Category Archives: Data

Agentic AI Report — Summer 2025 Update

This summer, agentic AI became integral to enterprise infrastructures, driven by Microsoft’s advancements across platforms. Innovations include multi-agent orchestration, tools for autonomous collaboration, and new agents in Microsoft 365. The pharma industry is leveraging these systems to enhance clinical care and operational efficiency, signaling a significant shift toward AI integration in healthcare. Continue reading

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SQL Saturday NYC 2025 Conference, a Success!

Once again, the organizers and volunteers of SQL Saturday NYC created a wonderful experience at the Microsoft Times Square office! Continue reading

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Key Highlights from Fabric Community Conference 2025

Fabric Community Conference 2025 just finished this past week. There have been a lot of updates since last year when I published this blog: https://george-walters.com/2024/05/10/microsoft-fabric-presentation-and-links-to-help-you/ Please review that blog for the basics around Microsoft Fabric, and how to migrate towards … Continue reading

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SQL Saturdays, and Future Data Driven Summit: Networking and Learning for Data Professionals

For over ten years, the author has participated in SQL Saturdays, free one-day training events for Microsoft data platform users, featuring technical sessions on SQL topics and networking opportunities. Recently, they presented at events in Albany, Syracuse, and Boston, also attending a virtual summit, promoting local tech event involvement. Continue reading

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Microsoft Fabric! Presentation and links to help you!

The content provides a detailed overview of Microsoft Fabric and related terminologies, tutorials, and SKUs. Continue reading

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CDOIQ Symposium at MIT

I have the pleasure of being chosen to staff the Microsoft booth at the CDOIQ Symposium in Cambridge, MA, from July 18-20th! It will take place at the Hyatt Cambridge/Boston Hotel. I posted on LinkedIn below, and there you can … Continue reading

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SQL Saturday NYC 2023! A Success!

SQL Saturdays are an amazing, volunteer-led, conference held in various cities. The NYC 2023 SQL Saturday was great! Continue reading

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MySQL on Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has the community edition of mysql available as a platform service for you to run your mission critical workloads while alleviating administrative overhead Continue reading

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Azure SQL Vulnerability Assessment

The goal of this post is to show Azure SQL Database, and how the vulnerability scans available can help you baseline security, and how to remediate one of the items. Azure SQL Database is a great way to host your … Continue reading

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How to choose a cloud relational database when you know SQL Server

When choosing to migrate applications into Azure, many organizations want to reduce the burden of patching and maintenance. Going towards platform as a service (PaaS) helps in this journey. If you have some control over the code used in the … Continue reading

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