Data Saturday Chicago 2026 Call for Speakers is open for about another week. Interested in presenting? We'd love to have you! Submit your abstract(s) ASAP! #sqlfamily #datafamily sessionize.com/data-saturda...
Introducing the Azure SQL hub: A simpler, guided entry into #AzureSQL. Trying to decide what Azure service is the right fit for you? it's worth trying this out. Answer a few questions & you can do a side by side comparison, w/o leaving the portal.
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The 4th session at EightKB, Sergey talking about "The Language of Databases: A Deep Dive into MySQL and PostgreSQL Wire Protocols"
We're not letting up, straight into demos in the 4th session of EightKB 2025!
EightKB 2025's third session on Transaction Log Internals by Vladimir Afanasev
Keeping the mind-meltiness going is our third session in flow!
The second session at EightKB 2025. Nader Sharara with Next-Gen High Availability with Contained Availability Groups
And we're off with the second session at EightKB 2025!
Erik's session on Fix your SQL database design with T-SQL static code analysis at EightKB 2025
And we are off with the first session of this year's EightKB!
It's one hour to go to this year's edition of EightKB!
All registered attendees should have the link to the conference now, if you don't...please do let us know in the #EightKB channel in the SQL community slack.
See you in an hour!
Data Saturday Chicago 2026 call for speakers is now open! We'd love to have you present - submit your sessions!
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Very excited to announce Data Saturday Chicago 2026 will be held on March 14, 2026!
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Reading: Avoid #T-SQL anti-patterns with the free T-SQL analysis tool #AzureData #AzureSQL
Reading: How to enable Auditing in Azure SQL Databases to Storage account and store logs in JSON format #AzureData #AzureSQL
Smokers aged 75+ have on average 5.8 fewer teeth than their non-smoking counterparts. #BobFacts
Reading: One year of Phi: Small language models making big leaps in #AI
Reading: Efficiently and Elegantly Modeling Embeddings in #Azure #SQL and SQL Server #AzureData #AzureSQL #SQLServer
Approximately 1 in 8 workers in the USA has been employed by McDonald's at some point. #BobFacts
Wishing everyone a wonderful time at #SQLDay! I hope to join you all one of these years! #sqlfamily
Reading: #Fabric Mirroring for #Azure #CosmosDB: Public Preview Refresh Now Live with New Features #AzureData
Reading: Predictable #LLM results with Structured Output and sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint #AzureData #AzureSQL
the New Pope says he's from Chicago but he's *actually* from Naperville
Reading: #Azure #CosmosDB Conf 2025 Recap: AI, Apps & Scale #AzureData
Brass and other copper-based alloys have an antimicrobial property known as the "oligodynamic effect." #BobFacts
Reading: Recently released: Updates to the #SqlPackage and the #DacFx ecosystem #AzureData #AzureSQL #SQLServer
Reading: #MSSQL Extension for #VSCode - Introducing Schema Compare (Preview) #AzureData #AzureSQL
The Faroe Islands are one of the very few countries in Europe to have no McDonalds. There is, however, a Burger King. #BobFacts
Reading: Using a Local Large Language Model (LLM): Interacting with Local LLMs Using #PowerShell #AI #LLM
The land area of the Vatican City is 0.5km^2 (0.2 mi^2). Meaning it has a Popeulation density of 2 Popes per km^2, or 5 popes per mi^2. #BobFacts
Reading: Enhancing Search Capabilities in SQL Server and #Azure #SQL with Hybrid Search and RRF Re-Ranking #AzureData #AzureSQLDB #SQLServer
Reading: #Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2025: Learn, Build, and Connect with the Community #AzureData #CosmosDB
The greatest sheer vertical drop on Earth (4101 feet / 1250 meters) can be found at Mt. Thor on Baffin Island, Canada. #BobFacts
Reading: Conversion to Hyperscale: Now generally available with enhanced efficiency #AzureData #AzureSQLDB