I will speaking at the SQL Server Geeks Annual Summit (#SSGAS2016) which is Asia’s Premier Data & Analytics Conference taking place on 11-13 August in Bangalore, India. SQLServerGeeks Annual Summit 2016 is a full 3-day conference with more than 100 breakout sessions and deep dive pre-con sessions on SQL Server, BI & Analytics, Cloud, Big Data, and related technologies.
Below are the details of some of the sessions I will be delivering –
| Session Type | Session Title | Level | Track(s) | Date | Time |
| Chalk-Talk | Stretching Your Database to the Cloud | 13-Aug-16 | 09:30 – 10:00 | ||
| Breakout | SQL Server on Azure Iaas – Performance Best Practices and Lessons Learnt from the Field | Intermediate/Advanced | CLOUD/DBA | 13-Aug-16 | 12:00 – 13:15 |
| Open-Talk | How Columnstore Indexes Can Speed Up Your Query Performance | 13-Aug-16 | 15:15 – 15:45 |
Here is the excerpt for my Breakout session – 
SQL Server on Azure Iaas – Performance Best Practices and Lessons Learnt from the Field
With the advent of the cloud world, SQL Server deployments on Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) have increased.
Although the Microsoft platform makes it very easy to deploy a VM’s in Azure, there are a some best practices to ensure that the SQL Server deployed is performant.
In this session, we will talk about these performance best practices along with common pitfalls which are encountered while working with SQL Server on IaaS.
Many of colleagues from Microsoft are also delivering multiple sessions at this conference. You can access the complete list here.
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