Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room S103bc
Microsoft Fabric - A Whole New World for Power BI
Jason Himmelstein
Solutions Architect, BIFocal LLC
John White
Senior Data Architect, AvePoint
Microsoft Fabric is the Brave New World of Microsoft Analytics. Fabric brings together not only Power BI, but all sorts of tools from the Microsoft data platform, including Data Factory, Synapse Data Warehouse, Azure Data Explorer, Spark, Azure Data Lake Gen 2, and more. It also introduces new capabilities such as OneLake, Lake Houses, Databases, and Real Time Dashboards. The choices of tools have totally exploded.
This all day tutorial will explore all of the different components of Microsoft Fabric, and what they bring to the table, particularly from the perspective of a Power BI user. We will walk through its architecture, and the user interface working through a number of examples as we go. Finally, we will cover off how it is licensed, and a whole host of other miscellaneous topics including source control, and integration with other systems. .
This tutorial consists of a mix of theory and demonstrations, with emphasis on the demonstrations using real world data. It is designed for the beginner and the novice user, but even advanced users will find some nuggets of new information. Fabric is a fast moving, and ever-changing product, and this tutorial is constantly updated to reflect that.
Above all we encourage questions and dialog. We can't answer your questions if you don't bring them, so please come armed! Feel free to even bring us data and we can work through any reporting challenges that you may have. If you want to get exposed to Microsoft Fabric, this is certainly a session for you.
Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:40 PM · Room S103bc
Unraveling Microsoft Fabric for the Power BI User
Dan English
Microsoft, Principal Program Manager | Fabric CAT
Are you a Power BI developer? Have you heard about Microsoft Fabric? What are all of these new "Data" experiences - Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Warehousing, oh my and other items such as Activator and Real-Time Intelligence? Wow! Where did Power BI go?
In this session we will go under the covers and unravel the Microsoft Fabric to help educate Power BI developers to provide an overview of the new capabilities available and provide some guidance on how to get started and skilled up on using experiences like Dataflows Gen2 and Direct Lake mode for Power BI.
Come and learn about Microsoft Fabric and looking forward to answering any questions you might have as well as hear your feedback!
Wednesday 3:30 PM - 4:40 PM · Room S105a
Chat With Your Data in Teams
Shannon Lindsay
Data Witch @Microsoft
Stephanie Bruno
Data Witches
Developing a Data Agent in Microsoft Fabric has never been easier. While we normally spend a lot of time developing eye-catching visuals in Power BI, it's always difficult to predict all the questions our stakeholders will ask. This is where Data Agents can step in to enable conversations about our data without the visuals. By developing a Data Agent over your Power BI semantic models in Fabric, we can seamlessly integrate with Teams to provide our colleagues with exactly the information they need, in a comfortable setting. We'll show you exactly how to create your agent in Microsoft Fabric and surface it with Teams. You'll leave this session with the inspiration and know-how to create your own data agent.
Thursday 10:40 AM - 11:50 AM · Room S103d
Making AI Agents Smarter with Fabric IQ and Foundry IQ
Treb Gatte
Microsoft MVP, MCP, MCTS, MBA, CEO, Marquee Insights
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.
Thursday 12:50 PM - 2:00 PM · Room S103bc
There's No Time Like the Present - Reducing Latency in Power BI with Fabric
Jason Himmelstein
Solutions Architect, BIFocal LLC
John White
Senior Data Architect, AvePoint
Power BI offers many ways to keep data fresh, but what if refreshes aren’t enough? This session explores real‑time and near‑real‑time options—from DirectQuery, aggregations, and hybrid tables to Fabric features like Direct Lake and Real‑Time Intelligence—plus design tips and trade‑offs to watch for.