Nikola Zagorac

Nikola is a long time product manager who has led a cloud SaaS product (SAP CPQ) from startup steps, through two acquisitions, to market leadership. Nikola's experience is deep in app integration and ISV software development. In his Microsoft days, Nikola has worked on various integration capabilities: Fabric Mirroring and Data Virtualization for Azure SQL Managed Instance, Fabric Mirroring for Fabric SQL database, and recently, real time data streaming from SQL.

Nikola Zagorac's Sessions

Data Streaming for Modern Applications in SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQLSQLBits 2025

Discover how Change Event Streaming (CES) in SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL brings your data to life—streaming changes in near real-time to Azure Event Hubs (with Kafka-compatible clients). CES simplifies your architecture, reduces infrastructure overhead, and enables multiple consumers to tap into a single data stream. Tailored for real time analytics, breaking up monoliths, building new microservices, CES helps you move faster with fewer moving parts.