Well it is Saturday morning and I am getting ready to leave for Tech ED 2004 in San Diego. For those of you who don't know me my name is Matt Nunn and I work at Microsoft for the SQL Server group. One of my responsibilities in the group is to own SQL Server's overall participation at Tech ED. To that end I am flying down today to make sure that I have all my ducks in a row before the 11,000 people show up. That's right 11,000, thats a lot of people, I am sure that by now you are all aware the
Tech ED 2004 is SOLD OUT.
I wanted to start the week by blogging about all the great stuff we have going on at Tech ED this year.
- SQL Server has 80 Sessions covering the best in SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 (code named “Yukon”) In fact we have 20 sessions dedicated to SQL Server 2005 alone.
- To complement the sessions we also have 13 SQL Server 2005 Hands On Labs so that you will have the chance to experience SQL Server 2005 up close and personal.
- We have a full compliment of Product Group members on hand in the cabana area to answer your evey SQL Server question so I encourage all of you to drop by the SQL Server cabana's in the Sails Pavilion.
- While you're about come and visit us in the Microsoft Pavilion where we have cool giveaways and more people on hand to answer your questions
- Last, but not least, don't miss the PC Gaming Pit where you can play Unreal 2004 for AMD 64 in a tournament with a first prize of an Alienware AMD 64 games machine plus many other prizes including AMD 64 PIB's and copies of SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition.
Well, I don't want to miss my flight so I had better go pack, expect to here more during the course of the week as the Tech ED story unfolds, I am sure that this is going to be the best Tech ED yet. If you are going, have fun, if you are not, stay tuned for all the gossip from the biggest Microsoft Technical show of the year...............