Adapting to Fabric Spark: A SQL Server Practitioner’s Path Forward

This workshop is for SQL Server practitioners who are familiar with administering databases, reading query plans, and managing access, and who are looking to step into the world of Fabric. This workshop will cover both Fabric Lakehouses and Spark. And, It will show how your skills are still relevant in:

* Understanding the Spark engine
* Reading query plans and Statistics
* Delta Lake storage engine

The takeaway is that while the approaches may be different, the knowledge is the same.

* Translate core SQL Server skills into Microsoft Fabric Lakehouses, Spark, and Delta Lake * Transfer query plan and statistics reading skills to Spark for tuning and troubleshooting * Carry familiar engine and storage concepts forward by understanding Spark internals and Delta Lake mechanics