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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
Posted in AI, Architecture, Azure, Business Intelligence, Conferences, Data, Fun, Open Source, SQL Server, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged Azure, Microsoft, microsoft-fabric, SQL Server
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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
Posted in AI, Architecture, Azure, Business Intelligence, Data, SQL Server
Tagged AI, artificial-intelligence, Azure, cloud, database, Fabric, Microsoft, SQL, technology
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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
Posted in AI, Architecture, Azure, Conferences, Data, SQL Server, Training
Tagged Azure, Data, database, Developer, learning, Microsoft, microsoft-fabric, SQL, SQL Server
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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
Posted in AI, Azure, Data
Tagged Analytics, Data Science, Fabric, learning, Microsoft
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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
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
Posted in Conferences, Data, Fun, SQL Server, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged Azure, Microsoft, SQL, SQL Server
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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
Posted in Architecture, Azure, Data, Open Source, SQL Server
Tagged Azure, database, Microsoft, mysql, Open Source, SQL
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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
Posted in Azure, Data, Security, Uncategorized
Tagged Azure, Data, Microsoft, Security, SQL
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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
10 years of people and technology: What did I learn?
How a technical support professional evolved into a speaker, mentor, and key hiring decision maker. Continue reading
Posted in Azure, Data, Job Performance, Partner, SQL Server, Training
Tagged Career, hiring, mentoring, Microsoft, sales, support
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