Michał Sadowski

Michał Sadowski

Independent Consultant, database expert

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Data Platform, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Regional Lead, Co-leader of Data Community Krakow local group – PASS Chapter, and Microsoft Certified Solution Expert: Data Platform. An active speaker at numerous internal and external meetings and conferences including SQLDay, SQL Saturday, etc.

Michał has broad professional experience related to Microsoft technologies since 2005. In the beginning, Michał was working as System Engineer responsible for administration, management and troubleshooting IT infrastructure based on Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 servers in Active Directory domain. Broad responsibilities allowed rapid improvement of technologies skills and easy decision which specialization to pursuit. First steps with Microsoft SQL Server, Michał started with version 2000 and constantly increasing knowledge in different environments varying from small shops with only one SQL Server installation to a huge international corporation with hundreds of instances with all version. All these experiences helped develop organizational skills and effective interaction skills with internal and external clients.

As a confirmation of technical skills, Michał passed more than 25 professional exams and holds certificates such as:

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
  • Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Cloud Platform And Infrastructure/Data Management and Analytics
  • Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: SQL Server 2012/2014/2016 Database Administrator
  • Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: SQL 2016 Database Development
  • Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: Windows Server 2012/2016
  • Microsoft Specialist: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
  • Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008
  • Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator on SQL Server 2005/2008
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security on Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security and Messaging on Windows Server 2003
  • ITIL Foundation
  • and many others

Starting from October 2015 Michał is a lecturer on postgraduates’ studies at School of Banking and Management in Krakow in the speciality of Administration of SQL Server.

In May 2017 Michał became Microsoft Certified Trainer and since then delivers courses around Europe based on Microsoft Official Curriculum or customized learning plans. Also helps clients to stabilize SQL Server-based environments and increase Return Of Investments from current database estates.

Besides professional work, Michał is also active on SQL community delivering sessions on numerous SQL Server related events around Europe.

You can find Michał on Twitter: @SadowskiMichal, LinkedIn or you can read his posts on this blog.

See Michał’s posts on this blog.

Below the list of recent Michał’s speaking engagements:

Recent activities

Date Activity Type
2020-01-27 Specjalista danych Microsoft Azure Online training
2019-12-10 Migration to Azure Cloud Microsoft Azure Data Tech Event
2019-12-10 Using SQL Server on Docker Article
2019-12-03 Five reasons why you should migrate to SQL Server 2019 Microsoft Azure Data Tech Event
2019-12-03 Installation of Docker Desktop for Windows Article
2019-11-20 Zapomniane funkcjonalności SQL Server część druga Data Community Krakow
2019-10-25 ASF 026: Aaron Bertrand interview Article
2019-10-09 Zapomniane funkcjonalności SQL Server Data Community Krakow
2019-09-26 ASF 025: Rob Farley interview Article
2019-09-19 Hacking SQL Server – how to protect your SQL Server? MCT Summit 2019
2019-07-14 Microsoft Ready/Inspire – DP-200 MCT Coach – Las Vegas, USA Workshop
2019-06-28 ASF 023: Amit Bansal interview Article
2019-06-26 Migracja z SQL Server 2008 do SQL Server 2019 Data Community Krakow
2019-06-25 Warsztaty migracji z SQL Server 2008 do wersji 2019 – Kraków, Poland Workshop
2019-06-24 Modern Migration Tour 2019 – Warsaw, Poland Workshop
2019-03-21 Configuration of SQL Server instance Article
2019-06-08 Encryption in SQL Server SQL Saturday #874 Timisoara
2019-05-18 Hacking SQL Server SQL Saturday #857 Kyiv
2019-05-15 Hacking SQL Server SQLDay conference
2019-04-27 Wprowadzenie do Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Global Azure Bootcamp
2019-04-25 Manage data by using MDS – Study Group 70-767 #6 Data Community Krakow
2019-04-24 Wprowadzenie do Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Data Community Krakow
2019-04-18 Create a knowledge base, maintain data quality by using DQS – Study Group 70-767 #5 Data Community Krakow
2019-04-18 Implement a Master Data Services (MDS) model – Study Group 70-767 #5 Data Community Krakow
2019-03-28 Design and implement partitioned tables and views – Study Group 70-767 #2 Data Community Krakow
2019-03-28 Design and implement an extract, transform, and load (ETL) control flow by using a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package – Study Group 70-767 #2 Data Community Krakow
2019-03-27 Przygotowanie środowiska SQL Server na komputerze z Windows 10 oraz Hyper-V Data Community Krakow
2019-03-29 ASF 020: Paweł Potasiński interview Article
2019-03-21 Installation of SQL Server client tools Article
2019-01-25 ASF 018: Mladen Prajdic interview Article
2019-01-03 Unattended installation of SQL Server Article
2019-01-09 Hackowanie SQL Server część 2
Data Community Krakow
2018-12-20 Installation of SQL Server using GUI Article
2018-12-12 Hacking SQL Server Data Community Krakow
2018-12-12 Preparation for SQL Server installation Article
2018-12-08 Encryption in SQL Server SQL Saturday #782 Ljubljana
2018-11-24 Database corruption SQL Saturday #789 Tallinn
2018-11-14 News from PASS Summit 2018 Data Community Krakow
2018-10-23 Encryption in SQL Server MCT Global Summit
2018-10-22 Windows vs SQL Server – how to configure Windows for better SQL Server performance MCT Global Summit
2018-10-13 How to start working in multiserver environment? SQL Saturday #763 Sofia
2018-10-06 Database corruption SQL Saturday #765 Denmark
2018-09-29 Encryption in SQL Server SQL Saturday #753 Lviv
2018-09-22 Database corruption SQL Saturday #780 Kharkiv
2018-09-22 Encryption in SQL Server SQL Saturday #780 Kharkiv
2018-09-15 Encryption in SQL Server SQL Saturday #775 Gothenburg
2018-06-23 How to start working in the multiserver environment? SQL Saturday #764 Bratislava
2018-06-23 Encryption in SQL Server SQL Saturday #764 Bratislava
2018-06-20 Introduction to AlwaysOn Data Community Krakow
2018-05-19 SQL Server vs. Windows Server – how to configure Windows for better SQL Server performance SQL Saturday #739 Kyiv
2018-05-15 SQL Server vs. Windows Server – how to configure Windows for better SQL Server performance SQLDay conference
2018-04-04 Study Group prep session for exam 70-765 – Manage SQL Storage Data Community Krakow
2018-04-04 Study Group prep session for exam 70-765 – Manage SQL Server instances Data Community Krakow
2018-03-28 Study Group prep session for exam 70-765 – Configure SQL Server performance settings Data Community Krakow
2018-03-28 Study Group prep session for exam 70-765 – Configure secure access to Microsoft Azure SQL Databases Data Community Krakow
2018-02-28 Study Group prep session for exam 70-765 – Deploy a Microsoft Azure SQL Database Data Community Krakow
2018-02-28 Study Group prep session for exam 70-765 – Plan for SQL Server installation Data Community Krakow
2018-02-22 Windows vs SQL Server – how to configure Windows for better SQL Server performance Data Community Katowice
2017-11-22 My report is slow – introduction to performance tuning Data Community Krakow
2017-10-21 Database corruption SQL Saturday #689 Prague
2017-10-19 Encryption in SQL Server Data Platform Professionals
– Swiss PASS Chapter
2017-08-19 How to start working in the multiserver environment? SQL Saturday #660 Lviv
2017-05-20 Encryption in SQL Server SQL Saturday #616 Kyiv
2016-05-21 SQL Server 2016 for DBA SQL Saturday #508 Kyiv