Building Reliable AI Apps and Agents with Azure SQL Database | Jerry Nixon
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In-person, at Microsoft Burlington.
Register: https://dayofdata.org/boston
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 Full-Day Workshop
Building Reliable AI Apps and Agents with Azure SQL Database - Jerry Nixon and Abdullah Mamun
Learn how to build production-ready AI applications and agents powered by Azure SQL. In this hands-on session, you'll prepare Azure SQL Database as a resilient Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) data source, implement hybrid search that combines vector and relational retrieval techniques, and integrate your retrieval layer with applications and AI agents. Through guided labs and real-world scenarios, you'll explore core patterns for semantic search, vector search, hybrid retrieval, embeddings, and agent-driven application design using Azure SQL Database as the implementation platform. You'll also learn how these same architectural patterns align with the broader Microsoft SQL portfolio, including the AI capabilities introduced in SQL Server 2025 such as vector search, embeddings, hybrid search, and agentic application development. Leave with practical patterns, hands-on experience, and an understanding you can apply immediately to build reliable, scalable, and secure AI solutions using your existing data, whether your future deployments run in Azure SQL Database, SQL Server 2025, or hybrid environments.
Speakers:
Jerry Nixon is a SQL Server Principal Product Manager at Microsoft on the Azure Data Developer Experiences team, championing SQL MCP Server and practical architecture. With two decades of experience, Jerry is an engineer, a university Computer Science teacher, a speaker, and a database Product Manager. Over the years, he has trained thousands of developers. You’ll find him talking about design patterns, machine learning, and, of course, SQL Server.
A Microsoft Certified Master (MCM), David specializes in SQL Server performance tuning, high availability and disaster recovery, Azure SQL, and cloud modernization. He is a frequent speaker at SQL Saturdays, Microsoft events, industry conferences, and user groups, where he shares practical lessons learned from helping customers run and optimize mission-critical SQL Server workloads at scale.
Abdullah Mamun is a program manager at Microsoft with a deep expertise in the SQL Server engine space. With more than 20 years of experience in the field, Mamun has established himself as a leading authority on SQL Server features and troubleshooting. In his role at Microsoft, Mamun is responsible for overseeing the development of key SQL Server features and ensuring that they meet the needs of broad SQL Server customer base. Abdullah is also a well-respected speaker in the SQL Server community, having presented at numerous industry events such as Live 360, SQL Saturdays.
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