{"id":4113,"date":"2011-10-17T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2011\/10\/17\/recap-from-pass-summit-2011\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:49:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:49:55","slug":"recap-from-pass-summit-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2011\/10\/17\/recap-from-pass-summit-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap from PASS Summit 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a great week at PASS Summit 2011<\/a>, a SQL Server and BI user conference. During the day 1 keynote Ted Kummert, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Business Platform Decision, talked about<\/a> Microsoft\u2019s roadmap for helping customers manage and analyze any data, of any size, anywhere — on premises, and in the private or public cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kummert announced SQL Server 2012, formerly Code Name \u201cDenali,\u201d and how it addresses the growing challenges of data and device proliferation by enabling customers to rapidly unlock and extend business insights, both in traditional datacenters and through public and private clouds. Extending on this foundation, Kummert also announced new investments to help customers manage \u201cbig data,\u201d including an Apache Hadoop-based<\/a> distribution for Windows Server and Windows Azure and a strategic partnership with Hortonworks Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe next frontier is all about uniting the power of the cloud with the power of data to gain insights that simply weren\u2019t possible even just a few years ago,\u201d Kummert said. \u201cMicrosoft is committed to making this possible for every organization, and it begins with SQL Server 2012.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, Ted discussed our much awaited roadmap and specific Microsoft investments for Mobile Business Intelligence. Microsoft is committed to delivering highly interactive and immersive BI experiences across different devices to all users wherever they are. Our approach and roadmap for fulfilling this vision consists of:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Ensuring our existing corporate BI web based solutions run in browsers across iOS and Windows devices in the first half of 2012.<\/span><\/span> <\/li>\n
  2. Delivering great touch-based data exploration and visualization capabilities in a browser on iOS, Android and Microsoft platforms in the second half of 2012.<\/span><\/span> <\/li>\n
  3. Delivering the best in class rich and immersive experience of the Microsoft BI platform on Windows 8 slates<\/span><\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Day 2 of PASS Summit 2011 resumed with Quentin Clark, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft SQL Server Database Group, delivering a keynote address that focused on how customers can benefit from simplified data management and migration to the cloud with SQL Server 2012. <\/span><\/p>\n

    \u201cIt\u2019s our goal to help customers achieve ultimate scalability, performance and deployment flexibility for mission critical workloads running in public and private cloud. Built from the same code base, SQL Server 2012 and SQL Azure provide a complete database solution for the enterprise. The latest releases offer huge advancements that address the evolving needs of IT.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    Clark also announced the new, cloud-ready capabilities of the platform, including integration with SQL Azure and upcoming appliances including the following:<\/span><\/p>\n