Working with data is critical to most applications and services. This track covers working with SQL Server 2022 & 2025—both basic and advanced concepts. You'll will explore topics around Microsoft Fabric, and learn about when to use data lakehouses, data warehouses, and databases in Microsoft Fabric. There will be coverage of database design for contentious issues, next-gen SQL projects for SQL developers, coverage on how SQL Server developers can learn PostgreSQL. Finally, you will be ab;e tp dive into new SQL Server features, empowering AI applications with vector search in SQL Server, Azure Cosmos DB, new features in SQL Server 2025.
This track includes coverage of the following:
- A Database Designer's Favorite New SQL Server Features
- Creating simple chat bots with Microsoft Fabric Datastores
- Database Design Contentious Issues
- Empowering AI Applications with Vector Search in SQL Server and Azure Cosmos DB
- Microsoft Fabric: Defragmenting the Analytics Stack
- Next-gen SQL Projects with Microsoft.Build.Sql
- PostgreSQL for the SQL Server Developer: Bridging the Gap
- Why architecting a Microsoft Fabric Environment may include a Fabric SQL DB
- Fast Focus: Data Lakehouses, Data Warehouses and Databases - When to Use Which in Microsoft Fabric
- Workshop: Developer Dive into SQL Server 2025