Our next PBI BRUM meetup will be on Tuesday 7th November! We will be joined by David Smith who will be delivering a case study on his lessons learnt from a Power BI implementation project & Jon Lunn who will be covering the what and why of Microsoft Fabric!

For the first time, we will have both speakers in person, there will be plenty of engaging and collaborative content for you to enjoy. It is also the first time we are having a case study delivered so we are excited for this one!

17:45 - Welcome & networking

18:00 - Introductions

18:10 - David Smith with lessons learnt from a Power BI implementation project: Presentation summary Implementing Power BI to modernise large legacy reporting stacks is a significant change activity. He will cover the case for change, the approach to delivery, and the lessons learnt. He will discuss when things go wrong, how can you manage implementation risks?

18:50 - Break

19:15 - Jon Lunn with the what and why of Microsoft Fabric: Overview of some of the features in MS Fabric, and why they matter to Power BI developers. Looking mostly at the Data Engineering process he'll demo pipelines and Direct Lake connections. He'll also be speaking about why this new data platform service has evolved, and what it means for the future.

20:00 - Finish