Des FitzGerald
Des FitzGerald works as a Principal Engineering Architect in the Azure SQL Data Engineering team at Microsoft. He has over 25 years of experience working within the SQL Server and RDBMS space and currently works as part of a team within the SQL PG that helps Microsoft customers & partners adopt Azure Data Services and SQL Server. One focus of this highly skilled team is to accelerate and unblock complex modernizations from Mainframe, Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, OSS and of course SQL Server to Azure Database Platforms. Des has spoken previously at PASS as well as local user group meetings on various SQL topics.
Des FitzGerald's Sessions
Accelerate your Oracle & Mainframe Modernization journey to Azure SQLSQLBits 2024
Come join this session if you are helping Oracle, Mainframe/AS400 workloads move to SQL and Azure. You will understand our product strategy, reusable solutions, and get to know real world customer case studies who have done this on Azure/SQL for their mission critical workloads.
SQL Modernization Journey with Tools, Assets & Migration Best PracticesSQLBits 2024
This session gives an overview of your SQL modernization journey to Azure SQL using Azure SQL Migration Tools, Custom solutions and Migration Best practices