Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham - 19th April 2018, 6.15pm *** Registration on MeetUp required for venue security *** Session 1: Introduction to Azure Databricks - Is this the perfect combination of big data manipulation, cloud ETL, machine learning and data analytics? This demo heavy session will cover what it is, how to use it and what it can do. Session 2: Azure Analysis Services - Learn how to build and deploy cubes to Azure Analysis Services. Including partition management, scale out for performance, security, setting up the processing so that it doesn't impact query performance, monitoring, connecting to Power BI and much more. Agenda 6.15pm – 6:30pm Meet & Greet 6:30pm - 7:30pm Introduction to Azure Databricks 7:30pm - 8:00pm Break & Pizza 8:00pm – 9:00pm Azure Analysis Services Venue This session will be held at Matthew Boulton College. Room: MB723 Address: Matthew Boulton College Jennens Road Birmingham B4 7PS https://www.bmet.ac.uk/our-locations/matthew-boulton/find-us/ On site parking is very limited and likely to already be taken by college staff/students. There are several car parks in the area, see Park-O-Pedia for more details: https://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/locations/jennens_road_birmingham_b4_7ps_united_kingdom_gcqdt422cgm/?arriving=201709071700&leaving=201709072130 Other Details We'll be putting on food for the event, so please do register so we know numbers. If you then can't make it we'd really appreciate it if you'd unregister and/or let us know. Dress code: relaxed Event Organiser Contact Details If you need any further details or have any requests for this or future Data Platform Group events, please contact get in touch. Alex Whittles Twitter: @PurpleFrogAlex (https://twitter.com/purplefrogalex) Email: [masked] ([masked]) Microsoft Data Platform Group - Birmingham Twitter: @MSDataGroupBrum (https://twitter.com/MSDataGroupBrum) Speaker Profiles Alex Whittles Alex is an MVP, and is the owner and principle consultant at Purple Frog, a SQL Server Business Intelligence consultancy in the UK with multinational clients in a variety of sectors. He specialises in the architecture and design of all aspects of data warehousing, ETL, cubes, Power BI and Big Data analytics. He organises SQL Bits and SQL Relay, as well as the Birmingham Data Platform Group.