Join us as we dive into user presentations about Microsoft Fabric, explore use cases, tips and tricks. It’s a great opportunity to connect with fellow professionals and enthusiasts who are looking to leverage the full potential of Microsoft Fabric in their work.

Whether you're new to Microsoft Fabric, or an experienced user, this group is designed to foster learning, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing!

AGENDA:

3:00: Intros and Welcome

3:10: Effective Data Visualization, presented by David Giard, Mircosoft

4:15: Q&A 

Effective Data Visualization

We spend much of our time collecting and analyzing data. That data is only useful if it can be displayed in a meaningful, understandable way.

Yale professor Edward Tufte presented many ideas on how to effectively present data to an audience or end user.

In this session, I will explain some of Tufte's most important guidelines about data visualization and how you can apply those guidelines to your own data. You will learn what to include, what to remove, and what to avoid in your charts, graphs, maps and other images that represent data.

Presented by: David Giard, Partner Solution Architect, Microsoft

David is a former accountant and a former biochemist, who has been developing solutions using Microsoft technologies for over three decades. Currently, David helps people design and build solutions in his role as a Partner Solution Architect at Microsoft. David has been very active in the developer community, speaking at numerous major conferences, code camps, and user groups around the world; helping to lead user groups; and helping to organize conferences and other geek events.

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Join us as we dive into user presentations about Microsoft Fabric, explore use cases, tips and tricks. It’s a great opportunity to connect with fellow professionals and enthusiasts who are looking to leverage the full potential of Microsoft Fabric in their work.

Whether you're new to Microsoft Fabric, or an experienced user, this group is designed to foster learning, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing!

PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be hybrid. For the full experience of participating in Q&A and networking, please plan to attend in-person. There will be a virtual component to "listen in" on the presentations. Presentations will be recorded.

AGENDA:

3:00pm-3:10pm – Welcome and Housekeeping by Scott Smith, WIT

3:10-3:40pm – How Mastronardi Produce Leveraged Fabric to build their One-Data Platform, A.J. Ferrara, Mastronardi Produce

3:40-4:10pm – Data Modeling Best Practices in Fabric, presented by Ken Bloink, Dana

4:10-4:30pm – Q&A and Tips and Tricks

4:30-5:00pm - Networking

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The Great Lakes Data, AI & Analytics Summit is a one-day event for analytics, IT, and business professionals that includes keynotes from industry experts, leadership panel discussions, case study sessions, vendor software demonstrations, and plenty of networking opportunities. Attendees will learn about the latest analytics software, best practices, and success stories to help them capitalize on data and analytics strategy, data governance, and extracting business value out of your data assets. This is the only event of its kind in Michigan, so don’t miss out on this valuable learning opportunity.

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PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be 100% virtual. We plan to have in-person user groups in the future but wanted to accommodate for potential inclement weather and be inclusive of attendees from outside the Metro Detroit area. 

Join us as we dive into user presentations about Microsoft Fabric, explore use cases, tips and tricks. It’s a great opportunity to connect with fellow professionals and enthusiasts who are looking to leverage the full potential of Microsoft Fabric in their work.

Whether you're new to Microsoft Fabric, or an experienced user, this group is designed to foster learning, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing! 

AGENDA:  

3:30pm – Welcome and Housekeeping by Scott Smith, WIT

3:35-3:50pm – Getting Started with Fabric Certification, presented by Ted Villella

3:50-4:05pm – Fabric Quick Start, presented by Brandon Harrison, WIT

4:05-4:20pm – Data Modeling Best Practices in Fabric, presented by Ken Bloink, Dana

4:20-4:35pm – Fabric Capacity Governance, presented by Carlos Cantu, Carhartt

4:45-5:00pm – Q&A and Tips and Tricks

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Join us as we kick off this new community focused on Microsoft Fabric. Whether you're new to Microsoft Fabric or an experienced user, this group is designed to foster learning, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing.

In this first session, we'll introduce the group, discuss key features of Microsoft Fabric, explore use cases, and set the stage for future meetings. It’s a great opportunity to connect with fellow professionals and enthusiasts who are looking to leverage the full potential of Microsoft Fabric in their work.

DATE: Wednesday, Oct 30, 2024

TIME: 3:00pm – 5:00pm

LOCATION: Microsoft Innovation Hub, 1 Campus Martius, Detroit, MI 48226

AGENDA:

3:00-3:15 pm – Welcome and Introduction by Scott Smith

3:15-4:15pm – Introducing Microsoft Fabric: The All-in-One Analytics Solution, presented by Shane Risk, Principal Program Manager, Fabric Customer Advisory Team, Microsoft

The world is awash with data and it is up to data professionals to make sense of it all. In May 2023 Microsoft announced the next generation of analytics: Microsoft Fabric!

Fabric is a complete end-to-end analytics platform bringing together Power BI, Real-Time Intelligence, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Synapse in a single location and more deeply integrated than ever. It’s built on a SaaS platform which helps deliver innovation more quickly and allowing users to get up and running in seconds. At the core Fabric provides a lake-centric and open data hub using the popular Delta format with built-in security, governance, and compliance throughout. At the edge, Fabric delivers flexibility for data scientists, data warehouse developers, and Power BI users to build and analyze using their unique skill sets.

4:15-4:30pm – Short break

4:30-5:00pm – Future User Group Planning

Help shape the future of the Metro Detroit Microsoft Fabric User Group meetings! We are looking for a few dedicated users to join a planning committee and are passionate about Microsoft Fabric and want to steer the direction of this group.

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The Great Lakes Data, AI & Analytics Summit offers a unique one-day experience for professionals in analytics, IT, and business. Featuring keynotes from industry experts, in-depth case study sessions from local practitioners, software demonstrations from top vendors, and plenty of networking opportunities. Attendees will learn about the latest analytics software, best practices, and success stories to help them capitalize on data and analytics strategy, data governance, and extracting business value out of your data assets. As the ONLY event of its kind for data and analytics professionals in Michigan, it offers an unmatched opportunity for learning and professional growth. You won’t want to miss out.

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Take control of your regulatory reporting with the ability to standardize, validate, and automate with confidence. WIT and Alteryx will address the increased reporting expectations for banks of all sizes. In this webinar you will learn from industry experts about the market factors and specific business needs, and learn more about reporting automation solutions from your peers at other banking institutions.

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The Great Lakes Data & Analytics Summit is a one-day event for data and analytics professionals that includes keynotes from industry experts, case study sessions, vendor software demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and plenty of networking opportunities. Attendees will learn about the latest analytics software, best practices, and success stories to help them capitalize on analytics enablement, data management, machine learning, and data visualization opportunities.

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WIT’s 2022 Great Lakes State of Analytics Benchmark Study was developed to provide the marketplace with critical insights regarding the current state, management, utilization, and distribution of data & analytics throughout organizations. The study consists of online interviews with business and technology professionals from largely upper mid-market organizations headquartered in the state of Michigan.

In this Webinar, we highlight many key findings including:

• The current state of data analytics (adoption, management, distribution, and strategy) throughout organizations

• Which technology/tools companies use for analytics

• Where analytics is parked in an organization

• What data platforms are being used for analytics needs

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The Great Lakes Data & Analytics Summit is a one-day event for data and analytics professionals that includes keynotes from industry experts, case study sessions, vendor software demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and plenty of networking opportunities. Attendees will learn about the latest analytics software, best practices, and success stories to help them capitalize on analytics enablement, data management, machine learning, and data visualization opportunities.