The Pass Summit is back! The most important event around the world on Microsoft Data Platform will be held again in Seattle (WA) from October 31 to November 3, 2017 and it will be preceded from two "pre-conference" at October 30th and 31th.

Every year more and more IT Professionals, Technicians, Analysts and Data Scientists consider this event as an unique opportunity to connect other people that have the same passion you have, to share the experiences and problems you face for your job and to learn more and more about the Microsoft Data Platform.. so the keywords are Connect, Share and Learn!

Do not forget that you will also have the opportunity to meet people that work in the Sql Server development Team. Just a few days ago, while I was playing with SQL Graph, one of the new features of SQL Server 2017, I did not explain a behavior of a MATCH query. MATCH clause is the new clause for traverse a graph in a SQL Graph Database. Chatting with Shreya Verma (Program Manager at Microsoft SQL Server, with particular focus on Query Processing) and Arvind Shyamsundar (Principal Program Manager at Microsoft), they clarified my doubts, and at the end, this sentence came out:

"Yes Sergio! Shreya and I will be at PASS Summit 2017, so definitely we will meet!"

What other event gives you the opportunity to discuss about these topics with people from SQL Server Team? There are not any others! Are you thinking that people from SQL Server Team are too busy for a talk with you? Nobody of these names walks away if you try to meet and talk them, especially in front of a beer in one of Seattle's pubs!

SQL Server 2017 (today the in RC2 version) is coming and this conference is a great opportunity both to explore the new features of SQL 2017 and to study the features already released in previous versions of SQL Server.

If you are undecided about the quality of the contents provided at the PASS Summit, you can watch the sessions of the previous Summit on PASS TV:

• PASS Summit 2016 - Day 1
• PASS Summit 2016 - Day 2
• PASS Summit 2016 - Day 3

Are you a beginner or a first timer at PASS Summit? Do not worry there are many sessions of level 100 and 200, and you can count on the "First Timers Guidebook" that it will arrive soon!

What kind of sessions can you expect to see at the PASS Summit 2017? Find it out by the recording sessions of the last 24 Hours of PASS named Summit Preview, each video is available on detail page of the related session.

You can find all information you need on PASS Summit 2017 website and for your convenience, here some useful links:

• Sessions
• Pre-Conference Sessions
• Registration
• Why Go

Discount code for UGISS members

If you have not already done, sign up for free and join to the Italian SQL Server User Group. UGISS, as an official PASS Local Group, allows you to have a special discount for $150 off on the registration fee. To obtain the discount, specify the following code in the registration page (section "Agenda"):

See you in Seattle!