Ásgeir Gunnarsson

Brent Ozar leads a panel of experienced data professionals reflecting on 20 years of the cloud. With no vendor marketing, they discuss what actually changed, which problems never went away, and what they expect to face in the next 20 years based on real-world experience.

In this session, we will cover typical scenarios for sharing semantic models and reports with external users. We will explore different methods to grant access, considering ease of use, maintenance, and security and compliance perspectives. By the end of the session, the audience will have a clear understanding of the available options for sharing semantic models and reports with external users, along with the pros and cons of each method. This will enable them to make informed decisions on the best approach for their organization

How to orchestrate a lakehouse flow in Fabric? Should you use Data Factory pipelines, notebook-driven orchestration, materialized views, or bring in a third-party orchestration tool? Each option has clear strengths, but also trade-offs that can become painful in production if chosen incorrectly. In this session, we take a deep, practical dive into the orchestration options available for Fabric lakehouses. We will break down how each approach actually works, where it excels, where it falls short, and, most importantly, when you should use one over the others. After attending this session, you will leave with a clear decision framework for choosing the right orchestration strategy for your Fabric lakehouse, confidently and deliberately, rather than by trial and error. Part 1 focuses on introducing what the options are and orchestrating with Data Factory

How to orchestrate a lakehouse flow in Fabric? Should you use Data Factory pipelines, notebook-driven orchestration, materialized views, or bring in a third-party orchestration tool? Each option has clear strengths, but also trade-offs that can become painful in production if chosen incorrectly. In this session, we take a deep, practical dive into the orchestration options available for Fabric lakehouses. We will break down how each approach actually works, where it excels, where it falls short, and, most importantly, when you should use one over the others. After attending this session, you will leave with a clear decision framework for choosing the right orchestration strategy for your Fabric lakehouse, confidently and deliberately, rather than by trial and error. Part 1 focuses on introducing orchestration via notebooks, materialized views and third party solutions

In this panel debate, four practitioners with extensive, real-world Fabric experience come together to discuss what actually works when administering Fabric at scale. Benni de Jagere (Microsoft CAT), Just Blindbæk (Tabular Editor), Lars Andersen (Microsoft CAT), and Ásgeir Gunnarsson (data lab) will share hard-earned lessons from real production environments, covering both successes and mistakes. The discussion will focus on the most debated and misunderstood areas of Fabric administration, including tenant and capacity management, workspace strategies, governance models, monitoring, security boundaries, and operational ownership. Expect differing viewpoints, strong opinions, and honest answers