Diversity Equality and Inclusion Panel

Maximising everyone's super powers - Panel discussion

In this panel we will discuss approaches with leaders in the field who have first hand experience of managing neurodiversity in the work place. Welcome questions from the audience as to how everyone can maximise their and their teams super powers

Achieving PCI with SQL Server - Don't be the next Sony

This session covers all aspects of what you need to do, to enable the storage of card details in SQL Server and achieve PCI certification. We will deep dive into the solutions for storing the data securely using SQL Servers encryption functionality

Performance tuning from the field

In this session we will look at some common practices I have seen in the field that cause performance problems. We will diagnose the cause of the problem and the resolution to the problem.

10 things you should never do with SQL Server

In this session we will look at some of the practices that you shouldn't follow when developing a SQL Server database. We will cover items such as query design, table design, indexes, constraints and more. After this session you will have some practices that you know you should avoid in your SQL Server database if you want the best performance. If you have them you will know what you need to do to resolve them.

Reporting Services with a difference

How to use reporting services to run updates and inserts

Managing replication with dbatools

One of the most highly requested dbatools features was for commands to manage replication and now they're here. In this session, we'll run through the available commands and how they can be used to build up and tear down replication.

Anyone can be an alphabet soup ally

Folks that belong to the queer community are often referred to as LGBTQ+, Jess and Linda represent a small portion of the letters within this alphabet soup and they will guide you through some common situations where you can be a good ally. There is no one right answer, but there are ways for you to prepare for certain situations so you know what your best move might be to provide support and allyship. This session will provide tips for people who are new to being an ally and for existing allies who want to add skills to their toolbelt.

I'm here, I'm queer ( Why Representation Matters)

In this 20 minute session we’ll talk about why it matters that ‘I’m here and I’m Queer’. Representation, both at conferences and in the media, is so important not just for us now, but also for the future generations. If you want to know why all this DEI stuff matters, why we need to keep striving to diversify the attendees and speakers at our conferences and events, then this session is for you.

SQL Server 2022 migrations with dbatools

Using dbatools we'll migrate our databases to a shiny new SQL Server 2022 instance.

Keynote by The Community

Ben and Rob have found some wonderful folk to actually do the important parts of the community keynote. on the theme of How to be a nonpassive member of the data community

Introduction to PowerShell

Everything you need to get started with PowerShell.

Migrate databases easily with dbatools

Quickly and easily migrate databases and associated logins using dbatools.

Life Hacks: dbatools edition

dbatools is an open source PowerShell module. This session will walk through several life hacks that you can take back to work and quickly implement to make your life easier and impress your friends.

Install & Configure SQL Server with PowerShell DSC

Using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) we'll install and configure a SQL Server instance in under 5 mins.

Microsoft Defender for SQL: Advanced Threat Protection

Microsoft Defender for SQL is part of the Azure Defender family and it protects SQL Server in two main ways. We'll cover the first way, Advanced Threat Protection. This is a feature with advanced security capabilities that detect anomalous activities that might access or exploit sql server, like SQL Injection.

Understanding Maintenance in Azure SQL

You know Microsoft handles patches and updates for your OS and SQL but what does that really mean? When does that maintenance occur, what might happen and do I have any control? Let's answer these questions and more in 20 minutes.

Women In Tech: Lifting as We Climb

In this session, you'll learn a few actionable steps that anyone can take to support women in tech where you work, every day. From meetings to project assignments, from hiring to sponsorship - women need allies and a support system to offset biases and patterns of behavior that work against their success. We'll start with a short presentation and then pivot to questions and discussions. Feel free to share your day-to-day experiences, and we'll help find actionable steps you can take to improve things.

Microsoft's Hybrid Data Strategy

Learn how to build the best hybrid data strategy with Azure Stack and Azure Arc.

Bring your contextual data to life with Microsoft Graph and Power Platform

Ready to 10x the user experience of your digital solutions built on Microsoft's Low-Code platform, Power Platform? Let us give you a spin around the Microsoft Graph API so you can start to maximise your UX potential by utilising all of your subconsciously created contextual data!

Burnout: A personal journey to the bottom and back up again

The IT industry can be a brutal place to work. From poor work-life balance and punishing targets to fractured teams and bad management, just navigating a working day can be exhausting. In this session I'll talk through my experience of burnout; how it happened, and how I recovered my health and my career. Along the way I'll point out the warning signals that you can spot in yourself and in others, and give you some ideas of how to help prevent it, minimise it, or recover from it.