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NAVEEN SAMBA
Principal Engineering Architect Manager
Naveen Samba is a Principal Engineering Architect Manager at Microsoft, leading a team of Architects focused on supporting customers SQL, Oracle, Mainframe, Db2 Azure SQL, PostgreSQL complex & unique implementation migration and modernization scenarios. With over 2 decades of database experience, I’ve worked across support, field, and engineering teams in supporting Microsoft SQL customers. Worked on Microsoft SQL based data platforms for Tier 1 customers across diverse business segments focusing on agility, scalability, and high availability across multiple platforms.

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.