24 Hours of PASS Summit 2012 Preview

How awesome is it to be able to watch 24 out of the 190+ upcoming PASS Summit 2012 sessions from your own home?

Very awesome! I’m excited about the 24 Hours of PASS Summit Preview.  It’s 24 consecutive hours of great sessions for SQL Server Professionals delivered by outstanding speakers in the SQL Community around the world, and best of all FREE!

I am also thrilled to be a moderator for Session 22, with Peter Myers on Big Data Analytics with PowerPivot and Power View.

The tracks in 24 Hours of PASS event include

• Application Development (AppDev)
• BI Information Delivery (BID)
• BI Platform Architecture, Development & Administration (BIA)
• Cloud Application Development & Deployment (CLD)
• Enterprise Database Administration (DBA)
• Professional Development (PD)

This event starts on 20 September 2012 at 12:00 GMT. So, be sure you check the schedule in your time zone.

Below is a list that I’ve created for Australia Easterm Standard Time (AEST). Also see more info here: http://www.sqlpass.org/24hours/fall2012/SessionsbySchedule.aspx

** 20 Sep 2012 GMT **

Session 01 (BIA) – Starts at 12:00 GMT (Thu, 20 Sep 2012 at 22:00 AEST)
Choosing the Right Reporting Platform 
Presenter: Brian Knight, Devin Knight

Session 02 (DBA) – Starts at 13:00 GMT (Thu, 20 Sep 2012 at 23:00 AEST)
Best Practices for Upgrading to SQL Server 2012 
Presenter:Robert Davis

Session 03 (AppDev) – Starts at 14:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at Midnight AEST)
Three Ways to Identify Slow Running Queries 
Presenter: Grant Fritchey

Session 04 (AppDev) – Starts at 15:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 01:00 AEST)
Fasten Your Seatbelt – Troubleshooting the Most Difficult SQL Server Problems 
Presenter: Klaus Aschenbrenner

Session 05 (CLD) – Starts at 16:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 02:00 AEST)
SQL Server Private Cloud != Azure 
Presenter: Allan Hirt, Ben DeBow

Session 06 (AppDev) – Starts at 17:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 03:00 AEST)
What are the Largest SQL Server Projects in the World? 
Presenter: Kevin Cox

Session 07 (AppDev) – Starts at 18:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 04:00 AEST)
Practical Demos of Text Mining and Data Mining using SQL Server 2012 
Presenter: Mark Tabladillo

Session 08 (DBA) – Starts at 19:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 05:00 AEST)
PowerShell 101 for the SQL Server DBA 
Presenter: Allen White

Session 09 (BID) – Starts at 20:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 06:00 AEST)
Mobile Business Intelligence 
Presenter: Jen Underwood

Session 10 (BID) – Starts at 21:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 07:00 AEST)
Slow MDX Queries: The Case of the Empty Tuples 
Presenter: Stacia Misner

Session 11 (DBA) – Starts at 22:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 08:00 AEST)
Using SQL Server 2012 Always On 
Presenter: Denny Cherry

Session 12 (PD) – Starts at 23:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 09:00 AEST)
Leadership – Winning Influence in IT Teams 
Presenter: Kevin Kline

** 21 Sep 2012 GMT **

Session 13 (BIA) – Starts at 00:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 10:00 AEST)
BI Architecture With SQL 2012 & SharePoint 2010 
Presenter: Rod Colledge

Session 14 (DBA) – Starts at 01:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 11:00 AEST)
DBCC, Statistics, and You 
Presenter: Erin Stellato

Session 15 (BIA) – Starts at 02:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at Noon AEST)
SSIS Design Patterns for Fun and Profit 
Presenter: Jessica Moss, Michelle Ufford

Session 16 (AppDev) – Starts at 03:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 13:00 AEST)
Characteristics of a Great Relational Database 
Presenter: Louis Davidson

Session 17 (BIA) – Starts at 04:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 14:00 AEST)
What’s All the Buzz about Hadoop and Hive? 
Presenter: Cindy Gross

Session 18 (AppDev) – Starts at 05:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 15:00 AEST)
Taking SQL Server Into the Beyond Relational Realm 
Presenter: Michael Rys

Session 19 (BIA) – Starts at 06:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 16:00 AEST)
Agile Data Warehousing with SQL Server 2012 
Presenter: Davide Mauri

Session 20 (AppDev) – Starts at 07:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 17:00 AEST)
Digging Into the Plan Cache 
Presenter: Jason Strate

Session 21 (BIA) – Starts at 08:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 18:00 AEST)
Introduction to Microsoft’s Big Data Platform and Hadoop Primer 
Presenter: Denny Lee

Session 22 (BID) – Starts at 09:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 19:00 AEST)
Big Data Analytics with PowerPivot and Power View 
Presenter: Peter Myers

Session 23 (CLD) – Starts at 10:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 20:00 AEST)
Best Practices and Lessons Learned Using SSIS for Large Scale Azure Data Movement 
Presenter: Steven Howard

Session 24 (PD) – Starts at 11:00 GMT (Fri, 21 Sep 2012 at 21:00 AEST)
Mentoring for Professional Development 
Presenter: Andy Warren

Also, check out what the PASS Director, Rob Farley has to say about the upcoming 24 Hours of PASS http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rob_farley/archive/2012/09/09/24-hours-of-pass-coming-up-soon.aspx 

See you there!