Category Archives: Conference

The future of Microsoft Analytics is here – Welcome Microsoft Fabric!

Look back into the past of Microsoft Analytics Do you remember those good old times where it was “just” SQL Server DB-Engine, Integration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services and your Data Warehouse solution was done? And then – we … Continue reading

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(Data/Power BI) Governance Sessions at SQLBits 2023

This week is SQLBits 2023 week. I will start my journey tomorrow and in preparation I had a look at the schedule to find some interesting sessions in the Data / Power BI Governance area. There is a huge list … Continue reading

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Data Community Austria Day 2023 – Wir leben noch!

Usually, January is the month when we traditionally held our #SQLSatVienna / #DataSatVienna or the #DataCommunityAustria Day. It’s been a long time (a year) since we got together for a big data event in Austria. Although the covid situation in … Continue reading

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Ignite 2022 – Azure Data Platform Update

It’s the week of Ignite 2022 and as in the last years, many new features and updates have been announced. It’s hard to catch up with all the tweets, blog posts and similar things so I will recall the good … Continue reading

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Microsoft Purview and Data Governance at PASS Data Community Summit

Yesterday the session catalog for the hybrid PASS Data Community Summit 2022 was released. I am now allowed to talk about my sessions that got selected for this event. It looks like there is a little bit of Data Governance … Continue reading

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DataGrillen 2022 – Data Governance Session

Last week was DataGrillen 2022 time. An in-person event and it was fun. Big kudos again to the organizers – Ben and William for another edition of a relaxed and perfectly organized event! I had the pleasure to talk about … Continue reading

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SQLBits 2022 – It’s quite a #DataGovernance theme for me…

17 Days to go… Starting on Tuesday, 8th March London will be the Microsoft Data capital for a week. It’s SQLBits (https://arcade.sqlbits.com/) time again and this year – if everything goes well – it will be an in-person conference experience … Continue reading

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PASS Data Community Summit – Keynote

The PASSDataCommunitySummit 2021 kicks off with a Keynote presented by Rohan Kumar Limitless cloud database services – choose the way / service that serves you best for your data Unmatched analytics and insights – choose the technology / services to … Continue reading

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Ignite 2021 – Some of my Azure Data Highlights

This week is Microsoft Ignite 2021 week – virtual again! Three days full of content, mostly pre-recorded sessions and many announcements of new features. Microsoft published – like for some other conferences in the past – a Book of News, … Continue reading

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DirectionsEMEA 2021 in Milano

Last week was a special one – I went to a conference, a real conference. 🙂 DirectionsEMEA 2021 took place at Milan from Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th October. It was a kind of unusual conference for me – No … Continue reading

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