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SQLBits 2024 runs from Tuesday 19th – Saturday 23rd March.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
All Sessions
The Free Saturday
A third and final day of general sessions. Saturday is always absolutely free to attend!
08:00 Registration opens
08:00 – 09:00
Breakfast
in the Exhibition Hall
08:00 – 17:00
Exhibitor stands open
09:00 – 09:50 General Sessions
10:10 – 11:00 General Sessions
11:00 – 11:30 Refreshment Break
11:30 – 11:50 General Sessions
12:00 – 12:50 Community Keynote (
Here’s
2023’s Community Keynote)
12:50 – 13:40
Lunch
13:40 – 14:00 General Sessions
14:10 – 15:00 General Sessions
15:00 – 15:20 Refreshment Break
15:20 – 15:40 General Sessions
16:00 – 16:50 General Sessions
16:55 – 17:10
Prize Giving
17:30 Close
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Additional
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Experts Lounge
Ask the Expert - Group A (Sat, 9:00 to 9:50)
Robert French, John Morehouse, Marco Russo, Monica Rathbun
Non-Technical
Meet the PG: SQL tools
Erin Stellato, Drew Skwiers-Koballa, Carlos Robles, Subhojit Basak
Non-Technical
Meet the PG: Azure SQL Managed Instance
Niko Neugebauer, Dr. Dani Ljepava, Nevena Nikolic, Djordje Jeremic
Non-Technical
Meet the PG: SQL Migration
Des FitzGerald, Tejas Shah, Ajith Krishnan, Neel Ball
Non-Technical
Meet the PG: Data Integration
Ulrich Christ, Jeroen Luitwieler, Krishnakumar Rukmangathan
Non-Technical
Ask the Expert - Group B (Sat: 16:00 to 16:50)
Robert French, Niall Langley
Non-Technical
Gate 1
HADR on SQL Server on Azure VMs: Everything you Need to Know
David Pless
Azure SQL Database, Operations, Microsoft
Building a High Performing Impact Center of Excellence (COE) in Microsoft Fabric
Vishal Pawar, Ph.D.
Strategy, Fabric, Data Leadership
Understanding Zero Trust security
Kasper de Jonge
Modern Analytics, Operations
Unraveling the Web of Relationships: Understanding Graph Data
Mala Mahadevan
SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, SQL 2022, Analytics
Do those numbers look right? How to ensure quality, and avoid inaccuracies in your data insights.
James Broome
Synapse Analytics, Power BI, Python, Big data analytics
Navigating Tech Job Interviews: Asking the Right Questions About Work Culture
Mala Mahadevan
Non-Technical
SQL Modernization Journey with Tools, Assets & Migration Best Practices
Des FitzGerald, Ajith Krishnan, Neel Ball
Azure SQL Database, Azure ML, Operations, Microsoft
Gate 2
Best Practices in PostgreSQL Tuning: Navigating Key Performance Bottlenecks in the Cloud
Alicja Kucharczyk, Dilip Ramachandran
Postgres, Operations, Microsoft
Social Engineering: Hacking People
Mladen Prajdic
Non-Technical
Power BI Quiz Extravaganza
Martine Pieck
Power BI, Delivery
Let's define Entities and attributes for tabular models in 20 minutes.
Ana Maria Bisbe York
Power BI, Delivery
What does Microsoft Fabric mean for a Finance/Business Analyst?
Rishi Sapra
Power BI, Excel, Strategy, Fabric
Visualizing Data for Non-Data Experts: Making Reports Accessible to All
Valerie Junk
Power BI, Modern Reporting & Insights, Delivery
Gate 3
SQL Server Containers & Kubernetes - Going to Production!
Amit Khandelwal, Tejas Shah, OJ Ngo
SQL 2022, Operations, Microsoft
Did you know that you should version control your solution – even the smallest ones?
Emilie Rønning
Data Bricks, Operations, Fabric
SQL Horror Stories
Kevin Kline
SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, SQL 2022, Operations
Keynote by the community - Impactful Journeys in the Data Platform Community and inspiration for you
Rob Sewell, Ben Weissman (he/him)
Additional
Effortless Low-Code Data Testing
Petr Pařík, Tomas Tucek
PowerShell, SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, Power BI
Load Testing Fabric - What is our hold capacity?
Reitse Eskens
Operations, Fabric, Synapse Data Engineering, Synapse Data Warehousing
Slaying the Dataverse dragon with copilot
Ed Yau, Mohammed El Safti
Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Power Apps, Functions
Gate 4
Accessibility is for everyone, including you!
Kay Sauter
Non-Technical
Anyone can be an alphabet soup ally
Jess Pomfret, Linda Torrång
PowerShell, Power BI, Non-Technical
Service Dogs in the Cabin - Web Scraping Puppy Data with Microsoft Fabric - 1st Leg
Scott Stauffer
Power BI, Python, Spark, Functions
Service Dogs in the Cabin - Web Scraping Puppy Data with Microsoft Fabric - 2nd Leg
Scott Stauffer
Power BI, Python, Spark, Functions
Business continuity of on-prem SQL Servers using Azure services through Arc
Raj Pochiraju, Dhananjay Mahajan
Azure Arc, Operations, Microsoft
A Deep Dive into Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse
Mark Pryce-Maher, Jerry Nixon
Analytics, Fabric, Microsoft
Gate 7
The Next Frontier: Azure OpenAI Models and the Arrival of GPT-4
Anupama Natarajan
AI and data science, Analytics
Deep {sky}diving into Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Jeroen Luitwieler
Operations, Fabric, Microsoft
The Critical Role of Creativity in Technical Professions
Annabel Hemingbrough
Non-Technical
Calculation Groups & C# - The Perfect Couple
Paulina Jędrzejewska
Power BI, Analytics
The Decentralized Data Access Revolution
Maria Zakourdaev
Data Lake, Big data analytics, Strategy, Data Leadership
Gate 8
Air Traffic Control (Data Governance) with Databricks Unity Catalog, tips, tricks and best practices
Vuong Nguyen, Liping Huang
Data Bricks, Strategy, Security and Governance
Assessing and Optimize Enterprise SQL Server Environments
Ben DeBow, Angela Henry
SQL 2019, SQL 2022, Operations
Should I become a manager in IT
Buck Woody
Non-Technical, Data Leadership
Power BI Culture: Governance as a gateway to adoption, not a barrier.
Megan Livadas
Power BI, Strategy, Security and Governance
Best practices for developing Power BI reports
Gregor Brunner
Power BI, Delivery
Operational insights in your hybrid-cloud multi-cloud SQL inventory outside azure using Arc SQL Serv
Dhananjay Mahajan
Azure SQL Database, Azure Arc, Operations, Microsoft
Gate 9
Azure SQL DB Data Portability : Mirroring, CDC, Export/Import and DataSync
Carlos Robles, Rajesh Setlem
Azure SQL Database, Operations, Fabric, Microsoft
Get Rid of Your Data Quality Problems
Oliver Engels, Tillmann Eitelberg
Security and Governance
Elevating SQL Server Performance with Query Store Hints
Rui Carvalho
SQL 2022, Operations
Gate 10
Power BI and Big Tables
Markus Ehrenmueller-Jensen
Power BI, Delivery
Fabric Direct Lake Deep Dive
Chris Webb
Delivery, Microsoft
Unlocking Synergy: PowerBI and PowerApps Collaboration for Data-Driven Decision-Making
Sascha Götz
Azure SQL Database, Power BI, Power Apps, Delivery
An Introduction to Calculation Groups in Power BI Desktop
Pedro Reis
Power BI, Delivery
Power BI meets UX Design: Creating accessible, intuitive and visually appealing reports
Elena Drakulevska
Power BI, Delivery
Power Query in 20 Minutes - How it Works
Eugene Meidinger
Power BI, Delivery
Introducing Explore - a new way to explore data right within Power BI.
Roseanne Levasseur, Patryk Kowalski
Power BI, Delivery, Microsoft
Gate 11
The data runway: Soaring to New Heights with Fabric Data Activator
Denis Selimovic
Power BI, Analytics, Fabric
Perfecting business continuity for Azure SQL DB
Rajesh Setlem
Azure SQL Database, Operations, Microsoft
We Are All in Sales
Nick Harshbarger
Non-Technical, Non-Technical
Timespan Fact Tables
Tino Zishiri
Azure SQL Database, Power BI, Analytics
From substitutions to public keys - an introduction to cryptography
Daniel Hutmacher
Move to the cloud, Operations
A Deep Dive into Analytics Delivery Behind one of the Largest North American Banking Acquisition..
Rodrigo Lemmi
Power BI, Modern Reporting & Insights, Analytics
Thriving with ADHD in Tech: Unleashing the Data Analyst Superpowers Within
Reid Havens
Non-Technical
Gate 12
Confidential development with Always Encrypted using enclaves
Pieter Vanhove
Security and Governance, Microsoft
Knee-Deep In Tech Live @ SQL Bits
Alexander Arvidsson, Simon Binder
Modern Analytics, Non-Technical, Strategy
Website Analytics in My Pocket Using Microsoft Fabric
Cathrine Wilhelmsen
Power BI, Analytics, Fabric, Data Factory
What we’ve learned running a YouTube channel (so far)
Bradley Ball, Josh Luedeman, Daniel Taylor
Non-Technical
SQL Server on Azure VM - Configuring for Price-Performance
David Pless
Azure SQL Database, Operations, Microsoft
How to design and build AI applications with vector search using Azure OpenAI & Azure Cosmos DB
Theodorus Leonardus van Kraay
Cosmos DB, AI and data science, Analytics, Microsoft
Gate 13
SQL Server 2022 Performance Enhancements
Ola Hallengren
SQL 2022, Operations
The SQLBits Website ChatBot with Copilot Studio: How I built the chatbot for this events website)
Lewis Prince
AI and data science, Analytics
Choosing between Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Factory
Cathrine Wilhelmsen
Synapse Analytics, Operations, Fabric, Data Factory
Maximizing Database Performance With Isolation Levels
Bob Pusateri
SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, Database engine
Sensitivity labels - what do they look like
Heidi Hasting
Azure SQL Database, Power BI, Strategy, Fabric
Gate 14
From SSIS to Synapse to Fabric - A Data Architects Case Study
Bob Duffy
Strategy, Fabric, Synapse Data Warehousing, Data Leadership
Star Schema ALL the things! But why?
Benni De Jagere
Power BI, Delivery, Microsoft
How to Run Code Clubs for Neurodiverse Children
Anna-Maria Wykes, Justin Bird
Non-Technical
The What and the Why of Microsoft Fabric Real-time Analytics
Devang Shah
Analytics, Microsoft
Python in Fabric for Data Engineers: all you need to know
Arthur Graus
Python, Spark, Operations, Fabric