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Albania Albanian SQL Server Users Group
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Belgium SQL Server User Group Belgium
Brazil Brasilia SQLServerDF
Brazil Mage, Rio de Janiero Grupo - MS InfraRio
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Brazil Rio Grande do Sul SQL Server RS
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Canada Ontario Ottawa OttawaSQL.net
Canada Ontario Sudbury Northern Ontario Software Developers Community
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Canada Saskatchewan Regina The Regina Technology Community
Chile Santiago SQL PASS Chile
China Shanghai China Region
Columbia Bogota BogotaDotNet
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Costa Rica SQL Server Users Group of Costa Rica
Croatia Croatian SQL Server User Group
Cyprus Cyprus .NET User Group
Denmark SQL Server User Group Denmark
Egypt SQLPASS Egypt
Finland Helsinki PASS Helsinki
France French SQL Server User Group/Groupe des Utilisateu
Germany PASS Deutschland e.V.
Guatemala Alta Verapaz .Net Developer Group Coban
India Ahmedabad Ahmedabad SQL Server User Group
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Israel Jerusalem Israeli SQL Server User Group (ISQL)
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Korea Seoul Korea SQL Server User Group
Macedonia Macedonia SQL Server User Group
Malaysia SQL Server Practitioner Alliance Network (SPAN)
Mexico Mexico City SQL PASS Mexico
Nepal Himalayan SQL Server User Group
Netherlands Netherlands SQL Server User Group
Netherlands Antilles Curacao Welcome to the Curaçao SQL Server User Group
New Zealand Auckland Auckland SQL Server Users Group
New Zealand Dunedin New Zealand MS Communities
New Zealand Wellington Wellington SQL Server User Group
Nigeria Abuja PASS Nigeria
Peru Lima ITPRO System Lima
Peru Lima MUGPERU SQL Server Interest Group
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Peru Trujillo ITLeaders Peru
Philippines Philippine SQL Server Users Group
Poland Warsaw Polish SQL Server User Group (PLSSUG)
Portugal Comunidade Portuguesa de SQL Server
Romania Bucharest Romanian SQL Server Group
Russia Krasnodar Krasnodar SQL & BI User Group
Russia Moscow Russian Business Intelligence User Group
Russia Stavropol Stavropol SQL & BI User Group
Saudi Arabia Riyadh SQLServerPath Group
Singapore Singapore SQL Server Users Group
South Africa Johannesburg Johannesburg SQL Server User Group
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Sri Lanka Colombo SQL Server Sri Lanka User Group
Sweden Stockholm Swedish SQL Server User Group
Switzerland Swiss PASS Chapter
Thailand Bangkok Bangkok SQL Server User Group
Thailand Khon Kaen Thai SQL Server User Group
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago SQL Server User Group
Turkey Istanbul PASS Turkey
Ukraine Kyiv Kyiv SQL Server User Group
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United Kingdom Surrey SQL Server in the Evening
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United States FL Melbourne Space Coast .NET User Group
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United States FL Orlando MagicPASS
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United States FL Orlando Orlando Professional Association for SQL Server
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United States GA Atlanta Atlanta Microsoft Database Forum
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United States IA Cedar Rapids I-380 PASS SQL Server User Group
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United States IN Indianapolis IndyPASS
United States KS Leawood/Kansas City Kansas City SQL Server Users Group
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United States NC Greensboro/ Winston-Salem Triad SQL Server User Group
United States NC Raleigh Triangle Business Intelligence User Group
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United States NM Las Cruces Las Cruces & El Paso SQL Server Users Group
United States NV Las Vegas SQL Server Society of Las Vegas
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United States NY Buffalo/Western NY WNYPASS.ORG
United States NY New York Microsoft Business Intelligence UG of NYC
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United States NY Rochester Rochester PASS
United States OH Columbus Columbus SQL Server Users Group
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United States PA Harrisburg Central PA SQL Server Users Group (CPSSUG)
United States PA Philadelphia Philadelphia SQL Server User Group
United States PA Pittsburgh Pittsburgh SQL Server User Group (PSSUG)
United States RI East Greenwich Southern New England SQL Server Users Group
United States SC Charleston Charleston SQL Server User Group
United States SC Columbia Midlands PASS
United States SC Greenville SQL Server Innovators Guild
United States TN Knoxville KnoxSQL - SQL Server User Group
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United States TN Nashville Nashville SQL Server Users Group
United States TX Austin Central Texas BI User Group
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United States TX Houston Houston SQL Server Users Group
United States TX Irving Microsoft Business Intelligence Community (MSBIC)
United States TX Irving North Texas SQL Server Users Group
United States TX San Antonio San Antonio SQL Server User Group
United States UT American Fork Utah County SQL Server Users Group
United States UT Murray Salt Lake City SQL Server Users Group
United States VA Glen Allen Richmond SQL Server Users Group
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United States VT Burlington Vermont.NET User Group
United States WA Seattle Pacific Northwest SQL Server User Group (PNWSQL)
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United States WA Thurston County Olympia Area SQL Server Users Group
United States WI Appleton FoxPASS
United States WI Madison MADPASS
United States WI Waukesha Microsoft BI Professionals - Wisconsin
United States WI Waukesha Wisconsin SQL Server Users Group
United States WV Wheeling Wheeling, WV SQL Server User Group
Venezuela Caracas SQL PASS Venezuela

 
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