The Professional Association for SQL Server, also known as PASS, is the global community for Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database server, developed by Microsoft: It is a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications, be it those on the same computer or those running on another computer across a network...

 professionals. An independent, not-for-profit, user-run association, PASS was founded in 1999 with funds from Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

 and Computer Associates. PASS is run by a Board of Directors, elected by PASS members for two-year terms.

There are currently over 200 local PASS Chapters around the world. Each fall PASS gathers at the annual PASS Summit, the largest conference in the world for SQL Server professionals.

Global Summit locations

• 1999 - Chicago
• 2000 - San Francisco
• 2001 - scheduled for Orlando Sept 15,2001 - Canceled
• 2002 - Jan Denver
• 2002 - Nov Seattle
• 2003 - Seattle
• 2004 - Orlando
• 2005 - Dallas
• 2006 - Seattle
• 2007 - Denver
• 2008 - Seattle
• 2009 - Seattle
• 2010 - Seattle
• 2011 - Seattle

European Conference locations

• 2000 - London
• 2005 - Munich
• 2006 - Barcelona
• 2008 - Neuss, Germany
• 2009 - Neuss, Germany
• 2010 - Neuss, Germany