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Bob Ward
Microsoft
BIO
Bob Ward is a Principal Architect for the Microsoft Azure Data team, which owns the development for Microsoft SQL ground to cloud to fabric. Bob has worked for Microsoft for 32+ years on every version of SQL Server shipped from OS/2 1.1 to SQL Server 2025 including Azure SQL and SQL database in Fabric. Bob is a well-known speaker on SQL Server, Azure SQL, AI, and Microsoft Fabric often presenting talks on new releases, internals, and specialized topics at events such as SQLBits, Microsoft Build, Microsoft Ignite, PASS Summit, FabCon, SQLCon, and VS Live.
You can also learn Azure SQL from him on the popular series https://aka.ms/azuresql4beginners.
You can follow him at @bobwardms or linkedin.com/in/bobwardms. Bob is the author of the books Pro SQL Server on Linux, SQL Server 2019 Revealed, Azure SQL Revealed, SQL Server 2022 Revealed, Azure SQL Revealed 2nd Edition, and SQL Server 2025 Unveiled available from Apress Media.
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Azure SQL Hyperscale: The Cloud Database for the era of AI
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer
Level 300
CORENOTE: The Roadmap for Microsoft SQL: Ground to Cloud to Fabric
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer
Level 200
