Using SQL Server 2022's New Storage Features

In this session, you will learn how to use the new storage-related features in SQL Server 2022.

We'll start with how to use storage-based snapshots to restore a database, copy a database, and seed an Availability Group replica, all nearly instantaneously.

Next, we'll dive into S3-compatible object storage integration. We'll discuss why S3-compatible object integration is an important feature and cover both areas where SQL Server leverages this: database backup and restore and data virtualization.

You will learn how to:

• Use array-based snapshots with SQL Server 2022's T-SQL based snapshots 
• Configure SQL Server for backup to S3 Tune backups to improve backup performance 
• Configure and use SQL Server for data virtualization scenarios 
• Simplify access to datasets stored in S3 in various storage formats such as parquet and CSV