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Database Design: Size DOES Matter

Great database performance starts with great database design.

Cardinality Estimates in Microsoft SQL Server 2014

Attend this session and understand how, why, and when SQL Server uses statistics and how this new feature will help improve performance.

Monitoring Databases in a Virtual Environment

This session will help DBAs to understand what changes they need to make in their performance and monitoring practices for virtualized database servers.

Database Design: Size Does Matter!

Great database performance starts with great database design. During the design process it is important to select your SQL Server datatypes wisely. Failure to do so will result in wasted disk space, additional I/O overhead, and decreased performance.

Navigating Modern Authentication in SQL

Learn about modern authentication and credential management options available for Azure SQL and Arc-Enabled SQL Server, and how to implement best practices for keeping your infrastructure secure.

Confidential development with Always Encrypted using enclaves

Developing applications that use Always Encrypted protected databases requires some special attention, such as using parameterized queries and collations. Join us for this session to learn about this game-changing technology. We will demonstrate the main benefits of Always Encrypted with secure enclaves, discuss the best practices for developing your application the right way, and address the latest Always Encrypted investments in Azure SQL.

How to solve common data security requirements

In this session, you will learn how to solve common security requirements for new or existing applications using Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. We will cover Authentication and Authorization, Data Protection, Auditing and Security Management. After completing this session, you will understand how to meet specific security compliance standards and best practices.

Protecting data integrity with ledger

Join this session to learn how ledger tables in Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2022 work and why you should use them in your databases and applications.

Run your DBA morning checklist with Policy Based Management

In this session you will learn how you can perform your DBA morning checklist with Policy Based Management to evaluate your servers and how I configured my setup.