Pam Lahoud
Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Fabric Customer Advisory Team - Databases in Fabric
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Pam Lahoud is a Program Manager in Microsoft Fabric, based in Redmond, WA, USA. She has been with Microsoft since 2006 and is currently leading the Fabric Databases Customer Advisory Team. She is passionate about Azure SQL and SQL Server performance and has focused on performance tuning and optimization, particularly from the developer perspective, throughout her career. She is a SQL 2008 MCM with over 20 years of experience working with Azure SQL and SQL Server and co-author of the book "Learn T-SQL Querying: A guide to developing efficient and elegant T-SQL code" (https://aka.ms/LearnTSQLQuerying).
Transform your business with integrated solutions using SQL database in Microsoft Fabric
The promise of SQL Database in Fabric is that it is simple, autonomous, and optimized for AI - but what does that mean for you and your organization? In this session we will explore how various personas can benefit from a deeply integrated operational database in Fabric. Discover how customers are using SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric today, and how Fabric databases can help you build innovative solutions in the age of AI, faster and easier than ever.
Top Ten Reasons You Should Be Running Your SQL Server on Azure VM
Are you tired of the DBA grind? The deployments, the updates, the backups - Azure SQL VM take me away! In this session we'll talk about some of the ways SQL Server on Azure VM can help you save time and money and make being a DBA fun again!
TempDB: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
If you ask 100 SQL Server DBAs what their biggest headaches are, at least 99 of them will say something to do with TempDB. Over the years, there have been many different recommendations about configuration options for TempDB and they have changed over time. The behavior of TempDB has also changed over time. What hasn't changed is the criticality of TempDB and how its proper use and configuration can have major implications in the performance of your application. In this session, we will discuss some of the improvements with TempDB in the latest versions of SQL Server and what good TempDB practices look like today. We will also discuss the improvements that were released in SQL Server 2019 that will unlock scalability of TempDB-heavy workloads now, and into the future.
SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machine Reimagined
Running SQL Server in an Azure virtual machine gives you the same capabilities and experience you are used to with on-premises SQL Server, plus the additional ease of use and management benefits available only on Azure. In this session, we will discuss the SQL Server in Azure VM experience, including some new features of the SQL Server IaaS Extension that help you optimize cost, enhance security, improve manageability and increase uptime for your SQL Servers in Azure.
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SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machine – Configuring for price-performance
When selecting a virtual machine to host your SQL Server workload in Azure, you need to choose a virtual machine size that provides optimal performance and fits your organization’s budget. There are a number of different compute and storage options in Azure, so choosing the configuration that gives you the best price-performance for your workload can be a challenge. In this session, we will cover topics such as the different virtual machine types that are most appropriate for SQL Server workloads (including the new Ebdsv5 series), configuring storage, and features unique to Azure such as host caching and write acceleration that can help boost your performance without breaking the bank.
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Migrate SQL Server to Azure
Many professionals and companies are looking to migrate their SQL Server environments to Azure. But many are not sure what are the right processes, tools, or decisions to ensure a successful migration. Many are not sure what are the options in Azure for SQL Server and what to choose when. In this session, the Microsoft engineering team will show you everything you need to know based on a migration lifecycle of Assess, Migrate, and Optimize including our experience helping customers migrate. We will demonstrate to you all the tools and give you the knowledge you need to make your migrations seamless, cost efficient, and optimized for speed. This is your one-stop shop to learn how to migrate SQL Server to Azure. Bring your working knowledge of SQL Server and will teach you everything else you need to know.
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AMA with the Microsoft Engineering team hosted by Bob Ward
Come get your questions answered live on stage by members of the Microsoft engineering team. This will be a fun and interactive session hosted by Bob Ward. We will take questions live from the audience plus those who are connected virtually.
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Deep Dive: SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine Storage
Optimizing Virtual Machine storage is one of the most critical areas to master when considering a migration to Azure SQL Virtual Machine. You may be an expert when it comes to optimizing storage for SQL Server on-prem, but when you get to Azure, it's a whole different ballgame. In this session we demystify storage in Azure and how VM sizing and disk configuration will impact performance limits. We will cover what you should consider when choosing Azure disks and Storage Spaces configuration to maximize your price-performance. Get ready, this is one of the most important sessions to get the best performance (at the best price) out of your Azure virtual machine deployment!
Pam Lahoud
Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Fabric Customer Advisory Team - Databases in Fabric
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