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Rob Carrol

Rob Carrol

Principal Data Platform Consultant, Coeo

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I've been working with SQL Server for over 20 years, firstly as a DBA and now as a consultant. I joined Coeo as a Data Platform Consultant in 2021 providing advice and guidance to customers modernising their SQL Server estates. I previously worked for Microsoft as a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) and as an independent database consultant, working across various sectors including financial services, retail and defence. When I'm not working with SQL Server, I'm a keen runner and enjoy spending time with my family.

Welcome to the Party: Microsoft Fabric for DBAs

For too long, DBAs have felt like they've been left out in the cold, watching from the sidelines as others enjoyed the innovations and excitement of Microsoft Fabric. With the introduction of Fabric Databases, DBAs are now invited to the main event.

Join me in this session to discover how Microsoft Fabric unifies transactional and analytical workloads on a single, powerful data platform. We'll explore the seamless integration of the SQL Server database engine with the flexibility of replicated delta tables in OneLake. You'll learn how to utilize your existing DBA skills to monitor and maintain Fabric Databases and see how they compare to other features, like Fabric Mirroring.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to transition your existing DBA skills and pick up some new ones in the process!

Welcome to the Party: Microsoft Fabric for DBAs

For too long, DBAs have felt like they've been left out in the cold, watching from the sidelines as others enjoyed the innovations and excitement of Microsoft Fabric. With the introduction of Fabric Databases, DBAs are now invited to the main event.

Join me in this session to discover how Microsoft Fabric unifies transactional and analytical workloads on a single, powerful data platform. We'll explore the seamless integration of the SQL Server database engine with the flexibility of replicated delta tables in OneLake. You'll learn how to utilize your existing DBA skills to monitor and maintain Fabric Databases and see how they compare to other features, like Fabric Mirroring.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to transition your existing DBA skills and pick up some new ones in the process!

Take Control of your Azure SQL Managed Instance Migration using the Log Replay Service

This session covers the Log Replay Service (LRS), a new free of charge Azure service for migrating databases to SQL managed instance. Learn when you would use it over existing migration methods, like the Data Migration Service (DMS), to solve some migration challenges. And I'll show how I used it in a recent customer project to customise the migration of multi-terabyte databases to SQL managed instance using a combination of full, differential and log backups within a strict downtime window.

Microsoft Fabric Community Conference Sessionize Event

March 2025 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Oxford Microsoft Data Platform Group User group Sessionize Event

November 2023 Oxford, United Kingdom

SQLBits 2023 - General Sessions Sessionize Event

March 2023 Newport, United Kingdom

Rob Carrol

Principal Data Platform Consultant, Coeo

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