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SQLSaturday Jacksonville #1103

May 3, 2025 · University of North Florida (UNF), Jacksonville, FL, United States

Conference
SQLSaturday Database
Dates
May 3, 2025
Venue
University of North Florida (UNF)
Place
Jacksonville, FL, United States
Format
In person
Status
Past
Attendance
—
Event page repeats the 2017-2019 claim of 'over 750 attendee registrations'; capacity listed as 800. No 2025 count found.
Website
sqlsaturday.com
Recorded
10 sponsors · 67 speaker appearances
Notes
Official name: SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2025. Sessions and speakers from the event's Sessionize schedule (75 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). A placeholder page under #1085 also exists for this event; #1103 carries the schedule.

Ticket prices

TicketPriceValid untilNotesSource
General admission$0—Event page describes the event as free.sqlsaturday.com
Lunch (optional)$15—Listed lunch cost: $15 (optional)sqlsaturday.com

Sponsorship packages

PackagePriceValid untilNotesSource
Bronze Sponsorship$800—Logo on attendee T-shirts, website and social posts; flyer in event bag; must donate $100+ raffle prize.sqlsaturday.com
Silver Sponsorship$1,300—Bronze benefits plus exhibitor table, two chairs, power, brochure in event bag.sqlsaturday.com
Gold Sponsorship$1,800—All Silver benefits plus list of scanned raffle-ticket QR codes.sqlsaturday.com
Platinum Sponsorship$2,500—All Gold benefits plus full electronic attendee list (attended and no-shows).sqlsaturday.com

Sponsors 10

Speakers and talks 67

SpeakerCompanyRoleTalkLinks
Abdullah MamunMicrosoft—Best Practices Assessment (BPA) for SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc—
Amelia Roberts——Copilot Studio Secrets: Agents that Amaze—
Amy HeroldMicrosoft—Securing Your Data in Microsoft Fabric: Best Practices and Strategies—
Amy HeroldMicrosoft—Performance Tuning in Azure Synapse—
Andreas Erbendaenet—AI Vulnerabilities in 2025 - Some of the darker sides of AI—
Andy Warren——Paying it Forward by Writing, Speaking, and Mentoring—
Andy Warren——Building & Managing a DBA Team—
Barkha Herman——The Collision of Real-Time Analytics and Observability—
Belinda AlleniLink Digital—Top 10 List of MUST-DOs for Power BI End-User Adoption—
Bradley BallMicrosoft—SQL Server 2025: an enterprise AI-ready database platform—
Bradley BallMicrosoft—Introduction to SQL Server Essential Concepts—
Bradley SchachtMicrosoft—Building a Data Warehouse on Microsoft Fabric—
Bradley SchachtMicrosoft—Everything You Want to Know About SQL Databases in Fabric—
Bradley SchachtMicrosoft—Microsoft Fabric 101: The All-in-One Data Platform—
Brent Ozar——Mastering Query Tuning—
Brent Ozar——Watch Brent Tune a Query in SQL Server 2022—
Brent Ozar——Blocking: How to Find and Fight LCK* Waits—
Cecilia BrusatoriMagna Data—Getting started with Power BI for the Data Analyst—
Cecilia BrusatoriMagna Data—Data Modeling 101 for Power BI—
Charles Lakes IIThe II Lakes Group—Dataverse: Everything, Everywhere, Here and There—
Chris HydeHydrate Technologies LLC—Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse—
Daniel TaylorMicrosoft—SQL Server 2025: an enterprise AI-ready database platform—
Daniel TaylorMicrosoft—Building a Data Warehouse on Microsoft Fabric—
Daniel TaylorMicrosoft—Microsoft Fabric 101: The All-in-One Data Platform—
Darius LiktoriusPwC—Fabric & Azure Data Factory Revealed—
Darius LiktoriusPwC—Optimize Your Azure Hosted SQL Database—
David PlessMicrosoft—Best Practices Assessment (BPA) for SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc—
David PlessMicrosoft—Unleash the Beast: Scaling Azure SQL Virtual Machine with Premium Storage—
David Seis——Intro to PowerShell Automation for the SQL Server DBA—
David Seis——PowerBI for the accidental Data Anlayst—
Doug LealCGI—End-to-End MLOps in Azure Databricks—
Doug LealCGI—Cutting Through the Buzz: LLM, Agents, RAG, and GPT - Making Sense of Generative AI—
Ed Pearson——Finding Your Spark: Unleashing Analytics with Python in Fabric and Databricks—
Eddy Djaja——Best Practices of Implementing Azure Data Factory—
Gilda Alvarez——Migrating SQL Server from on-premises to Azure MI using DMS / Log replay—
James SerraMicrosoft—Data Architectures and Microsoft Fabric—
Jared KirkpatrickMMIBC—T-SQL Tips, Tricks, Hacks, and Backdoors - the undocumented goodies—
Jared RhodesEPAM—Data Governance with Microsoft Purview and Fabric—
Jason Romans——How to Diagnose a Slow Power BI Report—
Jeff FousheeHumana—The T-SQL JSON Operators—
Jeff FousheeHumana—Advanced T-SQL Pattern Matching: Leveraging LIKE and Regular Expressions—
Justin VogelPragmatic Works—Understanding Power BI: Key Concepts for Beginners—
Kate BossMMIBC—Report Design Process in Power BI—
Kellyn Gorman——Unlocking the Benefits of Database DevOps and Automation—
Kevin FeaselCatallaxy Services, LLC—Analyzing Business Data with T-SQL—
Kevin FeaselCatallaxy Services, LLC—The Basics of Speech and Natural Language Processing—
Kevin Kline——Communication Skills for the Technology Pro—
Kevin Kline——How DBAs Can Launch a Data Governance Program—
Kevin PereiraGuideStone—Fast-Track Your Career Through Community Engagement and Technical Events—
Kevin PereiraGuideStone—Streamlining DataOps in Fabric: Implementing Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines for Fabric SQL DB—
Marc BushongMicrosoft—Mastering Enterprise T-SQL ETL/ELT: A Guide with Data Warehouse and Fabric Pipelines—
Michael Wall3Cloud—Azure Backup - ready for prime time?—
Michael Wall3Cloud—SQL MI - Making the leap—
Nem SchlechtBorder States—Maximizing SSMS for Developers and DBAs—
Preston MesarveyImproving—Modern Data Quality Practices For Your Data Estate—
Reza RadRADACAD—Exception Reporting in Power BI: Catch the Error Rows in Power Query—
Reza RadRADACAD—Microsoft Fabric for the Power BI Professional—
Reza RadRADACAD—Fast and Furious: Power BI Direct Lake in Fabric—
Rob Volk——Tame Your Unruly Data With Constraints—
Sukhwant KaurMicrosoft—Everything You Want to Know About SQL Databases in Fabric—
Thomas Grohser——Backup/Restore from Strategy to Implementation—
Thomas Grohser——SQL Server Availability options in the year 2025—
Tim Radney——Selecting the Right Size Azure VM—
Tony WilhelmMoser Consulting—Intro to PowerShell with dbatools for the DBA—
Trey JohnsonKnow Know Labs—You have the reports, but no Action - Microsoft Fabric's Activator for the win!—
Victor Ivantsov——SQL Server CLR—
Zane GoodmanPragmatic Works—Unlocking the Power of Microsoft Fabric Data Pipelines—

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