Roll with us at SQLBits 2023!

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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)
TUESDAY TRAINING DAY SESSIONS
A day with SQL Managed Instance	Niko Neugebauer, Dani Ljepava	March 14: 9:00am-5:00pm
Azure SQL and SQL Server for Developers - Immersion Workshop	Davide Mauri, Bob Ward, Silvano Coriani, Muazma Zahid	March 14: 9:00am-5:00pm
WEDNESDAY TRAINING SESSIONS
The SQL Server 2022 Workshop	Bob Ward, Buck Woody, Marisa Mathews	March 15: 9:00am-5:00pm
PowerBI + Synapse: Leverage the best of both for scale	Adam Saxton, Patrick LeBlanc	March 15: 9:00am-5:00pm
THURSDAY SESSIONS
Opening Keynote	Asad Khan, Sanjay Mishra, Buck Woody, Bob Ward	March 16: 8:55am-9:55am
No no storage limits, just reach for the sky, with data virtualization in SQL MI	Sasa Popovic	March 16: 10:10am-11:00am
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
Debugging SQL Server	Bob Ward	March 16: 12:00pm-12:50pm
Next Level Scalability on SQL Server 2022	Ajay Jagannathan, David Pless	March 16: 12:00pm-12:50pm
Build & scale applications with Azure SQL Hyperscale	Denzil Ribeiro	March 16: 12:00pm-12:50pm
Azure SQL MI End-to-end Demo Party for DBAs and Devs	Dani Ljepava	March 16: 1:40pm-2:00pm
Microsoft Defender for SQL: Advanced Threat Protection	Rie Merritt	March 16: 1:40pm-2:00pm
Arc, Arc and Arc: De-mystifying Azure Arc for Data	Buck Woody	March 16: 2:10pm-3:00pm
The Path to Success with Power BI: Best Practices	Adam Saxton	March 16: 2:10pm-3:00pm
The 10 things every developer must absolutely know about Azure SQL	Davide Mauri	March 16: 2:10pm-3:00pm
Synapse Q&A with PG	Mark Pryce-Maher, Luke Moloney, Stign Wynants, Pawel Potasinski, Filip Popovic	March 16: 2:10pm-3:00pm
Connecting the dots of Azure SQL DevOps	Muazma Zahid	March 16: 3:20pm-4:10pm
It keeps getting easier to move Oracle and Open Source workloads to Azure	David Levy	March 16: 3:20pm-4:10pm
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
Why is Batch Mode Fast?	Conor Cunningham	March 16: 3:20pm-4:10pm
Secure networking with Azure and Azure SQL Managed Instance	Zoran Rilak, Niko Neugebauer	March 16: 4:50pm-5:40pm
Extend Azure capabilities anywhere with Azure Arc enabled SQL Server	Dinakar Nethi	March 16: 4:50pm-5:40pm
FRIDAY SESSIONS
Analytics in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database	Chuck Heinzelman, Ajay Jagannathan	March 17: 9:00am-9:50am
SQL Migrations to Azure Made Easy	David Levy	March 17: 9:00am-9:50am
Get PaaS like benefits outside of Azure with Azure Arc enabled SQL Managed Instance	Dinakar Nethi	March 17: 9:00am-9:50am
Protecting the confidentiality and integrity of your high value data with Azure SQL and SQL Server 2022	Jakub Szymaszek	March 17: 9:00am-9:50am
Power BI + Azure Synapse Analytics. All you need to start creating a unified analytics solution	Pawel Potasinski	March 17: 9:00am-9:50am
Query Store: A Retrospective	Conor Cunningham	March 17: 9:00am-9:50am
The SQL Leadership Panel	Bob Ward, Asad Khan, Sanjay Mishra, Muazma Zahid, Erin Stellato, Niko Neugebauer	March 17: 10:10am-11:00am
There and back again: SQL Server 2022 <-> Managed Instance	Dani Ljepava	March 17: 11:30am-11:50am
From the Classroom to the Boardroom – Azure SQL DB through Demos	Sanjay Mishra	March 17: 12:00pm-12:50pm
The Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform	Buck Woody	March 17: 12:00pm-12:50pm
SQL Server 2022 and the Wheel of Power	Bob Ward	March 17: 12:00pm-12:50pm
BI Power Hour	Chris Webb	March 17: 1:40pm-2:30pm
From Your Couch to the Cloud: When and Why to Choose the Azure Portal	Erin Stellato	March 17: 1:40pm-2:30pm
The Power BI Engine in 20 minutes	Kasper de Jonge	March 17: 2:50pm-3:10pm
Building Distributed OLTP with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL	Charles Feddersen	March 17: 3:20pm-4:10pm
Azure Data Studio and the Surprises Inside	Erin Stellato	March 17: 3:20pm-4:10pm
Maximize the business value of data with Microsoft Purview Data Governance	Gaurav Malhotra	March 17: 3:20pm-4:10pm
Azure SQL Managed Instance Roadmap	Niko Neugebauer	March 17: 3:20pm-4:10pm
What's New and Cool in Azure Synapse Analytics	Pawel Potasinski	March 17: 3:20pm-4:10pm
Understanding Maintenance in Azure SQL	Rie Merritt	March 17: 4:20pm-4:40pm
Microsoft Purview Data Governance: Updates & Roadmap	Gaurav Malhotra	March 17: 4:50pm-5:40pm
SQL Server 2022 - the most Azure-enabled SQL Server yet	Ajay Jagannathan, Chuck Heinzelman	March 17: 4:50pm-5:40pm
Next Level Availability on SQL Server 2022	David Pless	March 17: 4:50pm-5:40pm
The Ultimate Freedom of Movement with SQL Server 2022 and Azure SQL Managed Instance	Dani Ljepava	March 17: 4:50pm-5:40pm
SATURDAY SESSIONS
Building Multi-language Reports in Power BI	Ted Pattison	March 18: 9:00am-9:50am
SQL Server on Azure VM - Configuring for price-performance	Aditya Badramraju	March 18: 10:10am-11:00am
SQL Server 2022 hidden gems	Bob Ward	March 18: 10:10am-11:00am
Built-in Intelligence with Azure SQL and SQL Server 2022	David Pless	March 18: 10:10am-11:00am
The Power BI secret sauce: Security and governance	Kasper de Jonge	March 18: 10:10am-11:00am
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL 2022 ... As Cool as it Sounds?	Erin Stellato, Hugo Kornelis	March 18: 10:10am-11:00am
Women in Tech Talk: Lifting as We Climb	Rie Merritt	March 18: 10:10am-11:00am
Azure Data Explorer - a Torch in the Dungeon of Observational Analytics	Pawel Potasinski	March 18: 10:10am-11:00am
Query folding in Power Query	Chris Webb	March 18: 11:30am-11:50am
Multi-tenant SaaS apps made simple on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL	Adam Wolk, Alicja Kucharczyk	March 18: 1:40pm-2:30pm
Power BI + Azure Synapse Analytics: Beginning your journey	Patrick LeBlanc	March 18: 1:40pm-2:30pm
My application is fully concurrent and async. What about the database?	Davide Mauri	March 18: 1:40pm-2:30pm
Query Store Best Practices	Erin Stellato	March 18: 3:30pm-4:20pm
Troubleshooting Power BI Reports	Benni De Jagere	March 18: 3:30pm-4:20pm

 

 

 

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