Name: Introduction to Microsoft Fabric. Is this the future of Power BI and Synapse?
Start: 2023-07-06T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-07-06T14:00:00+01:00

**Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham**
**Thursday 6th July at 13:00 BST (UK Time)**

**Speaker:** Alex Whittles

**Title:** Introduction to Microsoft Fabric. Is this the future of Power BI and Synapse?

**Description:** Microsoft has just announced Fabric, the next evolution of data engineering and analytics, bringing Data Warehousing, Data Lakes, Data Factory, and Machine Learning within the Power BI environment.

This session will look at the concept, the use cases, what it looks like, the underlying architecture, and what this will mean for Synapse and Power BI going forward.

**Agenda:**
12.45 - 13:00 : Setup and Join
13:00 - 13:05 : Open Lobby and Introductions
13:05 - 14:00 : Introduction to Microsoft Fabric. Is this the future of Power BI and Synapse?

**Venue:**
Wherever you have access to a computer or smart device! This session will be online only!

**Other Details:**
\*\*\* Please note registration on MeetUp is required to gain access to the Teams link!\*\*\*

Please contact us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/MSDataGroupBrum) or via email if you are having any issues joining and we'll do everything we can to help.

**Event Organiser Contact Details:**
If you need any further details or have any requests for this or future Data Platform Group events, please get in touch.

Email: meetup@purplefrogsystems.com
Twitter: [@MSDataGroupBrum](https://twitter.com/MSDataGroupBrum)

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Alex is a Data Platform MVP, and is the owner and principal consultant at [Purple Frog](https://www.purplefrogsystems.com/), a Microsoft Data Analytics consultancy in the UK with multinational clients in a variety of sectors. He specialises in all aspects of data warehousing, ETL, cubes, Machine Learning, and Power BI using the Microsoft stack.

Alex is also the creator of [Power BI Sentinel](https://www.powerbisentinel.com/), a governance and disaster recovery tool for Power BI.

Alex has an MSc in Business Intelligence, is a chartered engineer, is on the organising committee for SQLBits, and leader of the Birmingham Data Platform Group. 

Alex is also a regular speaker at many Data events around the world including SQLBits, Data Relay, Data Saturdays, Data Grillen, 24 HOP, and PASS Data Community Summit.

Oh, and in his spare time, he's also a qualified pilot!

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