1. PASS Community News July 2015

2. Planning on attending PASS Summit 2015? Start saving today! 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 top SQL Server experts, in over 190 technical sessions Over 5000 registrations, representing 2000 companies, from 52 countries, ready to network & learn Save $150 right now using discount code XXXXXX

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4. Select Virtual Chapter Meetings more events and info at sqlpass.org/events VIRTUAL CHAPTERMEETINGTOPIC Global HebrewJuly 20 15:00-16:00 (UTC 00:00)Practical SQL 2014 Data Mining and introduction to R presented by David Itzhak Global ItalianJuly 21 11:00-12:00 (UTC-06:00)Esecuzione di workload SQL Server su Microsoft Azure presented by Francesco Diaz Excel Business Intelligence July 21 15:00-16:00 (UTC+01:00)Power Query in Excel 2016 presented by Gil Raviv Global SpanishJuly 22 12:00-13:00 (UTC-05:00)SQL Server 2016 New Features presented by Percy Reyes PerformanceJuly 23 10:00-18:00 (UTC-06:00)Performance Palooza 2015 presented by various speakers Business AnalyticsJuly 23 12:00-13:00 (UTC-06:00)How to calculate ROI of analytics presented by Othniel Denis Global SpanishJuly 29 12:00-13:00 (UTC-05:00)Excel Power Pivot como herramienta de apoyo para la estratetia de BI Self-Service presented by Julian Castiblanco

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