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Connect, Share, and Learn all year long. Join PASS on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Mark your tweets with #sqlpass so our community can follow along and join in the conversations. View the Jan. 27 PASS Connector eNewsletter. View the PASS Connector archive online. Order your PASS Summit 2009 session recordings. Get all 168 sessions PLUS Dr. David DeWitt's keynote in a DVD set that you can refer to all year long. Watch all 24 Hours of PASS sessions, now available for on-demand streaming. Review the session lineup and view the sessions. View our Top 10 lists and submit your own! Check out upcoming SQL Server events and submit your SQL Server events for posting on the Events Calendar. Create your PASSPort profile and build your SQL Server network. View the updated PASS blog directory of SQL Server bloggers.

		Member Zone
Not a Member yet? Connect, share and learn with SQL Server users around the world. Register for your free membership. Manage your Profile and change your Password: Login, then click on your name (next to the Search box). Change your password, email address, display name and more. Have a SQL Server-related event to add to the Event Calendar? Login to submit your event posting. Interested in becoming involved? Learn about becoming a PASS Volunteer! Careers: Post a Job, Find a Job

		Featured Virtual Chapters
Connect, share, and learn with PASS Virtual Chapters (VCs) including the BI VC, the Database Administration VC, and the Application Development VC. Interested in getting more involved in a VC? Email us! Check out all our VCs. Join us today.

		Chapter Spotlight
Featured Chapter: Denver SQL Server User Group Chapter Leader: Marc Beacom This year has been fantastic for the Denver SQL Server User Group. It is led by five industry professionals who have diverse backgrounds. Having five leaders helps to spread out the workload and provide more consistency to the group's members. Also, the group can provide more offerings that are led by different board members. See the Chapter Spotlight for more information. See more Chapters

		News and Events
AppDev Virtual Chapter Hosts "SQL Server Indexing," 2/9, noon ET Learn how indexes work and how to optimize performance without leaving your desk. Get details here. "SQL Server Locking and Blocking Made Simple," Sponsored by DBA Virtual Chapter. 2/10, noon MT In this free training session, MVP Joe Webb explores techniques to enhance query response times. Learn more. Learn about "PowerShell for Data Professionals", presented by AppDev Virtual Chapter. 2/23, noon ET Find out how to perform data tasks including scripting table objects and database backups. Save 40% off PASS Summit 2010–Plus Enter to Win an Alaska Cruise for 2! Don't miss the world's best SQL Server and BI conference, Nov. 8-11 in Seattle, WA. Register for PASS Summit by March 15 for 40% off Summit and a chance to win a luxurious 7-day Alaska cruise! Check Out Speakers and Sessions for PASS European Conference 2010 Learn from and network with SQL Server experts from Europe and around the world at PASS European Conference, April 21-23 in Neuss, Germany, featuring more than 45 technical sessions from top SQL Server and BI authorities. Learn more. The Wait Is Over: Summit 2009 DVDs Shipping! The PASS Summit 2009 DVD set, including all 168 sessions plus Dr. David DeWitt's keynote, is shipping and should hit mailboxes the first week in February. Get your copy to refer to all year long; order today! Your Picks for the Best of Summit 2009 See who received the highest scores for their PASS Summit 2009 presentations - and then download the presentations to your desktop! You can get the PPTs for the Top 10 sessions of the entire conference, as well as the Top 5 sessions for each track. Learn more. See more News See more Events

		News from Microsoft
Download the first release of the SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit. Up for a challenge? Take the Excelerator quiz to find out how much of an Excel expert you really are. New Migration Assistant smooths move from MySQL to SQL Server; check out CTP 1.0 for free today! Download latest SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP, now "feature complete" with PowerPivot for Excel and more! Learn more. Congratulations to the newest Microsoft SQL Server MVPs! See more Microsoft news

		Featured Articles
Metrics to the Max! by Kevin Kline Find out about Peter Drucker, acclaimed as the world's greatest management thinker. Read More... Donald Farmer Discusses the Benefits of Managed Self-Service BI by Sheila Molnar and Michael Otey Get a jump on what’s new in SQL Server 2008 R2. Read More... Strong Leadership During Weak Budgets by Kevin Kline Offers tips that can help keep your team on task and keep the morale strong. Read More... T-SQL Classic Date Functions by Michael Otey These 7 essential T-SQL functions work with SQL Server's classic datetime data type and help you in myriad ways. Read More... 8 SQL Server 2008 Downloads by Michael Otey Our favorite downloads for your SQL Server toolbox. Read More... See more Technical Articles

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