Data Platform Summit (DPS) is the largest online learning event on Microsoft Azure Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence. This community-driven conference is now a global event running non-stop training classes with pre-cons, sessions, and post-cons running from November 30 through December 8.
The Microsoft Azure data team will have quite a presence at DPS with 35+ sessions focused on Azure Arc enabled Data Services, SQL Server, Database migration to Azure, Azure SQL Edge, and Azure SQL. You’ll hear about the innovations and customer scenarios built on SQL Server and Azure SQL directly from the Azure data team. And on November 30 and December 1, the team delivering 3 live pre-cons which will run 4 hours each day for 2 consecutive days.
To get access to DPS for conference materials, sessions, training classes, recordings, and more register online today! As an added incentive to attend, DPS is offering the last 12 hours of the conference free for anyone to join.
Start planning today with this quick reference list of our Microsoft Azure data sessions (session links and dates will be updated as I get them):
| Speakers | Title | Date/Time (PST) |
| PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS | ||
| David Pless, Pam Lahoud, Amit Khandelwal, Tejas Shah, Aditya Badramraju | SQL Server: Advanced Training for Azure VM Deployments | 11/30/20-12/1/20 |
| Bob Ward, Anna Hoffman |
The Azure SQL Workshop | 11/30/20-12/1/20 |
| Raj Pochiraju | Deep Dive SQL Server Migration to Azure SQL | 11/30/20-12/1/20 |
| SESSIONS | ||
| TUESDAY | ||
| Amit Khandelwal | SQL containers are ready, are you? - For DBA and Developers | 12/1/20 9:30 PM |
| WEDNESDAY | ||
| Tejas Shah | Deployment, High Availability and Performance guidance for SQL Server on Linux in Azure IaaS ecosystem | 12/2/20 12:30 AM |
| Balmukund Lakhani, Dimitri Furman | Fine Tuning Clouds: Azure SQL Database Performance Tuning Tips and Tricks | 12/2/20 3:30 AM |
| Bob Ward | Inside Waits, Latches, and Spinlocks Returns | 12/2/20 6:30 AM |
| Pedro Lopez & Joe Sack | Azure SQL: Getting Started With An Intelligent Database | 12/2/20 6:30 AM |
| Amit Banerjee | SQL Server Licensing: Demystified | 12/2/20 11:00 AM |
| Arvind Shyamsundar | DevOps for AzureSQL | 12/2/20 11:00 AM |
| Vin Yu | What is Azure Arc Enabled Managed Instance? | 12/2/20 11:00 AM |
| Kevin Farlee | New ways to keep your SQL databases on Azure VMs protected and available | 12/2/20 12:30 PM |
| Davide Mauri | Create secure API with .NET, Dapper and Azure SQL | 12/2/20 2:00 PM |
| Vasiya Krishnan, Sourabh Agarwal | Real-time data analysis using Azure SQL Edge | 12/2/20 2:00 PM |
| Rajesh Setlem, Mohammed Kabiruddin | Understanding your SQL Server readiness to migrate databases to Azure SQL using database assessment and migration tools | 12/2/20 3:30 PM |
| Drew Skwiers-Koballa, Udeesha Gautam | SQL Database Projects | 12/2/20 5:00 PM |
| David Pless, Brian Carrig | SQL Server 2019: Building A Foundation With Persistent Memory | 12/2/20 6:30 PM |
| Raj Pochiraju Balmukund Lakhani Ajay Jagannathan |
App Modernization and Migration from End to end, using data migration tools and Azure SQL | 12/2/20 6:30 PM |
| Sanjay Mishra | The Future of Cloud Relational Databases | 12/2/20 8:00 PM |
| Borko Novakovic, Vladimir Ivanovic, Srdan Bozovic | Modernize your SQL applications with the recently enhanced version of Azure SQL Managed Instance | 12/2/20 9:30 PM |
| THURSDAY | ||
| Bob Ward | Inside SQL Server on Kubernetes | 12/3/20 6:30 AM |
| Julie Koesmarno Alan Yu |
Azure Data Studio Notebooks Power Hour | 12/3/20 8:00 AM |
| Ajay Jagannathan | Azure SQL: What to use when and product updates | 12/3/20 9:30 AM |
| Aditya Badramraju, Pam Lahoud | SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines Reimagined | 12/3/20 11:00 AM |
| Alain Dormehl, Mara Steiu | 360-degree view of Azure SQL Monitoring | 12/3/20 12:30 PM |
| Emily Lisa, Shreya Verma | Azure SQL High Availability and Disaster Recovery | 12/3/20 2:00 PM |
| Andreas Wolter | Securing your data in Azure SQL Database | 12/3/20 3:30 PM |
| Mihaela Blendea | Gain insights with SQL Server Big Data Clusters on Red Hat OpenShift | 12/3/20 6:30 PM |
| Vicky Harp, Ken Van Hyning | State of the SQL Tools | 12/3/20 6:30 PM |
| Jose Manuel Jurado, Roberto Cavalcanti | Azure SQL Database - Troubleshooting real world scenarios with Microsoft Support Engineers | 12/3/20 11:00 PM |
| FRIDAY | ||
| Melony Qin | Administrating Big Data Clusters ( BDC ) | 12/4/20 3:30 AM |
| Denzil Ribeiro | Azure SQL Hyperscale Deep Dive | 12/4/20 6:30 AM |
| Hannah Qin, Drew Skwiers-Koballa | How to Become an Azure Data Studio Contributor | 12/4/20 6:30 AM |
| Silvano Coriani | Leverage Azure SQL Database for Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing (HTAP) | 12/4/20 8:00 AM |
| Jean-Yves Devant | What is Azure Arc enabled PostgreSQL Hyperscale? | 12/4/20 11:00 AM |
| Raj Pochiraju Mukesh Kumar |
Database modernization best practices and lessons learned through customer engagements | 12/4/20 12:30 PM |
| Sasha Nosov | Azure Arc Enabled SQL Server | 12/4/20 12:30 PM |
We’re looking forward to seeing you for this around-the-clock event! Tweet us at @AzureSQL for sessions you are most excited about.
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