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    Tom Casey ‘Twitterview’ on Wednesday!

    Mark your calendar! Now we have Tom Casey, General Manager, SQL Server BI, doing a ‘Twitterview’ on Wednesday, November 4 after his PASS Summit keynote! Tom will answer 10 of your questions via our Twitter account (MS_SQL_Server).
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    Windows Azure Platform Launch Update

    In October 2008 at our Professional Developer Conference we opened the Community Technology Preview (CTP) for the Windows Azure platform (Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .
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    SQL Azure October CTP is feature complete!

    Today, the SQL Azure Database October CTP (CTP 2) is available and includes the complete feature set that will be delivered at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) on November 17th – 20th, 2009 in LA.
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    PASS Summit Speakers Chat about Their Sessions

    From Channel 9: Senior Data Platform Technology Specialist Buck Woody stopped by the Channel 9 studio to talk to Michael Rys, Principal Program Manager in SQL Server Engineering Team (Azure), and Liam Cavanagh, Senior Program Manager, about upcoming sessions that should not be missed this year’s PASS Summit conference.
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    PASS It On: Refer a Friend and You Both Could Win!

    Refer a friend to register for PASS Summit Unite 2009 at $200 off the Full Summit 3-day conference registration, and you and your friend could both win a Dell Mini 10v Netbook! PASS has three pairs of Dell Minis to give away, and the more people you refer, the more times you’re entered in the drawing.
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    News about SQL Server Clinic at PASS Summit

    This year’s SQL Server Clinic will offer twice the resources! Top troubleshooters from the CSS SQL Server Escalation team are teaming up with expert SQLCAT design architects.
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    Get a free copy of SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition!

    First the let’s talk about the great Microsoft breakout sessions at this year’s PASS Summit conference!  Some of the highlights from the 60+ Microsoft sessions include Liam Cavanagh (3 sessions on the upcoming SQL Azure Database solution), Buck Woody (2 sessions on Manageability, and 1 session on Performance Tuning), and Albert Chew (2 sessions on […]
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    Microsoft Virtualization: Best Choices for SQL Server

    Should I virtualize SQL Server? What benefits will I see?  What do I need to consider when making this decision?  These are some of the questions we are frequently asked as Virtualization continues to be a hot topic.