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#PBIMCR - Jan 2024 - Microsoft Fabric Special with Chris Webb & Ian Pike
2024-01-25 · 18:00
When: Thursday 25th of January 2024 Time: arrive for 5:45pm with talks starting from 6pm start prompt Location: Number 1 Spinningfields, 1 Hardman Street, Manchester, M3 3EB Session will not be streamed over MS Teams Complimentary drinks & pizza provided by our hosts & sponsors Robert Walters January's PBIMCR will feature Microsoft's Ian Pike and Chris Webb. Session 1 - Ian Pike - Microsoft Fabric : Notes From the Field A dive into Microsoft Fabric. Working closely with Customers to understand the benefits of using Microsoft Fabric and the learnings to get you started or avoid the pain points. Microsoft Fabric is GA so people are going on a journey to see how it can be implemented in existing platforms, or for a greenfield project. A look at the customer use cases working with UK Enterprise customers. Speaker Details - Ian Pike Storytelling with customers and data tools at Microsoft. I am a Technical Specialist working in Data & AI looking at Data, Databases and Cloud Technologies. The areas he focuses on include: ► Power BI: Adoption, Implementation and Governance ► Microsoft Fabric ► Azure DevOps / DataOps ► SQL Server and Azure DB ► Azure and Cloud practices I have been at Microsoft for over 5 years working with customers to implement and understand the technologies and solutions available. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ipike Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanPike Session 2 - Chris Webb - Fabric Direct Lake Deep Dive One of the coolest things about Microsoft Fabric is the new Power BI Direct Lake mode, where you can build reports on data in your data lake without needing to import it. In this session you'll learn all about Direct Lake mode: how it works, why you might not get it to work, how to monitor it and more! Speaker Details - Chris Webb Specialist in Fabric, Power BI, Analysis Services, MDX, Power Pivot, DAX, and Power Query. Chris been blogging about Microsoft BI for over 10 years, and racked up over 1500 posts here! He also speaks at a number of conferences including SQLBits, the PASS Summit, the PASS BA Conference, SQL Saturdays and user groups. |
#PBIMCR - Jan 2024 - Microsoft Fabric Special with Chris Webb & Ian Pike
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