Demystifying Databricks AI Coworker (w/ Youssef Mrini)

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September 11th - 9:30 AM (Pacific Time)

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As enterprise AI transitions from basic conversational interfaces to context-aware execution, AI coworkers are redefining how organizations interact with their data ecosystem.

In this session, we demystify the paradigm of Databricks AI Coworker and examine how agentic workflows adapt to diverse operational needs, from plain-language business automation and decision support to code-first data engineering and developer pipelines.

GUEST BIO (Youssef Mrini) 👤

Youssef Mrini is a Developer Advocate at Databricks focused on empowering teams to build on the Databricks Data+AI Platform. His work centers on the Databricks Ecosystem such as AI/BI, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, and native agentic workflows like Genie. Youssef produces deep-dive technical tutorials, and production-ready guidance dedicated entirely to maximizing value on Databricks.

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(Livestream Replay) Practical Azure Databricks for Power BI - with Alex Barbeau

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Are you working with Power BI, and your organization is using Azure Databricks, but you don't know where or how to start using an Open Data Lakehouse? In this demo focused presentation, Alex Barbeau will show practical tips and tricks for Power BI admins and developers to get started and succeed in using Databricks. From how to login to Databricks, the differences in Warehouse types, how to interact with the Hive Catalog and Unity Catalog, you'll leave this presentation with the information you need to get started on Databricks from Power BI.

GUEST BIO 👤

Alex Barbeau is a Data Engineering Group Manager at Avanade, and is based in Minneapolis. He started working with Power Pivot back in 2013, before pivoting to Power BI and Data Engineering in Azure. He has worked on multiple multi-billion row Power BI semantic layers, in industries spanning financial services, advertising, retail and CPG, and manufacturing, using Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks, and Snowflake on Azure. He was awarded the Fast Track Recognized Solution Architect award for Power BI in 2022 & 2023 by Microsoft, and is a Databricks Champion, recognized by Databricks.

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