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⏰ Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate is this Wednesday!

🎤 @nocentino.com | 📅 Wed, Sep 23 · 3:00 PM ET
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#SQLServer #AI #MCP #DBA
September 22, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Last chance to register. Join 90+ other data professionals. This is happening tomorrow.
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 Database Professional Virtual Meetup Group @dbavug.bsky.social · Apr 15
4th session of a 6-part series on Fabric.
📅 SQL database in Fabric: Using GraphQL and Application Development
🗓️ Wednesday, April 23, 2025
⏰ 3:00 PM (EDT)
🎤
Joey D'Antoni
Andrew Brust

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#GraphQL #MicrosoftFabric #ApplicationDevelopment
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April 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Cláudio Silva will be speaking about
"Writing T-SQL code for the engine, not for you"

📅Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 3:00 PM EST

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#mvpbuzz #tsql #sqlserver
January 11, 2024 at 8:43 PM
We have 500+ RSVPs and can take more.
Join Bob Ward (Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data) to hear about:
SQL Server 2025: an enterprise AI-ready database platform
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST

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December 9, 2024 at 3:29 PM
🚀 Part Two of Database Watcher is Here!
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
🕒 Time: Noon EDT/9 am PST
🎤 Speaker: ‪‪@dbabulldog.bsky.social‬ and Matt Gordon

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💡 Session Title: Be a Better DBA with Database Watcher: More Than Just a Pretty Dashboard
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September 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🚀 Databricks Series Finale (Part 4/4)
Simplify Your Enterprise Workspace with Agent Bricks, Genie & Unity Catalog
📅 When: Wednesday, April 8
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM ET
🌐 Where: Virtual (DBAVUG)
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#Databricks #DataEngineering #AI #DBAVUG
Simplify Your Enterprise Workspace with Agent Bricks, Genie & Unity Catalog, Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 12:00 PM | Meetup
**Part 4 of a 4-part series** **Simplify Your Enterprise Workspace with Agent Bricks, Genie & Unity Catalog** Description: The "AI-ready" enterprise sounds great on a slid
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March 31, 2026 at 4:01 PM

📅 Date & Time: Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at 3 PM EST (2000 GMT)
🎤 Speaker: Bill Sanscrainte

📝 Talk Title: Discover SQL Server index prescriptions for the biggest performance improvements

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January 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨 Upcoming Technical Session: SSMS 21 – What’s New and Why It Matters 🚨

The DBAVUG is excited to host a deep-dive session on SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21, by Makena Barickman, PM on the SQL Experiences team at Microsoft

📅 August 27
🕒 3:00 PM EDT
📍 Online

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SSMS 21: What's New and Why it Matters ~ Makena Barickman, Wed, Aug 27, 2025, 3:00 PM | Meetup
* With the Preview 1 release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 in November, the SQL Tools team made available the biggest set of updates to SSMS in recent memory, i
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August 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🎉Happy new year!!

📅 Date & Time: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at 9:00 AM PST (1700 GMT)
🎤 Speaker: @kleegeek.bsky.social
📝 Talk Title: Covering your “assets” (CYA) when you blame your infrastructure for poor performance (300-level)

🔗 Registration Link: www.meetup.com/dbavug/event...
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January 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM

📅 Date & Time: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at 9:00 AM PST (1700 GMT)
🎤 Speaker: @kleegeek.bsky.social
📝 Talk Title: Covering your “assets” (CYA) when you blame your infrastructure for poor performance (300-level)

🔗 Registration Link: www.meetup.com/dbavug/event...
December 26, 2024 at 5:55 PM
🎉 Join Us for an Exciting Virtual Tech Talk! 🌐
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, July 09, 2025
🕒 Time: Noon EDT/9 am PST
🎤 Speaker: ‪‪@dbabulldog.bsky.social‬ and Matt Gordon

🔗 Register here: www.meetup.com/dbavug/event...

💡 Session Title: Be a Better DBA with Database Watcher: More Than Just a Pretty Dashboard
July 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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T-2.5 hours You still have time to sign up for the 4th season-opening session by
@tracyboggiano.bsky.social
Perf Tune Your Life with Atomic Habits Wednesday, January 10, 2024 Noon EST

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#mvpbuzz #profdevelopment #mentalhealth
January 10, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Largest RSVP ever since we launched this group 5 yrs ago.
638 as of now.

Still time to join for listening to Bob Ward (Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data).
"SQL Server 2025: an enterprise AI-ready database platform"
Noon EST today

✍️https://www.meetup.com/dbavug/events/304375143
December 11, 2024 at 3:02 PM
4th session of a 6-part series on Fabric.
📅 SQL database in Fabric: Using GraphQL and Application Development
🗓️ Wednesday, April 23, 2025
⏰ 3:00 PM (EDT)
🎤
Joey D'Antoni
Andrew Brust

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#GraphQL #MicrosoftFabric #ApplicationDevelopment
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April 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
📅 Date & Time: Wednesday, February 22, 2025, at noon EST (1700 GMT)
🎤 Speaker: Fabiano Neves Amorim

📝 Talk Title: 13 optimizer statistic problems you didn’t know you had.

🔗 Registration Link: www.meetup.com/dbavug/event...
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January 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚀 Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate

🎤 Anthony Nocentino | 📅 Wed, Sep 23 · 3:00 PM ET
Build a DBA agent with MCP: availability, backups, security & observability, with humans in control.

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#SQLServer #MCP #DBA
Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate ~ Anthony Nocentino, Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:00 PM | Meetup
**Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate** We’ll build a DBA agent from the ground up using Model Context Protocol (MCP). You’ll see how MCP connects a language m
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September 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
📢 Part 3 of 4 is here!
🗓 Jun 10, 2026 | 12PM ET
🎙 @dgmelkin.bsky.social
📌 Optimized Locking: Improving SQL Server Transaction Concurrency
Learn how TID & Lock After Qualification (LAQ) change the way SQL Server handles concurrency.
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#SQLServer #DBA #SQLCommunity
June 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Happening tomorrow. Last chance to register.

📅 Date & Time: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at 9:00 AM PST (1700 GMT)
🎤 Speaker: @kleegeek.bsky.social
📝 Talk Title: Covering your “assets” (CYA) when you blame your infrastructure for poor performance (300-level)
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Covering “assets” (CYA) when you blame your infrastructure ~ David Klee, Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup
WHEN: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 1700 GMT DESCRIPTION of TALK Title: **Covering your “assets” (CYA) when you blame your infrastructure for poor performance (300-level)**
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January 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🎤 Upcoming DBA Virtual Group Event – Mastering Dynamic SQL with @dgmelkin.bsky.social 🎤
📅 Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025
🕖 Time: 12:00 PM PDT / 3:00 PM EDT / 1900 GMT
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We’re excited to welcome Deborah Melkin as our next speaker at the DBA Virtual User Group!
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July 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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June 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Join @dbavug.bsky.social and Makena Barickman with the Tools team for a virtual session SSMS 21 – What’s New and Why It Matters

📅 Date: August 27, 2025
🕒 Time: 12:00 PM PDT / 3:00 PM EDT
Online & Free!
#ssms #sqlserver #womenintech
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SSMS 21: What's New and Why it Matters ~ Makena Barickman, Wed, Aug 27, 2025, 3:00 PM | Meetup
* With the Preview 1 release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 in November, the SQL Tools team made available the biggest set of updates to SSMS in recent memory, i
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August 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM

Join 570 other data professionals listening to Bob Ward (Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data) to hear about:
"SQL Server 2025: an enterprise AI-ready database platform"
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST

Registration:
✍️https://www.meetup.com/dbavug/events/304375143
December 10, 2024 at 1:50 PM
sqlworldwide.bsky.social
Happy Friday. Before you sign out for the weekend, it is time to sign up for a talk by @sqlatspeed.bsky.social

This is the third session of a six-part series :
Migrating your Data to the Cloud

Wednesday, April 10 at 12 PM EST
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#cloudDBA #MVPBuzz
April 5, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Happening tomorrow. Last chance to register.
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March 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
sqlworldwide.bsky.social
Happy Friday. Before you sign out for the weekend, it is time to register for a talk by @mikeybronowski.bsky.social
AutomatedLab 101
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at 12:00 PM EST #powershell #mvpbuzz #Automation #azure
AutomatedLab 101 - Mikey Bronowski, Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 12:00 PM | Meetup
WHEN: Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 1700 GMT DESCRIPTION of TALK Title: **AutomatedLab 101** The AutomatedLab PowerShell module enables you to set up test and lab enviro
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November 10, 2023 at 3:54 PM