Summary: <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/madeirasqlserverradio/SQLServerRadio_Show009.mp3" target="_blank">Download Episode (mp3)</a> PASS Summit 2014 is over, and wh're here for a recap of what happened, what was announced, what we learned in the sessions we attended, and some thoughts on the direction Microsoft is heading. Among other topics, we talk about: * The summit keynote and the Microsoft vision * Parallelism * The new Query Store feature * The new Stretched Tables feature * Improvements to Cluster Quorum * Backup performance improvements * Database corruption recovery techniques * Interesting behavior of Sequence with Delayed Durability * The various activities during the summit * And more.. Items mentioned in the show: * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pum0vfYtSk&list=PLoGAcXKPcRvanix7u9eqg_qt1tp849rX3#t=11" target="_blank">PASS Summit 2014 Day 1 Keynote</a> * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8DSwPjmLv4&index=16&list=PLoGAcXKPcRvanix7u9eqg_qt1tp849rX3" target="_blank">PASS Summit 2014 Day 2 Keynote</a> * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTB7LrQVu5c&list=PLoGAcXKPcRvanix7u9eqg_qt1tp849rX3&index=18" target="_blank">Adam Machanic - Manhandling Paralellism, 2014 Edition</a> * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVsMrLPZR8E&index=22&list=PLoGAcXKPcRvanix7u9eqg_qt1tp849rX3" target="_blank">Paul Randal - Advanced Data Recovery Techniques</a> * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9s-Z70mizQ&list=PLoGAcXKPcRvanix7u9eqg_qt1tp849rX3&index=28" target="_blank">Allan Hirt - Did You Vote Today? A DBA's Guide to Cluster Quorum</a> * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuigjRQ4CHA&index=37&list=PLoGAcXKPcRvanix7u9eqg_qt1tp849rX3" target="_blank">Guy Glantser - Working with Very Large Tables Like a Pro in SQL Server 2014</a>