(Livestream Replay) DBT...What's That?!? Exploring the Data Build Tool in Fabric - with Johnny Winter 💀

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Explore the powerful fusion of dbt (data build tool) with Microsoft Fabric. Discover how this integration allows you to transform your data using version controlled, documented, repeatable and testable patterns that you're able to deploy within Fabric's Synapse Data Warehousing. Learn practical use cases and best practices for leveraging dbt's capabilities, enhancing data reliability and driving more informed decision-making processes. For those wanting to follow along, you'll need access to a Fabric Data Warehouse, VS Code and a virtual python environment.

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Johnny currently works as a consultant for Advancing Analytics. He’s been working with Business Intelligence software since 2007, specialising in the Microsoft data platform since 2016. He’s a self-confessed Business Intelligence geek and in his spare time runs the website and YouTube channel Greyskull Analytics, where he likes to nerd out about all things Power BI.

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(Livestream Replay) Christmas Special! Generative AI & Fabric - with Mathias Halkjær

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It's Christmas time 🎄

Guess what? Data never sleeps. Especially if you signed up to handle more than 8 billion deliveries in one day.

In this special Christmas edition, Mathias Halkjær will join alongside a special guest who is in something of a pickle. Let's explore how Gen AI and Microsoft Fabric can help ease their workload.

This episode will cover how to work with Open AI in conjunction with Microsoft Fabric. Specifically, we will explore several approaches to how Open AI plays together with Microsoft Fabric, explained through practical examples with perhaps more than a subtle touch of humor.

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Mathias is a data enthusiast with a great passion for the synergy between data analytics and cloud data platforms.

As a Principal Architect at Fellowmind he works with building up clients' data capabilities, implementing data platform technologies and all-in-all maximize the impact of their their data.

Being a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, he is very passionate about sharing anything with community, especially something around turning data into impact!

With a background in Product Development and Innovation, Mathias brings a unique 'Data Product' perspective to the realm of data architecture, and is obsessed with the bigger picture. With his slightly rebellious attitude, he's not afraid to challenge the status quo and break industry norms to find new and better solutions.

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Mr. Fab. Rick is a delightfully imaginative puppet speaker and one of Santa's most creative helpers at the North Pole.

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(Livestream Replay) Why OneLake is a BIG DEAL in Microsoft Fabric - with Pawel Potasinski)

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One of the key pillars of Microsoft Fabric is that it’s lake centric and open. At the core of this pillar there’s OneLake - a single, unified storage system for all your data. In this conversation Pawel and Reid will discuss and *** demo *** the benefits of OneLake for data professionals and organizations working with Fabric.

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Member of the Microsoft Fabric Customer Advisory Team (CAT), focused on community management and engagements. In his professional career Pawel has always been associated with data engineering and analytics (SQL, BI, Big Data). Founder of the Polish SQL Server Users Group (PLSSUG), today known as Data Community Poland. Regular speaker at conferences, community events and user groups. Former Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).

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(Livestream Replay) Building a Digital Nervous System using Data Activator - with Will Thompson

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Data Activator is a new product in Microsoft Fabric that monitors data in Power BI reports and Event streams for when the data hits certain thresholds or matches other patterns. Then it automatically takes appropriate action such as alerting users or kicking off Power Automate workflows. You can use it to build operational systems of detection to automate actions over changing data. Will leads the product team, and is here to show how you can get started with demos and discussion around the product.

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Will is a self-confessed data geek, working his way through sysadmin and DBA roles before joining Microsoft. He spent 5 years helping customers in the UK implement and get value out of Microsoft’s BI solution. When an opportunity arose to move into product engineering in 2012, he jumped at it and took ownership of Power BI’s visual and modeling features. In 2022 he started running Product Management for Data Activator, a new product for monitoring and acting on changes in data.

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