Zhang
globalchinese.pass.org
Cloud
May 2, 2019
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
Benchmarking in the Cloud
- Gianluca Sartori
cloud.pass.org
PowerShell
May 7, 2019
11:00 – 12:00 (UTC)
Install & Configure SQL Server with PowerShell DSC - Jess Pomfret
powershell.pass.org
DBA Fundamentals
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC)
Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware for OLTP Performance - Glenn Berry
fundamentals.pass.org

7. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
Cloud
May 7, 2019
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
Text Mining & Sentiment Analysis Made Easy - Sanil Mhatre
cloud.pass.org
Virtualization
May 8, 2019
SQL Server DevOps Simplified with Production Databases - Paul Stanton
virtualization.pass.org
Data Architecture
18:00 – 19:00 (UTC)
Building Your Data Lake on ADLS
- Mark Van de Wiel
dataarch.pass.org
May 9, 2019
Querying Semistructured Data in Azure Data Lake with USQL - Russel Loski

8. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
DBA Fundamentals
May 14, 2019
02:30 – 03:30 (UTC)
Using Open Source Products for Collecting Performance Metrics
- Tracy Boggiano
fundamentals.pass.org
Business Intelligence
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC)
AI with Power BI - Justyna Lucznik
bi.pass.org
Cloud
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
Big Data with Azure: where to begin? Concepts and Best Practices
- Satya Jayanty
cloud.pass.org
Business Analytics
May 15, 2019
Instant insights, automation and action with Power BI, Power Apps, Flow and Azure Machine Learning - Anthony Bulk
bavc.pass.org

9. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
Cloud
May 16, 2019
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
IaaS or PaaS? Managed Instance, Azure DB or Azure VM? Why, when, what?
- Michelle Gutzait
cloud.pass.org
DBA Fundamentals
May 21, 2019
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC)
DevOps Fundamentals: What, who, why and how? - Kendra Little
fundamentals.pass.org
21:00 – 22:00 (UTC)
Modern Azure Data Warehouse
- David Alzamendi
Professional Development
May 22, 2019
Taking back control of your work using Kanban - Michael Johnson
professionaldevelopment.
pass.org

10. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
Women in Technology
May 22, 2019
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC)
The Power of Data: The Complete Beginners Data Warehouse Kit
- Leslie Andrews
wit.pass.org
Global Italian
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
Mappe personalizzate in Power BI
- Andrea Martorana Tusa
globalitalian.pass.org
DevOps
19:00 – 21:00 (UTC)
How to Introduce your Data Scientists to CI/CD - Alicia Moniz
infrastructurevc.pass.org
Cloud
May 23, 2019
Lambda architecture design using Azure Databricks for Advanced Analytics
- Lucas Feiock
cloud.pass.org

11. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
Global Hebrew
May 30, 2019
14:00 – 15:30 (UTC)
SQL Server 2019 Big Data Cluster (BDC) and Spark from Zero to an hero!
- David Yitzhak
globalhebrew.pass.org
Cloud
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
High Availability and Azure - Scaling SQL Server to the Cloud - Matt Gordon
cloud.pass.org
DBA Fundamentals
Jun 4, 2019
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC)
Journey to the Cloud with Azure Database Migration Service - Warner Chaves
fundamentals.pass.org
Professional Development
Jun 6, 2019
How to build a book of business for consultants - Blythe Morrow
Professionaldevelopment.
pass.org

12. Upcoming Virtual Group Webinars
Meeting Date
Time
Topic
Website
Cloud
Jun 6, 2019
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC)
Don't Cross the Streams! A Closer Look at Azure Stream Analytics
- Johan Ludvig Brattås
cloud.pass.org
Jun 11, 2019
Azure SQL Containers - Andrew Pruski
Data Architecture
Jun 12, 2019
18:00 – 19:00 (UTC)
Migration to Azure Datawarehouse: Performance Tips & Techniques
- Amir Baig
dataarch.pass.org

13. PASS Virtual Groups

14. Upcoming SQLSaturdays
APAC
# Brisbane – Jun 01, 2019
# Stockholm – May 04, 2019
# Finland – May 11, 2019
# Sardegna – May 18, 2019
# Kyiv – May 18, 2019
# Rheinland – May 25, 2019
EMEA
LATAM
# Belo Horizonte – May 18, 2019
# Santo Domingo – May 25, 2019
# Phoenix – May 04, 2019
# Philadelphia – May 04, 2019
# Jacksonville – May 04, 2019
# Atlanta – May 18, 2019
# Dallas – Jun 01, 2019
US/Canada

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