Ready for SQLBits 2022?

Microsoft

Feb 02, 2022

SQLBits, the largest Microsoft Data Platform conference in Europe, is right around the corner! The conference is back in London from March 8 through March 12 with two days of full-day training sessions and three days of general sessions, with Saturday being free to attend.

Microsoft is the Premium Sponsor, delivering 5 full-day workshops, 50+ sessions, a keynote, a booth, and much more! This year's keynote is being led by Bob Ward, along with Buck Woody and surprise guests to show you, from SQL Server on-prem to Azure Data in the cloud, the latest and greatest data platform on earth!

You'll get to hear the latest from the teams who develop the tools you use every day, and engage in live discussions. Start planning which sessions you'll be attending with our quick reference guide:

*Session Title*	*Speaker*	*Date/Time (GMT)*
TUESDAY PRE-CONS
The Hand-on Azure SQL Workshop	Anna Hoffman, Bob Ward, Marisa Brasile, Emily Lisa	March 8: 9:00am-5:00pm
How to build a data warehouse solution for your analytical workloads	Mark Pryce-Maher	March 8: 9:00am-5:00pm
A Data Engineer's Guide to Azure Synapse	Stijn Wynants	March 8: 9:00am-5:00pm
WEDNESDAY PRE-CONS
Migrate SQL Server to Azure	Bob Ward, Pam Lahoud, Bradley Ball, Mohamed Kabiruddin, Alexandra Ciortea, Marisa Brasile	March 9: 9:00am-5:00pm
Build Serverless, Full Stack Applications Including IoT with Azure SQL	Davide Mauri, Silvano Coriani	March 9: 9:00am-5:00pm
The Day after Dashboard in a Day	Adam Saxton, Patrick LeBlanc, Matthew Roche, Alex Powers	March 9: 9:00am-5:00pm
Finding Problems and Stabilizing Performance with Query Store	Erin Stellato	March 9: 9:00am-5:00pm
THURSDAY SESSIONS
Keynote	Buck Woody, Bob Ward, and surprise guests	March 10: 9:00am-10:00am
Azure SQL availability and resiliency for non-stop applications	Emily Lisa	March 10: 10:10am-11:00am
How to model and partition data in a distributed NoSQL database for cloud scale	Theo van Kraay	March 10: 10:10am-11:00am
Why You Need Query Store	Erin Stellato	March 10: 11:30am-11:50am
Creating Tables In Power Query And M Using #table()	Chris Webb	March 10: 11:30am-11:50am
Introducing SQL Server 2022	Bob Ward	March 10: 12:00pm-12:50pm
Empowering every individual with Power BI	Mohammad Ali, Patrick LeBlanc	March 10: 12:00pm-12:50pm
Real-world AI Architectures	Ben Wright-Jones, Simon Lidberg	March 10: 12:00pm-12:50pm
Microsoft's Hybrid Data Strategy	Rie Merritt	March 10: 1:40pm-2:00pm
Options for Proactively Managing Statistics in SQL Server	Erin Stellato	March 10: 1:40pm-2:00pm
Jamstack Foundations: Building Scalable API from the Ground Up	Davide Mauri	March 10: 2:10pm-3:00pm
Developer Enhancements in SQL Server 2022	Buck Woody, Kendal Van Dyke	March 10: 2:10pm-3:00pm
How to Build Secure, Scalable, and Highly Available Applications with Azure SQL Database	Bob Ward	March 10: 3:20pm-4:10pm
Microsoft Database Innovations: SQL Server, Azure SQL, open-source and beyond	Anna Hoffman	March 10: 3:20pm-4:10pm
Reporting on 1.4B rows with Serverless SQL Pools	Stijn Wynants	March 10: 3:20pm-4:10pm
10 Cool Things about SQL MI	Niko Neugebauer	March 10: 4:40pm-5:00pm
Asking questions to get meaningful answers	Benni De Jagere	March 10: 4:40pm-5:00pm
Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services for the DBA/Developer	Jes Schultz, Buck Woody	March 10: 5:10pm-6:00pm
Get Microsoft Certified. This is what you need to know	Natalie Mickey, Sandra Marin	March 10: 5:10pm-6:00pm
Big data analytics with Power BI	Kay Unkroth & Christian Wade	March 10: 5:10pm-6:00pm
FRIDAY SESSIONS
.NET development stack for Azure SQL: SqlClient 4.0 and EF Core 6	Silvano Coriani	March 11: 10:10am-11:00am
Link feature for Managed Instance	Dani Ljepava	March 11: 10:10am-11:00am
Gateways for On-prem and VNet Connectivity	Miquella de Boer, Arthi Ramasubramanian	March 11: 10:10am-11:00am
Azure SQL Database - A true story journey from migration, through synchronization and beyond	Vivian Paiva, Pieter Vanhove	March 11: 10:10am-11:50am
Unified Data Governance with Azure Purview	Gaurav Malhotra Evangeline White	March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm
SQL Managed Instance - Demos Only	Niko Neugebauer	March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm
SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machine Reimagined	Pam Lahoud	March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm
Lake Database with Database Template and Mapping Data with Azure Synapse Analytics	Erwin de Kreuk	March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm
How to build HTAP workloads using Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Synapse Link	Theo van Kraay	March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm
Machine Learning on the SQL Server Platform	Buck Woody	March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm
Enabling teams with Power BI	Mohammad Ali, Patrick LeBlanc	March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm
Self Service Data Access Provisioning With Azure Purview	Gaurav Malhotra	March 11: 1:40pm-2:00pm
Spring clean your data lake with Database Templates for Synapse Analytics	Vanessa Araujo	March 11: 1:40pm-2:00pm
Protecting data integrity with ledger	Jakub Szymaszek, Pieter Vanhove	March 11: 1:40pm-2:00pm
Scaling applications on Azure SQL Hyperscale	Denzil Ribeiro	March 11: 2:10pm-3:00pm
Azure SQL News Update, Data Exposed Live	Anna Hoffman	March 11: 2:10pm-3:00pm
Run Azure Data Services Anywhere with Azure Arc!	Jes Schultz	March 11: 2:10pm-3:00pm
Azure SQL and SQL Server 2022: Intelligent Database Futures	Pedro Lopes	March 11: 2:10pm-3:00pm
SQL Server 2022: The hybrid data platform	Bob Ward	March 11: 3:20pm-4:10pm
How to Use SQL Server on Azure Arc-enabled Servers	Rie Merritt	March 11: 4:40pm-5:00pm
Network Security & Connectivity features for SQL Data Services	Rohit Nayak, Srdan Bozovic	March 11: 4:40pm-5:00pm
Modernize your Oracle workloads to Azure Data	Alexandra Ciortea	March 11: 5:10pm-6:00pm
Demystifying Always Encrypted with secure enclaves	Jakub Szymaszek	March 11: 5:10pm-6:00pm
SQL Server and Intel: Unlock Better SQL Performance and Scalability	Darren Freimuth (Intel), David Pless (Microsoft)	March 11: 5:10pm-6:00pm
SATURDAY SESSIONS
Migrations to Azure SQL made easy	Mohamed Kabiruddin	March 12: 8:00am-8:50am
AMA with the Microsoft Engineering team hosted by Bob Ward	Bob Ward	March 12: 9:30am-10:20am
The fundamentals of building a lakehouse with Synapse	Luke Moloney	March 12: 9:30am-10:20am
Power BI dataflows? Why you need to implement it!	Benni De Jagere	March 12: 9:30am-10:20am
Introducing Synapse Analytics Data Explorer pools	Gail Shaw	March 12: 10:50am-11:10am
An Introduction to Azure SQL Edge: The Database Engine for the Internet of Things	Kendal Van Dyke	March 12: 11:20am-12:10pm
What's New in Azure SQL MI	Niko Neugebauer	March 12: 11:20am-12:10pm
Performance Tuning Power Query And Dataflows In Power BI	Chriss Webb	March 12: 11:20am-12:10pm
Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Deep Dive - Part 1	Pedro Lopes	March 12: 1:20pm-2:10pm
SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machine – Configuring for price-performance	Pam Lahoud	March 12: 1:20pm-2:10pm
Learn SQL through architecture	Bob Ward	March 12: 1:20pm-2:10pm
SQL Server on Linux, Containers and Kubernetes	Buck Woody	March 12: 1:20pm-2:10pm
Azure SQL Database customer success stories for IoT workloads	Silvano Coriani	March 12: 12:50pm-1:10pm
Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Deep Dive - Part 2	Pedro Lopes	March 12: 2:40pm - 3:30pm
What's new in SQL Tools	Alan Yu	March 12: 2:40pm-3:30pm
Hitting top speed with Spark SQL in Azure Synapse Analytics	Ajith Ramanath	March 12: 2:40pm-3:30pm
Migration to Azure Customer Experiences & Best Practices	Bradley Ball	March 12: 2:40pm-3:30pm
Latest News for Data Security	Andreas Wolter	March 12: 2:40pm-3:30pm
Mitigate performance problems using Query Store hints	Denzil Ribeiro	March 12: 4:40pm-5:00pm
What to tell your security team about Power BI?	Kasper de Jonge	March 12: 4:40pm-5:00pm
Monster Data Loading with Synapse	Mark Pryce-Maher	March 12: 5:10pm-6:00pm
Get ready for Exam DP-420 and the Microsoft Certified: Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty certification	Carlos Lopez, Sandra Marin	March 12: 5:10pm-6:00pm