PreCon: Azure Data Platform with Azure Synapse - Mitchell Pearson & James Serra

Session Details:

Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud services to help your organization meet your business challenges, but where do you start? Transitioning from on-prem development to working in Azure can seem a daunting task. This workshop dives into an overview of the Azure architecture and quickly transitions specifically to a focus on the Data Platform in Azure. Azure Synapse Analytics (ASA) has the tools necessary to do Data Exploration, Data Ingestion, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Real-time BI and big data analytics with SQL Pools. This workshop focuses on the technologies in ASA and how they come together to give organizations the necessary tools and scalability needed. Pre-requisites: A subscription to Microsoft Azure (Can be a free trial). Signup at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/

Speakers:

Mitchell Pearson has spent the last 9 years of his career with Pragmatic Works as a consultant and trainer and is currently the Training Manager. Mitchell has authored books on SQL Server, the Power Platform and Power BI. Mitchell teaches clients all over the world how to maximize their investment in Microsoft technologies like Azure, SQL server and Power BI. Mitchell is very active on YouTube and can be found posting new videos at [www.YouTube.com/c/PragmaticWorks](http://www.youtube.com/c/PragmaticWorks).

James Serra works at Microsoft as a big data and data warehousing solution architect where he has been for most of the last eight years He is a thought leader in the use and application of Big Data and advanced analytics, including data architectures such as the modern data warehouse, data lakehouse, data fabric, and data mesh. Previously he was an independent consultant working as a Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence architect and developer. He is a prior SQL Server MVP with over 35 years of IT experience. He is a popular blogger ([JamesSerra.com](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jamesserra.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cmpearson%40pragmaticworks.com%7C6f53962ffa154afabc8108da2238209c%7C0aa5c83c93f34f4da72f7be9309196a6%7C0%7C0%7C637859921716596955%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7%2B4iU4TEBUZ%2FXViG3YxbD%2BfeXF7d2Ic9O7QP2lCeEtI%3D&reserved=0)) and speaker, having presented at dozens of major events including SQLBits, PASS Summit, Data Summit and the Enterprise Data World conference. He is the author of the book “Reporting with Microsoft SQL Server 2012”. He has numerous Microsoft certifications and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

Special Notes

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