SQL Server professionals are very strange. They live in their own world. They even have a calendar, which does not make any sense to the regular people.

They call Spring as Abstract Time and spend days in the dark rooms writing abstracts for upcoming PASS Summit. Summer becomes either Time of Work and Happiness or Time of Sadness depending on the Call for Speakers results. Autumn is, obviously, Gathering Time – time when they meet their friends and #sqlfamily in Seattle. And, finally, Winter is Time of Memories and Stories –  the season of neverending tales from the Summit – the season when they are boring other, non-SQL Server folks, to death.

This year is Time of Work and Happiness for me. I just found that two of my abstracts have been selected, including the pre-con session. It is hard to express how proud and honored I feel and I want to thank Program Committee, PASS and all of you for your trust and support. Thank you, it means a lot!

I am delivering the well known pre-con: SQL Server Internals: The Practical Angle. This pre-con explains how SQL Server components work under the hood and how their behavior affect your systems. It is based on my book Pro SQL Server Internals or, to be exact, that pre-con inspired me to write that book in the first place.

The second session, Thinking Outside of the In-Memory Box, talks about In-Memory OLTP and focusing how to address the surface area limitations of the technology in SQL Server 2014 and how to benefit from it even when migrations of existing systems are cost ineffective. There is also the book behind it.

I really hope, I will see some of you in Seattle. I urge you to attend the Summit – especially, if you have never been there. Trust me, it is life changing experience – the one, which is impossible to forget. You will see our community in action, you will make new friends and, of course, you will learn a lot.

Looking forward to see you there!