**Important Note:** This meeting is ***online only*** and will not be held at the Microsoft Technology Center

**Agenda:**
📅 Tuesday, November 18, 2025 📅
**🕜** 3:30-4:00 Kickoff / Announcements
**🕜** 4:00-5:00 Monitor Azure SQL databases with Azure Alerts
(Torsten Strauss)
**🕜** 5:00-5:10 Break
**🕜** 5:10-6:10 Virtual networking and discussion.
**🕜** 6:10-6:15 Closing

**Sessions**

**🕜 4:00 pm**
**⭐️** **Monitor Azure SQL databases with Azure Alerts**
🙂 **Torsten Strauss**
The session will provide a comprehensive guide on setting up Azure alerts for SQL databases using a Bicep template. This automation aims to streamline the monitoring process by creating a bug in your Azure DevOps board through a logic app when critical metrics, such as DTU or CPU utilization, exceed predefined thresholds. By focusing on constructing a versatile and adaptable Bicep template, the session will equip participants with the tools to efficiently oversee their Azure SQL environments, ensuring robust performance and reliability.

**🕜 5:10 pm**
**⭐️ Virtual Networking and Discussion**

**Speakers**

**🙂 Speaker 1**
**⚡️ Monitor Azure SQL databases with Azure Alerts**
Torsten (MVP, MCSE, MCT) has been deeply involved with Microsoft SQL Server since the early 2000s, specializing in optimizing performance for extensive SQL Server environments. He has dedicated over two decades to working with bp as a platform engineer and collaborates closely with Sarpedon Quality Lab in his role as Principal Microsoft SQL Server Consultant.
Torsten has delivered more than 300 presentations on SQL Server performance optimization and Azure DevOps at various national and international conferences and user groups. Since 2018, he has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Data Platform. Moreover, for three consecutive years, Sessionize has acknowledged him as one of the most active speakers.
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PASSMN (Minnesota SQL Server User Group)

Christopher Kramer

Eric Zierdt

PASSMN

PASSMN Communications Director

Riley Major

Aaron Warnke

Hannah B

tlweagan

Mike Stapleton

Stacey Rudoy

Carl

Chris Westerveld

Jiri Jedlicka

Kevin

Timothy Maas

PASSMN Meeting 2025-11-18 (Virtual Meeting Only)

Online event

SQL Community Engineering Connection Series: Episode 1

Learn all about what's new in SQL Server 2025, SQL in Fabric & Azure SQL and ask questions LIVE!

Speaker: Priya Sathy, Partner Director of Product Management (Azure Data)

This series is all about connection bringing Microsoft's product experts and the SQL community together to share knowledge, answer questions, and help you stay up to date on the latest in the SQL and data ecosystem.

**Join Link: [https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/2914607474379?p=x3u2ymC3IvLoLi18ZO](https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/2914607474379?p=x3u2ymC3IvLoLi18ZO "https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/2914607474379?p=x3u2ymC3IvLoLi18ZO")**
**Meeting ID:** 291 460 747 437 9
**Passcode:** NB9W7RP3

Capital Area SQL Server User Group

Ed Pollack

Yoonki Song

ateeq

John

Mallikarjun Talikoti

Jacqueline Stever

SQL 2025 Ignite Announcements

Learn all about what's new in SQL Server 2025, SQL in Fabric & Azure SQL and ask questions LIVE!

Database Professionals Virtual Meetup Group

Julie Bloomquist

Surbhi Pokharna

Taiob Ali

Paresh Motiwala

Alfred Eatman-Jones

Fredric Shope

Harry

Chet Musialowski

Srinivasa Srikanth

Syed Basit Fahim 

Jiri Dolezal

rick thorington

Joel Miller

Kevin Barnett

Carol Files

Tony DiPesa

ouali 

Don Stuber

Atiq Rahman

Anuja

SQL25 - MSFT Ignite Announcements

Richmond SQL Server Users Group

Jamie Wick

Scott O

Nick Minneti

Kevin Kennedy

Kamal Tuteja

Jeff  Pitts

Tia Day

Sameer V

SQL25 - MSFT Ignite Announcements (SQL Community Engineering Connection Series)

Kick off is **Wednesday, Nov 19,** continuing series is a virtual session every other Thursday.
**Speakers:** Priya Sathy, Partner Director of Product Management (Azure Data)
**Description:** Learn all about what's new in SQL Server 2025, SQL in Fabric & Azure SQL and ask questions LIVE!

**Introducing the SQL Community Engineering Connection Series**
Every other Thursday, members of the Microsoft SQL Product Group will deliver deep dive technical sessions that will give you a direct line to the people building the technology they use every day. Microsoft will set the agenda, identified topics and speakers, and will provide everything we need to publish this meeting. These meetings are exclusive to user groups in the Azure Data Community and all their members. They're designed to offer practical insights, demos, and deep dive learnings from our engineers and product managers – helping bring fresh, relevant content straight to you while reigniting the sense of connection between the Product Group and the broader SQL community.

Atlanta Azure Data User Group

Rie Merritt

William Assaf

Andrew C

Ramesh Thangaraju

Jennifer H

sam.kim

Micke Arvidsson

Albert Reilingh

Hitesh Vadlamudi

tom abouchar

Burton

Rajesh Jampala

Eduardo Gregorio

Matt Wollner

michael.gokey.architect

BJ Jackson

Vrinda Thakur 

SQL Community Engineering Connection Series: SQL25 - MSFT Ignite Announcements

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