Tech Events at XYZ Works, Manchester

with Torsten Strauß (CEO, inside-sqlserver / Principal SQL Consultant, Sarpedon Quality Lab) · Mark Pryce-Maher (Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft)

Two full-length SQL and Fabric sessions from the Manchester Data Platform User Group, in person only and not recorded. Torsten Strauß, a Microsoft MVP, CEO of inside-sqlserver and principal SQL consultant at Sarpedon Quality Lab, opens at 18:00 on practical performance tuning for Azure SQL and SQL Server: dissecting slow queries, finding the real bottlenecks, and where Intelligent Query Processing helps and where it hurts in production. After pizza, Mark Pryce-Maher, Senior Program Manager on Microsoft Fabric, compares Fabric Warehouse and Lakehouse and gives a decision framework rather than a feature list. Doors and intros from 17:45 at XYZ Works on Hardman Street. Free, but register early because names go to building security. Why go: two speakers who build and consult on these products, giving ninety minutes of depth rather than a vendor overview. Best for SQL developers, data engineers and architects making Fabric platform decisions.

The Manchester Data Platform community at XYZ Works for talks on the modern data stack in practice.

Monthly gathering for data platform professionals in Manchester covering Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, SQL Server, and related technologies. Evening of technical talks, discussions, and networking at XYZ Works, Spinningfields.