Data Relay

Welcome to the home of Data Relay. We are a series of free, community-led conferences that cover the whole spectrum of the Microsoft Data Platform.

Data Relay 2025

Sadly we have had to make the hard decision to not run Data Relay in 2025. We did not manage to gain enough sponsorship to make the style of conference we wanted to deliver financially viable.

As this is our second year of having to cancel the event, we are in discussion as to what Data Relay will look like in the future. Thank you to everyone who submitted to speak, was planning to join us and had offered sponsorship. Watch this space for future news

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What happened to SQL Relay?

If you haven’t been to an event in a while, you might not know that SQL Relay became Data Relay in 2018. The name change reflects the breadth of technologies which the Microsoft Data Platform has grown to encompass and which you’ll find represented at our events.

Even if your last event was a SQL Relay, you’ll know what to expect from Data Relay — all that’s changed is the name. Just like SQL Relay, Data Relay continues to bring great expert sessions and in-depth workshops to the community, for free.