PASSMN Monthly Meeting - 2022-02


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Important Note: This meeting is online only and will not be held at the Microsoft Technology Center
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Agenda:
3:30-4:00 Kickoff / Announcements
4:00-5:00 A session to future cloud DBA (Deepthi Goguri)
5:00-5:10 Break
5:10-6:10 Data Engineering Brick-by-Brick: An Intro To Azure Databricks ( Chris Hyde)
6:10-6:15 Closing
Presentation topics, abstracts, speaker bio for this meeting:
Speaker #1: Deepthi Goguri
Title: A session to future cloud DBA
Abstract:
You are a DBA and your company is planning to move all on-prem SQL Servers to Azure. You heard this plan from the management, got really exciting but at the same time nervous about not knowing what will happen to your DBA job once moved to the cloud. Come join the session as you are going to learn how moving to the cloud will actually expand your responsibilities from an on-prem DBA to Cloud DBA.
Bio: Deepthi is a SQL Server Database Administrator with several years of experience in Administering SQL Servers. She is a Microsoft certified trainer and Microsoft certified professional with an Associate and Expert level Certification in Data Management and Analytics. Deepthi blogs for DBANuggets.com. Deepthi is a Co-Organizer for Microsoft Data and AI South Florida user group and Data Platform Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Virtual Group. She is a Volunteer for Data platform Women in Technology user group. She is a Friend of Redgate. Along with this, Deepthi loves arts and crafts. You can contact her on Twitter @dbanuggets.
Speaker #2: Chris Hyde
Title: Data Engineering Brick-by-Brick: An Intro To Azure Databricks
Abstract:
Do you want to be a Data Engineer in the next step on your career path? Maybe you're just getting started in the rapidly-growing Data Science and Analytics space? Or perhaps you're already doing on-premises analytics and want to take things to the cloud? Then come to this introductory session and see what Azure Databricks can do for you!
Azure Databricks provides a cloud-based Apache Spark environment that can be scaled up and out to tackle your big data analytics needs. We'll look at how to set up your first Azure Databricks cluster, how to use shared notebooks in a collaborative environment, and how to leverage the integrated Azure Machine Learning capabilities. We'll also discuss where Azure Databricks fits in the modern cloud data warehouse.
Bio:
Chris Hyde is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He works as an independent SQL Server BI and DBA consultant, and is the leader of the Albuquerque local Microsoft data platform user group. He is also part of the Friends of Redgate program and was a member of the Idera ACE class of 2018. He loves loud music and cricket, but usually not at the same time.


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PASSMN Monthly Meeting - 2022-02