22-25 April 2026

Mark Pryce-Maher (He / Him)

Mark is Program Manager on the CAT team.

Sessions for 2026

Building your own Fabric Open Mirroring Solution
 

Learn what Open Mirroring is, when to use it, and how it enables custom ingestion from any source. We’ll walk through the APIs step‑by‑step and build a full Open Mirroring solution live so you can confidently create your own.

F is for Fabric
 

F is for Fabric explains Microsoft Fabric in a fun, Sesame Street–style session. Using simple language and analogies, you’ll learn what Fabric is, what it’s good for, and what each workload does—leaving with a clear, practical understanding of the platform.

She-Ra and the Masters of the Dataverse
 

By the power of OneLake! Learn how to link Dataverse to Fabric and use Copy job for fast, reliable replication. Discover when to choose Copy job, handle incremental loads, and cut costs—your path to mastering Dataverse starts here!

Fabric COPY JOB solved by the Mystery Machine
 

Zoinks! Join the gang as they chase down runaway datasets and unmask the secrets of Fabric Copy Job. Learn how full, incremental, and CDC copy tame multi‑cloud chaos and make zero‑ETL data movement feel like Saturday‑morning mystery solving!

Fabric for Muppets
 

In a fast, fuzzy 20‑minute tour of Microsoft Fabric, we reveal the one thing—yes, the only thing—you really need to know. A simple, Sesame‑Street‑style guide to how Fabric brings all your data together… brought to you by the letter F!

Open Mirroring: Rick and Morty’s Guide to Zero‑ETL Across the Multiverse
 

Hop dimensions with Rick & Morty as we show how Fabric Open Mirroring brings any data—Excel, SQL Server, whatever—into OneLake. Learn the zero‑ETL tricks, landing patterns, and sci‑fi simplicity behind building your own mirroring solution.

SQL Server 1.0 Mirroring
 

Watch SQL Server 1.0 leap into Microsoft Fabric in just 5 minutes! I’ll demo how Open Mirroring can replicate even the oldest SQL Server into OneLake using simple file‑based patterns. A lightning‑fast look at bringing legacy data into the future

SQL Server Mirror Mirror on the Wall…
 

In a 20‑minute race against the clock, we’ll set up SQL Server Mirroring from scratch. No tricks, no prep—just pure high‑availability speed. Is Mirroring really that simple? Mirror mirror on the wall… come to the session and find out