Super Simple Fabric Workloads Make You Feel Precocious

Proposed session for SQLBits 2026

TL; DR

Fabric explained in song! Learn how this platform unifies your data estate in a fun musical number set to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Big word, big impact, simple message.

Session Details

Explaining Microsoft Fabric can feel like a mouthful because it does so much. If you’re going to use big words, why not use the biggest of all? In this lightning talk, we’ll introduce Fabric through a musical number set to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Each verse will highlight a Fabric persona and the technology behind their workload, showing how Fabric unifies your data estate and makes life simpler. You’ll leave smiling, humming, and understanding why Fabric is the platform that brings everything together.

3 things you'll get out of this session

Singing Dancing Torturous mangling of words to fit the rhyming scheme

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