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Room 01
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Modernizing SQL Server, leveraging Babelfish on Amazon Aurora.
Marcelo Fernandes
SQL 2019, Postgres, Databases
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Room 02
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Microsoft Session
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Room 04
Building an AI Strategy for Organizational Success
Surbhi Pokharna
AI and data science, Azure OpenAI, AI, Grounded in Reality
Fabric Monitoring Made Simple: Built-In Tools and Custom Solutions
Ásgeir Gunnarsson, Just Blindbæk
Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
The Benefits of Mentoring
Deborah Melkin
Non-Technical, Soft Skills, Grounded in Reality, Inspirational
The Advancement of Azure SQL Managed Instance: Improving Flexibility in Platform and Hardware Config
Uros Milanovic
PowerShell, Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, Microsoft
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Microsoft Session
Microsoft Product Group
Room 06
🎲 Your best Bet: Effortless MLOps with dbt
Dorian Van den Heede
Python, Spark, AI and data science, Databricks
Automating Engineering with AI
Simon Whiteley
Data Lake, AI and data science, Databricks, Data Transformation and Integration
Mind the Gap: Bridging PDFs and SQL Server with AI
Chrissy LeMaire
PowerShell, AI and data science, SQL on Linux, DataOps and Automation
X-Raying Schema Operations: Adding and Removing Columns
Cláudio Silva
SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, SQL 2022
Introducing DAX - TOP SECRET NEW FUNCTIONALITY
Marco Russo
Power BI, Analytics, Grounded in Reality
Learning PostgreSQL as a SQL Server User
Grant Fritchey
Postgres, Databases, Grounded in Reality
The complete guide to Power BI memory usage and memory errors
Chris Webb
Power BI, Reporting and Visualisation, Grounded in Reality
Room 13
Using Lakehouse Data at scale with Power BI, featuring Direct Lake mode
Benni De Jagere
Power BI, Fabric, Reporting and Visualisation, Grounded in Reality
Avoid the Pitfalls: 10 common Power BI Mistakes (and How to fix them)
Anastasia Salari
Power BI, Reporting and Visualisation
The Audience Conductor - Using Senses and Emotions to Improve Your Presentations
Alexander Arvidsson
Non-Technical, Soft Skills
An Introduction to Delta Lake and The Lakehouse
Paul Andrew
Data Lake, Databricks, Fabric, Data Transformation and Integration
Microsoft Fabric meets Databricks Unity Catalog: leveraging metadata across both worlds
Denis Selimovic, Stefan Koch
Databricks, Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
Fabric Automation: Unlocking the power of the API
Craig Porteous
Fabric, DataOps and Automation, Inspirational
Room 14
Enhancing Microsoft Fabric with Power Automate
Laura Graham-Brown, Claire Edgson
Fabric, DataOps and Automation, Inspirational
Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodivergent Talent in Tech Teams
Carole McNally
Non-Technical, Soft Skills, Grounded in Reality, Inspirational
Storytelling & Power BI - Creating Power BI reports that connect with different audiences
Valerie Junk
Power BI, Reporting and Visualisation, Inspirational
Power BI Reporting: From Good to Great
Prathyusha(Prathy) Kamasani
Power BI, Analytics, Grounded in Reality, Inspirational
The path to Bundle your Databricks projects
Fabian Gutierrez Ardts
Python, Microsoft, DataOps and Automation, Grounded in Reality
Debating Two Viewpoints on Indexing - Development vs Operations
Andy Yun, Deborah Melkin
SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, Database engine
Geospatial Meets Big Data: Transforming Location Intelligence
James Dales, Brynn Borton
Power BI, Spark, Data Lake, Big data analytics
Room 15
Query Store Basics: A DBA’s Best Friend
Peter Kruis
SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, Query Store
Creating Dynamic Power BI Reports with conditional formatting
Marjolein Opsteegh
Power BI, Reporting and Visualisation, Inspirational
The Battle for Data Protection in AI and Data Analytics in Today’s World
Kellyn Gorman
Data Lake, Database engine, Microsoft, DataOps and Automation
Great expectations for your data quality
Michael Victor
Python, Data Transformation and Integration, Grounded in Reality
Create Multimodal Agent with Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Foundry
Alpa Buddhabhatti
Azure SQL Database, Data Lake, Database engine, Big data analytics
Identifying Poorly Performing DAX
Joe Billingham
Power BI, Reporting and Visualisation
The Ascending Key Problem
Brent Ozar
SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, SQL 2022
Room 17
Automating Star Schemas in Fabric DW
Bob Duffy
Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
SQL Server 2025: Unleashing Next-Level Database Performance
Margarita Naumova
Database engine, Databases, Inspirational
One SKU, Two SKU, Old SKU, New SKU
Barney Lawrence, Andrew Edge
Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
Securing Your Data in Microsoft Fabric: Best Practices and Strategies
Amy Herold
Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
Outperform Spark with Python Notebooks in Fabric
Christian Henrik Reich
Python, Spark, Fabric, Data Transformation and Integration
Converse with your SQL Database using AI Agents
Luke Menzies, James Bentley
AI and data science, Databricks, Azure OpenAI, AI
Evaluating the realism of synthetic data in DevOps
Maryleen Amaizu
Python, AI and data science, AI, Grounded in Reality
