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Notes on the 2020 PASS Virtual Summit – Part 2

• by Andy Warren

• SQLAndy

Writing most of this Monday afternoon while on lunch break. I’m attending the Advanced T-SQL Querying and Query Tuning pre-con by Itzik Ben-Gan. You access pre-cons via the Virtual...

2020-11-10

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Notes on the 2020 PASS Virtual Summit – Part 1

• by Andy Warren

• SQLAndy

I’m in learning mode this week, scheduled for two full day pre-cons plus the Summit. I’ve been to a couple of virtual events already this year, but they were...

2020-11-09

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Getting Your Employer to Pay for the PASS Summit

• by Andy Warren

• SQLAndy

It’s just over 30 days to the 2020 PASS Summit and that is plenty of time to get the boss to say yes, but you have to ask! I...

2020-10-14 (first published: 2020-10-05)

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Thinking About the 2021 PASS Summit

• by Andy Warren

• SQLAndy

I know that we don’t yet know how the 2020 Summit will turn out, but I’ll make some guesses: A lot of people like it for the lower cost,...

2020-08-18 (first published: 2020-08-05)

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Cancelling SQLSaturday Orlando 2020

• by Andy Warren

• SQLAndy

I’m sure it’s no surprise, but we’ve decided to cancel SQLSaturday Orlando 2020. We decided a couple weeks ago but it’s been tough to summon the energy to write...

2020-07-17

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Thoughts on the PASS Virtual Summit

• by Andy Warren

• SQLAndy

Some thoughts on the PASS Virtual Summit this year: Clearly the in-person option wasn’t doable. Just too hard to know infection rate, local rules, employer travel guidelines, attendee and...

2020-07-31 (first published: 2020-07-17)

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Covid Thoughts, So Far

• by Andy Warren

• SQLAndy

I’ve gathered a bunch of notes from conversations and time reflecting, thought I’d write them down to at least be able to look back at them once the storm...

2020-04-04

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SQLOrlando Update

• by Andy Warren

• SQLAndy

We’ve cancelled our upcoming Meetups in April and May due the loss of our venue (due to corona virus worries) though we would have probably cancelled them anyway. Our...

2020-03-16

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Notes from SQLSaturday Tampa 2020

• by Andy Warren

• SQLAndy

The notes! Attendance was the speaker dinner was great! Always nice to have a lot of people there. During the day logistics all went well, though it’s still a...

2020-03-08

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Building the Monthly Newsletter for SQLOrlando

• by Andy Warren

• SQLAndy

One the things I’ve been doing over the last year is sending out a monthly reminder email of upcoming events. Not revolutionary, I know. I’m sharing what we do...

2020-01-30 (first published: 2020-01-22)

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