Wednesday 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM · Expo Insight Theater

Vortex: AI-Powered Migration to Power BI / Microsoft Fabric Made Simple

Legacy platforms create data silos blocking innovation. Manual migrations take 12+ months with 83% failing. See how AI automation transforms this: smart rationalization prioritizes assets, automated conversion handles apps and pipelines, and optimization ensures quality. Watch live demos and hear how one organization migrated an app portfolio in months, unlocking Fabric's modern capabilities.

Wednesday 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM · Expo Innovation Theater

Brewing Better Decisions for a Dunkin Donuts Franchisee with Microsoft Fabric

Learn how Bluemont Group transformed Data & AI across 100 Dunkin’ locations by replacing a vendor-controlled data warehouse with a modern, fully owned Microsoft Fabric platform. Learn how Collectiv helped them eliminate multi-day data delays, unlock historical insights, and empower managers with real-time, location-level visibility.

Wednesday 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM · Expo Insight Theater

Automate Decision Workflows in Microsoft Fabric

Organizations must act on data fast—but speed without governance creates risk. SAS® Decision Builder on Microsoft Fabric automates governed decision workflows, uniting business rules, analytics, Python, ML, and compliance in one Fabric-native experience. Deliver AI-powered insights and actions with enterprise-grade transparency and control.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · TMB 2-3

CORENOTE: The Roadmap for Microsoft SQL: Ground to Cloud to Fabric

Join us for an in-depth session on the future of Microsoft SQL—from on-premises to Azure and into Microsoft Fabric. Discover our unified, AI-ready relational database that powers modernization and next-gen AI apps. See how SQL delivers consistency, performance, and innovation everywhere you need it!

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · B401-B402

Designing for the Right User: Why Personas Are the Secret to Better Power BI Reports

Reports don’t fail because you’re bad at design. They fail because they’re built for the wrong user. Learn how to identify the real “characters” behind your Power BI reports, from the big-picture strategist to the action-taker and the detail-obsessed analyst, and how to tailor layout, detail, and interactions so each user gets what they need to make confident decisions.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · B312-B313a

Azure Cosmos DB as a Time Machine: Event Sourcing for Real-Time Intelligence

What if your database was a time machine? With Cosmos DB and event sourcing, every change is immutable and replayable. Add agents on the change feed, and events don’t just record history — they detect fraud, flag anomalies, and shape the future in real time.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · B313b-B314

End-to-End Security for Data Warehousing in Microsoft Fabric

Learn how to secure Microsoft Fabric Warehouses end-to-end. Explore private links, conditional access, workspace roles, item-level permissions, and granular T-SQL controls for object, row, and column-level security. Plus, see dynamic data masking and OneLake security for SQL endpoints in action.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · B405-B406a

Transition from Data Analyst to Data Engineer: Upgrading Skills from DataFlows Gen2 to Notebooks

The session shows an analyst how to use notebooks to perform the same actions as Dataflow Gen2. Looking at 4 areas: source, transformation, cleansing, and destination, examples include append/merge query to dataframe joins, text replace functionality, split and concatenate columns, as well as pivot/unpivot, data type changes, and removing duplicates. We will finish off with engine optimizations.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · B406b-B407

Two Architectures, One Data Source: Exploring Medallion and Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric

What happens when you use the same data source to develop 2 distinct architectures? We built two POCs: one lakehouse medallion and one RTI. Curious what we ended up with? In this session, we’ll explore how these differ, share lessons learned, and show how to align batch and RTI designs. One, the other, or both - we'll give you practical insights for you to decide the best approach for your needs.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · TMB 1

Building Next-Gen Apps with Power Platform and SQL Server 2025

SQL Server 2025 introduces new capabilities that make it easier than ever to build secure, scalable applications with Power Platform. We’ll explore how to connect Power Apps to SQL 2025, take advantage of improved performance and security. You’ll learn best practices and architecture patterns that let you modernize your SQL-backed Bizz Apps with low code without rewriting your data layer.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · C105-C106

Power Query Escape Room

The villainous Lord Taart Chart has stolen your curated data and locked it in his Azure Vault! Your mission: face 10 Power Query Puzzles that challenge your skills to wrangle, transform, and tame messy data. Can you outsmart him and reclaim your data before it’s lost forever?

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · C202-C204

Exploring Optimized Locking in SQL Server 2025

Updating data in SQL Server can lead to lock escalation, blocking, deadlocks, or slow performance if it isn't done correctly. The newly released optimized locking helps reduce these issues while improving concurrency. This session explores how it works—covering its architecture, implementation, and best practices to maximize performance to help reduce those dreaded locking issues!

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · C208-C210

Dynamics 365 (Dataverse) integration with Fabric, and virtual tables over Fabric tables

Leverage first class integration with Dynamics 365 / Dataverse and other business data with Fabric to generate rich insights.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · C211-C213

Decoding Fabric Licensing

Navigate the complexities of Microsoft Fabric licensing with real-world scenarios. Learn the differences between Pro, Premium, and Fabric licenses. We will compare pricing models, estimate costs, and avoid budgeting traps to enable smarter, cost-savvy decisions about your data environment.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · C102

Mastering Fabric Data Agents: From Setup to Success

Fabric data agent has been available for a while, yet many implementations fall short of expectations. Without the right design, the agent may struggle to align with business context, produce inconsistent outputs, or require heavy manual intervention.

In this session, learn how to design smarter, more reliable agents by fine-tuning Agent Instructions, using the Data Agent SDK and training data sources.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · C301

Connected Data Meets Business Context: Driving Outcomes with FabricIQ

EY’s work with FabricIQ and Ontology shows how enterprises can unify data across silos, embed agents into operations, and create a live, knowledge-rich view of the business. In this session, we’ll share EY’s own journey as “client zero” alongside client scenarios, focusing on real-world outcomes: improved responsiveness, reduced manual effort, and trusted governance at scale.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · C302

Planning & Writeback on Top of Semantic Models

Unlock hidden ROI by turning your existing semantic layer into a full planning engine. This innovation eliminates duplicate EPM systems, unifies actuals and plans, and delivers real-time, governed insights. By activating write-back directly to Fabric, organizations cut cost, boost agility, and transform planning into a seamless extension of analytics.

Wednesday 3:05 PM - 4:05 PM · C111-C112

CORENOTE: Power BI Roadmap: Strategy, Vision, and Demos

Power BI empowers organizations to turn insights into actions and deliver enterprise analytics at scale in Fabric. In this session discover why businesses standardize on Power BI, learn about building a data-driven culture, and get a first look at upcoming features that unlock your data’s potential.

Wednesday 3:05 PM - 4:05 PM · B308-B309

CORENOTE: Governing your data estate with Microsoft Purview Data Governance

Learn how Microsoft Purview Data Governance empowers users to democratize data with its enterprise catalog. This session will cover:

1. Key Data Governance challenges

2. How Purview simplifies Data Governance

3. New innovations within the Unified Catalog

4. End to end demo of Purview

Wednesday 3:05 PM - 4:05 PM · C108-C109

Unlocking Copilot in Fabric: Administration, Governance, and Beyond!

Join us for an engaging Copilot in Fabric session covering administration, governance, enablement strategies, and capacity management. We’ll also explore Data Agent, Standalone Copilot, Power BI Agent, and how Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI helps monitor AI use. We will cover real-world scenarios and best practices turning governance into a strategic advantage.

Wednesday 3:05 PM - 4:05 PM · C208-C210

Deployment Pipeline Patterns for Multi-Workspace Environments in Microsoft Fabric

Managing deployments across multiple workspaces per environment in Microsoft Fabric can be a challenge. Based on real projects, this session shows how to use Fabric Deployment Pipelines with proven patterns, tips, and best practices for handling cross workspace dependencies through autobinding and variable library strategies, supported by practical demos that highlight the most important concepts.

Wednesday 3:05 PM - 4:05 PM · C211-C213

Choosing the Right Data Store--An Overview of Azure and Fabric Data Platform Choices

Choosing the right data store can make or break the performance and costs of your application. In this session, we will cover all the options available to you in the Azure and Fabric Data space. You'll learn about CosmosDB, Azure/Fabric SQL DB, Postgres, and MySQL services, as well as Databricks.

Wednesday 3:05 PM - 4:05 PM · C101

Securing Your Data Estate with Purview

As AI adoption grows, so does the importance of strong governance and compliance. Let's explore how Purview can support you Fabric environment!

We’ll cover key features like Data Loss Prevention (DLP), sensitivity labeling, and data access governance. What they do, and how they work in real-world scenarios, and where there may be opportunities to further mature your implementation.

Wednesday 3:05 PM - 4:05 PM · C102

Build Your AI Foundation with Fabric Metadata-driven Framework

Ready to learn how to build your AI foundation? Discover how Microsoft Fabric’s metadata-driven framework, combined with Data Factory and a Fabric database, powers automated data integration for AI-ready environments. Gain insights on governance, scalability, and accelerating AI-driven analytics.

Wednesday 4:25 PM - 5:25 PM · B312-B313a

CI/CD processes in Microsoft Fabric: best practices and latest developments

Join this session to explore the latest capabilities in Fabric for establishing scalable and resilient release processes. Gain practical insights to help you streamline and optimize your CI/CD processes and learn about upcoming advancements across the Fabric platform.

Wednesday 4:25 PM - 5:25 PM · B313b-B314

Config-Driven Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric

Data-engineering often results in hundreds of one-offs with duplicate code and inconsistency, making change slow, brittle, and costly. We will introduce and demo new metadata and config-driven patterns for PySpark integration in Fabric. You will learn to implement reusable patterns that simplify development, scale reliably, cut duplication, and improve governance across Fabric environments.

Wednesday 4:25 PM - 5:25 PM · TMB 4

Driving Cost-Efficient Data Architectures for SQL Server, Azure SQL and Fabric using FinOps

Learn how to optimise SQL Server, Azure SQL and Fabric costs using FinOps practices and AI-driven insights. We’ll explore key cost drivers, show how AI detects inefficiencies, forecasts spend, recommends right-sizing, and helps design smarter, cost-efficient data architectures across hybrid and cloud environments.

Wednesday 4:25 PM - 5:25 PM · TMB 1

Building The Fabric Well-Architected Framework

What is the best way to architect Fabric workspaces? How should your network and security models be built? In this session you will learn about best practices across Fabric for naming, deployment, capacity management, security and more.

Wednesday 4:25 PM - 5:25 PM · C105-C106

SQL Server 2025: The Developer’s Revolution

Explore SQL Server 2025’s new dev features -JSON type, Regular Expressions, and Change Event Streaming for real-time pipelines. See how REST API and Data API Builder turn your data into secure, high-performance APIs. Packed with demos, this session is perfect for developers, DBAs, and architects

Wednesday 4:25 PM - 5:25 PM · C108-C109

Talk to Your Data: The Future of Data Interaction with AI

In the evolving world of data, the ability to interact with your datasets and databases using natural language is a game-changer. This session will introduce you to the power of Azure OpenAI, Azure SQL, and Microsoft Fabric, showing you how to break down barriers that have traditionally required.

Wednesday 4:25 PM - 5:25 PM · C208-C210

From Transactions to Analytics: Transforming MySQL Data with Fabric Mirroring

Fabric-enabled Azure Database for MySQL lets users replicate Azure MySQL Server data into Microsoft Fabric for real-time analytics and reporting - without ETL complexity. Discover its architecture, roadmap, and a live demo showing how Mirroring in Fabric unifies transactional and analytical insights.

Wednesday 4:25 PM - 5:25 PM · C211-C213

AI in Action: Microsoft Fabric for Data Science

In this fast-paced, discover how Microsoft Fabric streamlines the entire AI workflow—from data exploration to model deployment. You’ll learn how to use it for data science, train models, and generate predictions all within Fabric’s unified analytics platform. Perfect for data professionals and AI enthusiasts looking to get started with Fabric in just one hour.

Wednesday 4:25 PM - 5:25 PM · C101

Bulletproof Your Dataflows: Error Handling and Data Quality in Fabric

Modern data solutions depend on reliable pipelines, yet error handling and data quality checks are often overlooked until failures occur in production. This session dives deep into building resilient Dataflows Gen2 solutions leveraging try/otherwise, structured error outputs, custom error messages, and partial failure patterns, centralizing error logs in dedicated tables for downstream monitoring.

Wednesday 4:25 PM - 5:25 PM · C301

AI-Driven MDM on Microsoft Fabric: Build the Intelligent Golden Record

Discover how to build an AI-powered Master Data Management solution on Microsoft Fabric. Learn how AI models identify duplicates, enrich data, and create a reliable golden record. See practical patterns that improve data quality, downstream analytics, and enterprise operational efficiency.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · TMB 2-3

Power BI Copilot Roadmap: What's New and Coming Soon

This session will cover recent updates and the roadmap for Copilot in Power BI. We'll chat about new and existing capabilities to help improve your Power BI Copilot experience so you get the most out of your data. Featuring lots of demos and cutting-edge information, this session is one you don't want to miss.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C111-C112

An inside look at how Microsoft builds SQL features

Get a behind the scenes look at how Microsoft builds features and capabilities for SQL. This session will go deep into how Microsoft uses AI technology from design to code to deployment including fun examples of how we debug our own product. This is an advanced session, but you will walk away with tips and techniques to apply to your use of SQL.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · B401-B402

OneLake for SharePoint – From list and documents, to AI

Discover how OneLake brings SharePoint lists and documents into a unified data foundation, enabling seamless integration with Microsoft Fabric. Learn how to unlock AI-powered insights and analytics directly from your SharePoint content—transforming collaboration into intelligent decision-making.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · B308-B309

From Simple Maps to Advanced Spatial Analytics in Power BI

Explore the full spectrum of Location Intelligence in Power BI, from simple map coloring to advanced spatial analytics. Learn the core concepts behind mapping; how to choose the right geographies and map them with BI data; how to analyze data through proximity and travel times; and how to manage dynamic territories. Session will include native Power BI mapping capabilities as well as custom visuals.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · B313b-B314

Once Upon a Report: The Storytelling Power of Power BI

Every great report has a plot, characters, and a message. In this interactive session, you’ll learn how to weave storytelling principles into Power BI design—using data to guide, persuade, and engage your audience. From color psychology to narrative structure, discover how to make your reports feel less like spreadsheets and more like experiences.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · B405-B406a

The Genesis of Fabric Warehouse: A Deep Dive into Its Foundations

Join us for an inside look at the evolution of the Fabric Warehouse. Discover how we built the industry’s first SaaS cloud-scale data warehouse built natively over an open data format and born into Microsoft Fabric. Explore innovations that deliver out-of-the-box performance at scale and get an exclusive preview of the cutting-edge features we’ve recently launched and what’s coming next.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · B406b-B407

Elevate SQL development with VS Code, GitHub Copilot and Microsoft SQL drivers

This demo-heavy session highlights the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code, now more robust with new AI-driven features to streamline SQL development. With GitHub Copilot, you can move faster from schema to code, generate data, explore relationships, and keep your app in sync. What’s new in connectivity for Python and other languages, enabling faster, more secure cross-platform development.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · TMB 4

From On-Prem to Next-Gen: Simplifying SQL Server Migrations

Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose delivers faster performance, greater scalability, and simplified management. In this session, learn how we migrated 1,000+ SQL Server databases at scale with near-zero downtime, and how Azure Arc’s new migration experience streamlines assessment, replication, monitoring, and cutover, making your SQL Server migrations smooth and predictable.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · TMB 1

SQL Server Sleuthing: Unmasking SQL Server Performance Issues

Dive into SQL Server performance like a true data detective. Learn how to analyze query plans, uncover hidden bottlenecks, and chase down the real culprits behind slow-running queries. We’ll break down key performance metrics, decode what they actually mean in the real world, and show you how to turn chaos into clarity. By the end, you’ll have the tools and confidence to keep your SQL Server environment running fast, stable, and drama-free. Join us for “SQL Unmasked” and start solving performance mysteries the smart (and fun) way.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C108-C109

Get Proactive: Building Autonomous Operations Agents with Fabric IQ

Traditional monitoring and alerting is reactive and teams spend valuable time manually analyzing data and coordinating responses. In this session, we will learn how to configure operations agents to autonomously monitor real-time data, reason over business context using semantic ontologies, and take actions automatically to optimize outcomes before issues escalate.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C202-C204

SQL database in Fabric: Real-world Scenarios and Solutions

SQL database in Fabric is simple, autonomous, and optimized for AI—but what does that mean for you and your organization? Join us to learn about real-world use cases from customers who are already using Fabric databases to drive innovation. Discover how they are building smarter, faster solutions in the age of AI—reducing complexity, accelerating time to value, and unlocking new opportunities.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C208-C210

The instant insights pipeline: OneLake shortcuts + Dataverse + Power Apps

What if your business apps could power real-time analytics without complex ETL? In this session, we’ll look at how Power Apps and Dataverse connect directly to Microsoft Fabric using OneLake shortcuts, so your data is available almost in real time. You’ll learn how it works and the key tips to build solutions where everyday business actions turn into insights within seconds.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C301

Enterprise-Grade Migration to Microsoft Fabric: Modernizing Lakehouses, Pipelines, Analytics & AI

Microsoft Fabric is rapidly becoming the unified platform of choice for enterprises seeking to modernize data engineering, analytics, and AI. But migration from Synapse, ADF, Snowflake, Databricks, and on-prem systems requires more than a lift-and-shift.

Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · B404

AI Agents, Power Platform and SQL for Next Gen Automation

See how AI agents, Power Platform and SQL can replace legacy RPAs and manual processes. Learn patterns for using copilots, data agents, APIs and orchestration flows in Copilot Studio to modernize automation, reduce cost and transform business operations.

Thursday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · C111-C112

What's New and What's Next for Power BI Visuals

Join this session with the Power BI Product team to discover the vision, innovation, and future of Power BI visuals! We'll dive into how our overarching goals and strategies shape our decision-making to build user-focused features. Through real-world examples of recent feature releases, we'll demonstrate how to enable impactful data storytelling. You'll also gain an exclusive preview of what’s next for Power BI visuals—both in the short and long term—helping you shape your data visualization journey.

Thursday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · C113-C114

Accelerate Data Transformation with Dataflows Gen2 in Microsoft Fabric

Dataflows Gen2 in Fabric Data Factory provides a low-code data transformation feature in Fabric that accelerates your time to production. The Dataflows Product Team will share future product plans and provide deep dive insights into how to take advantage of Dataflows Gen2 in Fabric.

Thursday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · B308-B309

Fabric IQ: Unlock Enterprise AI with a Unified Semantic Layer

Without shared business definitions, AI agents give inconsistent answers and your teams waste time reconciling conflicting data. Fabric IQ creates a governed, shared semantic foundation that models your business spanning entities, relationships, and rules. See how Fabric IQ builds on existing assets like Power BI semantic models, binds with live data, and enables AI agents to answer richer questions. Learn to extend your semantic models, connect live data sources, and enable AI agents to drive intelligent, automated decisions.

Thursday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · B312-B313a

Delta Lake in Fabric: Internals, Innovations, and What’s New in Delta 4.0

From Delta 4.0 to Microsoft’s latest runtime innovations, dive into how Delta features really work. Learn Liquid Clustering and when to use it, why file size matters and how to put table tuning on autopilot, how to compact tables dramatically faster, and much more. Leave a time-traveling Delta Lake wizard ready to build fast, flexible, and scalable tables that deliver high-performance at any scale

Thursday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · TMB 4

Building and Deploying Smarter Data Agents in Microsoft Fabric

Learn how to build and deploy smarter data agents in Fabric. We’ll show how to add richer context, connect new data sources, and use the latest intelligent capabilities. You’ll also see how to enable your agent in MCP, Teams, M365, Foundry, and more—making insights available to users wherever they work.

Thursday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · C202-C204

Best Practices for SQL Database Backup Configuration, Immutability, and Ransomware Protection

Learn best practices for Azure SQL Database backup configuration and ransomware protection. Explore PITR and LTR strategies, backup immutability, and deletion safeguards to ensure compliance and resilience. Gain actionable insights to secure data, prevent tampering, and maintain business continuity.

Thursday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · C208-C210

Turn It On: The Power of Query Store for Rapid Performance Tuning

I rely on Query Store every day—it lets me uncover performance issues in minutes, even without knowing the app code. If you want real insight into plan choices, regressions, and control over execution plans, you need to turn it on. Learn how to configure it, use its DMVs, spot plan changes fast, and finally answer, “Why was my query slow?”

Thursday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · C301

Unity in Action – Building Enterprise AI on a Unified Semantic Foundation

Enterprise AI requires unified semantic foundations where governance and intelligence flow seamlessly. Learn to architect data platform that use Ontology as your semantic backbone, Data Agents for insights, and Operational Agents for action. Through real-world examples, discover how organizations use AI agents to reliably detect, contextualize, attribute, and act on governed data.

Thursday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · B404

Optimizing Workloads on Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server: Best Practices for Speed & Scale

Explore how to get peak performance from Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server. We cover compute tiers, storage tuning, autoscaling, connection management, and monitoring essentials to ensure your PostgreSQL workloads run reliably and efficiently at any scale.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · TMB 2-3

Optimizing Your Power BI Data for AI

Discover how to prepare and optimize your Power BI data for AI-driven experiences. We’ll cover best practices for refining your semantic model to help Copilot deliver higher‑quality, more meaningful insights. You’ll also get practical guidance and early demos of upcoming capabilities that use AI to enhance and streamline semantic model optimization.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C113-C114

Business Continuity for SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL Deployments

Availability is a core tenet for any application using SQL Server 2025 or Azure SQL. You'll not only learn what's new in SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL to see how you can meet your availability objectives and keep the business going, but also real world tips, tricks, dos, and don'ts for successful availability configurations on premises, hybrid, or in the cloud to be an availability hero back home.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · B405-B406a

Azure SQL Database vs. SQL Database in Fabric: Key Differences for Developers and DBAs

Curious about the differences between Azure SQL Database and SQL database in Fabric? This session is perfect for developers and DBAs looking to understand the core architecture differences of these two platforms. Whether you’re optimizing an existing solution or planning your next project, this session will help you make informed decisions & maximize the value of these services.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · B406b-B407

Blueprint for Modern Data Teams: A Customer Story with Mirroring, Warehouse, and dbt

Learn how a real customer unlocked fast, reliable analytics by combining Mirroring, Fabric Warehouse, and dbt. They’ll share their challenges, architecture, and business outcomes—plus the patterns you can take back to your own organization to accelerate your data journey.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · TMB 4

Building a Microsoft Fabric CoE That Works: What We Learned and How You Can Start

Whether you’re a Microsoft Fabric/Power BI enterprise architect or a grassroots champion, learn how you can take steps towards establishing an approachable Microsoft Fabric Center of Excellence that grows with your organization. We’ll share real lessons on enablement, distributing best practices, hosting office hours, and how a simple start became a launchpad for inclusive community & governance.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · TMB 1

A Guide to Making the Most of your SQL Skills Using Microsoft Fabric

Don’t start over. Learn how SQL professionals can leverage their existing skills in Microsoft Fabric. No need to learn PySpark or new data engineering tools. Discover how SQL powers Lakehouses, Warehouses, Real-Time Intelligence, and Notebooks. See why, for many tasks, SQL is not only compatible but often the most efficient way to build modern, scalable, intelligent data solutions in Fabric.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C105-C106

Microsoft Fabric AI: Copilots, Data Agents & Real‑World Extensions

Build RAG patterns in minutes. We’ll show data agents, prompts, complex queries, and connecting to Microsoft Fabric data. Explore Copilots across services—what they are, how they differ—extend data agents from Fabric to Copilot Studio, to Microsoft Teams, M365 Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, and the Python SDK. After we build this out, let's test Row Level and Column level security in our agents!

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C202-C204

Performance Tuning Tips for Fabric Data Factory

Join us for an in-depth session on Performance Tuning Tips for Fabric Data Factory, with a focus on the Dataflow Gen2, Pipeline, and Copy Job artifacts.

Discover strategies to optimize your data workflows, enhance efficiency, and maximize performance. Don’t miss out on expert insights that can revolutionize your data management practices.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C208-C210

Real-Time Intelligence Meets Location: How Maps in Microsoft Fabric Transform Your Analytics

Learn how Microsoft Fabric brings real-time and location intelligence together. Stream and transform live data with Real-Time Intelligence, visualize it instantly with Maps in Fabric, and then use Power BI to build interactive, rich geospatial analytics. In this demo-heavy session, we'll build the end-to-end solutions using real life data sources and examples.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C211-C213

Peachy Migrations: Sweet Moves from Synapse to Fabric

Ready to make your analytics sweeter? Learn why migrating to Fabric’s OneLake architecture and AI-driven features beats Synapse for speed, governance, and insights. In this demo-driven session based on real-world migrations, learn practical steps, compatibility fixes, and how tools like the Fabric Migration Assistant make moving to Fabric Data Warehouse as smooth as a Georgia peach.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C101

Busy is a Four-Letter Word

If I ask you, "How are you?", is your default answer, "I'm so busy!"? Why do we measure our worth by how much we are doing, rather than by the value of what we do? What does this have to do with a technical conference? Join me as I share with you how I, too, was too busy for too long, but am learning how to do less, be more productive, and have bigger impact at work, the community, and at home.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C102

Enforce your governance and security regulations in Fabric

Join this session to discover the latest in Fabric security and governance enhancements: • New policies which allow Fabric admins to define precise, flexible controls in one central place. • New Purview security integrations which enable security admins to apply adaptive protection to sensitive data in Fabric.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C301

SAP Data Integration Made Easy: From SAP to Fabric in Real Time

In this session, we showcase our SAP Clean Core Certified integration with Microsoft Fabric, enabling seamless, real-time replication into OneLake. Discover how to simplify SAP data workflows, accelerate insights with ready-to-use pipelines, and apply proven best practices—supported by a live demo and guidance from dab experts.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C302

Breaking Barriers: Unlock AI’s True Potential in a Data-Driven World

AI adoption comes with hurdles—from legacy systems to cultural shifts. This panel features executive leaders who have overcome major challenges to achieve AI-driven transformation and share their Data & AI breakthroughs. Learn how they tackled roadblocks, unlocked hidden value, and set their organizations on a path to sustainable AI success.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · B404

Getting Started with Dataflow Gen2: Simple, Practical, Real

Want to get started with Dataflow Gen2 without stress? This session explains what DFG2 is, why it matters, and how it fits into Microsoft Fabric. We’ll build a dataflow from scratch, connect multiple data sources and apply proven Power Query patterns to clean messy data, consolidate files, reuse logic with parameters, publish to a Lakehouse, and configure a simple, reliable refresh.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · TMB 2-3

SQL vs. Fabric? Why Not Both! A Practical and Entertaining Guide for All

Do you have to be experts like Bob Ward and Anna Hoffman to use SQL? What about Fabric? Do you have to know everything the Guy in a Cube knows to take advantage the power of Fabric? Why not both? Come join Bob, Patrick, and friends from Microsoft in this entertaining and educational session where the worlds of SQL and Fabric come to together in way you never knew existed.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · B401-B402

Performance monitoring for SQL, from ground to cloud

Managing SQL performance across your environments can be complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Introducing a fully managed performance monitoring solution that provides near real-time data, scales effortlessly, and delivers actionable insights for all workloads on Azure SQL and SQL Server. You’ll see just how fast and easy it is to monitor SQL performance, without any operational overhead.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · B308-B309

Unify your data estate across clouds and on-premises with Shortcuts and Mirrori

As data volumes grow, managing an organization-wide data estate is increasingly complex. This session will deep dive into the latest capabilities to unify your data in OneLake via shortcuts and mirroring. Join us to learn how to unify your data estate, streamline ingestion, and unlock new business insights using AI and analytics.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · B405-B406a

Enterprise security in OneLake: fine-grained access control with OneLake security

Deep dive into OneLake security including new features and how it fits in the overall Fabric security stack to get a comprehensive look at how OneLake is built to keep your data secure.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · TMB 4

Leveraging Governance inside your Microsoft Fabric Tenant and Workspace

Microsoft Fabric's tenant and workspace settings are powerful governance tools often used in isolation. Discover overlooked Microsoft Fabric settings that collectively create a robust governance solution. Learn how to implement a strong data mesh architecture enabling business departments to self-manage governance and minimize IT dependencies. See live demonstrations of these powerful features.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · TMB 1

Migrating Analytics Applications to Fabric Analytics

Explore migration paths from Synapse and HDInsight to Microsoft Fabric Analytics. Learn best practices, customer journeys, and key considerations for optimizing analytics workloads on a unified platform. Unlock new capabilities and performance with Fabric Analytics.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · C105-C106

Powering Data with AI Functions in Fabric

Explore how AI functions in Microsoft Fabric can enhance the way you work with data. In this session, we’ll share the latest updates, highlight new capabilities, and walk through practical examples that demonstrate how AI functions can enrich datasets, surface insights, and streamline workflows.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · C202-C204

Govern, manage, and protect your data in Microsoft Fabric

Learn how you can govern and protect your data at every step of its journey with powerful, built-in tools in Fabric. Plus, see how Fabric integrates with other industry-leading governance and security solutions like Microsoft Purview for estate-wide and advanced capabilities.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · C208-C210

Fabric IQ + Foundry IQ: Unifying data and knowledge for agentic AI

Join Microsoft experts for a strategic look at Fabric IQ and Foundry IQ—how they bring business meaning to data and unify enterprise knowledge to ground every agent. See roadmap updates across semantic modeling, multi‑source retrieval, governance, and observability that move you beyond basic RAG to trustworthy, scalable agentic workflows.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · B404

Fabric IQ + Agent 365: Identity, Governance & Tooling for Microsoft Fabric

Discover how Agent 365 serves as the enterprise control plane for AI in Microsoft Fabric, anchored on five pillars: registry, control, visualize, interop, and security for Fabric assets consumed by agents. Learn how Entra identity, Purview governance, and Agent 365 tools enable governed deployments, reference architectures, and safe scale for IT pros, developers, and data engineers.

Thursday 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM · C111-C112

Microsoft Fabric Security: Best Practices for Network, Data and Governance

Security is foundational in Microsoft Fabric. While Fabric offers defense-in-depth by default, enterprises need clear practices to align with organizational policies. This session provides end-to-end best practices and patterns for securing Fabric through inbound controls, outbound protections, RBAC for workspaces, OneLake security, customer-managed keys, and data governance with Purview.

Thursday 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM · C113-C114

What's new in Mirroring SQL to Fabric: The Fast Track to Modern Data Integration & Analytics

As organizations navigate the era of generative AI, advanced analytics, and rapid digital transformation, the ability to extract timely business insights is more critical than ever. This session deep dives into SQL Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric that enables organizations with near real-time data replication from source SQL databases to OneLake, all without building intricate ETL processes.

Thursday 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM · B312-B313a

Simplify Geospatial Analytics with Maps in Fabric

Geospatial analytics traditionally requires specialized tools and expertise, creating barriers for teams that need location-based insights. Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric changes this by bringing "living maps" to everyone. Explore how to work with high-velocity, large-volume geospatial data from ingestion and processing to visualization and actions. Learn to create real-time map visualizations, process location data, and provide spatial context for your users and AI agents.

Thursday 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM · B313b-B314

Master Eventhouse Patterns for Real-Time Intelligence at Scale

Processing millions of events while maintaining historical context and automating decisions is one of the hardest challenges in enterprise data. Eventhouse and Real-Time Intelligence solve this with proven patterns used in production today. See how organizations process events at scale, automate decisions, and combine real-time and historical data for business operations. Learn the architectures powering AI and analytics in production and patterns you can apply immediately.

Thursday 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM · B406b-B407

Microsoft Purview Data Security protections in the Age of AI

Learn how Microsoft Purview Data Security helps you discover risks and protect data consistently across your entire estate, with a focus on your Fabric estate. This session will introduce newer innovations and cover capabilities such as Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention and Data Security Posture Management.

Thursday 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM · C202-C204

Enterprise security in Microsoft Fabric

This session dives into Microsoft Fabric’s latest network and data security innovations like Outbound Access Protection, Azure Private Link, and Customer Managed Keys, all designed to protect sensitive information and simplify governance at scale. Learn how new governance features simplify enforcement and at-scale compliance.

Thursday 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM · C208-C210

Azure Readiness for Fabric: What Every Organization Needs to Know

Adopting Microsoft Fabric with minimal Azure experience? Discover the essentials of Azure Readiness for Fabric: security, performance, manageability, and extensibility so your organization can deploy Fabric confidently and be ready for future Azure growth. Practical guidance for teams starting their Fabric journey, especially if you are new to Azure or migrating from Power BI Premium to Fabric.

Thursday 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM · C101

Talking about mental health - For you and for them

Looking after more than just 1's and 0's is important for us all.

Everyone experiences, or is adjacent to people who experience, challenges with mental health. In both the workplace and personal life, it can feel very difficult to talk with people about these challenges.

Thursday 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM · B404

Make your Power BI Desktop report print-ready (in one hour or less)

Need a printable version of an existing Power BI report fast? Learn how to convert a .pbix into a paginated .rdl by using the same semantic model in Power BI Report Builder. This session walks you through each step of converting an existing Power BI report into its paginated equivalent, then reviews how to address common paginated report issues with parameters, print layout, and grouping.

Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C111-C112

Resilience by design: how Fabric delivers business continuity

Discover how Microsoft Fabric ensures resilience from SLAs to geo-redundancy. Learn about built-in zone failover, cross-region backups, and our vision and roadmap for automated, customer-managed BCDR. See how Fabric keeps transalytics always-on—even during outages—through current capabilities and future innovations.

Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C113-C114

Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, Google BigQuery, Dataverse - Unify the business data estate with OneLake

Join us to see how Microsoft Fabric and OneLake unify your business data estate with petabyte-scale data movement and Mirroring. Discover best practices for copying, replicating, and virtualizing data from Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, Google BigQuery, Dataverse, and more—leveraging enterprise proven patterns to accelerate analytics and unlock actionable insights.

Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · TMB 4

Hardening Fabric Warehouse Security

Learn how to secure Fabric Data Warehouse from the ground up. This session covers end-to-end practices—from secure connectivity and authentication to auditing, monitoring, and governance—highlighting new features that strengthen compliance, visibility, and trust at scale.

Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · TMB 1

SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machine: Configuring for price-performance

When selecting a virtual machine to host your SQL Server workload in Azure, you need to choose a VM size that provides optimal performance and fits your organization’s budget.

In this session, we will cover topics such as the different VM types that are appropriate for SQL workloads, configuring storage, and features unique to Azure that can help boost your performance without breaking the bank.

Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C105-C106

SQL database in Fabric: The Fast Path to Modern, Scalable Analytics

Learn how SQL databases deliver scalable, secure, and cost-effective analytics in Microsoft Fabric. Explore design patterns, migration strategies, and performance tuning to modernize your data platform while ensuring governance, AI readiness, and seamless Power BI integration.

Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C108-C109

The Ultimate "NO ETL" Show Down: Shortcuts vs Mirroring vs Copy Job

No ETL - no problem! Fabric introduced several innovative features to access external data without spending time on building complex ETL.

But, which one is right for YOU? We'll examine various data movement strategies, their pros and cons, so you'll feel more confident picking the right one

Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C202-C204

Proven Fabric Architecture Patterns to Minimize Refactoring

Expensive refactoring from poor architecture is avoidable. Discover architecture patterns from 20+ implementations: workspace topology, medallion layers, and cross-workspace sharing. Learn how these strategies minimize refactoring by 60%, accelerating time-to-production.

Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C211-C213

Modern Data Protection Strategies with SQL Server

Today, we handle increasing volumes of sensitive data. DBAs and Data Engineers must protect their data from external attackers, employees, and privileged admins like themselves. This session will teach you how to protect your data while maintaining functionality and performance. The session focuses on using column-level encryption, row-level security, and auditing to secure your data.

Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C102

Pairing Fabric AI Functions & Translytical Task Flows to Improve Jira Data Quality

Learn how a Fortune 500 enterprise built a solution that paired Fabric AI Functions, Power BI Translytical Task Flows, Copilot Studio, and Microsoft Teams to improve Jira data quality for over a thousand project owners and drive better project visibility for the C-suite.

Friday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · TMB 2-3

Taking Direct Lake to the Next Level

Learn how to design and optimise Power BI models using Direct Lake in Microsoft Fabric. This session covers advanced DAX techniques, storage‑mode strategies, and performance tips to help you build faster, more scalable solutions. Walk away with practical patterns you can apply immediately in your own projects.

Friday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · C111-C112

SQL Server 2025 is the AI-ready Enterprise Database

You may have heard the news that SQL Server 2025 has become Generally Available. But do you know why there has been so much buzz about this new version? Come learn from the team at Microsoft everything you need to know about why you should consider upgrading to SQL Server 2025. From AI to developer features to mission critical engine, SQL Server 2025 has more new features than you might realize.

Friday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · C113-C114

A data lake built for scale: a deep dive into OneLake performance, APIs, and diagnostics

Join this session to learn how OneLake delivers a unified SaaS data lake for your Fabric tenant, simplifying governance and enabling AI-driven insight. With blob and ADLS-compatible APIs, OneLake integrates seamlessly with existing tools. Features like tiered storage, item-size reports and diagnostic logs simplify optimization, while auto-scaling ensures fast, reliable performance as demand grows.

Friday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · TMB 4

Secure Your Streaming Data: Govern Real-Time Pipelines with Confidence

Real-time data pipelines lose value when security and governance are afterthoughts. Without proper controls, streaming data becomes a liability rather than an asset. See how Real-Time Intelligence enables you to architect secure, governed, and scalable real-time data flows. Learn to implement security best practices, establish governance controls, and build pipelines your organization can trust.

Friday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · TMB 1

Making AI Agents Smarter with Fabric IQ and Foundry IQ

Connecting AI agents to company data across SharePoint, databases, and documents is complex. Foundry IQ + Fabric IQ provide secure, unified access through one API. Learn to connect agents to multiple sources, configure permissions, use Agent Factory for deployment, and ensure agents understand business context, not just raw data.

Friday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · C108-C109

Unifying Data Discovery: A Real-World Implementation of Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog

In a data-driven world, managing data assets effectively is vital. This session highlights Lufthansa Group’s successful adoption of Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog as its central data catalog. Attendees will learn key architectural decisions, best practices, challenges faced, and lessons learned.

Friday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · C202-C204

Simplify management of hybrid and multi-cloud SQL Server using Azure Arc

Managing SQL Server in hybrid and multi-cloud environments can be challenging. Azure Arc streamlines SQL Server operations across on-prem, edge, and even other public clouds. Discover how to use built-in capabilities like best practices assessment, performance monitoring, and migration tools to centralize insights, simplify daily operations, and get ready for migration to Azure.

Friday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · C208-C210

The Fabric Access Puzzle: Cracking Permission Problems with Confidence

Permissions got you puzzled? Discover how to crack common access problems, streamline permissions and implement best practices for a secure, well-managed and collaboration-ready Fabric environment; because permissions can make or break your Fabric setup.

Friday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · TMB 2-3

Reporting with action: Visualizations with translytical task flows in Power BI and Fabric

Join this session to learn about translytical task flows combining Power BI reports and Fabric user data functions together for actionable reports with a click of a button. We’ll demo how to set it up, the options you have, and specific examples of these reports in action. Interested in what this is or are you already using it today? We’ll have insights you don’t want to miss!

Friday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C111-C112

SQL Performance Supercharged: Strategies for Azure SQL Performance Optimization

Discover how the Azure SQL PG Engineering team tackles complex, mission-critical performance challenges across Azure SQL DB and Managed Instance. Through real customer cases and practical demos, learn sharp diagnostic techniques, hidden optimization opportunities, and the most common pitfalls to avoid when tuning workloads pre- or post-migration.

Friday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C113-C114

Mastering Fabric Data Engineering Admin and Capacity Management

Optimize Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering for production. Learn about governance controls for Notebooks, Lakehouses, and Spark Job Definitions. We'll cover administrative roles, capacity management for cost and performance, and scaling best practices.

Friday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · TMB 4

Copilot to the Rescue -Simplifying DBA tasks in SSMS 22

Unlock faster, smarter database management with Github Copilot in SSMS 22. This session shows how AI-driven guidance simplifies everyday DBA tasks from faster troubleshooting, writing better T-SQL, boosting productivity and reducing errors.

In this session you will see practical demos and learn how Github Copilot becomes your essential assistant.

Friday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · TMB 1

Chaos to Clarity: Governance and Adoption Lessons from Rolling Out Power BI and Fabric

Power BI + Fabric at scale? Chaos looms—fragmented workspaces, messy permissions, frustrated users. Join us to see how we turned disorder into a governance playbook that accelerates adoption. Learn role-based access, streamlined workspace/app strategies, and AI-ready best practices to avoid pitfalls and win enterprise buy-in.

Friday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C105-C106

Autonomous Fabric: Agentic Data Quality Using Fabric Data Agents

Data Quality issues drain engineering time and weaken business confidence in data platforms.

What if Fabric Data Agents could detect DQ issues autonomously, analyse their root cause, and guide engineers directly to a fix?

This session demonstrates the full architecture with a live demo - capturing DQ signals, triggering agent-led investigations, and integrating agent outputs into ETL pipelines.

Friday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C108-C109

Load Testing Performance for SQL Server

Learn the fundamentals of load testing SQL Server - from planning to execution and analysis - to boost performance on-premises or in the cloud. We’ll cover hardware, VM, and I/O stack insights, compare synthetic vs. real workloads, explore tools like DiskSpd, HammerDB, and Workload Tools, and use PowerShell, DMVs, and PerfMon for automated data collection and analysis.

Friday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · TMB 2-3

Data Modeling Like a Pro in Fabric

Join the Fabric product team for an in-depth session to learn about data modeling in Fabric, including Direct Lake and composite models for scale and flexibility, and AI-first workflows to achieve 10x productivity. Get ready for mind-blowing demos and sneak peaks into upcoming capabilities so you can develop semantic models like the experts.

Friday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · C113-C114

When AI meets your database: Securing sensitive data in Azure SQL in an AI-driven world

As AI becomes embedded in every application, protecting sensitive data in Azure SQL is vital. This session explores how to secure sensitive data from AI agents and design a defense-in-depth model using Azure SQL's existing security stack - modern authentication, granular access control, data protection, monitoring, auditing, and more. Learn how to confidently use Azure SQL to power AI applications.

Friday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · TMB 4

Fabric AI-powered automation for pro-developers: what’s new and what’s next

A fast-paced tour of what’s new and what’s coming next for automation in Microsoft Fabric including some exciting new announcements. We’ll share updates on the Fabric CLI, Fabric MCP Servers, Terraform provider, SDKs and more, plus end-to-end demos for CI/CD, IaC, and pro-dev workflows. Come ask questions and share feedback directly with the team building Fabric’s automation and pro-dev experiences.

Friday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · C105-C106

Build Smarter Analytics Assistants with Fabric Data Agents and Copilot Studio

Learn how to connect Microsoft Fabric data agents with Copilot Studio to deliver intelligent, conversational analytics. This session covers modeling best practices, schema design, grounded responses, testing patterns, and decision guides for choosing when and how to expose semantic models and data agents to copilots.

Friday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · C108-C109

Securing all of your OneLake data

Fabric includes multiple layers of security across OneLake. This session breaks down RBAC, sharing permissions, shortcut behaviors, Semantic model Row Level Security and OneLake security and shows how they interact in real-world architectures. Learn how to design secure, least-privilege data access in Fabric throughout your data estate and more importantly the steps you need to employ to test it.

Friday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · C208-C210

From SQL Server to Microsoft Fabric: Automating Your Migration Journey

Migrating from SQL Server or Synapse to Microsoft Fabric can be complex. In this session, discover how automation simplifies schema conversion, dependency mapping, orchestration, and documentation to reduce manual effort by up to 80%. Learn step-by-step best practices for migrating to Fabric and integrating OneLake, Data Factory, and Purview for a governed, automated future.

Friday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · C102

Beyond Monitoring: AI-Driven Spark Optimization in Microsoft Fabric

Join this demo by Microsoft AI and Spark experts to see how Fabric takes Spark observability to the next level! Learn how to stream Spark logs to Eventhouse using Diagnostic Emitter. See Fabric AI/ML tooling in action to detect bottlenecks, predict resource impact, and suggest code improvements to optimize performance and cost. Visualize the insights and recommendations in Real Time Dashboard.

Friday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · C301

Herding Fabric Cats: Administration and Governance Guidance

Fabric governance is challenging: users create workspaces fast, data sprawls, and costs spike. This session will help you "herd the cats" using Microsoft's tools.

You will leave with a practical, battle-tested governance framework and real-world strategies. (No actual cats were harmed.)

Friday 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM · TMB 2-3

Delivering Insights Where Your Users Work

Learn practical strategies for sharing Power BI content across your company. We’ll cover distributing insights through apps (including organizational apps), and how business users can access Power BI directly from their M365 tools and Copilot to boost productivity and make informed decisions. You’ll get a deep look at current capabilities as well as what’s coming next.

Friday 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM · C113-C114

Automate at Scale with Event-Driven Architectures and Business Events

Disconnected systems and manual processes slow your business response time. Event-driven architectures solve this by enabling real-time responsiveness across your organization. Discover how Activator orchestrates event flows and integrates diverse sources, while Business Events provide instant visibility and trigger automated workflows. Learn to configure event-driven pipelines, set up Business Events for monitoring, and enable AI-driven decisions at scale.

Friday 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM · TMB 4

Building modern data architectures with Microsoft Fabric

Learn how Microsoft Fabric can be leveraged with the architectures: Data fabric, data lakehouse, and data mesh. Get a tour of each architecture and explore their pros and cons. By the end of the session, you’ll have a clear understanding of how to use Microsoft Fabric to build and optimize these diverse data architectures.

Friday 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM · TMB 1

SQL Server 2025 for DBAs

Explore the key advancements in SQL Server 2025 that matter most for DBAs. We’ll highlight improvements in performance, availability, and administration, including faster queries, better indexing, enhanced HA, and new management tools. Learn how these features reduce downtime, boost efficiency, and help you get the most from SQL Server 2025.

Friday 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM · C208-C210

Vibe Coding a Power BI Embedded Portal - From Zero to Hero in 60 Minutes

Power BI Embedded isn’t just for developers.

In this fast-paced vibe-coding session, we’ll demystify it by building a real custom portal in 60 minutes, using AI to speed things up.

See how to set Power BI Embedded up quickly, craft a user-centric experience, improve navigation beyond the service, and unlock powerful opportunities without heavy coding, giving you a fresh view of what’s truly possible.