SQLBits, the largest data platform conference in Europe, is in Newport, Wales this year as a hybrid event from March 14 to March 18 with two days of full-day training sessions and three days of general sessions. Saturday is a community day and is free for all to attend! And in case the title of this blog wasn't enough of a hint, SQL Bits always has a fun conference theme and this year it’s Dungeons and Dragons!
Microsoft is the headline sponsor, delivering 4 full-day workshops (including a hands-on SQL Server 2022 workshop), along with 40+ sessions, keynote, booth, and much more! We’ll even have a Community Corner at the conference where attendees can stop by and “Meet the Product Group.”
We’ll be covering several data solutions areas, including SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Arc, Microsoft Purview, Cosmos DB, Power BI, Synapse, and more. Whether you attend a session, training day, booth, etc. we want you, as users of our products, to come connect with us, the folks that actually build these products.
Start planning which sessions you'll be attending with our quick reference guide:
| Session Title | Speaker | Date/Time (GMT)/Location |
| TUESDAY TRAINING DAY SESSIONS | ||
| A day with SQL Managed Instance | Niko Neugebauer, Dani Ljepava, Zoran Rilak, Sasa Popovic | March 14: 9:00am-5:00pm MR 1C |
| Azure SQL and SQL Server for Developers - Immersion Workshop | Davide Mauri, Bob Ward, Silvano Coriani, Muazma Zahid | March 14: 9:00am-5:00pm MR 2D |
| WEDNESDAY TRAINING SESSIONS | ||
| The SQL Server 2022 Workshop | Bob Ward, Buck Woody, Marisa Mathews | March 15: 9:00am-5:00pm MR 1A |
| PowerBI + Synapse: Leverage the best of both for scale | Adam Saxton, Patrick LeBlanc | March 15: 9:00am-5:00pm MR 1B |
| THURSDAY SESSIONS | ||
| Opening Keynote | Asad Khan, Sanjay Mishra, Buck Woody, Bob Ward | March 16: 8:55am-9:55am Auditorium |
| No no storage limits, just reach for the sky, with data virtualization in SQL MI | Sasa Popovic | March 16: 10:10am-11:00am MR 2D |
| Azure SQL MI End-to-end Demo Party for DBAs and Devs | Dani Ljepava Niko Neugebauer |
March 16: 11:30am-11:50am Auditorium |
| Everything you always wanted to know about HA/DR for SQL Server on Azure VMs but were afraid to ask | Aditya Badramraju | March 16: 12:00pm-12:50pm MR 1C |
| Debugging SQL Server | Bob Ward | March 16: 12:00pm-12:50pm Expo Room 2 |
| Next Level Scalability on SQL Server 2022 | Ajay Jagannathan, David Pless | March 16: 12:00pm-12:50pm MR 1B |
| Build & scale applications with Azure SQL Database Hyperscale | Denzil Ribeiro | March 16: 12:00pm-12:50pm MR 3D |
| Microsoft Defender for SQL: Advanced Threat Protection | Rie Merritt | March 16: 1:40pm-2:00pm MR 3D |
| Arc, Arc and Arc: De-mystifying Azure Arc for Data | Buck Woody | March 16: 2:10pm-3:00pm Expo Room 2 |
| The Path to Success with Power BI: Best Practices | Adam Saxton | March 16: 2:10pm-3:00pm Expo Room 1 |
| The 10 things every developer must absolutely know about Azure SQL | Davide Mauri | March 16: 2:10pm-3:00pm MR 2E |
| Synapse Q&A with PG | Mark Pryce-Maher, Luke Moloney, Stign Wynants, Pawel Potasinski, Filip Popovic | March 16: 2:10pm-3:00pm Auditorium |
| Query Store Best Practices | Erin Stellato | March 16: 2:10pm-3:00pm MR 1C |
| Platform Innovations with SQL Server 2022 + Intel | Bob Ward, David Pless, Darren Freimuth | March 16: 2:10pm-3:00pm MR 1A |
| Connecting the dots of Azure SQL DevOps | Muazma Zahid | March 16: 3:20pm-4:10pm MR 4 |
| It keeps getting easier to move Oracle and Open Source workloads to Azure | David Levy | March 16: 3:20pm-4:10pm MR 1C |
| An in-depth review of the latest advancements in authentication for Azure SQL and SQL Server 2022 | Jakub Szymaszek | March 16: 3:20pm-4:10pm MR 3D |
| Why is Batch Mode Fast? | Conor Cunningham | March 16: 3:20pm-4:10pm Auditorium |
| There and back again: SQL Server 2022 <-> Managed Instance | Dani Ljepava | March 16: 4:20pm-4:40pm MR 2E |
| Understanding Maintenance in Azure SQL | Rie Merritt | March 16: 4:20pm-4:40pm Auditorium |
| Secure networking with Azure and Azure SQL Managed Instance | Zoran Rilak, Niko Neugebauer | March 16: 4:50pm-5:40pm MR 1A |
| Extend Azure Capabilities anywhere with Azure Arc enabled SQL Server | Dinakar Nethi | March 16: 4:50pm-5:40pm MR 1C |
| FRIDAY SESSIONS | ||
| Get PaaS like benefits outside of Azure with Azure Arc Enabled SQL Managed Instance | Dinakar Nethi | March 17: 9:00am-9:50am MR 1C |
| Query Store: A Retrospective | Conor Cunningham | March 17: 9:00am-9:50am Auditorium |
| Building SaaS solutions on Azure SQL Database | Silvano Coriani, Denzil Ribeiro | March 17: 9:00am-9:50am Expo Room 2 |
| Power BI + Azure Synapse Analytics. All you need to start creating a unified analytics solution | Pawel Potasinski | March 17: 10:10am-10:50am MR 3D |
| The SQL Leadership Panel | Bob Ward, Asad Khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Erin Stellato, Niko Neugebauer | March 17: 10:10am-11:00am MR 1A |
| The Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform | Buck Woody | March 17: 10:10am-11:00am Auditorium |
| Building Distributed OLTP with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL | Charles Feddersen | March 17: 10:10am-11:00am Expo Room 2 |
| Analytics in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database | Chuck Heinzelman, Ajay Jagannathan | March 17: 12:00pm-12:50pm Expo Room 3 |
| SQL Server 2022 and the Wheel of Power | Bob Ward | March 17: 12:00pm-12:50pm Auditorium |
| Next Level Availability on SQL Server 2022 | David Pless | March 17: 12:00pm-12:50pm MR 3E |
| SQL Migrations to Azure Made Easy | David Levy | March 17: 1:40pm-2:30pm MR 3D |
| Protecting the confidentiality and integrity of your high value data with Azure SQL and SQL Server 2022 | Jakub Szymaszek | March 17: 1:40pm-2:30pm MR 1C |
| BI Power Hour | Chris Webb | March 17: 1:40pm-2:30pm Auditorium |
| From Your Couch to the Cloud: When and Why to Choose the Azure Portal | Erin Stellato | March 17: 1:40pm-2:30pm MR 2E |
| From the Classroom to the Boardroom - Azure SQL DB through Demos | Sanjay Mishra, Silvano Coriani | March 17: 1:40pm-2:30pm Expo Room 2 |
| The Ultimate Freedom of Movement with SQL Server 2022 and Azure SQL Managed Instance | Dani Ljepava | March 17: 1:40pm-2:30pm Expo Room 1 |
| Azure Data Explorer - a Torch in the Dungeon of Observational Analytics | Pawel Potasinski Guy Reginiano |
March 17: 1:40pm-2:30pm MR 1B |
| The Power BI Engine in 20 minutes | Kasper de Jonge | March 17: 2:50pm-3:10pm Expo Room 1 |
| Azure Data Studio and the Surprises Inside | Erin Stellato | March 17: 3:20pm-4:10pm Expo Room 2 |
| Maximize the business value of data with Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Gaurav Malhotra, Blesson John | March 17: 3:20pm-4:10pm MR 1B |
| Azure SQL Managed Instance Roadmap | Niko Neugebauer | March 17: 3:20pm-4:10pm MR 2E |
| Microsoft Purview Data Governance: Updates & Roadmap | Gaurav Malhotra | March 17: 4:50pm-5:40pm MR 1C |
| SQL Server 2022 - the most Azure-enabled SQL Server yet | Ajay Jagannathan, Chuck Heinzelman | March 17: 4:50pm-5:40pm MR 3D |
| SATURDAY SESSIONS | ||
| Building Multi-language Reports in Power BI | Ted Pattison | March 18: 9:00am-9:50am Expo Room 2 |
| Built-in Intelligence with Azure SQL and SQL Server 2022 | David Pless | March 18: 9:00am-9:50am MR 4 |
| Power BI + Azure Synapse Analytics: Beginning your journey | Patrick LeBlanc | March 18: 9:00am-9:50am Auditorium |
| SQL Server 2022 hidden gems | Bob Ward | March 18: 10:10am-11:00am Auditorium |
| Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL 2022 ... As Cool as it Sounds? | Erin Stellato, Hugo Kornelis | March 18: 10:10am-11:00am MR 1A |
| What's New and Cool in Azure Synapse Analytics | Pawel Potasinski Stijn Wynants |
March 18: 10:10am-11:00am MR 3E |
| Query folding in Power Query | Chris Webb | March 18: 11:30am-11:50am Expo Room 1 |
| The Power BI secret sauce: Security and governance | Kasper de Jonge | March 18: 2:10pm-3:00pm Expo Room 3 |
| Women in Tech: Lifting as We Climb | Rie Merritt | March 18: 2:10pm-3:00pm Expo Room 2 |
| My application is fully concurrent and async. What about the database? | Davide Mauri | March 18: 2:10pm-3:00pm MR 3D |
| Troubleshooting Power BI Reports | Benni de Jagere | March 18: 2:10pm-3:00pm Expo Room 1 |
| Multi-tenant SaaS apps made simple on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL | Adam Wolk, Alicja Kucharczyk | March 18: 4:00pm-4:50pm MR 1B |
| SQL Server on Azure VM - Configuring for price-performance | Aditya Badramraju | March 18: 4:00pm-4:50pm MR 3E |
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Updated Mar 10, 2023
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