Michael Ray
Senior Content Developer at Microsoft
Renton, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Ray is a Senior Content Developer and seasoned SQL Server specialist with over 18 years in IT and a deep 13+ year focus on database design, performance tuning, BI, and high-availability architectures. At Microsoft since 2000 in roles spanning technical writing, DBA, BI consultant, and field engineer, he blends hands-on engineering—SSAS/SSIS/SSRS, T‑SQL/MDX, clustering, mirroring—with clear, production-ready documentation for business continuity and disaster recovery. He contributes to prominent Microsoft SQL Server repos, authoring SQL examples and samples (including VDI backup/restore client code and Azure SQL samples), demonstrating both low-level database expertise and practical DevOps integration. A military veteran with training in Russian language and an English degree, he brings disciplined problem-solving and an uncommon cross-disciplinary communication skill set to complex data platform challenges.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Russian Language and Literature, Russian Language and Literature at Defense Language InstituteBachelor, English, Bachelor, English at Weber State University
Russian
Github Skills (14)
microsoft-sql-server10
sql-server10
database-administration10
sql10
cprogramming-language9
database-replication9
c-language9
kubernetes8
kubernetes-pods8
devops8
cloud-services7
cloud-infrastructure7
bash5
powershell5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
MicrosoftDocs/sql-docs
Nov 2016 - Jan 2023
Technical documentation for Microsoft SQL Server, tools such as SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) , SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) etc.
Role in this project:
Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Database Engineer / Database AdministratorContributions:95 reviews, 6602 commits, 184 PRs in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Michael's commits primarily involve modifying SQL code snippets related to database operations within Microsoft SQL Server. These changes focus on triggers, replication, and enabling FileStream, indicating a strong focus on database management and functionality. The user also modifies `.acrolinx-config.edn` files, showing some involvement in documentation and potentially content management, in addition to directly altering SQL code. These merge commits suggest the user is integrating changes from multiple sources into the main branch.
data-servertechnical-documentationsqlserversql-serversql-server-management-studio
microsoft/sql-server-samples
Mar 2017 - Mar 2021
Azure Data SQL Samples - Official Microsoft GitHub Repository containing code samples for SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Synapse, and Azure SQL Edge
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:48 commits, 42 PRs, 28 pushes in 4 years
Contributions summary:Michael contributed code for a virtual device interface (VDI) sample, demonstrating the client side of the interface for backup and restore operations within SQL Server. They utilized C++ for the client-side implementation and integrated with sqlcmd to interact with the server. The changes included the creation of the virtual device set, configuration, data transfer, and integration of SQLCMD for executing backup/restore commands. They also uploaded Kubernetes manifest sample files and added a script to set monitoring.
azure-synapsesqlserversql-serversqledge
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