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Josh Luedeman

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Orlando, FL www.JoshLuedeman.com @Microsoft Employee | Principal Engineer | cohost @TalesftField | #OSS & #Kubernetes Enthusiast | My tweets, views, & opinions are my own #sqlfamily

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Josh Luedeman @joshluedeman.com · 10/06/2026

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Josh Luedeman @joshluedeman.com · 08/06/2026

Ron Perlman's perspective is so on point. He said that the corporate strategy of "people are resources and therefore are replaceable" is at the center of our social friction right now. Listen for yourself => youtu.be/vz9Nze07FHs?...

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Josh Luedeman @joshluedeman.com · 27/05/2026

Most tech decisions don't fail because you picked the wrong tool. They fail because the decision was incomplete. Seven questions I ask before committing to any technology — with real examples of what happens when organizations skip them. www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-ques...

The 7 Questions I Ask Before Any Technology Decision

Most technology decisions don't fail because leaders picked the "wrong" tool. They fail because the decision was incomplete.

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Understanding the granular way that OneLake Security works & how to secure the Lakehouse SQL Analytics Endpoint is IMPORTANT! But don't worry we've got you covered! Link: youtu.be/TcbvjbZm2bA @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: OneLake Security Tutorial

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

#MicrosoftFabric Data Agent Example Queries are the KEY to validating agent results. If you are using or looking at Data Agents lets take a look at this, together! Link: youtu.be/v0mD01QP5gY @sqlballs.com @joshluedeman.com @bradleyschacht.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: How to use Data Agent Example Queries

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Let's tackle #MicrosoftFabric IQ, we need to start with a tutorial on #Graph. Ontology is built on Graph, understanding Graph will help us use Ontology in the future. Link: youtu.be/N6hkxnuOQ8k @sqlballs.com @joshluedeman.com @bradleyschacht.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: Fabric IQ Graph Tutorial

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Josh Luedeman @joshluedeman.com · 12/04/2026

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Josh Luedeman @joshluedeman.com · 12/04/2026

Politics, especially international politics (and most importantly diplomacy, as we all know🤣) aren’t my specialty, so can someone explain to me how a blockade of a critical waterway for the transportation of oil will end a war/conflict and relax the pressure on the oil market? I don’t get this move

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Are you using #Google #BigQuery? Do you want the Gartner Leader in visualizations Power BI? Good news, @dbabulldog.bsky.social wants to help you learn how to Mirror BigQuery to #MicrosoftFabric!! Link: youtu.be/nHHrVDXWLqk @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com @joshluedeman.com @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: Mirroring Google BigQuery to Microsoft Fabric

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Don't you love it when things become easier? I know I do! @bradleyschacht.com & @dbabulldog.bsky.social show us the easy way to perform a meta-data refresh in #MicrosoftFabric! Link: youtu.be/x4-v10Vy6mo Let's check this out, together! @sqlballs.com @joshluedeman.com @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: Metadata Refresh made Easy with Data Factory

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Bradley Ball @sqlballs.com · 15/03/2026

What do you do when your road tripping to Atlanta for #Fabcon & #SQLCon with your two best friends? Answer questions about #MicrosoftFabric ! Link: www.youtube.com/live/fWUAIns... cc @dbabulldog.bsky.social @joshluedeman.com @bradleyschacht.com @talesfromthefield.bsky.social @nerrajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: You Asked Fabcon Road Trip Edition

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Bradley Ball @sqlballs.com · 12/03/2026

🚨 LAST DAY TO SIGN UP🚨 The Unify your Data Roadshow: #Microsoft #SQL, #Fabric + #AI registration site closes when we hit tomorrow! Link: youtu.be/WkVd1HkKZLs cc @joshluedeman.com @bradleyschacht.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @analyticanna.bsky.social @patrickdba.bsky.social @azuresql.bsky.social

Microsoft SQL Server, Fabric + AI Unify your Data Roadshow

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨 Priya Sathy, VP Microsoft SQL will be kicking off the first hour of our Unify your Data Roadshow: #Microsoft #SQLServer #Fabric + #AI event in Atlanta, GA March 16, 2026! Link: youtu.be/WkVd1HkKZLs @sqlballs.com @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @bradleyschacht.com

Microsoft SQL Server, Fabric + AI Unify your Data Roadshow

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Did you know you can Recovery a #MicrosoftFabric Workspace!? @dbabulldog.bsky.social has got you covered! Here's the details, make sure your Tenant Admins have it enabled & set up! Link: youtu.be/LeyNxCiFlvo @sqlballs.com @joshluedeman.com @bradleyschacht.com @neerajny.bsky.social

Recover a Deleted Fabric Workspace

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neerajny.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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neerajny.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Tagging @talesfromthefield.bsky.social @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

You can offload Power BI Copilot & Copilot in Fabric Developer experiences, with a capacity under an F64, to a Fabric #Copilot Capacity? Let's look at this, together! Link: youtu.be/k3RRi-xMflw @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: Use Copilot Capacities to Offload Copilot Usage

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

If you are using #MicrosoftFabric you need to understand how Reserved Instances / Reserved Capacities work! So let's cover a real-world scenario together. Link: youtu.be/fTV35baZFAQ @joshluedeman.com @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: Save Money with Reserved Instances

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Want to speed up your #MicrosoftFabric #Warehouse? Then let's explore Data Clustering with @dbabulldog.bsky.social ! Link: youtu.be/WG5DSKuFyqw @joshluedeman.com @bradleyschacht.com @neerajny.bsky.social @sqlballs.com

Microsoft Fabric: Speed Up your Warehouse with Data Clustering!

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Happy New Year! Let's kick it off with Auditing in #Fabric #SQLDatabase with @sqlballs.com !! How do we turn it on and how do we query the Audit log? We'll look at this together! Link: youtu.be/v_8KKpoDopI cc @dbabulldog.bsky.social @bradleyschacht.com @neerajny.bsky.social @joshluedeman.com

Microsoft Fabric: Auditing in Fabric SQL Database

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Did you know that you could publish #MicrosoftFabric Data Agents directly to #Microsoft365? You could share it with #MicrosoftTeams? If you didn't, this video is for you! Link: youtu.be/yCD8-qAIT2I @sqlballs.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @joshluedeman.com @bradleyschacht.com @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: Publish Data Agents Directly to Microsoft 365

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Using #AzureSQL? @dbabulldog.bsky.social walks you through the data and dashboards for #DatabaseWatcher! Stores your data & streams live at the millisecond level!! Links: youtu.be/LAFlM8LRLUw @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com @joshluedeman.com @neerajny.bsky.social

Performance Monitoring Dashboards for Azure SQL in Database Watcher!

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Did you miss the big discussion on #MicrosoftFabric #FabricIQ with the PG & many other announcements from #Ignite Link: youtube.com/live/BM1n63l... @bradleyschacht.com @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social @sqlballs.com

Microsoft Fabric: Post Microsoft Ignite Updates

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The GUI, Graphical User Interface, for #MicrosoftFabric Data Agents has changed and it all starts with Agent Instructions! Click the link to dive into this deeper! Link: youtu.be/r18-STutAyE @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @bradleyschacht.com @sqlballs.com @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: Data Agents Agent Instructions

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Richard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

Pope stands holding a baseball bat on a plane

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Friendly Workspace names for #MicrosoftFabric?!? Yes, please! It's all in #SQLServer Management Studio 22 & @dbabulldog.bsky.social has got you covered! Link: youtu.be/67olCqdCzME @sqlballs.com @joshluedeman.com @neerajny.bsky.social @bradleyschacht.com @erinstellato.bsky.social #SSMS

Microsoft Fabric: Friendly Workspace Names in SSMS 22

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Did you know you can use your #GitHub Developer #Copilot license in #SSMS 22?!? Dive into it with a demo on Lock & Blocking on SQL Server & #Fabric SQL Database #FabSQL Link: youtu.be/98EXnKfBabE @joshluedeman.com @sqlballs.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @bradleyschacht.com @neerajny.bsky.social

GitHub Developer Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio 22!

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#MicrosoftFabric #Python User Data Functions are here, let's use them to log errors for Data #Pipelines &v see if they are faster for code reuse!! Link: youtu.be/9HwtlKicv0A @bradleyschacht.com @sqlballs.com @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: User Data Functions End to End Tutorial

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neerajny.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🚨 We’re going LIVE! 🚨 🎙️ #TalesFromTheField x Microsoft #Fabric PG 🗓️ Nov 11 | 🕙 10 AM ET youtube.com/watch?v=qCRE... Get the latest #MicrosoftFabric updates, feature walkthroughs & live Q&A with the PG! 🎥 Set reminder & Subscribe www.youtube.com/Talesfromthe... #MSFabric #PowerBI #Analytics

Microsoft Fabric PG Updates November 2025

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Ever wonder how Row Level Security works with Data Agents in #MicrosoftFabric? Let's find out, together! Link: youtu.be/1OOe9-EteL0 cc @joshluedeman.com @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com @neerajny.bsky.social @dbabulldog.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: Data Security & Data Agents

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neerajny.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🚀 Missed the big #MicrosoftFabric PG session yesterday? We’ve got you covered! Catch all the updates, insights, and demos straight from the experts. 🎥 Watch now 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k55... 💡 Subscribe to #TalesFromTheField for more #Data & #AI goodness! #MSFabric #DataCommunity

Microsoft Fabric PG Updates October 2025

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

At the top of the hour we are live talking #MicrosoftFabric and updates and announcements with @bradleyschacht.com from the Data CAT team! Link: youtube.com/live/2k55xxS... Hope you can join us! cc @dbabulldog.bsky.social @sqlballs.com @neerajny.bsky.social @joshluedeman.com

Microsoft Fabric PG Updates October 2025

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neerajny.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🚨 We’re going LIVE! 🚨 🎙️ #TalesFromTheField x Microsoft #Fabric PG 🗓️ Oct 28 | 🕙 10 AM ET youtube.com/live/2k55xxS... Get the latest #MicrosoftFabric updates, feature deep dives & insider insights — straight from the Product Group! Subscribe 👉 www.youtube.com/Talesfromthe...

Microsoft Fabric PG Updates October 2025

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Josh Luedeman @joshluedeman.com · 18/10/2025

I’ll be there. We’re talking all things Fabric on Tuesday the 28th. See you there!!

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

How can you make #MicrosoftFabric Mirroring more #Secure? @dbabulldog.bsky.social has got you covered! Link: youtu.be/G9953MM2v20 cc @bradleyschacht.com , @joshluedeman.com , @neerajny.bsky.social @sqlballs.com

Microsoft Fabric: How to use Workspace Identity for Mirroring!

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neerajny.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Tagging @talesfromthefield.bsky.social @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @joshluedeman.com

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

How do you extend a #MicrosoftFabric Data Agent in an application using the #Python #SDK? Don't worry we've got you covered! Link: youtu.be/YJu9NQB3MuU cc @sqlballs.com @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social @bradleyschacht.com #AI #AzureOpenAI #Agents #Agentic

Microsoft Fabric: Extend Fabric Data Agents with Python SDK End to End Tutorial

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neerajny.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

September on #TalesFromTheField! How to Use Microsoft Fabric’s New Interface → youtu.be/1E-pAZcwNyw Change Collation Settings at the Workspace → youtu.be/0etqwoj1b30 Translytical Task Flows Tutorial → youtu.be/ZSj_XSdCLQM FabCon Announcement Review with PG → youtu.be/rHNpGqbTvPI

How to Use Microsoft Fabric’s New Interface

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Taking action and Doing The Right Thing is often difficult, always exhausting, but it is what we must do, together.

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neerajny.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This week on #TalesFromTheField! 🎥 Tue: Fabric PG September + FabCon Vienna Update → www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHNp... 🎥 Thu: How to Use Microsoft Fabric’s New Interface w/ @BradleyBall → www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E-p... 💡 Don’t miss out—subscribe & stay updated! 👉 www.youtube.com/Talesfromthe...

Microsoft Fabcon Announcement Review with the PG!

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

#MicrosoftFabric has a new GUI Interface! Let's take a look at the tabs, menu, filters, and how to turn it off and on! Link: youtu.be/1E-pAZcwNyw cc @bradleyschacht.com , @sqlballs.com , @neerajny.bsky.social , @dbabulldog.bsky.social , @joshluedeman.com

How to Use Microsoft Fabric’s New Interface

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

You want temp tables? You got temp tables!! Today @dbabulldog.bsky.social walks you through how to use distributed and mdf backed temp tables in #MicrosoftFabric! Link: youtu.be/f_eZEmbZ69U cc @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com @neerajny.bsky.social @joshluedeman.com

Microsoft Fabric: How to use Temp Tables!

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Daniel (DBABulldog) Taylor @dbabulldog.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

🚨 In less than 1 day we’re going LIVE! 🚨 🎙️ #TalesFromTheField x Microsoft #Fabric PG 📅 Sept 23 | 🕙 10 AM ET @bradleyschacht.com @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social @sqlballs.com youtube.com/TalesFromThe... #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #Analytics #LiveEvent #MSFabric

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

🚨 Live Stream Alert 🚨 Join us in less than 4 days on Sept 9th at 10 am EST to discuss the latest #MicrosoftFabric News and Updates from #Fabcon Vienna! Link: youtube.com/live/rHNpGqb... cc @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social @bradleyschacht.com @sqlballs.com

Microsoft Fabcon Announcement Review with the PG!

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

CDC from On Premise #SQLServer into #MicrosoftFabric! How do we get the data into a #Lakehouse or a #Warehouse without having to copy it? The key if Fabric SQL Database! Link: youtu.be/PaJmKyEoBuo @sqlballs.com @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @bradleyschacht.com @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: Change Data Capture Copy Job On Prem SQL Server to Fabric SQL DB

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Setting Collation in #MicrosoftFabric just got a whole lot easier!! This covers everything the SQL Analytics Endpoint connects to, and @dbabulldog.bsky.social takes you through all the details! Link: youtu.be/0etqwoj1b30 @joshluedeman.com @neerajny.bsky.social @bradleyschacht.com @sqlballs.com

Microsoft Fabric: Change Collation Settings at the Workspace!

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Integrating Azure #AIFoundry with #MicrosoftFabric Data Agents? This is how we start to take #DataAgents to the next level! Link: youtu.be/nqUt-wCYY2M cc @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social

Microsoft Fabric: Connect Data Agent to Azure AI Foundry

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Take #MicrosoftFabric #DataAgents to the next level! Publish them in #MicrosoftTeams using #CopilotStudio, here's the step by step demo! Link: youtu.be/7ccFIUfjiIc cc @joshluedeman.com @dbabulldog.bsky.social @bradleyschacht.com @neerajny.bsky.social @sqlballs.com

Microsoft Fabric: Connect Data Agents to Teams with Copilot Studio

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neerajny.bsky.social @neerajny.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

🚀 August Recap – Tales from the Field 🚀 We dropped 5 new learning videos + 1 Fabric PG Sync covering Fabric, SQL, & AI. Catch up here ⬇️ 👉 youtube.com/@Tales-from-... ✨ Don’t miss out: Like | Subscribe | Comment #Microsoft #Azure #SQLServer #DataCommunity

Tales From The Field

https://www.youtube.com/@Tales-from-the-Field?sub_confirmation=1 Welcome to Tales from the Field! This channel features Bradley Ball aka @SQLBalls, Andres Padillia, Josh Luedeman, Neeraj Jhaveri, Da...

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Tales From The Field @talesfromthefield.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

FABCON Vienna Preview! Can't make it to #Fabcon or excited for the #FabSQL precon? This is a preview of one of the INCREDIBLE end to end tutorials coming up next week! Link: youtu.be/ZSj_XSdCLQM cc @neerajny.bsky.social @dbabulldog.bsky.social @joshluedeman.com @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com

Microsoft Fabric: Translytical Task Flows End to End Tutorial

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