GenAI applications and Copilots are transforming the SQL experience. Join us to learn how Microsoft delivers an optimal platform for new AI workloads using vectors and RAG patterns, while ensuring ROI, performance, and security your business demands today. Discover the latest innovations for Azure SQL for gen AI applications and database context-aware Copilots, powered by Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Ensure your SQL estate is future-ready in this era of intelligent applications and analytics.
John Tracy
Technical Lead
For the past twenty-five years I have been a production database administrator and cloud database engineer using and supporting enterprise grade SQL Server environments. I have expert level experience in high-availability and disaster recovery. I design and implement SQL Server patterns for business consumption while ensuring ROI, performance, and security to meet our business demands.
Bob Ward
Principal Architect
Bob Ward is a Principal Architect for the Microsoft Azure Data team, which owns the development for Microsoft SQL Ground to Cloud. Bob has worked for Microsoft for 31 years on every version of SQL Server shipped from OS/2 1.1 to SQL Server 2022 including Azure SQL. Bob is a well-known speaker on SQL Server, Azure SQL, AI, and Microsoft Fabric often presenting talks on new releases, internals, and specialized topics at events such as SQLBits, Microsoft Build, Microsoft Ignite, PASS Summit, Fabric Community Conference, and VS Live. You can also learn Azure SQL from him on the popular series aka.ms/azuresql4beginners. You can follow him at @bobwardms or linkedin.com/in/bobwardms. Bob is the author of the books Pro SQL Server on Linux, SQL Server 2019 Revealed, Azure SQL Revealed, SQL Server 2022 Revealed, and Azure SQL Revealed 2nd Edition available from Apress Media.
Muazma Zahid
Principal Group PM Manager
Muazma Zahid is a Data and AI leader working as Principal Group PM Manager at Microsoft Azure Data, where she enables customers to deploy the most demanding Data workloads on Azure. She has been a Data Engineer/Architect and Tech Speaker working on several Big Data, Cloud Computing, and AI Technologies. She is a LinkedIn Learning instructor with her course Breaking Bias in Tech and her ML research software is used in EKG machines all around the world.