Hi everyone, things have gone fast since I launched this community back in January 2024!! I still remember my proud post when we reached 50 members (see below). Well, recently we crossed a previously unimaginable milestone of 5k members. Thank you to every one of you that chooses to spend your time here learning Fabric and engaging with the community. So far, we have had over 1200 conversations/ threads about Microsoft Fabric (the search bar contains a wealth of information!). I hope it has helped you learn Microsoft Fabric. The best thing is that this is just the start, I will continue to invest in this community because I can see it's making (at least a small) difference. But a community of this size is difficult to manage alone (especially as now I spend a lot of time in Fabric Dojo too). As such, I'm delighted to announce that I've brought on board Maleek - @Mubaraq Abdulmaleek to support yourselves (and me!) around the community. Maleek is hugely passionate about Fabric (he was one of the first members of this community back in January!), DP-600 certified and eager to learn as much as possible. He'll help new members get onboarded, help members find stuff (course content/ previous answers to community questions), and generally help make sure you have a great experience here. Great to have you here, Maleek! Soon, I'll share what I have planned for this community in 2025 and beyond. Thank you so much for being a part of this community we're building!

Hi everyone this month’s Fabric update has been released ( read the full blog here ) and below are brief decriptions of all the new features, let's discuss what you are most excited about or would like to learn more about from the community. Quick Reminders: - Quick reminder for those planning to take the DP-700, you can check out the study guide here - FREE DP-600 Vouchers & Learning Resources: We shared a post recently with details on free vouchers and new resources—take a look here So, here goes the updates: Fabric Warehouse - Case Insensivity Collation support for fabric warehouse - Improvements made to consurrency performance for customers that run complex queries with multiple users - VARCHAR(MAX) and VARBINARY(MAX) can now be used in fabric warehouse tables - Improved JSON capabilities in Warehouse , SQL Endpoint , Lakehouse and Mirrored Databases Fabric Data Engineering - Service Principal Name(SPNs) support has been introduced for API for GraphQL - Users can now automatically generate python and Node.js code snippets based on GraphQL queries they tested in the API Explorer. This will help them save time and focus on other important tasks - Spark Notebooks can now be used to run read-only queries on mirrored databases - Lakehouses can now be filtered, sorted and searched Real-Time - Git interation is now available for real time dashboards - KQL Query results can now be quickly visualized in KQL Queryset Copilot and AI - The copilot powerBI creation experience has been enhanced Reporting - Visual calculations can now be added to combo charts - Visual Calculations can now be added to visuals that uses field parameters and vice versa - Azure Maps are now intercative. Azure map reference layer components can now be mapped to your data - Teams activity analytics report will be retired from 01/01/2025

Hey everyone, a friend of mine Malvik Vaghadia has just released a brand new Udemy course on Microsoft Fabric. I've reviewed the course, and it's really comprehensive, and Malvik is a great instructor with lots of experience teaching on Udemy and on his YouTube channel. Try this link for FREE access (first 100 only, first come first served): 👉🔗 EDIT: *Link Removed Because All Coupons Have Been Redeemed* You can then use this link for a heavy discount (68% discount, I believe): 👉🔗 https://www.udemy.com/course/microsoft-fabric-the-ultimate-guide/?couponCode=LEARNFABRIC 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: ✅ Data Warehousing: Understand the principles of data warehousing, master SQL for querying and managing data, and learn how to design and implement data warehouses within Microsoft Fabric. ✅ Power BI: Create powerful, interactive reports and dashboards. ✅ Data Engineering: Develop robust data engineering pipelines using Spark (PySpark), manage large-scale data transformations, and automate workflows efficiently. ✅ Data Factory: Master the use of Data Factory for orchestrating and automating data movement and transformation. ✅ Real-Time Intelligence: Leverage real-time data processing capabilities to gain instant insights and act swiftly in dynamic business environments.

UPDATE: the early bird has now finished. (last post about Fabric Dojo for a while!) Hey everyone, if you're wondering what is all this fuss about Fabric Dojo - then why don't you join the 180+ current members, and see for yourself. I'm so confident that you will find it valuable, that we operate a 14-day money-back guarantee, so if you're not happy in the first 14 days for whatever reason, you get a full refund. So there's nothing to lose! Watching YouTube videos about Microsoft Fabric, and going to events / meetups/ conferences about Fabric is great... BUT you won't start truly building your skills until you login into Microsoft Fabric and start building things. I get it, it's difficult. If you've never built a Data Pipeline before, or a Data Warehouse... WHERE DO YOU EVEN START? - What should you build? - What are the best practices? - What are the pitfalls to avoid? - Where can you get data to practice with? - And how do you stay motivated in the long-term, learning these hard new skills? I created Fabric Dojo to help you with all of the above, and more. With Fabric Dojo, the goal is to rapidly speed up your learning journey, by: ✔️ forcing you to get hands-on, and work through progressively harder tutorials to build your practical skills in data and analytics engineering (in Fabric). ✔️ dropping you into different business contexts, and give you tasks to complete, and all the data you need to get started, so you can focus 100% on thinking about how to solve the problem. ✔️ giving you constant support when you get stuck, through video walkthroughs, a vibrant and supportive community, and weekly group coaching calls. 👉 🔗 Get more info and sign up here: https://skool.com/fabricdojo Any questions? Feel free to reach out in the comments below or via private message 🙂🙌

If you're trying to keep up with the product updates released last week at FabCon Europe, this article provides a handy list of the updates related to Data Factory: 👉🔗 Read more here: https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/recap-of-data-factory-announcements-at-fabric-community-conference-europe?ft=All Let me know which of these is going to be most useful for you and your company! 👀 👇