Do you like training? Do you like FREE training? Then make sure you check out the 24 Hours of PASS event that starts today at 12:00 GMT. If you miss the events of the day, no worries, the recordings will be up within a few weeks.

Check out the great schedule of events:

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Session 01 (BIA) – Starts at 12:00 GMT
Choosing the Right Reporting Platform

Presenter: Brian Knight, Devin Knight

Session 02 (DBA) – Starts at 13:00 GMT
Best Practices for Upgrading to SQL Server 2012

Presenters: Robert Davis

Session 03 (AppDev) – Starts at 14:00 GMT
Three Ways to Identify Slow Running Queries

Presenter: Grant Fritchey

Session 04 (AppDev) – Starts at 15:00 GMT
Fasten Your Seatbelt – Troubleshooting the Most Difficult SQL Server Problems

Presenter: Klaus Aschenbrenner

Session 05 (CLD) – Starts at 16:00 GMT
SQL Server Private Cloud != Azure

Presenter: Allan Hirt, Ben DeBow

Session 06 (AppDev) – Starts at 17:00 GMT
What are the Largest SQL Server Projects in the World?

Presenter: Kevin Cox

Session 07 (AppDev) – Starts at 18:00 GMT
Practical Demos of Text Mining and Data Mining using SQL Server 2012

Presenter: Mark Tabladillo

Session 08 (DBA) – Starts at 19:00 GMT
PowerShell 101 for the SQL Server DBA

Presenters: Allen White

Session 09 (BID) – Starts at 20:00 GMT
Mobile Business Intelligence

Presenter: Jen Underwood

Session 10 (BID) – Starts at 21:00 GMT
Slow MDX Queries: The Case of the Empty Tuples

Presenter: Stacia Misner

Session 11 (DBA) – Starts at 22:00 GMT
Using SQL Server 2012 Always On

Presenters: Denny Cherry

Session 12 (PD) – Starts at 23:00 GMT
Leadership – Winning Influence in IT Teams

Presenter: Kevin Kline

Friday, September 21, 2012

Session 13 (BIA) – Starts at 00:00 GMT
BI Architecture With SQL 2012 & SharePoint 2010

Presenter: Rod Colledge

Session 14 (DBA) – Starts at 01:00 GMT
DBCC, Statistics, and You

Presenters: Erin Stellato

Session 15 (BIA) – Starts at 02:00 GMT
SSIS Design Patterns for Fun and Profit

Presenter: Jessica Moss, Michelle Ufford

Session 16 (AppDev) – Starts at 03:00 GMT
Characteristics of a Great Relational Database

Presenter: Louis Davidson

Session 17 (BIA) – Starts at 04:00 GMT
What’s All the Buzz about Hadoop and Hive?

Presenter: Cindy Gross

Session 18 (AppDev) – Starts at 05:00 GMT
Taking SQL Server Into the Beyond Relational Realm

Presenter: Michael Rys

Session 19 (BIA) – Starts at 06:00 GMT
Agile Data Warehousing with SQL Server 2012

Presenter: Davide Mauri

Session 20 (AppDev) – Starts at 07:00 GMT
Digging Into the Plan Cache

Presenter: Jason Strate

Session 21 (BIA) – Starts at 08:00 GMT
Introduction to Microsoft’s Big Data Platform and Hadoop Primer

Presenter: Denny Lee

Session 22 (BID) – Starts at 09:00 GMT
Big Data Analytics with PowerPivot and Power View

Presenter: Peter Myers

Session 23 (CLD) – Starts at 10:00 GMT
Best Practices and Lessons Learned Using SSIS for Large Scale Azure Data Movement

Presenter: Steven Howard

Session 24 (PD) – Starts at 11:00 GMT
Mentoring for Professional Development

Presenter: Andy Warren

* Please be sure to check our time zone guide for exact times in your area. This 24 Hours of PASS event begins at 12:00 GMT on September 20 and runs for 24 consecutive hours.