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Cloud-Native Data Without Starting Over.NET Day on Agentic Modernization 20262026-06-16
Stepwise modernization shows concrete swaps and results: replace system.data.sqlclient with Microsoft.Data.SqlClient as a drop‑in, run SQL Server locally in…
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.NET Day of Agentic Modernization 2026.NET Day on Agentic Modernization 20262026-06-16
Agentic modernization means concrete steps not slogans: the demo upgrades apps to .NET 10 by generating assessment, plan and task markdown, converting projects…
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Introducing the SQL MCP ServerNDC Toronto 20262026-05-05
Open source SQL MCP Server (aka data API builder) provides a JSON-configured, containerized API front end for SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB and…
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Spec-Driven Development: The Fast Track to 10x?NDC Sydney 20262026-04-22
Claims a spec-first workflow that cuts delivery time by up to 10x and treats a formal specification as the single source of truth. Demonstrates a concrete…
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Modern Architecture 101 for New Engineers & Forgetful ExpertsNDC Copenhagen 20252025-09-08
Overview of concrete choices: walks through putting the API next to SQL Server to remove drivers, using a service bus plus an event hub to push DB changes to…
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Not your Father's SQL Server: Developer Innovations in Data StorageVisual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 20252025-08-04
SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL bring concrete developer features: Data API Builder (akms/dab) auto-generates REST/GraphQL endpoints from a JSON config and…
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Workflows of Highly Functional App & Data Engineering TeamsNDC Oslo 20252025-05-19
Describes a practical enterprise stack: use bronze/silver/gold medallion for raw → cleansed → curated data (bronze alone already beats ~90% of companies; gold…
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Workflows of Highly Functional App & Data Engineering TeamsSQLBits 20242024-03-19
Outlines a pragmatic medallion pipeline: raw bronze dumps (hourly/daily) into a shared lake, cleaned and joined into silver, then precomputed, business-aligned…
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A Deep Dive into DevOps Practices with Azure SQLSQLBits 20242024-03-19
Demo-heavy walkthrough of Azure SQL DevOps shows concrete recipes: pack app plus database into Dev containers (Codespaces/VS Code), scaffold schema with SQL…
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A Deep Dive into Microsoft Fabric Data WarehouseSQLBits 20242024-03-19
Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse stores tables as Delta tables (Parquet + Delta log) on OneLake, queryable via a SQL analytics endpoint from SSMS/Azure Data…
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Workflows of Highly Functional App & Data Engineering TeamsNDC London 20242024-01-29
Maps data into a bronze/silver/gold medallion and shows concrete tooling for each step: use Azure Data Factory for orchestration, store schema as a SQL Server…
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Increase developer velocity with Azure SQL Database from data to APIMicrosoft Build 20232023-05-23
Demo builds a public-transport prototype end-to-end: Azure Data Studio with Copilot infers schema and imports JSON in minutes, and a JSON data type preview…
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Why editor config ?Code Quality Conference 20222022-08-24
Uses .editorconfig to centralize and enforce style and analyzer rules across editors and CI, tying Visual Studio settings to file rules so team preferences…
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