(Livestream Replay) VisOps with PBI Inspector - with Nat Van Gulck

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Testing the visual layer of Power BI reports has usually been a manual task. Thanks to the new Power BI Project file format however there is an opportunity to automatically check for visuals' issues around accessibility, consistency and performance and thereby align with your organizations Power BI Center of Excellence guidelines. In this session we will see how PBI Inspector, an open-source community tool, supports this process.

GUEST BIO (Nat Van Gulck) 👤

I started my career over twenty years ago as a .NET Software Developer while also developing an interest for Data Visualization. This led me to work on Qlik and Tableau data projects. Then Power BI became so compelling that I had to join Microsoft. As a Cloud Solutions Architect I help customers be successful with Power BI; PBI Inspector is part of this endeavor. The adventure continues with Microsoft Fabric.

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(Livestream Replay) #PowerQueryEverything with Copilot for Data Factory - with Alex Powers

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Generative AI and language model services, such as Azure OpenAI Service, are empowering both citizen and professional data wranglers to leverage AI in building solutions ranging from simple to complex using natural language. In this session, we’ll explore how data integration developers can get started and how they can bring their own creativity to increase authoring productivity.

GUEST BIO (Alex Powers) 👤

From financial services to felines, the World Wide Web to professional wrestling - Alex Powers has an affinity for the conventional and unconventional when it comes to information. A self-proclaimed Microsoft data & AI evangelist, he enjoys contributing to online forums, in-person training, and sharing his passion for empowering others using Microsoft technologies. Alex is currently a Senior Program Manager on Microsoft's Fabric Customer Advisory Team.

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(Livestream Replay) Why OneLake is a BIG DEAL in Microsoft Fabric - with Pawel Potasinski)

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One of the key pillars of Microsoft Fabric is that it’s lake centric and open. At the core of this pillar there’s OneLake - a single, unified storage system for all your data. In this conversation Pawel and Reid will discuss and *** demo *** the benefits of OneLake for data professionals and organizations working with Fabric.

GUEST BIO 👤

Member of the Microsoft Fabric Customer Advisory Team (CAT), focused on community management and engagements. In his professional career Pawel has always been associated with data engineering and analytics (SQL, BI, Big Data). Founder of the Polish SQL Server Users Group (PLSSUG), today known as Data Community Poland. Regular speaker at conferences, community events and user groups. Former Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).

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(Livestream Replay) Building a Digital Nervous System using Data Activator - with Will Thompson

DESCRIPTION 📄

Data Activator is a new product in Microsoft Fabric that monitors data in Power BI reports and Event streams for when the data hits certain thresholds or matches other patterns. Then it automatically takes appropriate action such as alerting users or kicking off Power Automate workflows. You can use it to build operational systems of detection to automate actions over changing data. Will leads the product team, and is here to show how you can get started with demos and discussion around the product.

GUEST BIO 👤

Will is a self-confessed data geek, working his way through sysadmin and DBA roles before joining Microsoft. He spent 5 years helping customers in the UK implement and get value out of Microsoft’s BI solution. When an opportunity arose to move into product engineering in 2012, he jumped at it and took ownership of Power BI’s visual and modeling features. In 2022 he started running Product Management for Data Activator, a new product for monitoring and acting on changes in data.

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