Month: August 2022

Event link at our Meetup page.

• 5:30 pm Networking
• 6:00 pm Meeting

DevOps & CI/CD for Azure Synapse Analytics

DevOps is not just for developers.  If you are working with Data in the Cloud you need to understand how DevOps works for data.  In this demo heavy session we will set up a DevOps Repository, create a Dev Azure Synapse Analytics environment, link it to our Repository, create build & release pipelines, create our QA from an ARM template, and deploy our Dev changes to QA.  The goal of this session is to walk through the process from start to finish.

Bradley Ball

Bradley Ball is a Sr. Azure Engineer for the Azure FastTrack CXP PG at Microsoft, and uses his knowledge of data platforms to help onboard customers to Azure while working with Product Groups to refine Azure’s Data Services.  He is the FastTrack Service Lead working with the Azure Synapse Analytics, SQL Server PG’s.  He’s done some cool things like working as a Defense contractor for the U.S. Army and the Executive Office of the President of the United States for the Obama Administration.  Prior to joining Microsoft he was a Data Platform MVP.  He has presented at many SQL Saturdays, for Microsoft Data Platform User Groups across the US from California to Florida to New Hampshire and Puerto Rico.  A frequent presenter at conferences and community events, author of two books and many articles on SQL Server, and Co-Host of the Tales from the Field Streaming show.   He is passionate about enabling anyone using data to achieve greatness.

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Event link at our Meetup page.

• 5:30 pm Networking
• 6:00 pm Meeting

A Practical Starter Guide to SQL Notebooks

Have you been hearing about SQL Notebooks in Azure Data Studio but haven’t worked with them yet? Or have you played around with notebooks but not been able to figure out how to make them work for you?

Let’s jump into SQL Notebooks together as we figure out how we can use them in our day-to-day work! We will start by looking at the different options that are available to us in SQL Notebooks. Then we will examine real world scenarios and create notebooks for them. Finally, we will learn how we can share the notebooks with our coworkers.

When you leave, you will have the practical knowledge and comfort level to use SQL Notebooks in your day-to-day work.

Deborah Melkin

Deborah Melkin has been working as a database professional with SQL Server for over 20 years. She spends her days helping coworkers with all aspects of database design, queries, performance, documentation, and deployment. In 2016, she began her blog, Deb the DBA. Soon after that, she began speaking at SQL Saturdays and user groups. Deborah is a board member of the New England SQL Server User group (NESQL). She was named as an IDERA ACE Class of 2020, is a Friend of Redgate, and won Speaker Idol at PASS Summit 2019. Deborah is also a Microsoft MVP for the Data Platform.

In her spare time, Deborah can usually be found doing something musical or doing something geeky with her husband, Andy, and dog, Sebastian.

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