Experts Lounge Ask the Expert - Group A (Wed 11:10 to 13:00) Paul Andrew, James Dales, Ana Maria Bisbe York, Mark Hayes  in Non-Technical Ask the Expert - Group B (Wed: 13:50 to 15:40) Robert French, Ed Freeman, Vuong Nguyen, Alexander Billington  in Non-Technical 
Gate 1 SQL Server Managed Instance: Migration and Security Best Practices Deepthi Goguri, Kay Sauter  in Operations Pilot's Guide to Self-Care: Navigating Mental Health in the Corporate Sky Kellyn Gorman, Eugene Meidinger, Tracy Boggiano  in Non-Technical An Engineers Guide To Realtime Data Handling And Analytics Paul Andrew, Daniel Addy  in Analytics Azure SQL Managed Instance Deep Dive by Microsoft Product Group Niko Neugebauer, Dr. Dani Ljepava, Nevena Nikolic, Djordje Jeremic  in Operations 
Gate 2 Deploy Power BI as Code Paulien van Eijk  in Delivery Soaring Through Data: An Intro to Python for Data Analysis Sue Bayes  in Analytics Live Power Platform and Fabric Build Laura Graham-Brown, Claire Edgson  in Delivery Creating a true self-service report | without exporting to Excel Just Blindbæk, Kristoffer West  in Delivery 
Gate 3 An End-to-End Analytics Battle – Azure Synapse verses Microsoft Fabric Heidi Hasting, Martin Catherall  in Analytics Simplified SQL modernization journey with Azure SQL Migration Tools: A deep dive Ajith Krishnan, Neel Ball, Radhey Shah  in Operations Communication Skills for the Technology Pro Kevin Kline  in Non-Technical Mastering Azure SQL PaaS: A 100-Minute Journey from Novice to Expert Manish Kumar, Haider Raza  in Operations 
Gate 4 What You Should Know About Always On Availability Groups Bob Ward  in Operations SQL DB: a developer's catalyst Carlos Robles, Jerry Nixon, Muazma Zahid  in Delivery Modernize your SQL Data by starting cloud journey with SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc. Raj Pochiraju, Dhananjay Mahajan  in Operations Delta and Databricks vs SQL Server Anna-Maria Wykes, Annette Allen, James Yarrow  in Operations 
Gate 6 Table Partitioning Deep Dive Margarita Naumova  in Operations 
Gate 7 First Class MLOps with Databricks Tori Tompkins, Alexander Billington  in Analytics Enhancing Power BI with Conversational AI Integration Carole McNally  in Delivery Writing T-SQL code for the engine, not for you Cláudio Silva  in Operations Thwarting Disaster for SQL Server on Azure VM John Morehouse  in Operations 
Gate 8 Real-time Analytics & Machine Learning Models with Microsoft Fabric Nagaraj Sengodan, Monica Bagga  in Analytics Flying High Amongst the Clouds with Fabric Warehouses Andy Cutler, Brian Bønk  in Analytics Low flying planes and Realtime Data Analytics Frank Geisler, Devang Shah  in Analytics How to Deliver Strategic Goals Al Eardley  in Non-Technical 
Gate 9 Your Performance Tuning Check List Extended session Monica Rathbun  in Operations When to Wave Off Landing Data in PaaS Services Joey D'Antoni, Matt Gordon  in Strategy Bridging Data Islands: Crafting a Semantic Search Oasis with Generative AI Gary Short  in Analytics Flying into the Future: Using AI To Help Do Your Data Job Matt Gordon  in Analytics 
Gate 10 Take an aerial view of your data with a deep dive into spatial analytics in Power BI James Dales  in Analytics From the runway to the skies - Hands-On Real-Time Analytics Johan Ludvig Brattås  in Analytics Advanced data security implementation for Power BI Hylke Peek  in Delivery Point-in-time analysis in Power BI and Fabric Mathias Halkjaer  in Delivery 
Gate 11 Navigating Data Governance in Microsoft Fabric and Purview Wolfgang Strasser  in Strategy Getting Started with Troubleshooting Query Performance Erin Stellato  in Operations Now Where Did THAT Estimate Come From? Hugo Kornelis  in Operations Microsoft Fabric Power BI DirectLake Deep Dive Philip Seamark  in Analytics 
Gate 12 Introduction to Microsoft Fabric Mohammad Ali  in Analytics Database of the future is here - Azure SQL Hyperscale deep dive Arvind Shyamsundar, Aditya Badramraju  in Data Leadership Advanced dimensional modelling Arthur Graus  in Delivery I Saw Three Ships a Sailing: Mentorship, Sponsorship & Allyship Rie Merritt  in Non-Technical 
Gate 13 PostgreSQL for SQL Server Professionals Silvano Coriani  in Operations A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: The Visual Learner's Introduction to DAX James McGillivray  in Delivery Analysing and Resolving Deadlocks. Erland Sommarskog  in Operations From zero to Kusto hero at 30.000 ft Brian Bønk  in Analytics 
Gate 14 Make my report pop - using psychology, physiology, and design to create dazzling reports Robert French, Olivia Wise  in Non-Technical Power BI and Fabric Governance – Going from the skies to the ground! Rishi Sapra  in Strategy The importance of People Analytics in decision-making human resource management. Jessica Benedecti  in Strategy Understanding Extended Events Grant Fritchey  in Operations