Bas Land

Bas is co-founder of Kimura Data Intelligence. He works as a data architect and specialises in Microsoft Fabric. He speaks and blogs about these experiences to share knowledge with the community. He is an experienced data engineer and architect with over 10 years of experience in Microsoft SQL Server, Azure and now Fabric technology implementations and holds a Microsoft Dataplatform MVP award. In his spare time he likes to practice sports (Brazilian jiu-jitsu, running, weight lifting) and also traveling with his wife and their three-year-old dachshund (daxhund?) Chester.

Bas Land's Sessions

Dashboard are Dead, Talk to your Data!SQLBits 2026

Over the past years, everybody has been exposed to AI LLMs such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. What if I told you that you could chat with your data, just like you can chat with your AI? With Fabric Data Agents, you can! You get a chat interface that understands the context of your data. You can ask questions in natural language (no need to learn SQL or DAX!) and get answers, fast.

Delta Table Optimisation - Improving Queries using Delta Partitioning and Liquid ClusteringSQLBits 2026

Make you Delta tables faster and queries cheaper by optimising your data lake. We dive deep into Delta tables, partitioning, and liquid clustering to understand when to use which optimisation technique, and when to simply not optimise.

Forget the Enterprise: a pragmatic Fabric architecture for SMEsSQLBits 2026

Think Fabric is only for big enterprises with F64s and Data Mesh diagrams? Think again. This session shows how SMEs can build lean, scalable Fabric platforms with real-world patterns, small teams, and tight budgets. No Data Stewards required.