Johannesburg Data Platform meeting Feb 2022

Agenda

18:00 - Welcome and introduction

18:20 - Gail Shaw - Introducing Synapse Analytics Data Explorer pools

A recent change to Synapse Analytics was the addition of Data Explorer pools, joining the SQL and Spark pools.
In this session, we'll look at why you might want to use Data Explorer and what it offers to the analytics platform.

19:00 - Warren Rocchi - Top Tips on Cracking a Database (and impressing your new employer)

You aced the interview, got the offer and the job is yours. There is not much that is more intimidating than starting a new job with new people, new systems, new databases and sometimes even new technologies. All eyes are on you and you need to get up to speed pronto to start providing value. This session will enable you by providing top tips and strategies to get a handle on your new environment

19:30 - Closing