{"id":2933,"date":"2012-11-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2012\/11\/16\/pass-summit-2012-recap-the-milestones-of-sql-server-2012\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:49:28","slug":"pass-summit-2012-recap-the-milestones-of-sql-server-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2012\/11\/16\/pass-summit-2012-recap-the-milestones-of-sql-server-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"PASS Summit 2012 Recap & the Milestones of SQL Server 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Last week marked the completion of a great week at <\/span>PASS Summit 2012<\/span><\/a>, the world\u2019s largest technical training conference for SQL Server professionals and BI experts alike. During this year\u2019s 3-day conference, nearly 4,000 attendees heard firsthand about the <\/span>great advances<\/span><\/a> being made toward managing big data. Over the course of two keynote speeches by Microsoft Corporate Vice Presidents Ted Kummert (Data Platform Group) and Quentin Clark (SQL Program Management), Microsoft announced the following: <\/span><\/p>\n What\u2019s more, on the final day of PASS Summit 2012, attendees were treated to the presentation, \u201cBig Data Meets SQL Server 2012\u201d by Microsoft Technical Fellow David DeWitt.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/span>All the while, conference participants attended a wide variety of technical sessions presented by industry experts in addition to a host of other programs. From on-site certification testing, to hands-on-labs, attendees were able to boost their technical skills using these resources, as well as work through technical issues with top Microsoft Customer Service and Support (CSS) engineers and get architectural guidance from the SQL Server, Business Intelligence and Azure Customer Advisory Teams (CAT). Of course, the learning didn\u2019t stop there; attendees were invited to new, \u201cI Made That!\u201d Developer Chalk Talks, which featured 30 minute casual talks with the Microsoft developers who worked on specific features and functionalities of SQL Server 2012. The topics appealed to many, ranging from AlwaysOn to Hekaton. You can see more great photos from PASS Summit 2012 on the <\/span>SQL Server Facebook page<\/span><\/a> or access the <\/span>video interviews<\/span><\/a> with Dave Campbell, Quentin Clark, and David DeWitt available at the SQL Server <\/span>virtual press room<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n And so, as we close on another year of PASS Summit, it\u2019s the perfect time to look back and see how far we\u2019ve come since the launch of SQL Server 2012.\u00a0 Join us below, as we take a celebratory look at the milestones we\u2019ve hit along the way, and let\u2019s look together toward the bright future ahead!<\/p>\n\n
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