22-25 April 2026

Kevin Farlee

Kevin Farlee has over 30 years in the industry, in both database as well as storage management software.  In his current role as a Principal Program Manager on the Microsoft Data Platform team, he is responsible developing features in the SQL platform, as well as the HA across platforms, high performance in-memory OLTP and columnstore features within the SQL product.

Kevin Farlee's Sessions

Improving Availability in SQL Server and Azure SQL DatabaseSQLBits 2020

Learn about two innovations in – Accelerated Database Recovery and Resumable Operations – that will help you meet even the strictest SLAs by reducing startup and maintenance time and increasing up-time.

Turbo-charge your SQL Server with In-Memory DatabaseSQLBits 2020

Come learn how to scale your database applications to new heights with SQL Server In-Memory Database.

Hyperscale for Azure SQL DBSQLBits 2019

In this session you'll learn how Hyperscale removes limits for cloud based VLDBs.  We'll demonstrate how to create, migrate, and do point in time restore of very large databases in Azure.

SQL Database Graph FeaturesSQLBits 2019

Learn about the Graph functionality integrated into the SQL engine, and the unique value it provides