Event Date: 30 September 2023
This event is: in-person
The capacity limit for this event is 600
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Event Date: 30 September 2023
This event is: in-person
The capacity limit for this event is 600
Location ● Sponsors ● Pre-cons ● Schedule ● Speakers ● Volunteers ● Contact ● Sponsorship Plans
SQL Saturday Minnesota returns in person this September 2023!
After 4 years away we are looking forward to bringing SQL Saturday Minnesota back from Virtual to In-Person! We listened to the feedback from the last year and know that now is the time and that the community is ready to come back out to our Minnesota Capital for a full day of community learning and collaboration.
The event is taking place at:
St Paul College
235 Marshall Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55102
There is a code of conduct for this event that all attendees are expected to follow. Please report violations to the organizers If you need to report a Code of Conduct violation, please contact the organizers and send a copy to coc@sqlsaturday.com
This event adheres to the generic data privacy policy.
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There are sponsorship plans available.
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Pre-Cons will be held on Friday September 29th.
In this workshop you will be introduced to the capabilities of Microsoft Fabric, announced in May of this year at Microsoft Build. After the introduction we will take a look at what is available in this new offering, including live demos and hands-on lab opportunities. The features that we will explore include OneLake, Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Power BI Direct Lake, Real-Time Analytics, code notebooks, and admin and monitoring capabilities.
Developing databases is just the beginning. Once the code has been committed to source control, moving code between environments can be cumbersome in a manual environment. When multiple databases are involved or database changes need to be deployed with other changes, tracking the proper builds of each solution is critical. Otherwise, the quality assurance team may test incompatible builds, leading to wasted time and potentially allowing unsupported changes to be deployed together. This session will introduce database developers and administrators to build and release pipelines in Azure DevOps. Through multiple development tools, participants will gain hands-on experience working with a demonstration database to deploy to a target environment. Dev Ops has many nuances and advanced settings, which this course will not cover.
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Please note the event is taking place in Central Standard Time UTC -5
The schedule shown below is updated by Sessionize to match your computer's time zone setting.
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Volunteers are very important to a successful event. Please contact the organizer to volunteer.
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You can see a list of previous events for this location here
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SQL Saturday Minnesota 2023 #1054 is an entire day conference related to the SQL Server and data technology. SQL Saturday is organized by the PASS MN User Group, a 501c6 professional association non-profit organization.
With the help of a lot of Volunteers, we provide excellent sessions, refreshments, and lunch giving ample opportunities to interact with local professionals. We work hard to ensure that the SQLSaturday is an excellent experience for all, especially our Sponsors, without whom the event would not happen.
This is our 1st in-person SQL Saturday event since 2019. SQL Saturday Minnesota used to proudly boast one of the largest and broadest events in the country and in 2023 we are looking to rebuild those heights. With the support of our Sponsors, it remains free and open to the public. We anticipate hitting the ground running and hope for a return of attendance for SQLSaturday comparable to previous years. The volunteer organizers of SQL Saturday Minnesota 2023 are proud to offer the following Sponsorship opportunities.
These are several ways to show your support of SQL Saturday Minnesota 2023 and achieve maximum visibility for your company. Find details about these premium Marquee Sponsorship Opportunities below.
SQL Saturday Minnesota 2023 sponsorships can be paid through PayPal to the passmn@outlook.com account
| Base Sponsor Levels | Amount | Sponsor Benefits |
| Platinum Sponsorship (limit 1) | $3,000 | Includes all benefits of the Gold Sponsorship. Includes the entire electronic attendee list of those who attended and those who did not attend. The option to present during the lunch time session |
| Gold Sponsorship | $1,500 | Includes all benefits of the Silver Sponsorship. Includes an electronic list of any scanned raffle ticket attendees' QR codes. |
| Silver Sponsorship | $1,000 | Includes all benefits of the Bronze Sponsorship. Includes one table and two chairs in our exhibitor area near registration and access to power. Raffle tickets will be provided to all attendees, and the sponsor should retain a fish bowl for collection to use for the raffle at the end of the event. Raffle tickets can be saved with the name and email address to reach out to contacts. |
| Bronze Sponsorship | $600 | Includes logo printed on speaker t-shirts given to all speakers. Includes logo on SQL Saturday website. Includes logo included on social media posts. Includes logo, Twitter handle, and website links included in posts. Sponsor MUST provide a price to raffle on day event ($100 minimum value) |
| Individual or Blogger | $50 | Name and logo on SQL Saturday Minnesota 2023 website(s) and our undying gratitude! |
Support SQL Saturday Minnesota 2023 with high visibility and high profile exposure for your company, organization, product, or service with one of these premium Add On Sponsorship Opportunities. Each of these represents a unique opportunity, so act now. They are available on a first come first, serve basis.
| Sponsorship | Amount | Sponsor Benefits |
| Saturday After Party – 1 spot available | $1,800 | Sponsor Logo and Name will be displayed at the party venue and announced in the schedule and at raffle and ability to have a representative announce themselves and what company provides. - Base Gold Sponsorship Required |
| Speaker Party – 1 spot available | $1,200 | Sponsor Logo and Name will be displayed at the party venue and ability to have a representative announce themselves and what company provides to all speakers and volunteers. - Base Gold Sponsorship Required |
We hope you’ll support this event! Please contact us at events@passmn.com if you have any questions.
SQL Saturday Minnesota 2023 is produced by and for the community of SQL developers, administrators, and affiliated disciplines. Event Sponsorship does not entail oversight or selection of topics or content.
While SQLSaturday Minnesota requires funds to operate, Sponsorship is also accepted as 'in-kind' contributions where the goods or services provided are those needed for SQL Saturday. We are especially interested in community groups helping plan and publicize the event. Don't hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions about how you can help.
About 'in-kind' Sponsorships: We distinguish between Sponsors that provide 'cash', and those that supply 'in-kind' Products and Services for raffles or other use. Our reasoning is thus:
Sponsorship payments must be received in full no later than September 1, 2023 to guarantee inclusion in print and display materials.
The biggest challenge with community events is capturing contact information for follow-ups. Few attendees will have business cards, and having them handwrite their info often leads to a 30% or higher loss due to the inability to read what they wrote! Instead, we provide attendees with pre-printed raffle tickets containing their name and email address; they can then put these tickets into the raffle box at each sponsor's table to win a prize. This gives you 100% readability and 0% loss! It is also more effective than any other technique for capturing contact information, including scanning their name badge.
Because we want you to be successful, all our sponsorship levels include the requirement that you provide a prize of at least $100 in value and a full-color 8-1/2 x 11 flyer highlighting the prize(s) you are providing for the raffle.
We will have one table for all absentee vendors in the same areas as our onsite vendors. Raffle ticket collection will proceed through the end of the day. If someone from your team is present, we'll ask them to draw the winning ticket. Otherwise, we'll select the ticket. Attendees must be present to win. If there is a physical prize, we'll give it to them. Otherwise, we'll forward their contact information for you to follow up with (for license keys, etc.)
We hope you'll support this event! Don't hesitate to contact us at events@passmn.com if you have any questions.