Bob Ward

Bob Ward is a Principal Architect for the Microsoft Azure Data team, which owns the development for all SQL Server versions and Azure SQL. Bob has worked for Microsoft for 28+ years on every version of SQL Server shipped from OS/2 1.1 to SQL Server 2022 including Azure SQL and Azure Arc. Bob is a well-known speaker on SQL Server and Azure SQL, often presenting talks on new releases and the latest innovations events such as PASS Summit, SQLBits, SQL Server and Azure SQL Conference, Microsoft Inspire, and Microsoft Ignite. Bob is the author of the books Pro SQL Server on Linux, SQL Server 2019 Revealed, and Azure SQL Revealed available from Apress Media.