Malta Microsoft Data Platform User Group

🚀 SQL Server 2025 News: AI Integration and More — Live & Free at Microsoft Malta! 🇲🇹

Register now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/maltadataplatformusergroup/2153086

🧠 Session 1 — From ML to AI Agents: The Journey That Changed Everything

Once upon a time, there was Machine Learning.
Then LLMs arrived — and nothing was ever the same.

→ What is a model, really?
→ What makes something an agent vs an assistant?
→ How many types of agents exist — and why does it matter?

If you think you already know, this session might surprise you.

🔴 Session 2 — SQL Server 2025 News: AI Integration and More

The AI integration story. The vector search evolution.
From what Azure SQL introduced early — to what SQL Server 2025 delivers now.

→ Vectors, DiskANN, AI_GENERATE_EMBEDDINGS
→ RAG pipelines inside the database — no separate vector store
→ What is GA. What is still preview. What it means for production.

The honest version. Not the marketing one.

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📍 In-person — Microsoft Malta Office
🎟️ Free event — no registration fee
🤝 Networking before and after the sessions
🍡 Delicious Brazilian snacks
👥 MMDPUG — Malta Microsoft Data Platform User Group

🔗 Registration link in the comments — spots are limited.
👇 Register now and see you there!

? Are you already building AI into your data platform?
Drop a comment and let's talk.

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🚀 Meetup Announcement — Foundry for Builders @ Microsoft Malta

I’ll be speaking at Microsoft Malta (Skyparks) on January 29 @ 19:00 for a builder-focused session:

🛠️ Foundry for Builders: MCP, Knowledge & Workflow Orchestration

Microsoft Foundry is moving fast after Ignite, and builders are already asking the real questions:

How do we combine agents + knowledge + tools + orchestration into something practical and production-ready?

Here’s what we’ll build & demo 👇
🧠 Agent #1: Knowledge (RAG) — using Foundry Knowledge to ground answers with retrieval
🔌 Agent #2: MCP + Azure SQL — using an MCP server to query an Azure SQL Database securely
🔀 Workflow orchestration — intent detection + routing so the right agent answers the right question

🎯 If you’re building with AI and want patterns you can reuse (not just flashy demos), this one’s for you.

📍 Where: Microsoft Malta, Skyparks
🗓️ When: January 29
🕖 Time: 19:00

RSVP - Register now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/maltadataplatformusergroup/1988993

📣 TechTok 2025 Speaker Spotlight

We’re excited to welcome Dennes Torres, Azure Data Engineer at DTower Software, to the AI Track at TechTok 2025 on 19 September at the Hilton Portomaso.

👉 Talk: The AI Journey - From Models to Agents at Work

In just 30 minutes, Dennes will take us on a fast-paced journey across the evolving AI landscape:
✅ Large language models and vector search
✅ Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and assistants
✅ The rise of agents and emerging standards like MCPs

With more than 20 years of experience across data, cloud, and software development, and as a Microsoft MVP and certified MCT, Dennes brings both technical depth and the ability to connect AI innovation with business impact.

👉 If you want a clear, big-picture view of how today’s AI systems fit together and where they are heading, grab your tickets now at www.techtok.mt