After the first Fabric user group, it is time to announce our second one! On April 3rd, we are welcomed at InSpark in Amstelveen. As the name of our user group implies, we will have Fabric sessions only, and for this event we again have amazing speakers lined-up!

To attend this meetup, you need to register as only limited capacity is available. At the bottom of this page you can sign-up!

Agenda

Sessions & Speakers

We will have two amazing speakers lined-up for this meetup. Below you will find their session abstracts as well as speaker biographies.

We are still looking for the second speaker. So, if you have an interesting story to share, please submit your session to our call for speakers. If you’re a first-time speaker, don’t worry! We are more than happy to help you taking your first steps in the wonderful world of public speaking. Also, for all sessions submitted and not selected, we will keep a list of all sessions for future events.

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Low friction data transformation and data movement using Fabric Dataflows
by Benni de Jagere

Microsoft Fabric introduced the concept of Dataflows (Gen 2) to the general public. Fabric Dataflows enable users to access and leverage data from different environments and sources in a low/no code way within Fabric. Sounds awesome, right? How can we get started?

Using the familiar Power Query authoring experience, we can extract, transform, and load data into different places within Fabric, depending on our use cases. We will explain the basic architectural components to give you a solid foundation, and then we will explore some actual use cases within the solutions you might be building. We will also highlight some potential pitfalls that might affect your experience.

Fabric Dataflows have an audience of business users in mind who want to work with their data in a seamless way, though they also offer some interesting capabilities for more experienced Data Engineers. We will show how business users can play a vital role in helping to build out those elusive Enterprise Data Platforms and Models in a co-creating method.

Finally, we’ll discuss how you can integrate these Dataflows into your overall structure for refreshing the data, to make sure they are processed at the right time, to the right place.

Benni is a Senior Program Manager in the Fabric Customer Advisory Team (Fabric CAT) at Microsoft. Aspiring to be top notch in his field, through continuous personal development, on both technical and soft skills. He strives for maximum results in his tasks using team play, communication, thinking outside of the box, and (endless) motivation. Benni is always ready to tackle the unknown, or pick up fresh ideas to broaden his range. Building on past experiences, he continuously tries to find new, more efficient ways of obtaining results, and improving the process along the way.

Loving (almost) every day of it, he’s fascinated by the value of data, sometimes flabbergasted by the lack of awareness, and intrigued by the endless possibilities whilst discovering new ways of looking at data. He thrives on unfolding new insights for customers whilst using an open and transparent communication.

On a daily basis he turns (large amounts of) coffee into insights for customers, and references witty British comedy, lame dad jokes, and obscure facts way too often. Overly enthusiastic about anything data related, he’s trying hard to keep up with all things new and shiny.

When not working, blogging or reading, you’ll likely find him out and about being his weird self. Rumour has it that he’s also involved with a ragtag band of data enthusiasts, enjoying themselves whilst organising cool community things.
They go by the name of .. dataMinds!

Announcements from Fabric Community Conference
by Kevin, Erwin and Marc

What happens in Vegas won’t stay in Vegas this time! 🎉 We’re bringing back all the incredible insights and innovations from Microsoft Fabric Community Conference to Amstelveen on April 3rd! 🚀 Get ready to level up your game and unlock new possibilities.

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Location

We are gathering at InSpark at their office in Amstelveen. You will find them at the De Oude Molen 3, 1184 VW Amstelveen.

Registration

For this meetup you need to register as only limited capacity is available. No-shows will not be appreciated. In case you cannot make it, please cancel your registration well in advance so others get the chance to attend.