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Ask the Expert: Fabric Edition

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Topic: Modern Data and Analytics, AI Security and Data Governance, Data and Analytics

Language: English

  • Events in this Series:
  • 11

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.

Upcoming Events

Click on an event below to learn more and register for individual events.

All times in - Coordinated Universal Time

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

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Topic: Data and Analytics

Language: English

Details

Speakers

  • Cillian Mitchell

    • Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Fabric

    Microsoft

  • Dipti Borkar

    • Vice President and General Manager, Microsoft OneLake & Fabric ISVs

    Microsoft

  • James Rowland-Jones

    • Director of Product Management

    Snowflake

  • Josh Caplan

    • Partner director of Product for Microsoft OneLake

    Microsoft

  • Saurin Shah

    • Senior Product Manager

    Snowflake

  • Amar Patil

    • Principal Product Manager

    Microsoft

  • Anna Hoffman

    • Principal GPM

    Microsoft

  • Dave Levy

    • SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

    Microsoft

  • Sukhwant Kaur

    • Senior Product Manager • R&D Data-SQL DB

    Microsoft

  • Anton Fritz

    • Principal PM Manager

    Microsoft

  • Naama Tsafrir

    • Product Manager

    Microsoft

  • Shafiq Mannan

    • Principal Product Manager

    Microsoft

  • Sunetra Virdi

    • Principal Product Manager

    Microsoft

  • Joanne Wong

    • Sr. Product Marketing Manager

    Microsoft

  • Lada Hill

    • Principal PM

    Microsoft

  • Mohammad Ali

    • Partner Director PM

    Microsoft

  • Nellie Gustafsson

    • Principal Group PM Manager

    Microsoft

  • Raj Rikhy

    • Principal PM

    Microsoft

  • Priyanka Rawat

    • Senior Product Marketing Manager

    Microsoft

  • Tzvia Gitlin Troyna

    • Principal PM Manager

    Microsoft

  • Aaron Merrill

    • SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

    Microsoft

  • Rick Xu

    • PRINCIPAL PROGRAM MANAGER

    Microsoft

  • Sergei Gundorov

    • PRINCIPAL PROGRAM MANAGER

    Microsoft

  • Vengatesh Parasuraman

    • PRINCIPAL PROGRAM MANAGER

    Microsoft

  • Yael Biss

    • Senior Product Manager

    Microsoft

  • Ancy Philip

    • Program Manager

    Microsoft

  • Charles Webb

    • Principal PM Manager - Microsoft Fabric

    Microsoft

  • Shane Risk

    • Principal PM Manager

    Microsoft

  • Sharif Islam

    • Director Global Business Strategy & Executio

    Microsoft

  • Swetha Mannepalli

    • Senior Product Marketing Manager

    Microsoft

  • Andreas Bergstadt

    • Sr Specialist

    Microsoft

  • Christopher Manueu

    • PRINCIPAL CLOUD ADVOCATE

    Microsoft

  • Ope Aladekomo

    • Principal Product Manager

    Microsoft

  • Paul DeCarlo

    • Principal Cloud Developer Advocate

    Microsoft

  • Christian Wade

    • Partner Director of Product Management

    Microsoft

  • Lauren Faber

    • Principal Product Manager Lead

    Microsoft

  • Nandini Srinivasan

    • Senior Product Marketing Manager

    Microsoft

  • Sujata Narayana

    • Principal GPM

    Microsoft

  • Adi Regev

    • Partner, Director Product Management, Microsoft Fabric Data Governance, Administration, & Protection

    Microsoft

  • Elizabeth Oldag

    • Principal Product Manager

    Microsoft

  • Christopher Finlan

    • Principal PM Manager - Microsoft Fabric and Azure Synapse Spark

    Microsoft

  • Justyna Lucznik

    • Partner, Director Product Management

    Microsoft

  • Piero Morano

    • Principal PM Manager

    Microsoft

  • Tessa Kloster

    • Partner Director - Product Management

    Microsoft

  • Yitzhak Kesselman

    • Corporate Vice President for Messaging & Real-Time Analytics

    Microsoft

  • Kevin Lam

    • Partner Director of Product Managment

    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:
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Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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?

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Topic: AI Security and Data Governance

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
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Topic: AI Security and Data Governance

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: AI Security and Data Governance

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: AI Security and Data Governance

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: AI Security and Data Governance

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: AI Security and Data Governance

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Modern Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand

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:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Data and Analytics

Language: English

View on Demand