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SQLBits 2025

SQL Server 2025 Community Edition

One of the best ways to learn a new product is through examples. Come see this fun fast-paced session as Bob Ward hosts some of the top SQL community experts to show their favorite SQL Server 2025 feature through demonstrations.

One of the best ways to learn a new product is through examples. Come see this fun fast-paced session as Bob Ward hosts some of the top SQL community experts to show their favorite SQL Server 2025 feature through demonstrations.

Speakers

Bob Ward is a Principal Architect for the Microsoft Azure Data SQL Server team which owns the development and servicing for all SQL Server versions. Bob has worked for Microsoft for 26 years supporting and speaking on every version of SQL Server.

Andy Yun is a SentryOne Principal Solutions Engineer and a former Microsoft MVP, who has been working with SQL Server for nearly 20 years as both a DB Dev and Admin.

Bob Ward's Sessions

Welcome to the world of SQL Copilots

Come see your SQL Perfmon in the cloud

The Microsoft Data Leadership Panel

SQL Server and Windows Server Better together on Azure

Debugging SQL Server

The SQL Leadership Panel

SQL Server 2022 and the Wheel of Power

SQL Server 2022 hidden gems

The Kingdom of AdventureWorks Calls for Aid

Platform Innovations with SQL Server 2022 + Intel

Introducing SQL Server 2022

How to Build Secure, Scalable, and Highly Available Applications with Azure SQL Database

SQL Server 2022: The hybrid data platform

AMA with the Microsoft Engineering team hosted by Bob Ward

SQL Server 2019: The Modern Data Platform

Inside SQL Server on Kubernetes

SQL Server to Azure SQL: Performance and Availability

Inside SQL Server 2019

Inside SQL Server Containers

Inside SQL Server 2019 Polybase

Experience SQL Server on Linux and Containers

Experience SQL Server 2017: The Modern Database Platform

Adaptive query processing in SQL databases

SQL Server 2016 It Just Runs Faster

Keep Your Environment Always On with SQL Server 2016

Deploying SQL Server with Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine

Windows Azure SQL Database Troubleshooting

Andy Yun's Sessions

Debating Two Viewpoints on Indexing - Development vs Operations

Unlock the Power of Analogies to Simplify Complex Topics

SQL Server 2025 Community Edition

Can SQL Server 2019 auto-magically fix my bad T-SQL code?

Advanced Plan Explorer Usage for Tuning Execution Plans

Share Your Story: Developing Your First Presentation

SentryOne Tools for Productivity and Performance

Uncovering Duplicate, Redundant, & Missing Indexes

Performance Pitfalls of Code Reuse

Why Your Datatype Choices Matter

Daniel Hutmacher's Sessions

Window to Success: Mastering SQL Server Window Functions

SQL Server 2025 Community Edition

ACID in SQL Server: what it is, how it works, and how to live more adventurously.

From substitutions to public keys - an introduction to cryptography

Deborah Melkin's Sessions

Conquering the Monster Proc - How to Combat Legacy Code

The Benefits of Mentoring

Debating Two Viewpoints on Indexing - Development vs Operations

Decoding Software Purchases: How to know what you don’t know

SQL Server 2025 Community Edition

A Practical Starter Guide to SQL Notebooks