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SQLBits 2023

Why is Batch Mode Fast?

Conor will explain details of how SQL/Synapse makes queries go very, very fast.
Azure SQL Database, Synapse Data Warehouse). It also has been evolving as newer generations of hardware are released including advancements in processor microarchitectures. This talk will explain some of the ways that modern hardware works and how database engines can take advantage of recent improvements in modern hardware to make queries execute faster.

Speaker

Conor Cunningham

Conor serves as an architect for the SQL core database engine at Microsoft. He has worked for Microsoft for over 20 years building database engines and has worked on a variety of features over numerous product releases.

Conor Cunningham's Sessions

Why is Batch Mode Fast?
Query Store: A Retrospective
Modern Database Design – Do’s and Don’ts
Adaptive query processing in SQL databases
GDPR-How did the Microsoft SQL team approach it
Graph Data Processing in SQL Server, the “Relationship” db
Whats new in Azure SQL DB and SQL engine
Adaptive QP Enhancements in SQL Server and SQL Azure
SQL Server/Azure Engineering Model
Query Store: New Query Tuning Feature For SQL Server & Azure
Keynote - Architecting Large-Scale Solutions on Azure
Saturday Keynote: Inside SQL Server 2012’s ColumnStore Index
Distributed Query Deep Dive
DW Design With The Product Team
Update Queries-Deep Dive
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