Many SQL Server environments were built on hand-coded ETL, SSIS packages, tightly coupled stored procedures, and undocumented business logic. As modernization pressure increases, teams face a real challenge: evolve the platform without destabilizing what already runs the business.
This live expert panel brings together practitioners leading SQL Server modernization initiatives across complex, regulated environments. The focus is practical execution — not theory, not hype.
The panel will explore:
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The highest-impact modernization moves inside legacy SQL Server environments
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Failure patterns in SSIS-heavy architectures and where fragility emerges
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Establishing lineage, governance, and impact visibility as a modernization baseline
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Eliminating undocumented business logic and fragile dependencies
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Designing SQL Server platforms that preserve optionality for future Azure, Fabric, or Snowflake migration
You will leave with realistic guidance and clear priorities for modernizing SQL Server platforms while maintaining performance, reliability, and audit confidence.
Moderator
- Ramesh Panakkal, Customer Success Manager, WhereScape
Panelists
- Paul Watson-Gover, Senior Solutions Architect, WhereScape
- Mike Magalsky, CEO & Founder, infoVia
- Additional industry experts to be announced
