It is the European Microsoft Fabric + SQL Community ConThe ference 28 Sep – 01 Oct 2026 in Barcelona. There are several Fabric specific  an...

Microsoft's recent update, Build, Deploy and Govern Microsoft Fabric at Scale , contained several announcements focusing on  a series of gov...

Learn how SQL is building on the foundation enterprises have trusted for decades and see our announcements from SQLCon Europe 2026.

Microsoft's recent update, Build, Deploy and Govern Microsoft Fabric at Scale , contained several announcements focusing on  a series of gov...

Live From Barcelona Woo! I’m posting this live from the first ever European SQLCon (joint conference with FabCon EU), and the second ever SQLCon. The

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Microsoft Fabric and SQL innovations announced at FabCon and SQLCon Barcelona 2026 help organizations build trusted data foundations for AI.

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Organisations frequently treat Responsible AI, AI Governance, and Data Governance as synonymous concepts. In practice, they represent three ...

Over the last few weeks, the conversation around artificial intelligence has taken an increasingly dramatic turn. Following Dario Amodei's e...

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Use Microsoft Purview to help you protect and manage data security and compliance protections for Anthropic Claude (Enterprise).

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Organizations spend a great deal of time building controls, writing policies, and collecting audit data. Most of it sits quietly in the back...

Organizations spend a great deal of time building controls, writing policies, and collecting audit data. Most of it sits quietly in the back...

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Excellencies, distinguished delegates, dear friends,Artificial intelligence is advancing at runaway speed. A technology that can reshape economies, transform the world of work, sway elections, and til...

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