A big thank you to our sponsors at Purple Frog Data 💙
They’re hosting a fantastic session with MVP & Senior AI Engineer Lewis Prince:
“The Hidden Risks of AI (and how to avoid them)”
A must-attend if you’re working with AI👇
📅 May 14 | 🕛 12PM BST
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Our sponsors at Power BI Sentinel are bringing the insights!💙
Join their upcoming executive briefing on the data & AI challenges leaders can’t afford to ignore, featuring MVP CEO Alex Whittles.
Wed, Apr 15 | 4-4:30PM BST👇
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-data-a...
📅 April 2nd | 13:00 GMT
Join Jess Pomfet for a session on automating your morning database checks. From backup verification to error log analysis (automate it all with #dbatools!)🔧
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Check out this great upcoming session from our sponsor Purple Frog Data.
AI is everywhere… but are we using it responsibly? 👀
Join MVP & Senior AI Engineer Lewis Prince:
📅 May 14 | 🕛 12pm BST | 💻 Online
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hidden...
Ready to level up your DBA game?😮💨
Join the Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham on Thursday, April 2nd for 'Create the perfect morning checks report with dbatools' with Jess Pomfret.
Learn to automate alerts, generate HTML reports & reclaim your mornings!
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Shoutout to our sponsors at Power BI Sentinel 💙
They’re hosting a brilliant 30-min briefing on the data & AI challenges leaders can’t ignore, featuring MVP CEO Alex Whittles.
📆Wednesday, Apr 15 from 4PM to 4:30PM BST
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-data-a...
April 2nd @ 13:00 GMT 👇️📆
Jess Pomfret shows you how to build the ultimate #DBA morning checklist automation with #dbatools. Stop wasting time on manual checks and start getting instant notifications.
🔗 www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...
Coming April 2nd: Discover how to automate morning database checks with dbatools! 🤖
✅ Missing backups detection
✅ Failed job alerts
✅ Error log analysis
✅ Disk space warnings
✅ Beautiful HTML reports
Join Jess Pomfret for this hands-on session. RSVP: www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...
Manually checking your databases every morning?☕
Join us on April 2 for 'Create the perfect morning checks report with #dbatools' with Jess Pomfret.
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Only 24 hours to go! Ready to unlock the real value of AI for your business?
Join Branden Millward tomorrow at 13:00 GMT!
Register now 👉
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🤖 Thinking of starting your AI journey, but don’t know where to begin?
Branden Millward has the map... 🗺️
Join us 👉
💡 AI doesn’t have to be scary — Branden Millward will show you where to start and how to make it useful!
📅 Thursday 5th March
⏰ 13:00 GMT (online!)
Join us 👉 www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...
✨ Whether you're AI‑curious or AI‑overloaded, this session is for YOU:
Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business⬇️
📅 5th March
⏰ 13:00 GMT
🎤 Speaker: Branden Millward
Sign up 🤩
🧠 Want AI explained without the buzzword bingo?
Join Branden Millward on:
📅 Thursday 5th March | ⏰ 13:00 GMT
💻 Online event
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🎉 It’s meetup time!
Join us for Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business: Where To Start with Branden Millward.
📅 Thurs 5th March
⏰ 13:00 GMT
💻 Online
🔗 Sign up
Your business + AI = major potential.
Learn where to begin at our next meetup!
📅 Thurs 5th March
⏰ 13:00 GMT
🎤 Branden Millward
Register now 👉 www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...
No user group this month, but we won't leave you empty-handed! 👋
To fill the gap, our sponsor, Purple Frog, is hosting a free webinar on Agentic AI (22 Jan, 12–1pm GMT).
If AI is on your 2026 roadmap, this is one you don’t want to miss.
Register 👇
Happy New Year to our amazing data community! 🎉📊
Thank you for making 2025 a year full of collaboration.
Here’s to another year of connecting, sharing knowledge, and exploring everything the Microsoft Data Platform has to offer✨💙
Just a reminder, we won’t be running a January meetup as we’re giving everyone a little extra time to settle into 2026.😊
But don’t worry… We’ll be back in February with more great sessions, speakers, and learning opportunities!
Keep an eye on our Meetup page: www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...
Merry Christmas to our wonderful data community! ❄️🎄
We hope your holidays are SELECTively joyful, JOINed with friends and family, and completely UNTHROTTLED!😉
Thank you for being part of an amazing year!
Day 24 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎄❤️
A huge thank you to everyone who joined our first-ever Data Advent Calendar!
Your guesses and enthusiasm made it magical.
Wishing you all a warm, restful festive season.
See you in the New Year! 🎁✨
Day 23 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁
Visualisation challenge:
You want to show Santa’s global route.
❓ Which visual do you choose?
🌍 Map / 📊 Bar / 🧮 Table / 📦 Card
Day 22 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁
DAX:
SUMX(
FILTER(FactGifts, FactGifts[Month] = "December"),
FactGifts[Count]
)
❓ What does this calculate?
Day 21 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁
Fabric throttling issue?
❓ What’s one metric you’d check in the Capacity Metrics App?
Day 20 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁
IDENTITY(int, 1, 1)
❓ What does IDENTITY define?
Day 19 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁
Power BI modelling moment:
You find 2 active relationships between the same tables.
❓ How does Power BI handle that?
Day 18 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁
Visual challenge:
Large number of categories
❓ Which chart best reduces clutter?
Treemap / Pie / Column / Cards
Day 17 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁
SELECT DISTINCT TOP 3 ElfName
FROM Elves
ORDER BY YearsExperience DESC;
❓ What does this query return?
Day 16 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁
DAX simplification challenge:
IF([NaughtyPoints] > 7, TRUE(), FALSE())
❓ What’s a cleaner version?
Day 15 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁
Modelling puzzle:
❓ What distinguishes a snowflake schema from a star schema?
