(Livestream Replay) Power BI Storage Modes in Microsoft Fabric - with Phil Seamark

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A review of semantic model storage modes available today in Microsoft Fabric. In particular, let's look at the new Direct Lake storage mode and help understand how this compares with Import and Direct Query, and when you might use each.

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Phil works for Microsoft on the Fabric Customer Advisory Team (CAT) as a DAX and Data Modelling specialist.

As part of this role, he helps global enterprise customers to optimize and tune large data models to perform their best under heavy load.

Phil has over 30 years of experience in I.T. with most of that time building solutions in business intelligence and advanced analytics.

(Livestream Replay) Eliminate Data Silos with OneLake, the OneDrive for data - with Josh Caplan

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OneLake eliminates pervasive and chaotic data silos created by developers configuring their own isolated storage. OneLake provides a single, unified storage system for all developers. Unifying data across an organization and clouds becomes trivial. With the OneLake data hub, users can easily explore and discover data to reuse, manage or gain insights. With business domains, different business units can work independently in a data mesh pattern, without the overhead of maintaining separate lakes. Tune in to learn more!

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Josh Caplan is a product management leader, currently leading Microsoft OneLake. Prior to his role at OneLake, Josh played a pivotal role in shaping the Power BI team, leading the development of developer experiences, Power BI Premium, SQL Server Analysis Services, and Azure Analysis Services. Josh also spent several years on the Bing team, where he leveraged his expertise in business intelligence to drive insights from Bing's massive data.

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(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) 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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