On February 3-4, the Azure SQL and Azure Data Factory teams are partnering on a learning event for the community to come together to learn about Azure SQL and Azure Data Factory, meet the engineering teams behind these services, and learn how you can get started with using Azure Data Factory and Azure SQL together.

The digital event occurs across two time zones:

• February 3, 2021 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time
• February 4, 2021 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Singapore Time

Register now for the free digital event today! We can’t wait to meet everyone at the virtual event.

Azure SQL and Azure Data Factory

Many people are familiar with SQL Server and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). These are services that global enterprise customers love for all their data and data integration scenarios.

Azure is a great place for SQL Server workloads. The Azure SQL family of SQL cloud databases provides flexible options for application migration, modernization, and development. The Azure SQL family is comprised of SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Edge, all of which are based on the same core SQL Server engine. Migrate your SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL and improve your total cost of ownership (TCO), accelerate your time to market, and operate more efficiently.

Azure Data Factory is a fully managed, serverless data integration solution for ingesting, preparing, and transforming all your data at scale. In addition, you can re-host your SSIS packages using Azure Data Factory, enabling you to realize significant costs savings. Azure Data Factory enables you to bring data from diverse and multiple data sources to Azure SQL and more.

At the digital event, occurring around the clock, you will meet and interact live with many members of the Microsoft Azure Data product group including industry experts Bob Ward, Buck Woody, Davide Mauri, Julie Koesmarno, Silvano Coriani, Mara-Florina Steiu, Arvind Shyamsundar, Anna Hoffman, Srini Acharya, Drew Skwiers-Koballa, Andreas Wolter, Mark Kromer, Sandy Winarko, Wee Hyong Tok, Ye Xu, Abhishek Narain, Linda Wang, Shirley Wang and more!

Data Exposed special

Data Exposed Live is coming to you on all major streaming platforms, namely Learn TV, Microsoft’s around the clock, free channel. The show, hosted by Anna Hoffman, airs live every Wednesday at 9:00 AM PT.

This digital event is a Data Exposed Specialkicking off with a special episode of Data Exposed Live at 9:00 AM PT. The event is packed with an exciting agenda, which also includes two Ask the Experts sessions.

We are looking forward to meeting the Azure SQL and Azure Data Factory community.
Register now for the free digital event today! We can’t wait to meet everyone.

Register today to:

• Learn about everything you need to know about Azure SQL and Azure Data Factory. From creating the right data architecture to the future of cloud migration, to deep dives into performance tuning, and more.
• Connect with Azure SQL and Azure Data Factory industry experts and get live answers to your questions.
• Participate in a global hackathon that runs through the week.

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Update: In January 2021, Microsoft publicly launched the new Azure Data Community webpage, began onboarding qualified user groups to the new Azure Data Meetup network, and began providing Microsoft Teams access to qualified user groups. The blog post below has been updated accordingly.

This past year has been marked by a combination of challenges and change. Like so many people and organizations across the globe, we have all faced uncertainly and the need to adapt.

Recently, the PASS organization, formerly known as the Professional Association for SQL Server, announced that it ceased operations on January 15, 2021. We would like to thank PASS for its work to grow and support our SQL family over the last two decades.

Although Microsoft built SQL Server, it’s clear that the passion and dedication from each of you is what makes it thrive.

To empower the community, we are providing you with some resources to help you continue to connect with one another, learn and develop your skills, and grow in your careers.

• Community We have built a community landing page for local user groups to increase visibility and discover communities and resources. The site showcases local user groups to help grow their membership and share upcoming meetings and events. This web presence points to new and existing training and resources covering SQL Server and Azure Data.
• Empowerment We are providing the space and tools for local user group leaders to establish and nurture their user groups. You will be able to manage your groups, including membership lists and your content.
• Connections We want you to keep and deepen the connections that are at the heart of our community. To do so, we are inviting qualified user groups to join our Meetup Pro network, which will provide tools for you to organize and grow. We are also providing access for qualified user groups to Microsoft Teams so you can meet virtually. For those interested in more details, please fill out a survey.

Check out the Azure Data Community landing page today to join local user groups and access SQL Server and Azure Data content.

If you are a user group leader interested in finding out more about how to access and use these resources, or if you have additional feedback on how we can best support the SQL community, please let us know.

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