D, E and I Panel

The DBA in a hybrid environment

Ideal for database administrators, developers, and database reliability engineers, this training day will explore all the skills you need to enable you to manage SQL Server estates spanning on-premises and cloud environments.

Managing replication with dbatools

One of the most highly requested dbatools features was for commands to manage replication and now they're here. In this session, we'll run through the available commands and how they can be used to build up and tear down replication.

Anyone can be an alphabet soup ally

Folks that belong to the queer community are often referred to as LGBTQ+, Jess and Linda represent a small portion of the letters within this alphabet soup and they will guide you through some common situations where you can be a good ally. There is no one right answer, but there are ways for you to prepare for certain situations so you know what your best move might be to provide support and allyship. This session will provide tips for people who are new to being an ally and for existing allies who want to add skills to their toolbelt.

I'm here, I'm queer ( Why Representation Matters)

In this 20 minute session we’ll talk about why it matters that ‘I’m here and I’m Queer’. Representation, both at conferences and in the media, is so important not just for us now, but also for the future generations. If you want to know why all this DEI stuff matters, why we need to keep striving to diversify the attendees and speakers at our conferences and events, then this session is for you.

SQL Server 2022 migrations with dbatools

Using dbatools we'll migrate our databases to a shiny new SQL Server 2022 instance.

Keynote by The Community

Ben and Rob have found some wonderful folk to actually do the important parts of the community keynote. on the theme of How to be a nonpassive member of the data community

Introduction to PowerShell

Everything you need to get started with PowerShell.

Migrate databases easily with dbatools

Quickly and easily migrate databases and associated logins using dbatools.

Life Hacks: dbatools edition

dbatools is an open source PowerShell module. This session will walk through several life hacks that you can take back to work and quickly implement to make your life easier and impress your friends.

Install & Configure SQL Server with PowerShell DSC

Using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) we'll install and configure a SQL Server instance in under 5 mins.

FinOps, how data engineers get their cloud cost under control

Managing cloud cost is no longer a "management approves the budget" type of thing. Cloud Engineers need to architecht their solutions in such a way that cost can be kept under control. This is not a one time thing. Monitoring, automatic downsizing, re-factoring are all parts of the yearly tasks of any cloud team. We'll discuss theory, techniques, best practices and lessons learned.

Generate test data quick, easy and lots of it with the Databricks Labs Data Generator

We're not supposed to use production in dev right! But generating proper test data is not easy, get's even harder when you need quite a lot of it. I generate Terabytes of it, and without much trouble. Let me show you how!

Keynote by The Community

Ben and Rob have found some wonderful folk to actually do the important parts of the community keynote. on the theme of How to be a nonpassive member of the data community

Building your first Metadata Driven Azure Data Factory

Let's unleash the true power of ADF, it's ability to dynamically inject metadata almost anywhere. No complicated frameworks in this session, I'll show you some simple but very powerful examples.

Looking under the hood of the parquet format

Understanding how the parquet format works helps with understanding why it can help you retreive your data fast, or perhaps why you struggle to get the desired performance out of your design.

Automated Machine Learning on Azure

AutoML which stands for Automated Machine Learning empowers data teams to quickly build and deploy machine learning models. It aims to reduce the time and expertise required to generate a machine learning model by automating the heavy lifting of preprocessing, feature engineering, model creation, tuning and evaluation. When it comes to machine learning in Microsoft Azure, there are two main options for running your AutoML: (1) Azure Machine Learning Service and (2) Azure Databricks. This session will aim to introduce how to develop ML models using AutoML on both platforms, as well as the features of each and why you would choose one over the other.

How to get started with Computer Vision AutoML in Azure

In this talk, we will be leveraging Azure computer vision. The Azure Computer Vision is part of Azure Cognitive Services that provides pre-built, advanced algorithms that process and analyse images. If you want to get started with computer vision but do not know where to start, then this talk will give you a good starting point to jumpstart your computer vision journey. You will leave this talk with an understanding of how to build and deploy your own computer vision models using Azure computer vision.

Keynote by The Community

Ben and Rob have found some wonderful folk to actually do the important parts of the community keynote. on the theme of How to be a nonpassive member of the data community

AutoML: An Introduction To Get You Started

Understand how to get started with any machine learning project using Databricks AutoML

Microsoft Defender for SQL: Advanced Threat Protection

Microsoft Defender for SQL is part of the Azure Defender family and it protects SQL Server in two main ways. We'll cover the first way, Advanced Threat Protection. This is a feature with advanced security capabilities that detect anomalous activities that might access or exploit sql server, like SQL Injection.

Understanding Maintenance in Azure SQL

You know Microsoft handles patches and updates for your OS and SQL but what does that really mean? When does that maintenance occur, what might happen and do I have any control? Let's answer these questions and more in 20 minutes.

Women In Tech: Lifting as We Climb

In this session, you'll learn a few actionable steps that anyone can take to support women in tech where you work, every day. From meetings to project assignments, from hiring to sponsorship - women need allies and a support system to offset biases and patterns of behavior that work against their success. We'll start with a short presentation and then pivot to questions and discussions. Feel free to share your day-to-day experiences, and we'll help find actionable steps you can take to improve things.

Microsoft's Hybrid Data Strategy

Learn how to build the best hybrid data strategy with Azure Stack and Azure Arc.