Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on March 6th (The Semantic Lakehouse: Power BI and Databricks)
Please join us for the next meeting on Monday, March 6th, at 6:30 PM ET. Leo Furlong (Senior Solutions Architect at Databricks) will share their point of view on why “the best data warehouse is a lakehouse.” For more details and sign up, visit our group page.
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Presentation: The Semantic Lakehouse: Power BI and Databricks
Date: March 6th
Time: 18:30 – 20:30 ET
Place: Onsite and online
Level: Intermediate
Food: Food and drinks will be available for this meeting
Agenda:
18:15-18:30 Registration and networking
18:30-19:00 Organizer and sponsor time (events, Power BI latest, sponsor marketing)
19:00-20:15 Main presentation
20:15-20:30 Q&A
ONSITE (RECOMMENDED)
Improving Office
11675 Rainwater Dr.
Suite #100
Alpharetta, GA 30009
ONLINE
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Overview: The team from Databricks will come and share their point of view on why “the best data warehouse is a lakehouse.” We’ll go over lakehouse 101, when you might (or might not!) need a lakehouse, some best practices for operating a BI solution with Databricks, and walk through a demo highlighting how PowerBI’s and Databricks’ SQL capabilities complement each other.
Speaker: Leo Furlong, Senior Solutions Architect at Databricks Leo is a seasoned data and analytics professional with 15 years of consulting experience building Data Warehousing and BI solutions using SQL Server, Power BI, and Azure technologies prior to joining Databricks in 2021. As an Atlanta native, Leo is a Georgia Tech and Georgia State grad and lives in the Smyrna/Vinings area with his 4 kids and 4 dogs.
Sponsor: Databricks
Prototypes with Pizza: Power BI Latest with Teo Lachev
