Azure Migration Virtual Event: Best Practices for Windows Server and SQL Server

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 10:00 AM–11:15 AM Pacific Time

Successful cloud migration begins with a series of key decisions and simple steps forward. Join this virtual event to learn about best practices and common issues when moving Windows Server and SQL Server workloads to Azure. Learn why customers choose Azure for their Windows Server workloads for cloud security, increased agility, and reduced costs. And find out how to simplify migration and get the benefits of running Windows Server and SQL Server in the cloud.

You’ll learn how to:  

Determine where to start when moving Windows Server to the cloud, including analysis of which workloads to move first.
Identify key considerations and decisions for successful migration of SQL Server.
Speed up migration by identifying and avoiding common blockers.
Define a cloud migration strategy and apply it across your organization.

Register now and attend this live virtual event for a chance to win a Microsoft Surface laptop (grand prize) or a Microsoft Xbox One (three additional prizes). Winners will be selected at random.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to any registered Event attendee 18 years of age or older. Void in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Region of Crimea, and where prohibited. Sweepstakes ends February 26, 2020. For Official Rules, see https://aka.ms/VirtualEventRules. 

Speakers

Julia White

Corporate Vice President, Azure

Julia leads the marketing team for Microsoft Azure, and is focused on how Microsoft presents its Applications, Infrastructure, Data and Intelligence capabilities to customers and partners. In addition to the primary focus on Azure, the team are also responsible for Microsoft’s hybrid cloud assets; including SQL Server, Windows Server, Developer tools and management capabilities. Across this portfolio, Julia is responsible for the value proposition, global go to market strategy, and industry engagement. She also works in partnership with engineering leadership to chart the product roadmaps. Julia joined Microsoft in 2001 as a product manager in the Enterprise Server team. In 2005, she moved to Microsoft’s US sales organization to run channel marketing and sales incentives. In 2007, she returned to product leadership, taking on Exchange Server product marketing. Over the course of the next 8 years, she was instrumental in leading the product’s evolution from an on-premises server technology to establishing Office 365 as the leader in cloud productivity services. Julia has a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a master’s in business administration from Harvard Business School.

Merrie Williamson

Vice President, Azure Apps & Infrastructure

Merrie Williamson is the Vice President of Azure Apps & Infrastructure in the WW Commercial Business group. Merrie has revenue and scorecard responsibility to lead successful achievement of business goals via the field sales, partner and go-to-market initiatives worldwide for the Azure Applications & Infrastructure solution area. This is inclusive of Azure's solutions portfolio spanning: compute, storage, networking, edge solutions, SAP on Azure, cloud native applications and all of the Azure Advanced Workloads. Merrie is also directly responsible for the Azure Apps & Infrastructure global blackbelt (GBB) resources worldwide. Merrie has been a technology leader with twenty years of experience leading strategic investments to accelerate products from inception to launch, bringing together multifaceted organizations, corporate partnerships and leading sales teams to deliver revenue. She is inspired by leaders and organizations that embrace innovation, empower leaders, and value a diverse and inclusive culture. https://www.linkedin.com/in/merriewilliamson/

Bob Ward

Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data SQL Server

Bob Ward is a Principal Architect for the Microsoft Azure Data SQL Server team, which owns the development for all SQL Server versions. Bob has worked for Microsoft for 26+ years on every version of SQL Server shipped from OS/2 1.1 to SQL Server 2019 including Azure SQL. Bob is a well-known speaker on SQL Server, often presenting talks on new releases, internals, and performance at events such as PASS Summit, Red Hat Summit, Microsoft Ready, SQLBits, SQLIntersection, Microsoft Inspire, and Microsoft Ignite. You can follow him at @bobwardms or linkedin.com/in/bobwardms. Bob is the author of the books Pro SQL Server on Linux and SQL Server 2019 Revealed available from Apress Media.

Jeff Woolsey

Principal PM Manager, Microsoft

Jeff Woolsey is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft for the Cloud and Enterprise Division and a leading expert on Virtualization and Private Cloud. Jeff has worked on virtualization technology for over sixteen years. He plays a leading role in the Windows Server Engineering team, helping to shape the design requirements for Windows Server, System Center, and Hyper-V. Jeff is an authority on ways customers can benefit from virtualization, management, and cloud computing across public, private, and hybrid environments.

Erin Chapple

Corporate Vice President, Azure Compute

Erin Chapple is the Corporate Vice President of the Program Management team of Azure Compute, responsible for Azure Virtual Machines (both Windows and Linux), Containers, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, Event Grid, Service Bus, Management, Migration, Serverless Computing (Functions and Logic Apps), App Service, and Batch Computing. She previously was the Corporate Vice President of the Azure team responsible for the technology at the foundation of all Windows-based products: Windows Kernel, Hypervisor and Containers, Storage and Server Experience and the Linux Kernel. Erin joined Microsoft in 1998 as a Program Manager on the Small Business Server. Since then, she has contributed to over 15 operating system releases in various Program Manager leadership positions.

Building communities and supporting women is as core to her as operating systems. She was a founding member of the Women’s Leadership Council within what is now the Cloud + AI division, a group that is seen as a model for women’s communities within Microsoft. In 2012 Erin’s peers at Microsoft presented her with the “Leadership Advocacy Award for Women.” Following this, Chapple turned her focus to leading Life Without Lines, the community focused on bringing the executive technical women together. Erin has recently taken on co-exec sponsorship for the Women@Microsoft employee resource group, a company-wide effort.

Erin earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering minoring in environmental engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. She earned her master’s degree in applied behavioral science from Bastyr University where she focused on coaching and consulting in organization as part of the Leadership Institute of Seattle. Erin lives in Seattle with her husband and son where they are looking forward to Seattle getting a hockey team to reduce the regular commute to Vancouver to watch the Canucks. She can be followed at http://twitter.com/erinchapple

Azure Migration Virtual Event
Best Practices for Windows Server and SQL Server

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Azure Migration Virtual Event: Best Practices for Windows Server and SQL Server

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Azure Migration Virtual Event Best Practices for Windows Server and SQL Server

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Azure Migration Virtual Event: Best Practices for Windows Server and SQL Server

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Azure Migration Virtual Event
Best Practices for Windows Server and SQL Server