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SQLSaturday Houston #1120

Nov 8, 2025 · Microsoft (750 Town and Country Blvd), Houston, TX, United States

Conference
SQLSaturday Database
Dates
Nov 8, 2025
Venue
Microsoft (750 Town and Country Blvd)
Place
Houston, TX, United States
Format
In person
Status
Past
Attendance
—
Sponsorship plan: 'The venue has a limitation of 200 people by Fire Marshal'; no actual count found.
Website
sqlsaturday.com
Recorded
5 sponsors · 31 speaker appearances
Notes
Official name: SQL Saturday Houston 2025. Sessions and speakers from the event's Sessionize schedule (29 sessions, including any pre-con/workshop sessions listed there); affiliation taken from each speaker's Sessionize tagline where it names an organization, else null. Sponsors and tiers from the event page (logos only; names inferred from logo link/file). Included as a named flagship city although its schedule (29 sessions) is below the 40-session bar.

Ticket prices

TicketPriceValid untilNotesSource
General admission$0—Event page describes the event as free.sqlsaturday.com

Sponsorship packages

PackagePriceValid untilNotesSource
Silver$750—Table, opt-in attendee list, social mentions, listed in event emails.sqlsaturday.com
Gold$1,500—Table, opt-in attendee list, logo on website, social mentions.sqlsaturday.com
Platinum$2,000—Limit 1. Premium booth spot, 10-min intro at opening, table, opt-in attendee list, 45-min lunch vendor session, custom email blast.sqlsaturday.com

Sponsors 5

Speakers and talks 31

SpeakerCompanyRoleTalkLinks
Abdullah MamunMicrosoft—Managing SQL Server with Azure Arc Unleashed—
Andreas WolterSarpedon Quality Lab LLC—De-mystifying SQL Security: Open Discussion and Real-World Insights—
Andy ClarkClearly Solutions LLC—Color Theory and Accessability for Reports—
Ava McClainTekchix—A Recruiter's Guide to Today's Tech Job Market—
Bob WardMicrosoft—Knowledge is the key: The path for AI applications—
Bob WardMicrosoft—SQL Server 2025: The AI-ready Enterprise database—
Brent Ozar——Watch Brent Tune a Query in SQL Server 2025—
David PlessMicrosoft—Managing SQL Server with Azure Arc Unleashed—
Gilberto HernandezSnowflake—Zero to Insights: Build an End-To-End Data Pipeline in Snowflake in Under 60 Minutes—
Ginger GrantDesert Isle Group—Understanding and Using AI for the Data Professional—
Helen WallLinkedIn—Color Theory and Accessability for Reports—
Hugo Kornelis——Debugging without debugger: investigating SQL Server's internal structures—
John MinerInsight—Open mirroring for legacy data sources—
John MinerInsight—How to effectively manage your Fabric ecosystem—
John Sterrett——Getting Started with SQL Server Performance Tuning—
Kevin ArnoldArnold Analytics—Migrating Tableau to Power BI backed by Fabric—
Kevin FeaselCatallaxy Services, LLC—The Basics of Speech and Natural Language Processing—
Kevin Pereira——Streamlining DataOps in Fabric: Implementing Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines for Fabric SQL DB—
Marwah ObaidGannon University—Education & AI—
Mrunal Dipak Meshram——SQL Server Anomaly Detection: Advanced Methods for Database Monitoring and Business Insights—
Nem SchlechtBorder States—Maximizing SSMS for Developers and DBAs—
Pam LahoudMicrosoft—The Five Ws of SQL database in Microsoft Fabric—
Patrick LeBlancMicrosoft—Power BI Performance demos—
Paul DeCarloMicrosoft—Enable agentic AI apps with a unified data estate in Microsoft Fabric—
Rilwan MusaTDECU—Building a Modern ETL Pipeline with Azure Data Factory—
Russel Loski——Automate, Optimize, Validate: PowerShell for Power BI & SSAS Success—
Ryan AdamsMicrosoft—Availability Group Listener Best Practices—
Shaurya Agrawal——End-to-End Machine Learning Pipelines on Databricks: From Data Ingestion to Model Deployment—
Shivam TiwariUniversity of Washington—SQL-Driven Financial Crime Detection: Advanced Analytics for Transaction Monitoring—
Soma Sundar Reddy Kancharla——Real-Time Fraud Detection with SQL, Streaming Data, and Machine Learning—
Tim Radney——Common SQL Server Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—

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