PreCon: DBA 101: A Full Day of Fundamentals - Bradley, Neeraj & Daniel

Starting out as a DBA is rough. Nobody takes the time to show you the ropes. Everybody wants ‘advanced’ this, ‘Internals’ that, or Deep Dive level 1000! All that advanced stuff is great, but you need to build a foundation. Join us as we cover SQL Server step by step. During this pre-conference session we will review installing SQL Server or deploying it in Azure (all the different flavors), post configuration, setting up maintenance plans on-prem or what the equivalate is in Azure, reviewing essential concepts surrounding backups / HA / DR, and basic SQL Server and Identity Security.

Speakers:

Bradley Ball is a Sr. FastTrack Azure Engineer on the Microsoft CXP Product Group. He is a current Microsoft MVP Reconnect member and former MVP. Bradley spent 8 years working as a Defense contractor for clients such as the U.S. Army and The Executive Office of the President of the United States, was the Data Platform Practice Manager for Pragmatic Works Consulting, and a Sr. Consultant for Microsoft Premier Support for Developers. He has presented at many SQL Saturdays, for PASS SSUG’s across the US from California to Puerto Rico to New Hampshire, SQL Rally, DevConnections, SQLBits 2015, TechReady 24, SQL Live 360 2011-2019, SQL Intersections 2019 - 2021, & the PASS Summit 2011-2015. He wrote Chapter 14 Page & Row Compression for PRO SQL Server 2012 Best Practices and he can be found blogging on http://www.sqlballs.com about anything else that interests him.

Neeraj Jhaveri is a Sr. Azure Fasttrack Engineer with expertise in providing Data, Analytics and AI solutions. Neeraj has MS in Computer Science from NYIT. He has about 20 years of experience in the IT industry as an Architect/Team Leader which includes experience
in Data warehousing, Business Intelligence & analytics areas. IT Leader managing and delivering Big Data & Business Intelligence solutions while promoting analytics driven culture.
He has worked closely with Client Managers, Solution Architects, Leads, Users and Development teams in successfully translating business requirements into specifications, planning and deliverable. Neeraj is one of the founding host of Tales from the Field youtube channel.

Daniel Taylor is a Microsoft Sr. Service Engineer, FastTrack for Azure and on the Azure Engineering CXP Team - I have presented a pre-con on Azure Dedicated Pools at SQL Saturday Jacksonville and was a speaker at many SQL Saturday events. My consulting role at Pragmatic Works provided me an opportunity to present the Airlift Dedicated Pool workshop to a large audience. Outside of public speaking engagements, my role within Microsoft has provided me with the opportunity to speak with large groups about the benefits of migrating to Azure, as well as, the capabilities of SQL Server on-premises and in the cloud. My passion these days is helping folks modernize within Azure utilizing one of our many PaaS solutions, as well as, the out of the box SQL Server product.

Special Notes

You will also be required to buy a pay-by-plate daily parking permit ($5) on the day of the event. You may do this online or at one of the kiosks located in the garage. Kiosk map and pay by plate instructions: https://bit.ly/3IASwg6 - for a map: https://bit.ly/3qsPMLE