Microsoft is all set to soar high as the headline sponsor of SQLBits in Farnborough, UK from March 19-23. With their engines revved up, Microsoft is ready to take off and deliver 2 full-day workshops, 40+ sessions, a keynote, a booth, and much more at the event.
Join keynote speaker, Asad Khan, General Manager of SQL, along with other SQL experts, as they take you on a journey through the latest from SQL Server, Azure SQL, Microsoft Fabric, and more. And don't miss the opportunity to dive into The Cloud Workshop for the SQL Professional led by Bob Ward, geared towards SQL Server users migrating to Azure SQL, and the From Beginner to Certified: A Fabric Analytics Engineer Workshop led by Bradley Ball and Mark Pryce-Maher.
So, come aboard and join us on this informative journey! Start planning which sessions you'll be attending with our quick reference guide:
Date/Time | Location | Session Title | Speaker | Co-speaker(s) |
WEDNESDAY | ||||
3/20 - 9:00am | Gate 1 | Introduction to Microsoft Fabric | Mohammad Ali | |
3/20 - 9:00am | Gate 13 | PostgreSQL for SQL Server Professionals | Silvano Coriani | |
3/20 - 9:00am | Gate 4 | What You Should Know About Always On Availability Groups | Bob Ward | |
3/20 - 11:10am | Gate 4 | Database of the future is here - Azure SQL Hyperscale deep dive | Arvind Shyamsundar | Aditya Badramraju |
3/20 - 11:10am | Gate 3 | Simplified SQL modernization journey with Azure SQL Migration Tools: A deep dive | Ajith Krishnan | Neel Ball; |
3/20 - 11:10am | Gate 13 | SQL DB: a developer's catalyst | Muazma Zahid | Carlos Robles Jerry Nixon |
3/20 - 1:50pm | Gate 4 | Modernize your SQL Data by starting cloud journey with SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc. | Raj Pochiraju | Dhananjay Mahajan |
3/20 - 4:00pm | Gate 11 | Azure SQL Managed Instance Deep Dive by Microsoft Product Group | Dani Ljepava | Niko Neugebauer; Nevena Nikolic; Uros Milanovic; Djordje Jeremic |
THURSDAY | ||||
3/21 - 9:00am | Microsoft Keynote | Asad Khan | Yitzhak Kesselman, Bob Ward, Buck Woody, Erin Stellato, Patrick LeBlanc, Adam Saxton | |
3/21 - 10:10am | Gate 10 | A Deep Dive into DevOps Practices with Azure SQL | Carlos Robles | Jerry Nixon |
3/21 - 10:10am | Gate 9 | Fly at Mach-speed with Azure SQL Managed Instance | Nevena Nikolic | Uros Milanovic; Niko Neugebauer |
3/21 - 10:10am | Gate 5 | Flying High with Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric | Aitor Murguzur | Luke Moloney |
3/21 - 10:10am | Gate 12 | Hidden Gems in SQL Server 2022 Database Engine | Ajay Jagannathan | Dimitri Furman |
3/21 - 10:10am | Gate 4 | Welcome to the world of SQL Copilots | Bob Ward | Joe Sack |
3/21 - 12:00pm | Gate 12 | Come see your SQL Perfmon in the cloud | Bob Ward | Dimitri Furman |
3/21 - 12:00pm | Gate 8 | Discover what's new in Azure SQL Managed Instance through an exciting Demo Party! | Niko Neugebauer | Nevena Nikolic and Uros Milanovic |
3/21 - 12:00pm | Gate 11 | What You've Been Missing in SSMS | Erin Stellato | Drew Skwiers-Koballa |
3/21 - 2:10pm | Gate 1 | What's new on the Power BI Roadmap | Mohammad Ali | Rui Romano |
3/21 - 2:10pm | Gate 11 | Zero to Hero with SQL Server on Linux - DBA & Developers | Amit Khandelwal | Tejas Shah |
3/21 - 3:20pm | Gate 12 | Building AI ready applications | Muazma Zahid | Sanjay Mishra |
3/21 - 4:50pm | Gate 4 | Accelerate your Oracle/Mainframe Modernization journey to Azure SQL | Mukesh Kumar | Asad Khan; Des Fitzgerald |
3/21 - 4:50pm | Gate 5 | Harnessing Data Science and AI in Fabric | Luke Moloney | Aitor Murguzur |
3/21 - 4:50pm | Gate 5 | What's new in SQL Tools | Drew Skwiers-Koballa | |
FRIDAY | ||||
3/22 - 9:00am | Gate 12 | Modern models of managing database fleets in Azure PaaS. | Bogdan Gavrilovic | Dani Ljepava, Uros Milanovic |
3/22 - 9:00am | Gate 1 | Your first flight with Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric | Ulrich Christ | Krishnakumar Rukmangathan |
3/22 - 10:10am | Gate 1 | The Microsoft Data Leadership Panel | Bob Ward | Asad khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Alicja Kucharczyk, Mohammed Ali |
3/22 - 12:00pm | Gate 11 | Data tiering using data Virtualization in SQL | Ajay Jagannathan | |
3/22 - 1:40pm | Gate 2 | JSON - a first class citizen in Azure SQL DB | Sanjay Mishra | Abhiman Tiwari |
3/22 - 1:40pm | Gate 8 | Advancing the DBA's Role in the Cloud: In the Cockpit of Azure SQL Managed Instance | Dani Ljepava | Djordje Jeremic and Bogdan Gavrilovic |
3/22 - 1:40pm | Gate 6 | More for less: Cost optimizing your Azure SQL databases | Aditya Badramraju | Arvind Shyamsundar |
3/22 - 1:40pm | Gate 3 | Navigating Modern Authentication in SQL | Jordan Hays | Pieter Vanhove |
3/22 - 3:20pm | Gate 8 | Making the SQL Query Processor Work for you | Derek Wilson | |
3/22 - 3:20pm | Gate 1 | SQL Server and Windows Server Better together on Azure | Bob Ward | |
3/22 - 4:50pm | Gate 11 | Achieve peak performance and availability for your SQL Server and Azure SQL workloads with core engine enhancements | Ajay Jagannathan | Derek Wilson |
3/22 - 4:50pm | Gate 12 | Extendable by Design: Building Generative AI Apps with Postgres and Vector Storage and Azure AI | Adam Wolk | |
SATURDAY | ||||
3/23 - 9:00am | Gate 12 | SQL Server Containers & Kubernetes - Going to Production! | Amit Khandelwal | Tejas Shah |
3/23 - 9:00am | Gate 9 | Azure SQL DB Data Portability : Mirroring, CDC, Export/Import and DataSync | Rajesh Setlem | Carlos Robles |
3/23 - 9:00am | Gate 12 | Confidential development with Always Encrypted using enclaves | Pieter Vanhove | |
3/23 - 9:00am | Gate 10 | HADR on SQL Server on Azure VMs: Everything you Need to Know | David Pless | |
3/23 - 9:00am | Gate 2 | Operational insights in your hybrid-cloud multi-cloud SQL inventory outside azure using Arc SQL Server | Dhananjay Mahajan | |
3/23 - 10:10am | Gate 7 | Deep {sky}diving into Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric | Jeroen Luitwieler | Chunhua Gu |
3/23 - 10:10am | Gate 11 | Perfecting business continuity for Azure SQL DB | Rajesh Setlem | |
3/23 - 2:10pm | Gate 3 | Business continuity of on-prem SQL Servers using Azure services through Arc | Dhananjay Mahajan | Raj Pochiraju |
3/23 - 2:10pm | Gate 4 | SQL Server on Azure VM - Configuring for Price-Performance | David Pless | |
3/23 - 2:10pm | Gate 5 | The What and the Why of Microsoft Fabric Real-time Analytics | Devang Shah | |
3/23 - 4:00pm | Gate 4 | A Deep Dive into Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse | Mark Pryce-Maher | |
3/23 - 4:00pm | Gate 8 | Best Practices in PostgreSQL Tuning: Navigating Key Performance Bottlenecks in the Cloud | Alicja Kucharczyk | |
3/23 - 4:00pm | Gate 1 | How to design and build AI applications with vector search using Azure OpenAI & Azure Cosmos DB | Theo van Kraay | |
3/23 - 4:00pm | Gate 12 | SQL Modernization Journey with Tools, Assets & Migration Best Practices | Neel Ball | Ajith Krishnan, Des Fitzgerald |
Community Hangar
The Community Hangar is a unique feature of SQLBits, it’s a space where attendees can meet and interact with community groups, experts, and enthusiasts. Find us in the Community Hangar for opportunities to “Meet the PG” or product group – the folks who build the products and features you use every day.
THURSDAY | ||
11:30 - 11:50 | Meet the PG: SQL Leadership | Asad Khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Ajay Jagannathan, Joe Sack, Tejas Shah, Dhananjay Mahajan, Buck Woody, Bob Ward |
12 - 12:50 | Meet the PG: Power BI with Patrick, Adam & Mohammad | Mohammad Ali, Patrick LeBlanc, Adam Saxton |
15:20-16:10 | Meet the PG: PostgreSQL in Azure | Alicja Kucharczyk, Adam Wolk, Silvano Coriani |
1620-16:40 | Meet the PG: Data Platform Security | Pieter Vanhove, Jordan Hays |
FRIDAY | ||
11:30 – 11:50 | Meet The PG : SQL Server in hybrid and multicloud environments | Dhanajay Mahajan, Raj Pochiraju, Ajay Jagannathan |
12:00 – 12:50 | Meet The PG: All things Azure SQL DB | Aditya Badramraju, Arvind Shyamsunder, Rajesh Setlem, Dimitri Furman |
14:50 - 15:10 | Meet the PG : SQL Server on Linux/Containers | Amit Khandelwal, Tejas Shah |
15:20 – 16:10 | Meet the PG: Developers | Muazma Zahid, Jerry Nixon, Carlos Robles, Abhiman Tiwari |
SATURDAY | ||
10:10 – 11:00 | Meet the PG: SQL tools | Drew Skwiers-Koballa, Erin Stellato, Subhojit Basak, Carlos Robles |
11:30 – 11:50 | Meet the PG: Azure SQL Managed Instance | Niko Neugebauer, Dani Ljepava, Nevena Nikolic, Uros Milanovic, Djordje Jeremic, Bogdan Gavrilovic |
13:40 – 14:00 | Meet the PG: SQL Migration | Tejas Shah, Neel Ball, Ajith Krishnan,Des FitzGerald |
14:10 – 15:00 | Meet the PG: Data Integration | Jeroen Luitwieler, Ulrich Christ, Krishnakumar Rukmangathan, Chunhua Gu |
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