Barney Lawrence

Barney Lawrence has over a decade's experience helping people make the most of their data on the Microsoft data platform. Having moved from the guy who knows Excel, to Data Analyst, to Accidental BI Developer and finally to Actual BI Developer, he now works as a consultant. He currently works as a Senior Consultant for Simpson Associates an award-winning Microsoft partner where he specializes in local government and health data.

Proposed Sessions for 2026

(Almost) Everything You Wanted To Know About Purview Data Governance

This session will take anyone looking to understand or to get started using Purview Data Governance on a tour of Purview's Data Map and Unified Catalog. We'll visit all the key features while providing lessons learned from real world projects to help you to get the best from them.

An Introduction to Window Functions

An introduction to window functions in SQL from fundamentals through to performance and advanced patterns.

DAX Explained Through Dance, Memes and Dad Jokes

Memorable explanations of CALCULATE filter and row context in DAX to take you're measures to the next level.

Previous Sessions

Data Linkage Options: MDM vs Splink (PySpark)

Comparison of various data linkage solutions.

The Metadata Driven Data Warehouse

Tired of writing the same old Insert/Update/Delete statements over and over? Is your pipelines folder overflowing? Need to get your new data warehouse up and running as fast as possible? Metadata (data about data) comes to the rescue and in this session we’ll show you how.

DAX as Dance-Contexts Explained

Dance your way to an understanding row and filter contexts in DAX.