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Haider Raza is a Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft with over 30 years of experience in data, analytics, and digital transformation. He partners with enterprise customers across retail, banking, and other industries to define data strategy, modernise platforms, and build trusted foundations for AI and analytics.<\/p>\n

His expertise spans Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, SQL Server, Databricks, and Microsoft Purview, with a strong focus on data governance, architecture, and modernisation. Haider is a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, regularly leading strategic discussions, architecture reviews, and innovation workshops. 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