Microsoft and PASS Summit are going on tour!

Microsoft and PASS Summit are going on tour! Join us for this two-day event Sep 15 - 16 in Dallas, TX, together with our partners Pure Storage. With keynotes, pre-cons, general sessions and more this event will cover all things SQL Server, Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL and more. Connect with Microsoft and other community experts. Registertoday and take a peek into the agenda below: 

Pre-Con: Deep-Dive Workshop: Accelerating AI, Performance and Resilience with SQL Server 2025

 SQL Server 2025 delivers powerful new capabilities for AI, developer productivity, and performance all ready to run at scale on modern infrastructure. In this 1/2 day deep dive workshop, you'll get a first look at what's new and how to put it to work immediately. Learn directly from Microsoft and Pure Storage experts how to harness SQL Server’s vector capabilities and walk through real-world demos covering semantic search, change event streaming, and using external tables to manage vector embeddings. You'll also see how new REST APIs securely expose SQL Server's internals for automation and observability including snapshots, performance monitoring, and backup management. The workshop wraps up with insights into core engine enhancements: optimized locking, faster backups using ZSTD compression all running on a modern Pure Storage foundation that brings scale and resilience to your data platform. Whether you're a DBA, developer, or architect, this session will equip you with practical strategies for harnessing Microsoft SQL Server 2025 and Pure Storage to accelerate your organization's AI and data goals.

Day 2: Building an LLM Chatbot on Your Laptop - No Cloud Required!

Want to build a chatbot that can answer questions using your own data? This session shows you how, and no cloud is required! In this session, you will learn how to build a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot using open-source tools combined with SQL Server for vector storage - all from your laptop. We will cover topics such as LLM fundamentals, embeddings, similarity search, and how to integrate LLMs with your own data. By the end of the session, you will have a working chatbot and practical knowledge of how AI can enhance your data platform and a new way to elevate your SQL Server skills with AI.

Day 2: An Inside Look at Building SQL Server/Azure and Fabric Data Warehouse

Have you ever wondered how Microsoft builds and releases its database engines (SQL Server, SQL Azure, Fabric Data Warehouse)? This talk goes through some of the behind-the-scenes details about how the engineering team works, how features come together, and how the engineers learn how to build the software you use to manage your data. Having the Regional Summit in Dallas gives us a unique opportunity to talk about our engineering office in Austin and how it contributed features and enhancements to recent releases. Come and learn about which SQL features are built right here in Texas!

Day2: AI Ready Apps with SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric

Explore how to build enterprise-grade Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems by harnessing the power of SQL AI features, vector-based search, and Microsoft Fabric. This session delves into modern architectures that integrate structured data with large language model (LLM) capabilities to enable real-time, intelligent, and secure applications.

And much more! 

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