SQL Server & Databases

Priya Sathy, Bob Ward

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Join us for an in-depth session on the future of Microsoft SQL—from on-premises to Azure and into Microsoft Fabric. Discover our unified, AI-ready relational database that powers modernization and next-gen AI apps. See how SQL delivers consistency, performance, and innovation everywhere you need it!

Sudhir Kumar Raparla, Anitha Adusumilli

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Learn how Azure SQL gives you best price/performance with Azure benefits, flexible SKU configurations and how seamless SQL migration experience in Azure Arc puts you on fast-track migration journey to Azure SQL with evergreen assessments, best fit SKU recommendations and near zero‑downtime migrations. Learn how SSMA accelerates Oracle/Sybase to Azure SQL migrations with AI Code Conversion Copilot.

Joseph Dantoni, Matt Gordon

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. SQL Server 2025 is the AI database for enterprises. But there are more new things than just AI—in this demo filled, full-day workshop, you will learn about: • Engine improvements that make everything just run faster • How SQL Server 2025 helps you operate more securely • Further enhancements to high availability • Building event-driven architectures with change event streaming Master the benefits of the latest release of SQL Server and how to deploy it in your organization.

John Morehouse, Monica Morehouse (Rathbun)

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Everyone wants their database to go faster, whether it's shaving hours off your ETL process, taking minutes off the runtime for reports, or trimming milliseconds off a critical OLTP query. Every database professional must know where to look and how to tune, whether you have one SQL environment or thousands. In this full-day session, you'll learn how to take your performance tuning skills to the next level.

Davide Mauri, Aaron Saidi

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Unlock the power of your own data by combining Microsoft SQL (SQL Server 2025, Azure SQL, or SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric) with cutting-edge AI techniques. In this workshop, you’ll learn about embeddings and vector search and why they matter for modern AI applications. We’ll guide you through generating embeddings using similarity search to retrieve the most relevant data. We’ll implement the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pattern by calling a Chat model, then explore its limitations. Evolve into Agentic RAG and create an orchestrator to intelligently choose between running semantic search or writing a SQL query to answer complex requests. Learn to secure data access so that only authorized information is available to AI agents using Row-Level Security. By the end, you’ll have built an end-to-end solution that combines SQL’s reliability with AI’s intelligence and be well prepared for SQL AI Developer certification exam.

Anna Hoffman, Idris Motiwala

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Join us for a hands-on workshop to design, deploy, and optimize AI-powered apps using SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric. Learn to use Copilot for RAG patterns, build write-back Power BI reports, transform data with Spark/Python, and curate medallion architectures. You'll implement enterprise-grade security, monitor workloads, and manage source control. Leave with a working solution, practical skills, and insights to accelerate AI-to-BI innovation. *Please note that this workshop is hands-on and requires attendees to bring a laptop to participate.

Kumar Thangamuthu

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Organizations must act on data fast—but speed without governance creates risk. SAS® Decision Builder on Microsoft Fabric automates governed decision workflows, uniting business rules, analytics, Python, ML, and compliance in one Fabric-native experience. Deliver AI-powered insights and actions with enterprise-grade transparency and control.

Alex Rostan, Gaston Cruz

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. SQL Server 2025 introduces new capabilities that make it easier than ever to build secure, scalable applications with Power Platform. We’ll explore how to connect Power Apps to SQL 2025, take advantage of improved performance and security. You’ll learn best practices and architecture patterns that let you modernize your SQL-backed Bizz Apps with low code without rewriting your data layer.

John Morehouse

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Updating data in SQL Server can lead to lock escalation, blocking, deadlocks, or slow performance if it isn't done correctly. The newly released optimized locking helps reduce these issues while improving concurrency. This session explores how it works—covering its architecture, implementation, and best practices to maximize performance to help reduce those dreaded locking issues!

Aditya Badramraju, Arvind Shyamsundar

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Azure SQL Database Hyperscale eliminates the practical limits traditionally seen in cloud databases to support modern AI apps. Join us as we cover features like native vector indexes, semantic search, and low-latency RAG. We’ll show how Azure SQL Database Hyperscale can scale securely with up to 30 replicas and 150MBps log speed. We’ll show how to invoke models via T-SQL and Microsoft Foundry to modernize your mission-critical workloads.

Erwin de Kreuk

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Ready to learn how to build your AI foundation? Discover how Microsoft Fabric’s metadata-driven framework, combined with Data Factory and a Fabric database, powers automated data integration for AI-ready environments. Gain insights on governance, scalability, and accelerating AI-driven analytics.

Deborah Melkin

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Need to ship row level data changes for processing downstream? Change Data Capture (CDC) used to be the go-to option. But now there's a new choice with SQL Server 2025: Change Event Streaming (CES). Come and learn about their architectures as well as the pros and cons of each. Leave knowing which is going to work best for your scenario.

Denny Cherry

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Choosing the right data store can make or break the performance and costs of your application. In this session, we will cover all the options available to you in the Azure and Fabric Data space. You'll learn about CosmosDB, Azure/Fabric SQL DB, Postgres, and MySQL services, as well as Databricks.

Erin Stellato, Makena Barickman

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) saw more updates in the last two years than a developer makes before release day. Missed them? Don't worry! We’ll showcase SSMS 22 from the installer to AI features and everything in between. Expect a whirlwind tour with demos including the new connection dialog, SQL Projects enhancements, the Query Hint tool, and editor and results grid improvements.

Matthias Nohl

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Should you run your analytics workloads in Azure SQL or Fabric SQL? This session compares architecture, performance, cost, and integration. Learn where each platform shines — from dev to operational reporting — and get a decision framework to choose the right SQL engine for your scenario.

Javier Villegas, Gonzalo Bissio

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Explore SQL Server 2025’s new dev features -JSON type, Regular Expressions, and Change Event Streaming for real-time pipelines. See how REST API and Data API Builder turn your data into secure, high-performance APIs. Packed with demos, this session is perfect for developers, DBAs, and architects

Danny Kruge

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. In the evolving world of data, the ability to interact with your datasets and databases using natural language is a game-changer. This session will introduce you to the power of Azure OpenAI, Azure SQL, and Microsoft Fabric, showing you how to break down barriers that have traditionally required.

Erin Stellato, Carlos Robles

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. SQL Copilots are reshaping how users interact with SQL databases by accelerating query development, improving workflow efficiency, and enabling natural language interaction with complex SQL databases. This session provides a technical look at the architecture powering GitHub Copilot in SSMS, the MSSQL extension for VS Code, and Copilot for SQL database in Fabric. We'll walk through top use cases and showcase real-world demos to help you maximize Copilot impact for your SQL database.

Anna Hoffman, Yo-Lei Chen

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Discover how SQL database in Fabric brings transactional and analytical workloads together in one cloud-native database. In this session, learn what's new from the product team, see demos and customer stories/scenarios, and take a look at the roadmap.

Monica Morehouse (Rathbun)

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. I rely on Query Store every day—it lets me uncover performance issues in minutes, even without knowing the app code. If you want real insight into plan choices, regressions, and control over execution plans, you need to turn it on. Learn how to configure it, use its DMVs, spot plan changes fast, and finally answer, “Why was my query slow?”

Shabnam Watson

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Don’t start over. Learn how SQL professionals can leverage their existing skills in Microsoft Fabric. No need to learn PySpark or new data engineering tools. Discover how SQL powers Lakehouses, Warehouses, Real-Time Intelligence, and Notebooks. See why, for many tasks, SQL is not only compatible but often the most efficient way to build modern, scalable, intelligent data solutions in Fabric.

John Morehouse

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Curious about the differences between Azure SQL Database and SQL database in Fabric? This session is perfect for developers and DBAs looking to understand the core architecture differences of these two platforms. Whether you’re optimizing an existing solution or planning your next project, this session will help you make informed decisions & maximize the value of these services.

Matt Hyon, Allan Hirt

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Availability is a core tenet for any application using SQL Server 2025 or Azure SQL. You'll not only learn what's new in SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL to see how you can meet your availability objectives and keep the business going, but also real world tips, tricks, dos, and don'ts for successful availability configurations on premises, hybrid, or in the cloud to be an availability hero back home.

Meagan Longoria, Justin Cunningham

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Explore how Mirroring for SQL Server in Fabric really works: what happens on the source database, how data lands in OneLake, data retention policies, monitoring and logging, configuration of replicated objects, and which scenarios require restarting replication.

Davide Mauri

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Discover the most developer-focused SQL Server release in a decade! Explore new capabilities like JSON and Vector data types, advanced functions and indexing, Change Event Streams, improvement to query optimizer, plus powerful string functions like regular expression and string similarity search. Better integrate compute with data for improved efficiency and scalability of your solutions.

Lance Wright, Anitha Adusumilli

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Managing SQL performance across your environments can be complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Introducing a fully managed performance monitoring solution that provides near real-time data, scales effortlessly, and delivers actionable insights for all workloads on Azure SQL and SQL Server. You’ll see just how fast and easy it is to monitor SQL performance, without any operational overhead.

Davide Mauri

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Future applications will combine intuitive UI with powerful AI interactions, enabling AI agents to on our behalf for the best experience. At the heart of this transformation is AI Foundry. In this session, we’ll explore how to integrate AI Foundry with Azure SQL, from architecture deep dive through security considerations, to give you the best knowledge to bring your solutions to the next level.

Bob Ward, Patrick LeBlanc

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Do you have to be experts like Bob Ward and Anna Hoffman to use SQL? What about Fabric? Do you have to know everything the Guy in a Cube knows to take advantage the power of Fabric? Why not both? Come join Bob, Patrick, and friends from Microsoft in this entertaining and educational session where the worlds of SQL and Fabric come to together in way you never knew existed.

Marija Zutic, Josh Warbington

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Fabric's native writeback excels at single-record forms, but teams often need to enrich multiple data points, add context across records, or collaborate in real-time. Learn how to extend Fabric's writeback from forms to Excel-like tabular editing that scales. Walk away understanding how to transform your Fabric environment into an active, collaborative decision-making platform.

karen Lopez

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Turn data governance into a productivity boost for Azure SQL Database, Fabric SQL Database, and Fabric Data Warehouse architectures and engineering. Gain efficiency and confidence in every deployment. Learn how cataloging, classification, lineage, and quality workflows integrate with databases and pipelines to improve trust, and enable secure, compliant data for engineering teams.

Anupama Natarajan

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Explore how SQL database in Fabric powers modern operational and analytical workloads in a single platform. Through a global automotive dealership network, learn how inventory, service records, test-drive logs, and customer activity are unified into Fabric to build high-performance apps, real-time insights, and AI-assisted analytics.

Jared Kuehn

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Microsoft Fabric relational engines support T-SQL, but not always the same way. Why? This session explains SQL surface area, explores Fabric's engines (warehouses, databases, endpoints, etc.), and shows where T-SQL works - Helping you design smarter with supported features and architecture in mind.

Idris Motiwala, Ajay Jagannathan

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. As organizations navigate the era of generative AI, advanced analytics, and rapid digital transformation, the ability to extract timely business insights is more critical than ever. This session deep dives into SQL Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric that enables organizations with near real-time data replication from source SQL databases to OneLake, all without building intricate ETL processes.

Dimitri Furman, Derek Wilson

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. With all the news about developer and AI features in SQL, you might wonder if we had any time to invest in the RDBMS core. We certainly did! If you are a DBA, a data engineer, or a developer interested in the new performance and reliability features in query processing and all the way down into the storage engine, join us to learn what's new. We guarantee you'll walk away with new ideas!

Kelly Broekstra, Warwick Rudd

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Do you currently use SQL Server Express or Standard Edition to support third-party applications? Discover how moving to Azure SQL Database can reduce costs and administrative overhead. This session will cover the pros and cons. We’ll walk through real demos of ongoing management, and engage in an interactive discussion to help you decide if Azure SQL DB is right for your environment.

Bob Ward

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. In today’s AI-driven landscape, trust underpins innovation. Organizations must deliver solutions while ensuring security, compliance, and data integrity. Get grounded in AI fundamentals, how AI “works”, understand top AI trust challenges, and learn practical solutions. This session shows how tools like GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, Azure services, and Microsoft SQL help you build trustworthy AI applications with your data that scale from on premises to cloud and Microsoft Fabric.

Carlos Robles, David Levy

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. This demo-heavy session highlights the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code, now more robust with new AI-driven features to streamline SQL development. With GitHub Copilot, you can move faster from schema to code, generate data, explore relationships, and keep your app in sync. What’s new in connectivity for Python and other languages, enabling faster, more secure cross-platform development.

Rob Carrol

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose delivers faster performance, greater scalability, and simplified management. In this session, learn how we migrated 1,000+ SQL Server databases at scale with near-zero downtime, and how Azure Arc’s new migration experience streamlines assessment, replication, monitoring, and cutover, making your SQL Server migrations smooth and predictable.

Pam Lahoud, Sukhwant Kaur

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. SQL database in Fabric is simple, autonomous, and optimized for AI—but what does that mean for you and your organization? Join us to learn about real-world use cases from customers who are already using Fabric databases to drive innovation. Discover how they are building smarter, faster solutions in the age of AI—reducing complexity, accelerating time to value, and unlocking new opportunities.

Monica Morehouse (Rathbun)

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Dive into SQL Server performance like a true data detective. Learn how to analyze query plans, uncover hidden bottlenecks, and chase down the real culprits behind slow-running queries. We’ll break down key performance metrics, decode what they actually mean in the real world, and show you how to turn chaos into clarity. By the end, you’ll have the tools and confidence to keep your SQL Server environment running fast, stable, and drama-free. Join us for “SQL Unmasked” and start solving performance mysteries the smart (and fun) way.

Joanna Podgoetsky, Jovan Popovic

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Join us for an inside look at the evolution of the Fabric Warehouse. Discover how we built the industry’s first SaaS cloud-scale data warehouse built natively over an open data format and born into Microsoft Fabric. Explore innovations that deliver out-of-the-box performance at scale and get an exclusive preview of the cutting-edge features we’ve recently launched and what’s coming next.

Vladimir Ivanovic

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. If you plan to migrate and modernize your SQL workloads in the cloud, Azure SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI) is your best choice - now reimagined for speed, scale, and flexibility. In this session we will deep‑dive into the Next‑Gen SQL MI GP architecture and how it delivers faster performance, greater scalability and smarter resource tuning, making it a great choice for your key database workloads.

Lance Wright, Anitha Adusumilli

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Managing SQL Server in hybrid and multi-cloud environments can be challenging. Azure Arc streamlines SQL Server operations across on-prem, edge, and even other public clouds. Discover how to use built-in capabilities like best practices assessment, performance monitoring, and migration tools to centralize insights, simplify daily operations, and get ready for migration to Azure.

Bob Ward, Kendal Van Dyke

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. You may have heard the news that SQL Server 2025 has become Generally Available. But do you know why there has been so much buzz about this new version? Come learn from the team at Microsoft everything you need to know about why you should consider upgrading to SQL Server 2025. From AI to developer features to mission critical engine, SQL Server 2025 has more new features than you might realize.

Anthony Nocentino

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Learn the fundamentals of load testing SQL Server - from planning to execution and analysis - to boost performance on-premises or in the cloud. We’ll cover hardware, VM, and I/O stack insights, compare synthetic vs. real workloads, explore tools like DiskSpd, HammerDB, and Workload Tools, and use PowerShell, DMVs, and PerfMon for automated data collection and analysis.

Zoe Douglas, Denyse Niwenshuti

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Join this session to learn about translytical task flows combining Power BI reports and Fabric user data functions together for actionable reports with a click of a button. We’ll demo how to set it up, the options you have, and specific examples of these reports in action. Interested in what this is or are you already using it today? We’ll have insights you don’t want to miss!

Kevin Pereira

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. SQL pros, meet Fabric! This session shares hands-on examples of SQL database in Fabric in action with analytics, governance, and Power BI integration included. Discover how to extend your SQL skills into a modern data ecosystem without leaving your comfort zone.

Naveen Samba, Mukesh Kumar

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Discover how the Azure SQL PG Engineering team tackles complex, mission-critical performance challenges across Azure SQL DB and Managed Instance. Through real customer cases and practical demos, learn sharp diagnostic techniques, hidden optimization opportunities, and the most common pitfalls to avoid when tuning workloads pre- or post-migration.

Edward Pollack

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. This session is a dive into everything new that appears in SQL Server 2025 and are already available in Azure SQL Database. Looking to use the new Regex functions? There is a surprising upgrade snuck in there for STRING_SPLIT(). Is PRODUCT() really useful? Yes. Yes it is! What is fuzzy string matching all about? JSON support is finally here! There's more to be had, waiting for you right here!

Shoham Dasgupta

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. As AI becomes embedded in every application, protecting sensitive data in Azure SQL is vital. This session explores how to secure sensitive data from AI agents and design a defense-in-depth model using Azure SQL's existing security stack - modern authentication, granular access control, data protection, monitoring, auditing, and more. Learn how to confidently use Azure SQL to power AI applications.

Paula Cristina Berenguel, Guy Bowerman

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. What is new with Azure Database for PostgreSQL Mirroring in Fabric? Explore the latest enhancements that simplify data movement and integration. We’ll take a deep dive into the zero-copy, live replication architecture—showing how PostgreSQL data flows seamlessly into OneLake without ETL. Plus, see it in action with a live demo!

Drew Skwiers-Koballa

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. The evolution of SQL projects continues with expanded IDE support and deeper integration in the Fabric platform. Using the latest in VS Code and SSMS, we’ll walk through keeping our database in source control, integrating changes made in another database, and evaluating deployment plans. Finally, we'll automate CI/CD processes with REST APIs for SQL database in Fabric and the SqlPackage CLI.

Marcelo Adade, Roberto Fonseca

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Explore the key advancements in SQL Server 2025 that matter most for DBAs. We’ll highlight improvements in performance, availability, and administration, including faster queries, better indexing, enhanced HA, and new management tools. Learn how these features reduce downtime, boost efficiency, and help you get the most from SQL Server 2025.

Alp Akdeniz, Khaled Ahmed

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Microsoft Fabric has fundamentally changed how enterprises store, model, and analyze data — but many organizations still struggle to turn that data into real-time operational and financial decisions. In this session, we will explore how to design an enterprise-grade planning and forecasting architecture natively on Microsoft Fabric, using Azure SQL, Power BI, and modern data pipelines to enable real-time write-back, scenario modeling, and governed collaboration across large organizations. Attendees will learn how to: - Architect a Fabric-native planning environment that supports concurrent users, auditability, and data integrity - Design write-enabled analytical models using Azure SQL, Fabric Warehouses, and Power BI - Implement scenario modeling, forecasting, and what-if analysis directly on enterprise data - Apply governance, security, and performance best practices for mission-critical workloads - Avoid common pitfalls that cause Fabric-based planning solutions to fail at scale The session will include a live technical walkthrough of how data moves from Fabric into planning and forecasting workflows, how user inputs are written back securely, and how changes propagate through enterprise-grade models in real time. Whether you are modernizing an FP&A platform, enabling operational planning, or deploying large-scale analytics on Fabric, this session will provide practical patterns and architecture that you can apply immediately inside your own Microsoft environment.

Jes Chapman

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. See how organizations are adopting Azure SQL Database Hyperscale for new and growing workloads. We’ll walk through real implementations—including scaling from zero to hundreds of databases— to learn what DBAs and devs learned along the way, and show demos of the tools and features that made those deployments successful.

Chris Wagner

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. Learn how SQL databases deliver scalable, secure, and cost-effective analytics in Microsoft Fabric. Explore design patterns, migration strategies, and performance tuning to modernize your data platform while ensuring governance, AI readiness, and seamless Power BI integration.

Jeff Taylor

This session is primarily about sql server & databases within the Microsoft Fabric and SQL ecosystem. New to Fabric - or just new to Databases in Fabric? See how SQL database in Fabric merges OLTP and analytics workloads into one cloud-native solution. Learn how it replicates data to OneLake, supports familiar tools, and simplifies architecture—boosting insights without added complexity.