{"id":7792,"date":"2026-10-06T13:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T20:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/?p=7792"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:01:13","slug":"sql-calendar-2027q4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/sql-calendar-2027q4\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming SQL and AI Events to Put on Your Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Developers, database administrators, data professionals, architects and technology decision makers have several opportunities to connect, learn and gain hands-on experience this fall.<\/p>\n<h2>2027 Q4 SQL Events<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>City &amp; region<\/th>\n<th>Registration<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Fri, Oct 16, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud83d\udcbb SQL AI App in a Day workshop<\/td>\n<td>Sanford, Florida<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sql\/day\/mco\/workshop\">Workshop<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sat, Oct 17, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud83e\udd1d Orlando\u2019s 19th Annual Day of Data<\/td>\n<td>Sanford, Florida<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sql\/day\/mco\">Event<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Fri, Oct 23, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud83d\udcbb SQL AI App in a Day workshop<\/td>\n<td>St. Louis, Missouri<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sql\/day\/stl\/workshop\">Workshop<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Fri, Oct 23, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud83d\udcbb SQL AI App in a Day workshop<\/td>\n<td>Saint Paul, Minnesota<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sql\/day\/msp\/workshop\">Workshop<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sat, Oct 24, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud83e\udd1d Day of Data St. Louis<\/td>\n<td>St. Louis, Missouri<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sql\/day\/stl\">Event<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sat, Oct 24, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud83e\udd1d SQL Saturday Minnesota 2026<\/td>\n<td>Saint Paul, Minnesota<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sql\/day\/msp\">Event<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Fri, Nov 6, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud83d\udcbb SQL AI App in a Day workshop<\/td>\n<td>Vancouver, Washington<\/td>\n<td>Details forthcoming<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sat, Nov 7, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud83e\udd1d Pacific Northwest Day of Data<\/td>\n<td>Vancouver, Washington<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sql\/day\/pnw\">Event<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Nov 9\u201311, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2764\ufe0f PASS Summit West<\/td>\n<td>Seattle, Washington<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/passdatacommunitysummit.com\/west\/\">Event<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Nov 17\u201320, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2764\ufe0f Microsoft Ignite<\/td>\n<td>San Francisco, California<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/ignite.microsoft.com\/en-US\/home\">Event<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Fri, Dec 4, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud83d\udcbb SQL AI App in a Day workshop<\/td>\n<td>Houston, Texas<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sql\/day\/hou\/workshop\">Workshop<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sat, Dec 5, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud83e\udd1d Houston Day of Data<\/td>\n<td>Houston, Texas<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sql\/day\/hou\">Event<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><div class=\"alert alert-info\"><p class=\"alert-divider\"><i class=\"fabric-icon fabric-icon--Info\"><\/i><strong>Day of Data and SQL Saturday events are free!<\/strong><\/p>The community-led Day of Data and SQL Saturday events are free. Registration is required, and seating for in-person workshops may be limited.<\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Get hands-on with SQL and AI<\/h2>\n<p>The Friday workshops are led by the SQL product group! They provide a full day of practical learning before the community conferences begin. This AI workshop is designed for SQL developers, database administrators, application developers, architects and other data professionals who want to build AI-powered applications without abandoning the SQL tools and security model they already trust.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will learn how to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Store and query vectors and embeddings alongside relational data.<\/li>\n<li>Use semantic and intent-aware retrieval instead of relying exclusively on keyword search.<\/li>\n<li>Implement retrieval-augmented generation with SQL as the trusted data source.<\/li>\n<li>Ground AI responses in authoritative enterprise data.<\/li>\n<li>Invoke AI models through controlled and auditable SQL workflows.<\/li>\n<li>Apply existing roles, permissions, isolation and governance controls to AI applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The workshop runs from <strong>9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Something for every role<\/h2>\n<p>These events offer value across the technology organization:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developers<\/strong> can explore application development, AI integration, T-SQL, analytics and DevOps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Administrators and data professionals<\/strong> can strengthen their SQL Server, Azure SQL, Fabric, Power BI, security and governance skills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Architects and decision makers<\/strong> can evaluate modern data and AI approaches while learning how organizations can retain control of security, privacy and compliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Register early, bring questions and take advantage of the opportunity to learn directly from the SQL Product Group and our great data community.<\/p>\n<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-left\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sql\/free\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about Azure SQL database<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developers, database administrators, data professionals, architects and technology decision makers have several opportunities to connect, learn and gain hands-on experience this fall. 2027 Q4 SQL Events Date Event City &amp; region Registration Fri, Oct 16, 2026 \ud83d\udcbb SQL AI App in a Day workshop Sanford, Florida Workshop Sat, Oct 17, 2026 \ud83e\udd1d Orlando\u2019s 19th Annual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96788,"featured_media":81,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-azure-sql"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Developers, database administrators, data professionals, architects and technology decision makers have several opportunities to connect, learn and gain hands-on experience this fall. 2027 Q4 SQL Events Date Event City &amp; region Registration Fri, Oct 16, 2026 \ud83d\udcbb SQL AI App in a Day workshop Sanford, Florida Workshop Sat, Oct 17, 2026 \ud83e\udd1d Orlando\u2019s 19th Annual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96788"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7797,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792\/revisions\/7797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}