Register Now for PASS 2000 North America

Increase your knowledge of SQL Server at the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) 2000 North America conference October 25 through 28 in San Francisco. The conference includes more than 70 technical sessions covering such topics as data warehousing and data mining, Web-enabled solutions development, and enterprise database administration and deployment. You can ask Microsoft experts questions about SQL Server at the Microsoft Product Panel Q&A sessions and learn about the latest SQL Server-related products and services at the Solutions Expo. See http://www.sqlpass.org/events/sanfrancisco for registration information and a complete list of PASS 2000 events.

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Las Vegas
September 30th - October 4th

Paul ThurottOur Experts will show you:
• Common SQL Server
Problems
• Best Practices for T-SQL
• SQL Server Integration
Services
• Database Development

Come See Michael Otey & Tim Ford in Person!

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