What we’re about
Hi Friends and Welcome to East Midlands Data
We're a community run Microsoft focused data user group. We provide free training, socialising, networking, recruitment, geeky debate and more on a wide range of data technology topics to anyone who wants to come along to our meetings.
Our in-person events run on the second Wednesday of every month.
To cover as much of the East Midlands as possible we currently alternate locations between Nottingham and Derby.
For additional annoucements join our community mailing list here: [bit.ly/45UE6DP](https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1-KMbkht5QUCEUD33dgZgZA2b70vx)
Lastly, please be aware that all our events are covered by a Code of Conduct. This can be found here: bit.ly/EMD-CodeOfConduct
Thank You
East Midlands Data Organisers
[organisers@eastmidlandsdata.com](mailto:organisers@eastmidlandsdata.com)
Sponsors
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RP AnalyticsSpecialties in recruitment, resourcing and head hunting.
MicrosoftCommunity-led MeetUp groups focused on data platform technology.
Cloud Formations LtdNo Nonsense Consulting - Data Strategy, Design, Delivery, and Training- RP AnalyticsSpecialties in recruitment, resourcing and head hunting.
- MicrosoftCommunity-led MeetUp groups focused on data platform technology.
- Cloud Formations LtdNo Nonsense Consulting - Data Strategy, Design, Delivery, and Training
- RP AnalyticsSpecialties in recruitment, resourcing and head hunting.
Upcoming events (3)
See all- 9th July 25 | East Midlands Data | Nottingham | Speaker - Anna-Maria WykesThe Vat & Fiddle, Nottingham
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MeetUp Agenda
18:00 - Arrive. Networking
18:30 - Guest Speaker Talk
19:30 - Pizza. Networking
20:30 - Event Close___________________________________________________________________________________
Getting Started with Terraform for Your Fabric Solutions
Microsoft Fabric is transforming how organizations build unified data platforms for analytics, data science, and business intelligence. Until recently, deploying and managing Fabric resources required manual effort or ad hoc automation. That changed with the release of the Terraform provider for Microsoft Fabric last year, enabling teams to manage Fabric infrastructure as code.
In this session, you'll learn how to get started using Terraform to provision and manage Microsoft Fabric components — including workspaces, pipelines, dataflows, and more — in a repeatable and scalable way. Aimed at data engineers, cloud architects, and DevOps professionals, we'll cover core Terraform concepts, walk through practical examples, and share best practices for integrating with Azure and CI/CD workflows.
By the end of the session, you'll be equipped to bring automation, consistency, and governance to your Microsoft Fabric environments using Terraform.
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Venue Website
https://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk/pubs/vat-and-fiddle
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MeetUp Member Resources In GitHub Here:
https://github.com/EastMidlandsData
Including introduction slides and our Code of Conduct.
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- 13th August 25 | East Midlands Data | Derby | Speaker - Kevin ChantWaterfall, Derby
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MeetUp Agenda
18:00 - Arrive. Networking
18:30 - Guest Speaker Talk
19:30 - Buffet. Networking
20:30 - Event Close___________________________________________________________________________________
Microsoft Fabric and GitHub - The story so far for 2025
Microsoft Fabric was announced during Microsoft Build 2023. Which caused a lot of excitement in the Microsoft Data Platform community.
Last year, the ability to configure GitHub as a provider for Git integration was introduced.In this session I give a brief overview of Microsoft Fabric before providing a basic introduction to GitHub.
I then into details about how you can use GitHub with Microsoft Fabric at this moment in time. Including Git integration and other ways that you can connect up to the Data Warehouse experience.
During the session I will also introduce some GitHub best practices. Including naming conventions and security. Plus, show some demos.
By the end of this session, you will have a better understanding of how you can use GitHub with Microsoft Fabric.___________________________________________________________________________________
Venue Website
http://www.waterfall-derby.com/
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Sponsors
Cloud Formations
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Microsoft Community Code of Conduct
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/page/codeofconduct
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- 10th September 25 | East Midlands Data | Nottingham | Speaker - Joe BillinghamThe Vat & Fiddle, Nottingham
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MeetUp Agenda
18:00 - Arrive. Networking
18:30 - Guest Speaker Talk
19:30 - Pizza. Networking
20:30 - Event Close___________________________________________________________________________________
The DAX Speed Blueprint: Locate, Understand, Accelerate
Slow performing Power BI reports and visuals are a major cause of frustration. Finding the cause of these slow-downs and understanding why they are happening are the first steps in resolving them.In this session we'll discuss the troubleshooting steps for slow DAX executions, using tools like Performance Analyser and DAX Studio.
We'll cover the different purposes behind the two parts of the DAX engine - Storage and Formula, and how to write expressions that target each individual component, allowing us to utilise their combined power to unlock the full potential of DAX.
We'll see how optimising expressions in order to harness the power of these engines helps increase performance. This will be done using live demonstrations showing the actual difference in executions times as well as exploring query plans.
By the end of this session, you will know how to identify which DAX expressions are causing issues in your reports, you'll have a solid understanding of what the DAX engine consists of, how the parts work together and how to use them to your advantage to make your expressions faster and more efficient. You will also know how to view a DAX query plan to help troubleshoot slow performing queries.
___________________________________________________________________________________Venue Website
https://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk/pubs/vat-and-fiddle
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MeetUp Member Resources In GitHub Here:
https://github.com/EastMidlandsData
Including introduction slides and our Code of Conduct.
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