Bob Ward, principal architect for the Microsoft Data Services Group, will deliver the opening session at the SentryOne Roadshow in Dallas on June 14. Ward's address, "SQL Server 2017: The Fast and the Furious," will give a behind-the-scenes look at what powers SQL Server 2017 for Linux and Windows.

This week's SentryOne Roadshow in Boston on May 11 features a keynote address by Kevin Kline and a session on SQL Server troubleshooting by Andy Mallon, Microsoft MVP and BostonSQL founder.  Check out all the roadshow series cities, dates, sessions, and speakers.

SentryOne will represent at SQL Saturday Cork in Ireland on June 9: Douglas McDowell, CSO, will deliver a session on "Realizing ROI for Data Projects," and Kevin Kline, principal program manager, will cover "End-to-End Troubleshooting for SQL Server." Kevin is also presenting a pre-con workshop, "50 Things All SQL Server Developers Need to Know," on June 8. Attendees can get 20% off registration with the code SENTRYONE for this pre-con session as well as for "Move Your Database to the Cloud," presented by José Manuel Jurado, a SQL support escalation engineer and subject matter expert in Azure SQL Database at Microsoft Spain.  

As part of plans to expand in EMEA, SentryOne opened an office in Dublin and has welcomed new staff members, including Niall Gilmore, market manager; Karl Dorman, customer success manager; Donncha Fenton, account executive; and Lee Walsh, technical specialist. The Ireland team will be on hand to answer questions during a public demo scheduled for Thursday 10 May at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST).