22-25 April 2026 
Grant Fritchey
Grant Fritchey is a Data Platform MVP and AWS Community Builder with over 30 years’ experience in IT, including time spent in support and development. Grant works with multiple data platforms including SQL Server and PostgreSQL as well as multiple cloud platforms. He has also developed in VB, VB.NET, C#, and Java. Grant writes books for Apress and Simple-Talk. Grant presents at conferences and user groups, large and small, all over the world. He joined Redgate Software as a product advocate in January 2011.
Grant Fritchey's Training Days
Learn Database DevOps With RedgateSQLBits 2022
Learn database DevOps using Redgate Software.
Succeed with DevOps as a DBASQLBits 2020
Learn all about the processes, methodologies and fundamental shifts necessary to successfully implement a DevOps process across your databases.
Query Tuning ToolsSQLBits 2019
Learn about the tools built into SQL Server that assist you in tuning queries.
Grant Fritchey's Sessions
Statistics, Row Counts, Execution Plans, and Query TuningSQLBits 2017
Row counts are the primary factor for choices made by the query optimizer. This session explores how row counts affects query performance.
Introducing the Query StoreSQLBits 2017
The Query Store will change how you tune queries and gather metrics about them in both SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database.
Faster Provisioning with SQL CloneSQLBits 2017
Find out how the new SQL Clone enables self-service easy automation of database copies, near-instant at the time of need, using a fraction of the disk space, and allowing quick reversion to a baseline.
The Query Store and Query Tuning in SQL Server vNextSQLBits 2016
SQL Server 2016 introduces the Query Store. The Query Store will change how you tune queries. Come to this session to learn everything you'll need.
Execution Plans: What Can You Do With Them?SQLBits 2015
Learn how to use execution plans to understand how SQL Server works, not just tune your queries.
Top Tips for Better T-SQLSQLBits 2015
Learn how to write T-SQL more clearly so that it performs better.
Automating Your Database DeploymentsSQLBits 2015
Deploying your database changes to production can be nerve-wracking. We'll discuss methods that take the stress out of the process by ensuring that you practise your deployments using continuous integration before you ever get near production
Getting Started Reading Execution PlansSQLBits 2014
Learn where to start reading execution plans and how to interpret them in order to understand how to tune poorly performing queries.
Monitoring Windows Azure SQL Server VMs and SQL DatabasesSQLBits 2014
Once you've decided to move to Azure with any of your databases, you're going to need to know how they're performing, this session shows you.
Query Tuning in the CloudsSQLBits 2013
Just because you're using an Azure SQL database does not mean you can avoid tuning queries. This session will introduce you to the tools you have available to identify poor performing queries, understand, and fix them. All in the cloud.
Intelligent Query Processing: From Insight to ImpactSQLBits 2026
Intelligent Query Processing in 2025 is next level in your query tuning process. Join us in this session to see live demos of how Intelligent Query Processing fits into your environment and improves performance.
dbRosetta, An AI Generated Application and DatabaseSQLBits 2026
Learn how AI was put to work to build everything from the database to the application and more.
PostgreSQL For Those Who Know SQL ServerSQLBits 2026
Your chance to get an understanding of PostgreSQL from a SQL Server point of view.
Query Performance Enhancements in SQL Server 2025SQLBits 2026
Your chance to see the new enhancements in SQL Server 2025, focused on query performance and performance tuning.
Learning PostgreSQL as a SQL Server UserSQLBits 2025
Pick up the tools, tips and tricks you need to learn PostgreSQL.
Understanding Extended EventsSQLBits 2024
This session will show you how best to use Extended Events as well as the unique types of data that Extended Events can collect. This is an important tool in the modern, monitoring toolbox. You should know how to put it to work.