July 19, 2022 PASSMN Meeting (Virtual Meeting Only)

Details
Important Note: This meeting is online only and will not be held at the Microsoft Technology Center
Agenda:
3:30-4:00 Kickoff / Announcements
4:00-5:00 What's new in Azure SQL MI? (Niko Carvalho Neugebauer)
5:00-5:10 Break
5:10-6:10 Handle Azure SQL Auditing with Ease (Josephine Bush)
6:10-6:15 Closing
Presentation topics, abstracts, speaker bio for this meeting:

Speaker #1: Niko Carvalho Neugebauer
Topic: What's new in Azure SQL MI?
Abstract
Let us review the latest and the greatest investment that Microsoft has made into the Azure SQL Managed Instance, the product that serve as the best target for the existing SQL Server migration into Azure PaaS. Get the full list and demos for the latest feature available in General Availability and Public Previews right from the Azure SQL Product Group in a technical presentation that will reveal some details beyond the blog posts and announcements. 😊
Speaker Bio:
A Senior Program Manager for SQLMI at Microsoft, in his previous roles for over 20 years he helped customers successfully build, migrate and optimize Microsoft Data solutions in OLTP & OLAP markets.
A community leader, he is leading Portuguese Data Platform User Group for over 11 years and he organized the first international SQLSaturday (#78 Lisbon). A regular speaker at major events, such as SQLBits, PASS Summit, etc.

Speaker #2: Josephine Bush
Topic: Handle Azure SQL Auditing with Ease
Level Beginner
Abstract:
Are you tired of not knowing who's changing what in your Azure SQL databases?

To audit Azure SQL Database, you can use the built-in functionality in the Azure portal or with Extended Events; to audit Azure SQL Managed Instance, you can use SQL Server Audit or Extended Events. With auditing, you can track changes, report on usage to auditors, or change user permissions/passwords without breaking functionality.

In this session, you will get an overview, different options available, and a demo. You will also learn how to centralize and report on your auditing data. Auditing is a key part of any proper database setup, and with this session, you can be an auditing pro in no time!

Speaker Bio:
Josephine Bush has over 10 years of experience as a Database Administrator. Her experience is extensive and broad-based, including in financial, business, and energy data sectors using SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL along with Azure and AWS. She is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Data Management and Analytics. She holds a BS in Information Technology, an MBA in IT Management, and an MS in Data Analytics. She presents at SQL conferences and user groups around the world. She is the leader of the Boulder SQL user group. She blogs on sqlkitty.com and you can reach her on Twitter @hellosqlkitty.