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SQLBits encompasses everything from in-depth technical immersions to the enhancement of valuable soft skills. The full agenda will be announced in the spring; in the meantime check out the timetable and content we cover below.

2024 Training Days

Presenting 2024’s selection of training days, encompassing a deep dive into a range of subjects with some of the best data trainers in the world.

  • 08:00 Registration opens and breakfast served.

  • All training days run simultaneously across the venue from 09:00 – 17:00 with co-ordinated breaks.
  • All training days include regular refreshment breaks and a lunch stop to rest, recharge, and chat to fellow delegates.
  • No evening events planned, but if you’re staying over the night beforehand, why not join us in the Aviator on Monday night to meet the training day speakers for an informal drinks reception.

Modern SQL Server Availability and Storage Solutions

Description

The availability and storage landscape for SQL Server has changed in the past few years. Not only are the options and combinations for deploying SQL Server instances greater than in the past, but we are also moving towards a software defined world. There are many new capabilities both in SQL Server itself as well as in the underlying platform which can help you increase not only availability of your instances and databases, but some will also increase performance and give you more flexibility.

These features can be cornerstones of advanced SQL Server architectures which need to be planned and deployed correctly. If you want to stay ahead of the curve and take advantage of what is available – or get a glimpse of what is coming – you need to attend this full day session to learn about things like:
  • Distributed Availability Groups
  • Domain Independent Availability Groups
  • In-place WSFC upgrades
  • Scale Out File Server
  • Storage Spaces Direct
  • Storage Replica
  • SQL Server v.Next on Linux and its availability story
  • Quorum configuration for multi-site AGs and FCIs
  • Tips, tricks, and gotchas not only for on premises, but also for virtualization and public cloud deployments
Outside of anything in v.Next, everything taught and demonstrated can be used right now. Register to take advantage of these new paradigms and incorporate them into your mission critical SQL Server architectures today. Note that this session assumes you know the basics of Windows Server Failover Clusters, Availability Groups, and Failover Cluster Instances and will not cover fundamentals of availability or storage.

Learning Objectives

Previous Experience

Tech Covered

performance, Azure, virtualization