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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

PASS Summit Community Sessions

Allan Kinsel (blog|twitter) has just let us know that PASS will have a track at Summit for sessions voted on by the community.  They're going to label this a "Community" track, giving you the opportunity to second guess the program selection committee and pick sessions you want to attend.  So when the details come out next week, get off your duffs and make your vote count.
Now that I have the altruistic rant out of the way - I'm here to pitch one of my sessions for the Community track.  None of my abstracts got accepted by the program committee - competition was extremely fierce, and I know I have niche topics.  Out of the four topics I submitted, I believe one is uniquely suited to the Community track - and I hope you agree and cast your vote for it.  That one session is "Expand your SSIS Toolbox":
Despite the large number of Tasks and Components shipped in SSIS, a common complaint from ETL developers is that certain capabilities just aren't there. The only way of addressing those issues seems to be resorting to Scripts and diving into unfamiliar .Net code. But there is an alternative! Microsoft exposed an API to developers that allows them to extend SSIS by creating custom Tasks, Components and more. Once installed, these elements function just like standard parts of SSIS - but encapsulate that "missing" functionality you've been looking for. Take a tour of some of the most popular and useful extensions available for SSIS, and find out where to go to find more - usually for free.
What could be more appropriate for a Community Track than highlighting tools built by the community to improve your productivity inside SQL Server Integration Services?
UPDATE: Yes, I (read: "my ego") skipped over the tiny detail that only 20 sessions from the over 500 that weren't selected by the program committee will be placed on the ballot - and I have no idea if mine will make it on that list.  Look forward to more plugs if it does happen to make it ;)

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