Summary Attendees can expect sessions covering SQL Server 2025 innovations, Azure SQL Hyperscale, vector search, AI-powered applications, developer productivity, and the evolving relationship between SQL and Fabric.
The SQL community joins Fabric in Europe for the first time at the Microsoft Fabric and SQL Community Conference , September 28 to October 1, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. Technical sessions and workshops will dive deep into the SQL topics you care about most, and explore solutions to your organization’s most pressing data challenges, from strengthening data sovereignty to powering agentic AI and unlocking trusted, actionable intelligence.
Across the industry, organizations are balancing modernization efforts with growing demands around AI adoption, scalability, security, and developer productivity. This conference will bring together practitioners, engineers, and Microsoft experts to share approaches, lessons learned, and technical guidance on these evolving challenges.
Here’s a closer look into some of the topics and sessions we’re most excited about.
SQL Server 2025: AI, vector search, and performance improvements
Innovation isn’t limited to the cloud. SQL Server 2025 offers new AI capabilities, performance improvements, and best-in-class developer experience for workloads run on-premises.
As organizations evaluate how to bring AI capabilities closer to their data while maintaining performance, security, and governance requirements, many are looking for ways to modernize existing SQL Server environments without disrupting critical workloads.
At the European Microsoft SQL Community Conference, will cover how newer features help improve performance, with integrations that simplify application development, and how new capabilities like vector search opens new possibilities for AI-powered applications.
- Exploring Optimized Locking in SQL Server 2025
- JSON and REST APIs—the Best of Both Worlds now in SQL Server 2025
- Vector Search in SQL Server 2025—Basics and Beyond
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale for scalable and AI-ready applications
Modern applications require more than tradition databases offer. As AI-powered applications and data volumes continue to grow, scalable database architectures are becoming increasingly important for organizations looking to balance performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale delivers the scalability, performance, security, and AI-ready foundation needed to support everything from mission-critical business applications to new, cloud-native solutions. Explore how the cloud-native Azure SQL Database Hyperscale can grow without limits while maintaining the reliability and trust your business depends on.
- Running Mission-Critical Systems on Azure SQL Hyperscale—Enable AI, Copilot, and Enterprise Features
- Azure SQL Hyperscale: The Cloud Database for the era of AI
Developer productivity with Database Hub, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Visual Studio Code, and GitHub Copilot
AI is reshaping applications development, and we are bringing AI-powered capabilities to the tools developers need and use every day. Learn how Database Hub delivers one place to explore, observe, govern, and optimize your entire database estate, without changing how each service is deployed. Dive into how we’re reducing friction across the development cycle with popular tools like SSMS, MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code along with the latest integrations with GitHub Copilot to drive automation, and ship apps faster.
- Top SQL Features for Developers You Might Have Missed
- Data Productivity Tour: Query, Deploy, Optimize
How SQL Server and Fabric are converging across the data estate
SQL workloads increasingly intersect with analytics, AI, and broader data platform initiatives. Bringing the SQL Server and Fabric communities together gives attendees an opportunity to learn how transactional, analytical, and AI-powered workloads are evolving across the Microsoft data ecosystem.
One registration gives you access to both SQLCon Europe and Fabric Conference experiences. Register for the Microsoft Fabric and SQL Community Conference 2026 and join us September 28 to October 1, 2026.
Continue the conversation with SQLConTV
Can’t make every session? SQLConTV will bring expert interviews, technical demos, speaker conversations, and behind-the-scenes event coverage directly to the SQL community.
Whether you’re attending in person or following along remotely, SQLConTV will offer additional perspectives on the technologies, trends, and discussions shaping the future of SQL, data, and AI.
