Anna Hoffman

Learn how to modernize SQL workloads for the AI era using an agentic approach. Explore how AI can help you assess your SQL estate, plan and accelerate migration, and optimize on Azure SQL.

Data Exposed Live is back at PASS Data Community Summit! Join Anna Hoffman and other members of the SQL Product Group in a quick and chaotic session where we review everything that’s happened in the past year in Microsoft SQL (meaning SQL Server, Azure SQL, Fabric SQL, and all the tools/SDKs)....

Join us for an in-depth session on the future of Microsoft SQL, from on-premises to Azure and into Microsoft Fabric. Discover our unified, AI-ready relational database that powers modernization and next-gen AI apps.

SQL data increasingly sits at the center of modern analytics, automation, and AI. This session shows how customers put live SQL data to work in Microsoft Fabric – powering responsive applications, timely insights, and downstream innovation without re-architecting apps, fragile plumbing or complex pipelines.

Mastering performance in Microsoft SQL has long required experience and time-consuming analysis. From Copilots to autonomous agents, AI can dramatically accelerate troubleshooting and save valuable time.

SQL Copilots are reshaping how data professionals work—accelerating query development, improving user's efficiency, and enabling interaction with complex data. This session dives into the shared backend for copilots in SSMS, MSSQL in VS Code, and Fabric SQL, exploring architecture, top use...

The evolution of SQL projects continues with expanded IDE support and deeper integration in the Fabric platform. Using the latest in VS Code and SSMS, we’ll walk through keeping our database in source control, integrating changes made in another database, and evaluating deployment plans....

SQL database in Fabric is simple, autonomous, and optimized for AI - but what does that mean for you and your organization? In this session, discover how customers are using Fabric databases today, and how they can help you build innovative solutions in the age of AI, faster and easier than ever.

Discover how SQL database in Fabric brings transactional and analytical workloads together in one cloud-native database. In this session, learn what's new from the product team, see demos and customer stories/scenarios, and take a look at the roadmap.

Do you have to be experts like Bob Ward and Anna Hoffman to use SQL? What about Fabric? Why not both? Come join our experts from Microsoft in this entertaining and educational session where the worlds of SQL and Fabric come to together in way you never knew existed

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) saw more updates in the last two years than a developer makes before release day. Missed them? Don't worry! We’ll showcase SSMS 22 from the installer to AI features and everything in between. Expect a whirlwind tour with demos including the new connection...

Join us for an in-depth session on the future of Microsoft One SQL—from on-premises to Azure and into Microsoft Fabric. Discover our unified, AI-ready relational database that powers modernization and next-gen AI apps. See how SQL delivers consistency, performance, and innovation everywhere you...

As organizations navigate the era of generative AI, advanced analytics, and rapid digital transformation, the ability to extract timely business insights is more critical than ever. This session deep dives into SQL Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric that enables organizations with near real-time data...

Join us for a hands-on workshop to design, deploy, and optimize AI-powered apps using SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric. Learn to use Copilot for RAG patterns, build write-back Power BI reports, transform data with Spark/Python, and curate medallion architectures.

Join us for an in-depth session on the future of Microsoft SQL—from on-premises to Azure and into Microsoft Fabric. Discover our unified, AI-ready relational database that powers modernization and next-gen AI apps.

Everyone is talking about Microsoft Fabric – a whole new way of thinking about your organization’s data. While Fabric has been focused on Analytics, Microsoft SQL has not been left behind.

In this session, you'll learn about the various prebuilt AI/ML models that are available for your consumption through Microsoft's Cognitive Services. Additionally, you'll see examples of how these prebuilt services can be leveraged with SQL Server 2019.

Learn how Machine Learning Services in SQL Server is a powerful end-to-end ML platform for customers, on both Windows and Linux. Come learn about the unique value proposition of doing your entire machine learning pipeline in-database – right from data pre-processing, feature engineering, and...