PASS Data Community Summit Courses

Modernizing Your Data Platform

A structured approach to modernizing legacy on-premises SQL Server platforms, including migration paths to Azure SQL and techniques for minimizing disruption.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Mental Health in IT - Safeguarding Our Most Precious Resource

A tech worker's personal account connects on-call stress, burnout, and stigma with ways colleagues and employers can support mental health.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Deep Dive on Embedded Analytics with Power BI

Learn best practices for embedding Power BI analytics in business applications and choosing among Power BI Embedded and Premium versions and tiers.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Increase Deployment Flexibility with Feature Flags

Feature flags let database developers dark deploy T-SQL changes without affecting production.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Implementing Data-Driven Storytelling Techniques in Power BI

Learn four data-driven storytelling techniques and see how each can be implemented in Power BI.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Machine Learning in C# - Introduction to ML.NET

Build machine learning applications in C# using ML.NET, without switching to Python or relying on a separate data scientist.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Think Like the Cardinality Estimator

See how SQL Server estimates row counts from statistics, and how those estimates shape execution plans for predicates, unknown values, and ascending keys.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps

A live database CI workflow shows how cloud-controlled Azure DevOps pipelines can run on local agents for automated code validation.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Accelerating the Migration of Legacy SSIS with Azure Data Factory

See how Azure Data Factory’s hosted SSIS runtime and migration playbook can move and run older SSIS packages in Azure.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Budgeting with Power BI

Build budget models in Power BI by allocating prior-year figures, linking multi-step budgets, and handling products that do not yet exist.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Understanding Modern Data Encryption Offerings for SQL Server

Explore SQL Server’s native encryption methods alongside Azure Key Vault and Always Encrypted, including implementation considerations and potential issues.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Revenge - The SQL

A playful DBA session on using database controls to curb risky developer habits and prevent accidental damage.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

SQL Migration to Azure - Best Practices, Accelerators, and Production Case Studies

A practical look at planning SQL workload migrations to Azure, using assessment tools and customer case studies to inform migration choices.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Cosmos DB Develop Locally Deploy Globally

Set up Cosmos DB locally, load JSON data, build a Power BI visualization, then switch it to the cloud with a couple of commands.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Comparing Predictive Models from R, Python, SSAS, and Azure ML

Learn how to evaluate predictive models and compare results across R, Python, SSAS, and Azure ML, using tools such as SSIS and Excel.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk