eek! Sleep well tonight if you plan on attending the free 24 hours of non-stop SQL Server and BI training on September 2 from the good folks at SQL PASS. All from the comfort of your favorite internet connected spot…

Additional details, timings and registration at the SQL PASS website. From the website:

Depending on your location, sessions may also be broadcast on Sept. 1 and Sept. 3, 2009. Please be sure to check our time zone guide for exact times. When you register using our LiveMeeting interface, sessions will be sent to your Outlook calendar for the correct time in your region.

For my time zone, the festivities start September 1 at 8 pm. The sessions are delivered by experts in the community.

    1. 10 Big Ideas in Database Design
    2. Using PowerShell to Get the Most Out of SQL Server
    3. Team Management Fundamentals
    4. Delivering Good Performance Consistently with SSIS
    5. Using SQLdiag to Troubleshoot SQL Server Problems
    6. The SQL Server 2008 Vanishing Act
    7. Text Mining
    8. Tips and Tricks for Writing SET Based Queries
    9. Mirrored Databases
    10. Working with Spatial Data in SQL Server 2008
    11. Effective Indexing
    12. Reporting Services Inside Out: The Things You Should Know
    13. Query Performance Tuning 101
    14. Reporting from Analysis Services Cubes Using Excel 2007
    15. Data Warehousing: Laying the Foundation to Success
    16. Database Compatibility Settings: What They Really Do... and Don’t Do
    17. Building a Better Blog
    18. Building Flexible Data Services for the Web Using the ADO .NET Data Services Framework
    19. SQLCLR or T-SQL? A Brief Survey of Performance Options
    20. Loading a Data Warehouse in SSIS
    21. What's Simple about Simple Recovery Model
    22. What's New, Harder, and Easier in SQL Server 2008 Security
    23. Analyzing File and Wait Statistics
    24. Embed Reporting Services into Your Applications

From the titles and descriptions, not every session is a SQL oriented session – check out session 3 and 17. Good stuff, great price!

P.S. Are you testing SQL Azure yet? Let me know what you are building.