National PASS chapter slide deck featuring Top 10 list highlighting SQL Server clustering.

1. PASS Community News April 2010

2. About PASS The PASS community encompasses everyone who uses the Microsoft SQL Server or Business Intelligence Platforms. This includes database administrators, application developers, Business Intelligence professionals, information technology professionals, executives, consultants, educators, instructors, and students. The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) is the only independent, user-run, not-for-profit association dedicated to the SQL Server community helping its members Connect, Share, and Learn by: Facilitating member networking and exchange of information through our websites, Chapters, annual Summits, regional and local events, and virtual communities Working with Microsoft to influence the evolution of SQL Server products and services Delivering high quality, up-to-date, technical content, presentations, and other educational material for professional development

3. PASS Latest News PASS European Conference Is Right Around the Corner - Have You Registered Yet? Thanks to months of hard work by PASS volunteers, we are putting the final touches on what is going to be the best PASS European Conference yet April 21-23 in Neuss, Germany. Andre Kamman gives us an insider's look at the event in this blog post. Microsoft Kicking Off SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Tour Starting with the European Conference, PASS is partnering with Microsoft to bring 50 regional SQL Server 2008 R2-focused events world wide. More information on our R2 launch page PASS Summit 2010 Online? Would you be interested in attending a live online track at PASS Summit if you couldn’t attend in person? Learn more and post your comments on the PASS blog.

4. 24 Hours of PASS 2010 - May 19th The 24 Hours of PASS site has gone Live!!! Check it out at http://www.sqlpass.org/24hours/2010/ Virtual Sessions for 24 straight hours. Speakers include Donald Farmer, Greg Low, Adam Machanic, Louis Davidson and more! 4 tracks – App Dev, BI, DBA, and Professional Development Focus on SQL Server 2008 R2 highlights and new features

5. Featured Top 10 list Top 10 Articles on SQL Server Clustering: Hemantgiri S. Goswami How to Create SQL Server 2005 Clustering with Virtual Server 2005 Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Clustering Basics Inside SQL Server Cluster Setup and Troubleshooting Techniques Busting 6 SQL Server Failover Clustering Myths SQL Server 2000 and 2005 Clustering Preparing the SQL Server 2005 Clustering Infrastructure Should I Upgrade my Current Clustering to SQL Server 2005 Cluster SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering White Paper SQL Server 2005 Multi-Site Clustering with Windows Server 2008 SQL Server Clustering Best Practices

6. Free Virtual Learning for April 2010 Virtualization Live Meeting –virualization.sqlpass.org for more info Using Virtualization to Solve Common Dev/QA Environment Problems, Speaker: Aaron Nelson and DushyanthNataraj Wednesday April 7th 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST Application Development Live Meeting – appdev.sqlpass.org for more info PowerShell for Database Developers Speaker: Peter Schott Date: April 13th 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST Understanding SARGability (to make your queries run faster) Speaker: Rob Farley Date: April 27th 8:00am – 9:00am EST Database Administration Live Meeting – dba.sqlpass.org for more info Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Application and Multi-Server Management Speaker: Clifford Dibble Date: April 14th, 2:00pm – 3:00pm EST Other SQL Server Community Webinars – visit http://columbus.sqlpass.orgfor more info CBusPASS presents Fundamentals of SQL Server Internals by Jeremiah Peschka Date: April 8th 2010, 6:30pm – 8:30pm EST

7. Upcoming SQL Saturday Events #30 - Richmond 2010 Apr 10, 2010 #31 - Chicago 2010 Apr 17, 2010 #41 - Atlanta 2010 Apr 24, 2010 #39 - New York City 2010 Apr 24, 2010 #36 - Wheeling 2010 May 1, 2010 #38 - Jacksonville 2010 May 8, 2010

9. Technical articles

10. Top 10 lists

11. PASS Summit updates

12. Contests, and more!Access to articles on the PASS website. Register at www.sqlpass.org

13. PASS Headquarters Who to contact for information on: Speakers at PASS Summit 2009: Elena.Sebastiano@sqlpass.org Community Blythe.Morrow@sqlpass.org Sponsorships & Advertising Sanjeet.Gandham@sqlpass.org Office Tel: 1604-899-6009 Fax: 1604-899-1269

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