Amar Patil
Microsoft
Ask the Expert: Fabric Edition
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Ask the Expert: Fabric Edition
- Format:
Livestream
Topic: Modern Data and Analytics, AI Security and Data Governance, Data and Analytics
Language: English
Join us every month for a live Q&A session on the latest Microsoft Fabric features! Our product engineering team will answer your top questions in real time.
Throughout each hour, our panel will unpack your questions on various rotating topics across the Fabric ecosystem. Sign up once for the whole series or pick individual sessions below.
We also have past Q&As available on demand.
Speakers
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Anna Hoffman
Microsoft
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Dave Levy
Microsoft
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Sukhwant Kaur
Microsoft
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Anton Fritz
Microsoft
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Cillian Mitchell
Microsoft
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Naama Tsafrir
Microsoft
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Shafiq Mannan
Microsoft
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Sunetra Virdi
Microsoft
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Joanne Wong
Microsoft
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Lada Hill
Microsoft
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Mohammad Ali
Microsoft
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Nellie Gustafsson
Microsoft
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Raj Rikhy
Microsoft
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Priyanka Rawat
Microsoft
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Tzvia Gitlin Troyna
Microsoft
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Aaron Merrill
Microsoft
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Rick Xu
Microsoft
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Sergei Gundorov
Microsoft
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Vengatesh Parasuraman
Microsoft
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Yael Biss
Microsoft
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Ancy Philip
Microsoft
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Charles Webb
Microsoft
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Shane Risk
Microsoft
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Sharif Islam
Microsoft
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Swetha Mannepalli
Microsoft
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Andreas Bergstadt
Microsoft
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Christopher Manueu
Microsoft
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Ope Aladekomo
Microsoft
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Paul DeCarlo
Microsoft
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Christian Wade
Microsoft
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Lauren Faber
Microsoft
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Nandini Srinivasan
Microsoft
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Sujata Narayana
Microsoft
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Adi Regev
Microsoft
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Elizabeth Oldag
Microsoft
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Josh Caplan
Microsoft
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Christopher Finlan
Microsoft
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Justyna Lucznik
Microsoft
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Piero Morano
Microsoft
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Dipti Borkar
Microsoft
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James Rowland-Jones
Snowflake
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Saurin Shah
Snowflake
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Tessa Kloster
Microsoft
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Yitzhak Kesselman
Microsoft
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Kevin Lam
Microsoft
Past Events in this Series
All times in - Coordinated Universal Time
Jan
29
Wednesday
2025
Ask The Expert - Fabric Edition - Fabric Databases
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for a live Q&A session on the new Fabric Databases experience! Our product engineering team will answer your top questions in real time. Throughout this hour, our panel will unpack your questions on the first fully SaaS database experience in Fabric. Learn how to access both transactional and analytical data in one place without compromising application performance. The future of data management is here!
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Modern Data and Analytics
Language: English
Feb
26
Wednesday
2025
Microsoft Fabric Governance and Security with Microsoft Purview
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A session with the Fabric and Purview product teams where they will answer your top questions on how to secure and govern your data in Fabric using Microsoft Purview. We'll answer questions like: ● What are the benefits of Purview for Fabric? ● What is the difference between the OneLake catalog and the Purview Unified Catalog? ● How can you use sensitivity labels and Data Loss Prevention to restrict access to data?
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: AI Security and Data Governance
Language: English
Mar
25
Tuesday
2025
Copilot and AI capabilities in Fabric
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A session with the Fabric Engineering Team as we explore the latest advancements in AI capabilities within Microsoft Fabric. Designed for data professionals, developers, and AI enthusiasts, this session will showcase how Fabric’s AI capabilities empower you to build custom AI solutions tailored to your data and business needs. We will unpack questions about key experiences such as AI Skill, which enables you to build your own AI agents grounded on data in OneLake, as well as new AI-driven capabilities like Copilot and AI tools designed to help data engineers enrich and transform their data seamlessly within Fabric.
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Modern Data and Analytics
Language: English
May
14
Wednesday
2025
Democratizing Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an engaging "Ask Me Anything" session on Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft. Learn more about end-to-end solution for event-driven scenarios, streaming data, and data logs, and discover how Real-Time Intelligence empowers organizations to extract insights, visualize data in motion, and take real-time actions. Come with all your questions and don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding and discover how Real Time Intelligence can benefit your organization.
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: AI Security and Data Governance
Language: English
May
28
Wednesday
2025
Securing your data in Microsoft Fabric
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A session with the Fabric Security team where they will answer your top questions on how to secure data in Fabric. We will answer questions like how is securing data in a product with SaaS architecture different? Which security tools should be used for what scenarios, so your data is always protected, while your users aren't blocked or delayed? What tools are designed for data users vs security admins? And how can Fabric's pre-integrated and optimized SaaS environment help you remove much of the cost and responsibility for maintaining your security?
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: AI Security and Data Governance
Language: English
Jun
25
Wednesday
2025
Data Warehouse Migration in Fabric
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) session focused on the intricacies and best practices of Data Warehouse Migration in Fabric. Whether you're planning to migrate your legacy data warehouse or already in the midst of a migration process, this is the perfect opportunity to get expert insights. We’ll be diving deep into the process, benefits, and challenges of migrating data to Microsoft Fabric—a unified data and analytics platform.
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Modern Data and Analytics
Language: English
Jul
30
Wednesday
2025
Optimizing Your Microsoft Fabric Spend
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A session where Microsoft product experts will demystify Fabric's billing and licensing, and provide practical guidance on using the Fabric SKU Estimator Tool. Learn how to purchase Power BI and Fabric, size your SKUs, migrate from P-SKU to F-SKU, and optimize your Fabric spend. Whether you're new to Microsoft Fabric or looking to enhance your current usage, this session will help you select the best resources for your needs and get your questions answered.
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Modern Data and Analytics
Language: English
Aug
27
Wednesday
2025
Get AI-Ready with Power BI – Semantic Models & Smart Data Prep
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Curious about how to get your data AI ready in Power BI? Join this interactive 'Ask Me Anything' session with Power BI experts to dive into the foundations of AI readiness. In this session, we’ll dive into what makes a semantic model truly AI-ready, explore best practices for building robust models, and show you how to prep your data to unlock the full potential of Copilot in Power BI.
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Modern Data and Analytics
Language: English
Sep
24
Wednesday
2025
Microsoft OneLake
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A session with the OneLake product team where they will answer your top questions on how to optimize your OneLake storage. We'll answer questions like: ● How can you connect different types of data to OneLake? ● How can you use tools like OneLake security to control data access? ● How can you use the OneLake catalog to better govern your data?
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Data and Analytics
Language: English
Oct
29
Wednesday
2025
Ask Me Anything: Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A on Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric. The Data Engineering team is behind the Spark runtime, notebook and Lakehouse experiences in Fabric—helping you transform, process, and manage data at scale with tools designed to boost both performance and productivity. We’re here to answer your questions about: Apache Spark in Microsoft Fabric: its capabilities, performance, and features Best practices for building out your Lakehouse architecture How we’re thinking about scaling, performance tuning, and developer experiences
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Data and Analytics
Language: English
Nov
10
Monday
2025
Ask me Anything: Fabric and Snowflake interoperability
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)
Is your organization combining the power of Snowflake and Microsoft Fabric? If yes, this is the ideal session to better understand the features enabling seamless interoperability and get all your questions answered. This live, interactive Q&A session will bring together product experts from both Microsoft Fabric and Snowflake to answer your questions on how to most effectively combine these platforms together. We'll address questions related to features enabling bidirectional data access such as the ability to write Snowflake tables to OneLake, the ability to use OneLake shortcuts to access Snowflake tables, the ability to read OneLake tables directly from Snowflake, and full support for Apache Iceberg format in OneLake. 📌 Use Snowflake with Iceberg tables in OneLake
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Data and Analytics
Language: English
Past Events in this Series
All times in - Coordinated Universal Time
Jan
29
Wednesday
2025
Ask The Expert - Fabric Edition - Fabric Databases
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for a live Q&A session on the new Fabric Databases experience! Our product engineering team will answer your top questions in real time. Throughout this hour, our panel will unpack your questions on the first fully SaaS database experience in Fabric. Learn how to access both transactional and analytical data in one place without compromising application performance. The future of data management is here!
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Modern Data and Analytics
Language: English
Feb
26
Wednesday
2025
Microsoft Fabric Governance and Security with Microsoft Purview
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A session with the Fabric and Purview product teams where they will answer your top questions on how to secure and govern your data in Fabric using Microsoft Purview. We'll answer questions like: ● What are the benefits of Purview for Fabric? ● What is the difference between the OneLake catalog and the Purview Unified Catalog? ● How can you use sensitivity labels and Data Loss Prevention to restrict access to data?
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: AI Security and Data Governance
Language: English
Mar
25
Tuesday
2025
Copilot and AI capabilities in Fabric
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A session with the Fabric Engineering Team as we explore the latest advancements in AI capabilities within Microsoft Fabric. Designed for data professionals, developers, and AI enthusiasts, this session will showcase how Fabric’s AI capabilities empower you to build custom AI solutions tailored to your data and business needs. We will unpack questions about key experiences such as AI Skill, which enables you to build your own AI agents grounded on data in OneLake, as well as new AI-driven capabilities like Copilot and AI tools designed to help data engineers enrich and transform their data seamlessly within Fabric.
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Modern Data and Analytics
Language: English
May
14
Wednesday
2025
Democratizing Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an engaging "Ask Me Anything" session on Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft. Learn more about end-to-end solution for event-driven scenarios, streaming data, and data logs, and discover how Real-Time Intelligence empowers organizations to extract insights, visualize data in motion, and take real-time actions. Come with all your questions and don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding and discover how Real Time Intelligence can benefit your organization.
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: AI Security and Data Governance
Language: English
May
28
Wednesday
2025
Securing your data in Microsoft Fabric
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A session with the Fabric Security team where they will answer your top questions on how to secure data in Fabric. We will answer questions like how is securing data in a product with SaaS architecture different? Which security tools should be used for what scenarios, so your data is always protected, while your users aren't blocked or delayed? What tools are designed for data users vs security admins? And how can Fabric's pre-integrated and optimized SaaS environment help you remove much of the cost and responsibility for maintaining your security?
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: AI Security and Data Governance
Language: English
Jun
25
Wednesday
2025
Data Warehouse Migration in Fabric
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) session focused on the intricacies and best practices of Data Warehouse Migration in Fabric. Whether you're planning to migrate your legacy data warehouse or already in the midst of a migration process, this is the perfect opportunity to get expert insights. We’ll be diving deep into the process, benefits, and challenges of migrating data to Microsoft Fabric—a unified data and analytics platform.
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Modern Data and Analytics
Language: English
Jul
30
Wednesday
2025
Optimizing Your Microsoft Fabric Spend
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A session where Microsoft product experts will demystify Fabric's billing and licensing, and provide practical guidance on using the Fabric SKU Estimator Tool. Learn how to purchase Power BI and Fabric, size your SKUs, migrate from P-SKU to F-SKU, and optimize your Fabric spend. Whether you're new to Microsoft Fabric or looking to enhance your current usage, this session will help you select the best resources for your needs and get your questions answered.
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Modern Data and Analytics
Language: English
Aug
27
Wednesday
2025
Get AI-Ready with Power BI – Semantic Models & Smart Data Prep
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Curious about how to get your data AI ready in Power BI? Join this interactive 'Ask Me Anything' session with Power BI experts to dive into the foundations of AI readiness. In this session, we’ll dive into what makes a semantic model truly AI-ready, explore best practices for building robust models, and show you how to prep your data to unlock the full potential of Copilot in Power BI.
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Modern Data and Analytics
Language: English
Sep
24
Wednesday
2025
Microsoft OneLake
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A session with the OneLake product team where they will answer your top questions on how to optimize your OneLake storage. We'll answer questions like: ● How can you connect different types of data to OneLake? ● How can you use tools like OneLake security to control data access? ● How can you use the OneLake catalog to better govern your data?
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Data and Analytics
Language: English
Oct
29
Wednesday
2025
Ask Me Anything: Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join us for an interactive Q&A on Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric. The Data Engineering team is behind the Spark runtime, notebook and Lakehouse experiences in Fabric—helping you transform, process, and manage data at scale with tools designed to boost both performance and productivity. We’re here to answer your questions about: Apache Spark in Microsoft Fabric: its capabilities, performance, and features Best practices for building out your Lakehouse architecture How we’re thinking about scaling, performance tuning, and developer experiences
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Data and Analytics
Language: English
Nov
10
Monday
2025
Ask me Anything: Fabric and Snowflake interoperability
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)
Is your organization combining the power of Snowflake and Microsoft Fabric? If yes, this is the ideal session to better understand the features enabling seamless interoperability and get all your questions answered. This live, interactive Q&A session will bring together product experts from both Microsoft Fabric and Snowflake to answer your questions on how to most effectively combine these platforms together. We'll address questions related to features enabling bidirectional data access such as the ability to write Snowflake tables to OneLake, the ability to use OneLake shortcuts to access Snowflake tables, the ability to read OneLake tables directly from Snowflake, and full support for Apache Iceberg format in OneLake. 📌 Use Snowflake with Iceberg tables in OneLake
- Format:
- Livestream
Topic: Data and Analytics
Language: English