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SQLBits, the largest Microsoft Data Platform conference in Europe, is right around the corner! The conference is back in London from March 8 through March 12 with two days of full-day training sessions and three days of general sessions, with Saturday (March 12) being free to attend.
Microsoft is the Premium Sponsor, delivering 5 full-day workshops, 50+ sessions, a keynote, a booth, and much more! This year's keynote is being led by Buck Woody, along with Bob Ward, Anna Hoffman, Patrick LeBlanc, and Evangeline White, to show you, from SQL Server on-prem to Azure Data in the cloud, the latest and greatest data platform on earth!
You'll get to hear the latest from the teams who develop the tools you use every day, and engage in live discussions. Start planning which sessions you'll be attending with our quick reference guide:
| Session Title | Speaker | Date/Time (GMT) |
| TUESDAY PRE-CONS | ||
| The Hand-on Azure SQL Workshop | Anna Hoffman, Bob Ward, Marisa Brasile, Emily Lisa | March 8: 9:00am-5:00pm |
| How to build a data warehouse solution for your analytical workloads | Mark Pryce-Maher | March 8: 9:00am-5:00pm |
| WEDNESDAY PRE-CONS | ||
| Migrate SQL Server to Azure | Bob Ward, Pam Lahoud, Bradley Ball, Mohamed Kabiruddin, Alexandra Ciortea, Marisa Brasile | March 9: 9:00am-5:00pm |
| Build Serverless, Full Stack Applications Including IoT with Azure SQL | Davide Mauri, Silvano Coriani | March 9: 9:00am-5:00pm |
| The Day after Dashboard in a Day | Adam Saxton, Patrick LeBlanc, Matthew Roche, Alex Powers | March 9: 9:00am-5:00pm |
| THURSDAY SESSIONS | ||
| Azure SQL availability and resiliency for non-stop applications | Emily Lisa | March 10: 10:10am-11:00am |
| How to model and partition data in a distributed NoSQL database for cloud scale | Theo van Kraay | March 10: 10:10am-11:00am |
| 10 Cool Things about SQL MI | Niko Neugebauer | March 10: 11:30am-11:50am |
| What's New in Azure SQL MI | Niko Neugebauer | March 10: 12:00pm-12:50pm |
| Introducing SQL Server 2022 | Bob Ward | March 10: 12:00pm-12:50pm |
| Empowering every individual with Power BI | Mohammad Ali, Patrick LeBlanc | March 10: 12:00pm-12:50pm |
| Microsoft's Hybrid Data Strategy | Rie Merritt | March 10: 1:40pm-2:00pm |
| Jamstack Foundations: Building Scalable API from the Ground Up | Davide Mauri | March 10: 2:10pm-3:00pm |
| Developer Enhancements in SQL Server 2022 | Buck Woody, Kendal Van Dyke | March 10: 2:10pm-3:00pm |
| How to Build Secure, Scalable, and Highly Available Applications with Azure SQL Database | Bob Ward | March 10: 3:20pm-4:10pm |
| Microsoft Database Innovations: SQL Server, Azure SQL, open-source and beyond | Anna Hoffman | March 10: 3:20pm-4:10pm |
| Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services for the DBA/Developer | Jes Schultz, Buck Woody | March 10: 5:10pm-6:00pm |
| Get Microsoft Certified. This is what you need to know | Natalie Mickey, Sandra Marin | March 10: 5:10pm-6:00pm |
| Big data analytics with Power BI | Kay Unkroth & Christian Wade | March 10: 5:10pm-6:00pm |
| FRIDAY SESSIONS | ||
| Link feature for Managed Instance | Dani Ljepava | March 11: 10:10am-11:00am |
| Gateways for On-prem and VNet Connectivity | Miquella de Boer, Arthi Ramasubramanian | March 11: 10:10am-11:00am |
| Unified Data Governance with Azure Purview | Gaurav Malhotra Evangeline White |
March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm |
| SQL Managed Instance - Demos Only | Niko Neugebauer | March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm |
| SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machine Reimagined | Pam Lahoud | March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm |
| The fundamentals of building a lakehouse with Synapse | Luke Moloney | March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm |
| Lake Database with Database Template and Mapping Data with Azure Synapse Analytics | Erwin de Kreuk | March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm |
| How to build HTAP workloads using Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Synapse Link | Theo van Kraay | March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm |
| Machine Learning on the SQL Server Platform | Buck Woody | March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm |
| Enabling teams with Power BI | Mohammad Ali, Patrick LeBlanc | March 11: 12:00pm-12:50pm |
| Self Service Data Access Provisioning With Azure Purview | Gaurav Malhotra | March 11: 1:40pm-2:00pm |
| Spring clean your data lake with Database Templates for Synapse Analytics | Vanessa Araujo | March 11: 1:40pm-2:00pm |
| Protecting data integrity with ledger | Jakub Szymaszek | March 11: 1:40pm-2:00pm |
| Scaling applications on Azure SQL Hyperscale | Denzil Ribeiro | March 11: 2:10pm-3:00pm |
| Azure SQL News Update, Data Exposed Live | Anna Hoffman | March 11: 2:10pm-3:00pm |
| Run Azure Data Services Anywhere with Azure Arc! | Jes Schultz | March 11: 2:10pm-3:00pm |
| SQL Server 2022: The hybrid data platform | Bob Ward | March 11: 2:10pm-3:00pm |
| How to Use SQL Server on Azure Arc-enabled Servers | Rie Merritt | March 11: 4:40pm-5:00pm |
| Network Security & Connectivity features for SQL Data Services | Rohit Nayak, Srdan Bozovic | March 11: 4:40pm-5:00pm |
| Modernize your Oracle workloads to Azure Data | Alexandra Ciortea | March 11: 5:10pm-6:00pm |
| Azure SQL and SQL Server 2022: Intelligent Database Futures | Pedro Lopes | March 11: 5:10pm-6:00pm |
| Demystifying Always Encrypted with secure enclaves | Jakub Szymaszek | March 11: 5:10pm-6:00pm |
| SQL Server and Intel: Unlock Better SQL Performance and Scalability | Darren Freimuth (Intel), David Pless (Microsoft) | March 11: 5:10pm-6:00pm |
| SATURDAY SESSIONS | ||
| Migrations to Azure SQL made easy | Mohamed Kabiruddin | March 12: 8:00am-8:50am |
| AMA with the Microsoft Engineering team hosted by Bob Ward | Bob Ward | March 12: 9:30am-10:20pm |
| An Introduction to Azure SQL Edge: The Database Engine for the Internet of Things | Kendal Van Dyke | March 12: 9:30am-10:20pm |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Deep Dive - Part 1 | Pedro Lopes | March 12: 1:20pm-2:10pm |
| SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machine – Configuring for price-performance | Pam Lahoud | March 12: 1:20pm-2:10pm |
| Learn SQL through architecture | Bob Ward | March 12: 1:20pm-2:10pm |
| SQL Server on Linux, Containers and Kubernetes | Buck Woody | March 12: 1:20pm-2:10pm |
| Azure SQL Database customer success stories for IoT workloads | Silvano Coriani | March 12: 12:50pm-1:10pm |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Deep Dive - Part 2 | Pedro Lopes | March 12: 2:40pm - 3:30pm |
| What's new in SQL Tools | Alan Yu | March 12: 2:40pm-3:30pm |
| Hitting top speed with Spark SQL in Azure Synapse Analytics | Ajith Ramanath | March 12: 2:40pm-3:30pm |
| Migration to Azure Customer Experiences & Best Practices | Bradley Ball | March 12: 2:40pm-3:30pm |
| Latest News for Data Security | Andreas Wolter | March 12: 2:40pm-3:30pm |
| Mitigate performance problems using Query Store hints | Denzil Ribeiro | March 12: 4:40pm-5:00pm |
| .NET development stack for Azure SQL: SqlClient 4.0 and EF Core 6 | Silvano Coriani | March 12: 5:10pm-6:00pm |
| Monster Data Loading with Synapse | Mark Pryce-Maher | March 12: 5:10pm-6:00pm |
| Get ready for Exam DP-420 and the Microsoft Certified: Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty certification | Carlos Lopez, Sandra Marin |
March 12: 5:10pm-6:00pm |
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