TechEd Day 1
Yesterday was the first complete day of TechEd and if you have never been to one of these shows it's quite an exerience. There is a huge mass of humanity flowing into the convention center and onto common areas like the meal area and pavillion (where all the vendors have booths). With around 11000 attendees it can get overwhelming.
Ashvini and I had our first session. It went OK, not spectacular in terms of delivery but quite good in terms of the content and getting the message across. We also had fun with giving away Donald's new book and some T-Shirts.
There were a lot of good questions and I had a few people come over and say that they really enjoyed the session and are already wotking with SSIS and are working on getting it into production. There were also the long time DTS users who were totally amazed at the evolution from DTS to SSIS. I guess it sort of the feeling I had when I first got a ride in a Porsche and heard that engine whine and felt slammed back into my seat !
Today we have no sessions but will be doing a Cabana talk (which is more informal and interactive) on "Data Quality and Compliance with SSIS". I still need to prep for that one. Complicance is a hot issue and we do have some features to support it, but there is not a specific shape to add or button to press and so the potential solutions require some explaining and that explaining needs some preparation !