(Livestream Replay) Embracing the Rewards of Data Platform Community Involvement - Ben Weissman

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Let us talk about the power of active participation in the data platform community. Through speaking, volunteering, blogging, mentoring, organizing, or other ways, individuals not only give back but also get rewarded immensely, both, personal and professional.

A focal highlight is the extraordinary support system fostered by friends within the community, acting as catalysts for growth and learning.

This conversational chat addresses the prevalent imposter syndrome by emphasizing that every member, regardless of experience level, brings unique insights and expertise to the table. We explore success stories, shared experiences, and tangible strategies to combat self-doubt.

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Ben has been working with SQL Server since SQL Server 6.5, mainly in the BI/Datawarehousing field.

He is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, a co-author of "SQL on Kubernetes", "Azure Arc-enabled Data Services Revealed", "SQL Server Big Data Clusters" and "The Biml Book" as well as a regular speaker at national and international events. He has also published multiple Video courses at Pluralsight and other platforms.

Ben is also a co-organizer of DataGrillen, New Stars of Data and dataverse as well as a volunteer and mentor for many other Data Platform events.

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(Livestream Replay) Power BI Storage Modes in Microsoft Fabric - with Phil Seamark

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A review of semantic model storage modes available today in Microsoft Fabric. In particular, let's look at the new Direct Lake storage mode and help understand how this compares with Import and Direct Query, and when you might use each.

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Phil works for Microsoft on the Fabric Customer Advisory Team (CAT) as a DAX and Data Modelling specialist.

As part of this role, he helps global enterprise customers to optimize and tune large data models to perform their best under heavy load.

Phil has over 30 years of experience in I.T. with most of that time building solutions in business intelligence and advanced analytics.

(Livestream Replay) Introducing PBIR Report Format for Power BI - with Rui Romano & Eeshan Shah

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Discover the new PBIR report format for Power BI project (PBIP) files and developer mode (TMDL) in Power BI desktop!

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Rui is an experienced Microsoft Professional with a deep passion for data and analytics. He has spent the last decade helping companies make better data-driven decisions and is known for his innovative and practical solutions to complex problems. Currently works as a Product Manager at Microsoft on the Power BI product team, focusing on Pro-BI experiences.

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A principal software engineer and architect at Microsoft working on Power BI. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 2013 and started full time at Microsoft shortly after. He's been a software engineer on the Power BI team since 2015 - mostly on the reporting side. Outside of work he spends his time either cooking, baking, or playing video games.

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(Livestream Replay) Introducing EDITable - for Easy Master Data Entry into Power BI & Fabric - with Gopal

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EDITable by Lumel is a no-code Live Write-Back Application that will allow business users to create and maintain their Master Tables and Flat Tables primarily used for Reporting and Planning Applications with full governance, audit, and approval workflow.

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Gopal Krishnamurthy is the Founder/CEO of Lumel. Lumel is Looking Forward to Disrupting Data & Analytics space with No Code Integrated Platform that will eliminate application silos caused by the diverse needs of business users (Reporting, Visualizations, Story Telling, Analysis (Drill-Down, Pivot), Planning, Simulations, Collaboration and Write-back).

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