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SQL Saturday Boston 2025

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SQL Saturday Boston 2025

event date

27 Sep 2025

location

5 Wayside Road Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

website

sqlsaturday.com/2025-09-27-sqlsaturday1119/

SQLSaturday Boston will be held at Microsoft Technology Center - Burlington, MA. We will notify all who submitted sessions of the final schedule by July 1st, 2025. If you have one or more sessions accepted, we will email you a discount code to pay for lunch when you register as an attendee on Eventbrite.

Code of Conduct for Boston SQL Saturday.

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Call for Speakers
Call opens at 12:00 AM

21 Apr 2025

Call closes at 11:59 PM

11 Oct 2025

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This is an in-person event.

We are accepting one-hour regular sessions talks.

All topics around Microsoft Data Platform including but not limited to:

  • SQL Server
  • PostgreSQL
  • Fabric
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Science
  • Professional Development: speaking, blogging, networking and mental health
  • Etc.

We will notify you no later than July 1st, 2025.

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113 submissions
Submitted sessions
Shrikant Thakare
  • Three-Plane Architecture: Simplifying Complex SQL Server and Fabric API Ecosystems
  • Securing SQL Server in Kubernetes: Multi-Layer Defense for Cloud-Native Data Platforms
Brian Tobia
  • Breaking Free From Cloud Managed SQL Server- Take Back Control and Lower Costs
Kevin Casey
  • Breaking Free from On-Premises: Real-World SQL Orchestration Migration Challenges and JAMS Solutions
Kevin Kline
  • Four Habits of Highly Successful Database and Admin Teams (SolarWinds)
  • SQL Server Internals & Architecture - 2025
David Bermingham
  • Cloud HA/DR Without Breaking the Bank (SIOS)
  • SQL Server HA and DR in Azure IaaS
George Walters
  • SQL Server 2025: an enterprise AI-ready database platform (Microsoft|AMD)
  • Modernize your old database-heavy application to cloud architecture!
  • Unveiling the Future: Dive into Cloud Databases and Analytics with Fabric
Rick Lowe
  • PostgreSQL High Availability for the Career SQL Server DBA
  • First steps into Postgres for the SQL Server DBA
  • Query Hints ... What’s the Worst That Can Happen
Mike Walsh
  • SQL Server Upgrades & Migrations: Simplified, Streamlined, Sane
  • Avoiding DBA Regrets: Tales from the Trenches
Rafael Costa de Almeida
  • What the RAG is Going On? How to Build, Validate, and Trust Your Retrieval-Augmented Generation Pipe
Adrian Mee
  • SQL Server Management Studio - Beyond the basics
  • Like a Version - System Versioned Temporal Tables
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Abha R Panchal
  • AI Personal Assistant
Jeff Taylor
  • What's New In SQL Server For The Developer
  • Azure Data Factory (ADF) - Your New SSIS
  • How To Tune A Multi-Terabyte Database For Optimum Performance
Gregory Kinne
  • High Quality T-SQL Deployments (CI/CD)
Tony DiPesa
  • Data API Builder - What Is It and What Can It Do for Me?
  • Native JSON Support in SQL Server 2025 CTP
Varsham Papikian
  • SSMS Unlocked: Power Features You’re Not Using
Allan Hirt
  • SQL Server Business Continuity
  • Navigating the Peaks and Valleys of a Long Career
  • A Modern Approach to Patching, Upgrades, and Technical Debt
Chris Anton
  • Securifying SQL Server
Chandra Pathivada
  • PostgreSQL Internals for SQL Server DBAs
  • Why PostgreSQL Isn't Utilizing Indexes: Diagnosing and Solving Performance Issues
  • "Mastering PostgreSQL: Advanced Techniques for SQL Server DBAs"
Alex Bolenok
  • The Elephant in the Room. The culture shock of moving from SQL Server to Postgres. Developer Edition
  • The Elephant in the Room. The culture shock of moving from SQL Server to Postgres. DBA Edition
Steve Jones
  • Blogging for the Tech Professional
  • Running a Local GenAI Model on your Laptop
  • Using Data API Builder to Speed Up Application Development
Yashasvi Singh
  • Scaling AI Responsibly: Why Data Governance is the First Step to Sustainable AI Adoption
Riddhi Patel
  • HAL-Level Android IoT Middleware: Optimizing Large-Scale Device Integration
John Kerski
  • DataOps 101 – A Better Way to Develop and Deliver Data Analytics
  • Leveraging Large Language Models with Power BI
  • DAX Query View Testing Pattern
Fabiano Amorim
  • Hacking MSSQL on Cloud. All of them. How I became sysadmin on Azure, AWS, GCP and Alibaba.
  • The Injection Game: Exposing SQL Injection Vulnerabilities with ScriptDom
Surbhi Pokharna
  • SQL Server 2025: AI-Ready OLTP for the Intelligent Enterprise
  • Cloud Cost Optimization in Azure: Smart Strategies with Snowflake, SQL Server, Azure SQL Hyperscale
Andy Yun
  • A Practical Introduction to Vector Search in SQL Server 2025
Deborah Melkin
  • Optimized Locking: Improving SQL Server Transaction Concurrency
  • Conquering the Monster Proc - How to Combat Legacy Code
  • Women in Tech (WIT) Panel
Martin Schoombee
  • Working with OAuth 2.0 APIs in Azure Data Factory
  • Building a framework for orchestration in Azure Data Factory
Joshua Higginbotham
  • Unlocking the Power of Data Agents and Copilot in Microsoft Fabric
  • Unlocking Real-Time Intelligence with Microsoft Fabric: From Purpose to Practical Use
Chad Albert
  • Light Your Fabric On FHIR! Analyzing Clinical Data With Fabric & AI
John Sterrett
  • DBA Basics: Getting Started with Performance Tuning
  • Advanced Data Protection Strategies with Azure SQL
Bogdan Tesileanu
  • Intro to Forecasting using Machine Learning and Python
Minesh Chande
  • Customize your managed SQL Server database on AWS Cloud
  • HA/DR options on Amazon RDS and RDS Custom for SQL Server
Alvaro Costa-Neto
  • SQL Server Hosting on AWS: Options and Considerations
Chetan Nandikanti, Alvaro Costa-Neto
  • Building Global-Scale Applications with Serverless Distributed SQL
Christian Cote
  • Automating Microsoft Fabric Deployments with Azure DevOps
  • Leverage AI to enhance your experience with Fabric Data Warehouse Copilot and AI Skills
  • Bridge the gap between Power BI and Data Engineering with Semantic links
Sunil Kadimdiwan
  • Leveraging Microsoft Power Platform: Techniques for Integrated Low-Code Development
Kevin Feasel
  • The Curated Data Platform
  • Never Tell a Corellian the Odds: Calculating Probabilities with Logistic Regression
  • Getting Started with DuckDB
Tomislav Hlupić
  • Maps, Data, Action! Ways to work with geospatial data in Azure
  • Airflow & dbt: The hipsters of data integration meet Azure
  • Building smarter pipelines with metadata and a dash of Fabric
Nilanjan Chatterjee
  • Walkthrough of Medallion : Why Organizations Need the Medallion Architecture
  • SQL Indexes - Boon or Bane?
Jeff Foushee
  • The T-SQL PIVOT/UNPIVOT Operators
  • The T-SQL JSON Operators
  • Advanced T-SQL Pattern Matching: Leveraging LIKE and Regular Expressions
John Miner
  • How to effectively manage your Fabric ecosystem
  • Data Engineering with Microsoft Fabric
  • Building a reporting warehouse using Fabric
Anusha Reddy Guntakandla
  • Modular Architecture: Enhancing Agility and Efficiency in Enterprise Application Design
Kolby Goodman
  • Assembling Your A-Team: Hiring the Right Talent in the Age of AI
Gethyn Ellis
  • Moneyball – Build a killer Fantasy Football Team with Power BI
  • A Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Data-Driven Culture
Matt Gordon
  • Revolutionizing Data in Motion w/ Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric
  • Real-Time Hub: Starting Point of Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric
  • Azure-ish SQL and Azure AI 101
Paresh Motiwala
  • Unlocking Data Insights with Kusto Query Language (KQL)
  • Using Digital Forensics for Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
  • 15 Scripts you need to run daily
Jared Rhodes
  • Fabric & AIO: Unified Device Data
  • Data Governance with Microsoft Purview and Fabric
  • Microsoft Fabric and Azure Health Data Services
Jean Joseph
  • Introduction to Microsoft Copilot Studio: Empowering AI Agents 🤖
Kristen B. Hubler
  • Mastering the Soft Side of your Technical Role: Giving and Receiving Feedback
  • Mastering the Soft Side of your Technical Role: Mastering Meetings
  • Mastering the Soft Side of Your Technical Role: From SME to Manager
Lee Markum
  • Modern SQL Server Features That Make Life Better
  • Leveraging Query Store for Improved Performance
Talles Valiatti
  • Azure AI Search Service + Azure AI Agent Service: Building AI Agents with Intelligent Search
Edward Pollack
  • Quality AI Requires Quality Data
  • All About Data Retention
  • Improving Analytics Performance With Columnstore Indexes
Haripriya Naidu
  • Maximize SQL Server Performance with Read Committed Snapshot Isolation
Brent Ozar
  • Building a Brand by Sharing Your Work
  • The Ascending Key Problem
  • SQL Server First Responder Kit Tips and Tricks
Santhana Lakshmi Ponnurasan
  • Discover Powerops Desktop- Your Free Power BI Sidekick
  • From Imagination to Reality: Craft Any KPI with Powerviz's KPI Visual
Joseph Fleming
  • Transactional Replication - From Expletives to Excellence
Tracey Kroll
  • ChatGPT said what?!?