1. The Azure SQL Data Platform2. Planning Considerations and Analysis3. Budgeting for an Azure Migration4. Azure Cost Management5. Service and Systems Monitoring6. Migrating Data and Code7. Team Success Factors8. Security, Privacy, and Compliance with the Law9. Documenting Data Sources and Metadata in a Data Dictionary
10. Moving Your Data to the Cloud11. Data Validation Testing
12. Post-Migration Tasks13. Post Mortem
Kevin Kline is a noted database expert and software industry veteran. A long-time Microsoft Data Platform MVP and respected community leader in the database industry, Kevin is a founder and former president of the Professional Association for SQL Server, as well as the author of popular IT books such as
SQL in a Nutshell. Kevin is a top-rated speaker at industry trade shows worldwide and has a monthly column at Database Trends & Applications magazine (DBTA.com). He tweets at @kekline and blogs regularly. Kevin is a Head Geek at SolarWinds, a leading vendor of management and observability tools for networks, systems, databases, applications, IT team services, and IT security.
Denis McDowell has been designing and implementing technology solutions with Microsoft Data Platform technologies for over 25 years. Denis' 10 years leading the Application Management practice for a managed services provider and subsequent experience consulting in financial technologies led him to develop broad and deep expertise architecting requirements-driven cloud solutions to meet the business objectives of his customers. Denis is a certified Microsoft Azure Data Platform Engineer and speaks regularly at industry events and conferences around the world. Denis is a consultant at QBE, LLC, a leading management and technology consulting organization for the federal government and defense and intelligence communities and is currently the Principal Cloud Architect for the US.Army's Enterprise Cloud Management Agency (ECMA).
Dustin Dorsey has been architecting and managing SQL Server solutions for healthcare companies for well over a decade. While he has built his career in database administration, he has also spent significant time working in development and business intelligence. During this time, Dustin has gained a keen interest and specialization in cost management around the data platform both on-premise and in the cloud that he has used to save organizations millions of dollars. Dustin is an international speaker and can be seen writing articles on popular SQL websites as well as on his own blog at DustinDorsey.com. He is also active in the community both as a local user group leader and event organizer..
Matt Gordon is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and has worked with SQL Server since 2000. He is the leader of the Lexington, KY Data Technology Group and a frequent domestic and international community speaker. He's an IDERA ACE alumnus and 2021 Friend of Redgate. His original data professional role was in database development, which quickly evolved into query tuning work that further evolved into being a DBA in the healthcare realm. He has supported several critical systems utilizing SQL Server and managed dozens of 24/7/365 SQL Server implementations. Following several years as a consultant, he is now the Director of Data and Infrastructure for rev.io, where he is implementing data governance, DevOps, and performance improvements enterprisewide.
Kevin Kline是一位知名的資料庫專家和軟體業界老手。作為長期以來的Microsoft Data Platform MVP和資料庫行業中受人尊敬的社群領袖，Kevin是Professional Association for SQL Server的創始人和前任會長，也是《SQL in a Nutshell》等熱門IT書籍的作者。Kevin是全球行業展會上評價最高的演講者，並在Database Trends & Applications雜誌（DBTA.com）上有一個每月的專欄。他在Twitter上發推文@kekline，並定期撰寫部落格文章。Kevin是SolarWinds的Head Geek，該公司是一家領先的網絡、系統、資料庫、應用程式、IT團隊服務和IT安全管理和可觀察性工具供應商。
Denis McDowell在Microsoft Data Platform技術上設計和實施技術解決方案已有超過25年的經驗。Denis在一家托管服務提供商擔任應用管理實踐負責人的10年和在金融技術領域的咨詢經驗後，他開發了廣泛而深入的專業知識，以滿足客戶業務目標的需求驅動的雲解決方案。Denis是一位經認證的Microsoft Azure Data Platform工程師，並定期在世界各地的行業活動和會議上發表演講。Denis是QBE, LLC的顧問，該公司是聯邦政府、國防和情報社區的領先管理和技術咨詢組織，目前擔任美國陸軍企業雲管理機構（ECMA）的首席雲架構師。
Dustin Dorsey在醫療保健公司為SQL Server解決方案進行架構設計和管理已有十多年的經驗。儘管他的職業生涯主要是在資料庫管理方面，但他也花了很多時間在開發和商業智能方面的工作上。在此期間，Dustin對本地和雲端上的資料平台成本管理產生了濃厚的興趣和專長，並用此節省了組織數百萬美元。Dustin是一位國際演講者，他在知名的SQL網站上撰寫文章，並在自己的博客DustinDorsey.com上發表內容。他也積極參與社群，擔任本地用戶組組織者和活動組織者。
Matt Gordon是一位Microsoft Data Platform MVP，從2000年開始與SQL Server合作。他是Lexington, KY Data Technology Group的負責人，並經常在國內外社群演講。他是IDERA ACE校友和2021年Redgate之友。他最初的數據專業角色是在資料庫開發方面，後來進一步發展為查詢調優工作，並成為醫療保健領域的資料庫管理員。他支援過多個關鍵系統，並管理過數十個全天候運行的SQL Server實施項目。在擔任顧問數年後，他現在是rev.io的數據和基礎設施總監，他正在實施企業級的數據治理、DevOps和性能改進。
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