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This is an Online event, the Teams link will be published on the right of this page for those who have registered. 18:30: Multi-Platform and Multi-Cloud, the Hybrid Future of Data Management - Grant Fritchey 19:25: Break 19:30: Welcome to the Party: Microsoft Fabric for DBAs - Rob Carrol 20:30 Prize Draw - Packt eBooks

Session details: 1. Multi-Platform and Multi-Cloud, the Hybrid Future of Data Management - Grant Fritchey More organizations are moving to the cloud. At the same time, we're seeing the adoption of multiple data management platforms. How is a data professional supposed to deal with the demands of a multi-platform, multi-cloud, hybrid environment? That's what this session is all about. We'll talk about the trends that are happening in the world today. We'll discuss how they impact you and your career. Finally, we'll go over the tools and best practices you need to embrace in order to get through your day in this new, challenging, environment.

2. Welcome to the Party: Microsoft Fabric for DBAs - Rob Carrol For too long, DBAs have felt like they've been left out of the party, watching from the sidelines as others enjoyed the innovations and excitement of Microsoft Fabric. But the tables have turned! With the introduction of Fabric Databases, DBAs are now a part of the main event.

Join me in this session to discover how Microsoft Fabric unifies your transactional and analytical workloads on a single, powerful data platform. We'll explore the seamless integration of the SQL Server database engine we all know and love with the flexibility of replicated delta tables in OneLake. You'll learn how to utilize your existing DBA skills to monitor and maintain Fabric Databases and see how they compare to other features, like Fabric Mirroring in SQL PaaS, to give you all the information you need to make informed choices.

Bios: Grant Fritchey Grant Fritchey is a Data Platform MVP and AWS Community Builder with over 30 years’ experience in IT, including time spent in support and development. Grant works with multiple data platforms including SQL Server and PostgreSQL as well as multiple cloud platforms. He has also developed in VB, VB.NET, C#, and Java. Grant writes books for Apress and Simple-Talk. Grant presents at conferences and user groups, large and small, all over the world. He joined Redgate Software as a product advocate in January 2011.

Rob Carrol I've been working with SQL Server for over 20 years, firstly as a DBA and now as a consultant. I joined Coeo as a Data Platform Consultant in 2021 providing advice and guidance to customers modernising their SQL Server estates. I previously worked for Microsoft as a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) and as an independent database consultant, working across various sectors including financial services, retail and defence. When I'm not working with SQL Server, I'm a keen runner and enjoy spending time with my family.

Data Relay is back in Manchester on Friday, 6 October

RSVP via website https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/datarelay-2023-manchester-tickets-636529215017

Data Relay will be in Manchester on Friday 6th October 2023, featuring top quality Microsoft Data Platform content from great speakers. The day consists of a series of 50 minute technical presentations for all levels - beginner, intermediate and advanced. You can switch tracks throughout the day to enjoy the sessions that interest you the most. Address: Odeon Great Northern Warehouse, 235 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 4EN Registration: Tickets are on a first come, first served basis. Doors open at 8:30am on the day with sessions starting at 9:00am. Competitions: If you allow a sponsor to scan your QR code you will be entered into their raffle prize draw. By doing so you opt in to receive sales and marketing information from them, using the contact details you provided during registration. All sponsors will provide an unsubscribe link in their emails. Food: We'll be providing a light lunch, plus tea & coffee at a couple of breaks. We will be catering for vegan food, according to your food preferences during registration. Dress Code: Casual First time at Data Relay? Everyone has a 'first event', including the speakers and organisers of this event. We're lucky to be a part of the UK Microsoft Data Platform community, one of the most friendly and welcoming tech communities out there. Whether you're in a group or on your own, you'll be made to feel welcome and will learn lots about new and existing technology. It's a great opportunity to meet your peers and maybe even your Data Platform heroes! If you have any queries, contact us at [email protected] and we'll help you out.

Manchester Scedule 09:00 - Keynote & Welcome 09:30 1 - Saving Your Wallet from the Cloud - Kevin Feasel 09:30 2 - AI Driven Data Enrichment with Azure Cognitive Search - Matt How 09:30 3 - Automating Database Deployments using Azure DevOps - Grant Fritchey 10:45 1 - Delta Lake Tables 101 - Kamil Nowinski 10:45 2 - Get a Load of this - Realistic Load Testing for Power BI, explained! - Matt Lakin 10:45 3 - Introduction to Bicep for the Cloud DBA - Frank Geisler 11:40 1 - Getting Insight from Anything: using IoT for good! - Andrew Blance 11:40 2 - A Hybrid SQL Journey: The daily routine of a Hybrid DBA - Jose Manuel Jurado Diaz 11:40 3 - Combining web apps and AI - how to unlock the power of the Azure OpenAI Service - Ben Jarvis 12:30 Lunch 13:30 1 - Securing Data Workloads with Azure Landing Zones - Chris Murray 13:30 2 - Ned Stratton - Regex in PowerShell: How to grasp it and why you should grasp it 13:30 3 - Sweet streams (are made of this: Hubs, Stream Analytics, Datalake) - Pálmi Símonarson 14:25 1 - The Kusto experience in Fabric - Brian Bønk 14:25 2 - Cognitive Services Extravaganza! - Gosia Borzęcka 14:25 3 - Examples of query tuning in SQL Server - Torsten Strauß 15:40 1 - Model Creation in Azure AutoML and Ingestion Through Excel - Lewis Prince 15:40 2 - DAX Explained Through Dance, Memes and Dad Jokes - Barney Lawrence 15:40 3 - Real-time Fraud Detection Challenges and Solutions - Fawaz Ghali 16:35 Raffle & Close