Cool Runnings 2022 Session Categories

We have a wide selection of Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI sessions at Cool Runnings 2022. If you’re looking for a particular service or topic, then please see the session categories below:

General Synapse and Data

• Suma Manohar: Cloud modernization journey with data residency restrictions
• Knee Deep in Tech: Knee Deep in Tech Special Synapse Podcast
• Augustin Dokoza Bukvic: Day in Life of an Analytics Consultant – Lessons Learned (lightning)
• Pawel Potasinski: What’s New and Cool in Azure Synapse Analytics

Dedicated SQL Pools

• Bob Duffy: Star Schema Automation in EDW/SqlPool (lightning)
• Saikat Dutta: Learnt the Hard Way : Workload Isolation in Azure Synapse
• Bob Duffy: SqlPool Maintenance Fundamentals
• Dennes Torres: Starting a Data Warehouse with Synapse SQL Link
• Tiago Balabuch & Filipa Lobão: How to tune Azure Synapse Analytics SQL Dedicated Pool performance and enable its full potential)
• Kevin Chant: Create Database Project for use with Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server 2022 (lightning)
• Rob Farley: The Problem with MPP (lightning)

Serverless SQL Pools & Lake Databases

• Aditi Kumari: Azure Synapse Serverless playing a role in building Data Mesh architectures
• Anupama Natarajan: Introduction to Azure Synapse Database Templates

Spark

• Sandeep Pawar: Serialization to Optimize Spark Notebooks in Synapse (lightning)

Data Explorer Pools

• Richard Conway: Building data solutions in Azure Synapse with Kusto Pools

Integration

• Armando Lacerda: Synapse Pipelines for the SSIS DBA
• Linda Torrång: Synapse Pipelines implementation patterns for the real world
• Ginger Grant: Moving Away from Data Flows and Simplifying Data Pipelines in Azure Synapse Analytics
• Johan Ludvig Brattås: Azure Synapse + Power BI + Purview = True

Security

• Kevin Feasel: Locking Down Azure Synapse Analytics
• Heini Ilmarinen: Empowering Azure Synapse Analytics with Azure AD

Power BI

• Gaston Cruz: Power BI + Synapse: 101 entry level for a powerful mix! (lightning)
• Leon Gordon: Introduction to Machine Learning in Power BI (lightning)
• Mohammed Adnan: Power BI Goals for your Organization (lightning)
• Rishi Sapra: Querying large datasets at scale with Power BI and Synapse
• Belinda Allen: User Adoption: Creating and Supporting Power BI Champions

Machine Learning & AI

• Alpa Buddhabhatti: Sentiment Analysis using Azure Synapse and Azure Cognitive service

DevOps

• Jean Joseph: Leverage PowerShell to provision Azure Synapse resources for the beginner