ReBoot - Happy Hour & Ask the Experts

Kicking things off as new members of the Microsoft Azure Data Community with a fun and productive meeting. Join us for a virtual Happy Hour filled with some of the #SQLCommunity 's top experts available to answer any questions you have. Bring a beverage and hang out with us!

We will open the meeting 15 minutes early for you to work out any technical issues.

Expert Panel:

Hope Foley
Hope Foley, a former Microsoft data platform MVP, and database and BI consultant, has worked across many industries including insurance, health organization, and the federal government. She now works for Microsoft as a Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect focusing on the education industry. Hope is based in Indianapolis and is an active member in the data and former PASS communities speaking at events and has organized the SQLSaturday event in Indianapolis for 10 years.

Power BI, Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL Database, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure ML, and in general handling of data in Azure or on-prem.

Specialties: Datazen, PowerBI, SQL Server database administration, SSAS tabular, SSIS, architecture, high availability, PowerShell

Elizabeth Noble
Database Administrator with experience administering and maintaining SQL Server databases with high online transaction processing and distributed architecture. Communicate database architecture and relationship to applications to provide feedback regarding the impact of proposed software solutions including providing alternatives. Create stored procedures and triggers, SSIS packages, job automation, and SSRS reports and subscriptions.

Matt Gordon
Matt is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and has worked with SQL Server since 2000. He is the leader of the Lexington, KY Data Technology Group, and a frequent domestic and international community speaker. He's an IDERA ACE alumnus and 2021 Friend of Redgate. His original data professional role was in database development, which quickly evolved into query tuning work that further evolved into being a DBA in the healthcare realm. He has supported several critical systems utilizing SQL Server and managed dozens of 24/7/365 SQL Server implementations. Following several years as a consultant, he is now the Director of Data and Infrastructure for rev.io, where he is implementing data governance, DevOps, and performance improvements enterprise-wide.

And your organizing team; Tamera Clark, Kerry Tyler, Dustin Dorsey, and Jason Romans.

Meeting Link will be sent to attendees.