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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 Microsoftโ€™s BI solution. When an opportunity arose to move into product engineering in 2012, he jumped at it and took ownership of Power BIโ€™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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Posted on November 2, 2023 and filed under Livestreams, Data Activator, Fabric, Power BI.

(Livestream Replay) Data Warehousing with Microsoft Fabric - with Andy Cutler

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With the introduction of Microsoft Fabric in 2023, the scope of data workloads available has expanded to include Power BI, Lakehouse, Warehouse, and Real-time Streaming. In this session we'll be diving into one of the workloads that Fabric offers, Data Warehousing. We'll cover a quick introduction to Fabric with a discussion on lakehouse vs warehouse. Then we'll dive into the SQL engine and look at how to create a Warehouse including objects like tables and stored procedures. We'll then look at how to load warehouses using SQL and Pipelines.

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Andy Cutler is an independent consultant specialising in the Azure Data Platform, working predominantly with Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, SQL Server and Power BI. He holds an MSc in Business Intelligence and Data Mining, and is a current Microsoft Data Platform MVP.

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Posted on September 1, 2023 and filed under Livestreams, Fabric.

(Livestream Replay) Monitoring Power BI and Fabric Tenant Information - with Just Blindbaek

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Need to get the full overview of a Power BI and/or Fabric tenant? What are the users doing? Whatโ€™s created? This session is a walkthrough of a complete monitoring solution to extract all the valuable tenant information including the activity events, the artifact metadata and the settings. You will learn how to setup and use Integration Pipelines in Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Analytics and get examples of querying the data with Azure Synapse Serverless SQL Pool. We will also discuss what questions you can get answered, when combining all the information. And then we will also cover alternative solutions.

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Microsoft Business Intelligence architect with extensive experience in all phases of BI development on Microsoft SQL Server, Azure, Power BI and Fabric.

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Posted on August 11, 2023 and filed under Livestreams, Fabric, Azure.

(Livestream Replay) Power BI Desktop "Developer Mode" and Fabric Git Integration - with Rui Romano

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Microsoft Power BI Desktop developer mode brings Pro BI developer experiences right into Power BI Desktop and together with Git integration, you can enable seamless collaboration within your development team.

At this session you will learn on how to take advantage of these new tools and features to unblock professional Power BI development experiences within Microsoft Fabric, but also improve your development efficiency by leveraging programmatic generation and editing of content (in a fully supported manner).

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Rui is an experienced Microsoft Professional with a deep passion for data and analytics. He has spent the last decade helping companies make better data-driven decisions and is known for his innovative and practical solutions to complex problems.

As a speaker, Rui is engaging, insightful, and highly knowledgeable. He can distil complex data concepts into simple, understandable language, and is truly passionate about helping others develop their data skills.

Currently works as Product Manager at the Power BI product team, focusing on Pro-BI experiences.

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