22-25 April 2026 
SQLBits 2024
The Microsoft Data Leadership Panel
TBD
Come join an interactive Q&A session with a panel of leaders across Microsoft Data hosted by Principal Architect Bob Ward. Our panel would love to hear what is top of mind for you across all of Microsoft Data including SQL Server, Azure SQL, AI, Hybrid, Microsoft Fabric, Azure PostgreSQL, and other data products and services. This is always one of the most popular sessions at the SQL Bits you won’t want to miss it.
Bob Ward's previous sessions
Inside SQL Server 2025 Part 1 - 2026
Inside SQL Server 2025 Part 2 - 2026
SQL Server Versioning Explained - 2026
Inside the SQL Server Transaction Log - Part 1 - 2025
Inside the SQL Server Transaction Log - Part 2 - 2025
Keynote: Transform Data into Competitive Edge with Azure - 2025
A Deep Dive into SQL database in Microsoft Fabric - 2025
SQL Server 2025 Community Edition - 2025
SQL Server 2025 Engine Deep Dive - 2025
SQL Server 2025: The AI-ready enterprise database from ground to cloud - 2025
Meet the Azure Data Leadership team - 2025
SQL Server 2025 and AMD in the era of AI - 2025
SQLBits 2024 Opening Keynote - 2024
What You Should Know About Always On Availability Groups - 2024
Welcome to the world of SQL Copilots - 2024
Come see your SQL Perfmon in the cloud - 2024
The Microsoft Data Leadership Panel - 2024
SQL Server and Windows Server Better together on Azure - 2024
Meet the PG: SQL Leadership - 2024
Ask the Expert - Group A (Fri, 16:20 to 16:40) - 2024
Debugging SQL Server - 2023
The SQL Leadership Panel - 2023
SQL Server 2022 and the Wheel of Power - 2023
SQL Server 2022 hidden gems - 2023
The Kingdom of AdventureWorks Calls for Aid - 2023
Meet the PG: SQL Leadership - 2023
Platform Innovations with SQL Server 2022 + Intel - 2023
Introducing SQL Server 2022 - 2022
How to Build Secure, Scalable, and Highly Available Applications with Azure SQL Database - 2022
SQL Server 2022: The hybrid data platform - 2022
AMA with the Microsoft Engineering team hosted by Bob Ward - 2022
Learn SQL through architecture - 2022
Keynote - 2022
Meet the PG: Azure Data - 2022
SQL Server 2019: The Modern Data Platform - 2020
Inside SQL Server on Kubernetes - 2020
SQL Server to Azure SQL: Performance and Availability - 2020
Inside SQL Server 2019 - 2019
Inside SQL Server Containers - 2019
Inside SQL Server 2019 Polybase - 2019
Experience SQL Server on Linux and Containers - 2018
Experience SQL Server 2017: The Modern Database Platform - 2018
Adaptive query processing in SQL databases - 2018
SQL Server 2016 It Just Runs Faster - 2017
Enhancements that will make your SQL Server roar-SP1 Ed. - 2017
Keep Your Environment Always On with SQL Server 2016 - 2017
Troubleshooting the Memory of SQL Server - 2015
Deploying SQL Server with Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine - 2015
Windows Azure SQL Database Troubleshooting - 2013
Sanjay Mishra's previous sessions
Building AI ready applications - 2024
The Microsoft Data Leadership Panel - 2024
JSON - a first class citizen in Azure SQL DB - 2024
Meet the PG: SQL Leadership - 2024
From the Classroom to the Boardroom – Azure SQL DB through Demos - 2023
The SQL Leadership Panel - 2023
The Kingdom of AdventureWorks Calls for Aid - 2023
Meet the PG: SQL Leadership - 2023
Meet the PG: Azure SQL - 2023
Optimizing your Azure SQL Database workloads - 2020
HADR for SQL Server on Linux - 2017
How customers are using R in SQL Server 2016 - 2016
Mohammad Ali's previous sessions
Alicja Kucharczyk's previous sessions
Muazma Zahid's previous sessions
10 Free SQL Databases: Your Playground for AI, Advanced Analytics, and Next-Gen Applications! - 2025
Azure SQL Unleashed: Performance, AI, and Next-Gen Scalability - 2025
Developing AI applications with SQL AI: Ground to Cloud to Fabric - 2025
SQLBits 2024 Opening Keynote - 2024
SQL DB: a developer's catalyst - 2024
Building AI ready applications - 2024
The Microsoft Data Leadership Panel - 2024
Meet the PG: SQL Leadership - 2024
Meet the PG: Developers - 2024