Baris Furtinalar
Baris Furtinalar is a Principal Solutions Architect who is part of specialists in Microsoft architectures team at AWS. He is passionate about cloud computing and he believes this shift to the cloud helps companies transform their businesses, gain agility, and improve operational responsiveness. He comes from a diverse background including SQL database administration, virtualization and system security. He designed, implemented and supported Windows/SQL server deployments since 2000.
Baris Furtinalar's Sessions
Streamline SQL Server operations with Generative AI agents on AWSSQLBits 2025
Learn how to transform your SQL Server management workflows using Amazon Bedrock's agent capabilities. Discover how to build specialized AI agents that automate database tasks, generate compliance reports, and provide configuration recommendations.
AWS fundamentals for the accidental SQL Server DBASQLBits 2025
With over 200 fully featured services on AWS, it can be challenging for any database administrator trying to ramp up. In this session, learn how to map basic database administrator tasks to the role of a cloud architect. Learn about networking and security and how to implement high availability and disaster recovery for SQL Server. Discover how to use generative AI services like Amazon Q Business and Amazon Q Developer with your deployments and queries. Finally, learn how to choose the right services for your deployment and how to secure and cost-optimize these workloads.