My Experience at Fabric Community Conference Europe 2024

Stockholm: A city of charm and innovation

Let’s start with the location, Stockholm. As a seasoned traveller, Stockholm is one of the few major European cities that I have not yet visited. So, when given the chance to go to FabCon Europe, I jumped at the chance.

Stockholm is a great city, with beautiful historic architecture mixed with modern innovation and the people there were friendly and warm.

The conference centre, the Stockholmsmässan, also has everything a good conference centre needs. A large auditorium for the keynotes and the biggest sessions, big conference rooms, smaller seminar rooms and of course a massive exhibition hall for sponsors, food and networking.

Informative and engaging sessions

The sessions were great, and it was impossible not to learn something you didn’t already know. It’s clear to see that Fabric’s capabilities are growing and growing fast. Microsoft clearly wanted to showcase the power of Real-Time Intelligence and Copilot AI. However, this didn’t take away from other aspects of Fabric: pipelines, lakehouses, warehouses, notebooks, Power BI, etc.

There was absolutely something there for everyone and ample opportunities to learn about new technologies. My favourite sessions were:

• Philip Seamark & Patrick LeBlanc – Deep Dive into Direct Lake
• Andy Cutler – Mastering Fabric Data Warehouse Monitoring & Query Performance Analysis
• Jovan Popovic & Jelena Djokovic – Deep Dive into Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse

Superb food

Now, everybody’s favourite conference subject – food. The food might possibly be the highlight of the event. The food was superb and plentiful, as attendees I don’t think we could have been fed any better. The venison meatballs were a personal highlight.

In conclusion…

In conclusion, the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference Europe in Stockholm was a fantastic learning experience. The combination of a beautiful location, informative sessions and superb food, made it an amazing experience. It was a perfect opportunity to learn, network and engage with the latest and best that Fabric has to offer.

I would highly recommend to anyone thinking of attending Vienna 2025.

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