ASF 006: Bob Ward interview

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Bob Ward is a Principal Architect for the Microsoft Data Group (Tiger Team) which owns the development and servicing for all SQL Server versions. Bob has worked for Microsoft for 24 years supporting and speaking on every version of SQL Server shipped from OS/2 1.1 to SQL Server 2016. He has worked in customer support as a principal escalation engineer and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) interacting with some of the largest SQL Server deployments in the world. Bob is a well-known speaker on SQL Server often presenting talks on internals and troubleshooting at events such as SQL PASS Summit, SQLBits, SQLIntersection, and Microsoft Ignite.
This talk has taken place during PASS Summit in Seattle, WA, on 2nd November 2017 (Thursday).
Do you want to find out what is the next goal of Tiger Team for SQL Server?
What was his first database he worked with and how SQL's world looked like before DMV appeared? What does Bob have to do with the city of Łódź and why he does like to return to Poland?
Listen to this episode to find out all answers and more.