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Kay Sauter

@kaysauter.bsky.social

Data Platform MVP. Data solution architect. #a11y. Cochlear Implants. databash.live & aka.ms/dataTGIF organizer. He/him

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Nikola Ilic @datamozart.bsky.social · 4w ago

NEW BLOG POST! In this blog post, you'll learn how two minutes of SQL database in Fabric activity can mean 17 minutes of compute billing. And when a CPU chart doesn't tell the whole story. data-mozart.com/the-query-fi...

The query finished...Why is my Fabric SQL database still consuming CUs? - Data Mozart

Two minutes of database activity can mean 17 minutes of compute billing. And a CPU chart doesn't tell the whole story. Let's work through SQL database in Fabric billing with examples from application ...

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Andres Bohren @andresbohren.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨New #Azure #PowerShell Modules #AZ 16.3.0 have been released tinyurl.com/yeufuk4w

Nikola Ilic @datamozart.bsky.social · last mo.

Almost there! More than a year after @shbwatson.bsky.social and I started writing our "Analytics Engineering with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI" book for @oreilly.bsky.social, we are a few weeks from finally seeing the book released! You can already order it on Amazon www.amazon.com/Analytics-En...

Analytics Engineering with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI: The Definitive Guide for Building Enterprise-Grade Analytics Solutions

Analytics Engineering with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI: The Definitive Guide for Building Enterprise-Grade Analytics Solutions [Watson, Shabnam, Ilic, Nikola] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Analytics Engineering with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI: The Definitive Guide for Building Enterprise-Grade Analytics Solutions

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 2mo ago

v1.130 is live! Want to follow someone for their posts but not their reposts? Now you can — turn on "Hide reposts in feeds" for any account you follow.

Nikola Ilic @datamozart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The most expensive code your data team ships this year won't be written by a human. It'll be generated by AI assistant. It'll look correct, but it'll quitely drop 14% of your rows because the join type was wrong. AI-assisted data engineering is here. courses.data-mozart.com

AI-Native Data Engineering with Microsoft Fabric

A live 4-hour, code-first workshop on Fabric implementation, agentic scaffolding, metadata-driven ingestion, validation, cost, and production trust.

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Nikola Ilic @datamozart.bsky.social · last yr.

A moment of disbelief! A little more than a year ago, when I started writing a book about #MicrosoftFabric, I couldn't have imagined that the day would come when I would have a physical copy in my hands...

Nikola Ilic @datamozart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm thrilled to announce that my 26th course at Pluralsight has just been released! Enterprise data succeeds when it is managed as a shared business asset. This course will teach you to recognize common data challenges and recommend practical improvements. www.pluralsight.com/courses/ente...

Introduction to Enterprise Data Management

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Kay Sauter @kaysauter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In about 20 minutes, data TGIF hits off again today! #dataTGIF #free #meetup #online www.meetup.com/data-tgif/even…

Dashboard Literacy: Designing dashboards people actually understand, Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 5:00 PM | Meetup

Dashboards are often seen as a technical output. In reality, they are something else: a way to explain information to people so they can make decisions. In this session, I

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Nikola Ilic @datamozart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Full day, hands-on: build a production-grade Fabric lakehouse end to end. Metadata-driven ingestion, medallion, Delta optimization, Direct Lake. Real invoice-to-cash scenario, 3 sources. FabCon Europe 2026, Barcelona. espc.tech/conference/f...

Kay Sauter @kaysauter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy birthday my friend @dbanuggets.bsky.social! I hope you’ll have a great day today and enjoy your family.

Pusheen Cat Happy Birthday with Hamster

Alt: Pusheen Cat Happy Birthday with Hamster

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Nikola Ilic @datamozart.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This Thursday, I'll be talking at the Microsoft Fabric UK User Group, about transitioning from data analyst to data engineer and upgrading your skills from Dataflows Gen2 to notebooks. It's free and it's online, so RSVP: www.meetup.com/microsoft-po...

Transition from Data Analyst to Data Engineer, Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Join our Microsoft Fabric - UK User Group for our latest webinar. This session we are excited to announce our host Microsoft MVP Leon Gordon and co-host Microsoft MVP Prag

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Nikola Ilic @datamozart.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My latest article at @towardsdatascience.com has just been published! This is a deep dive on Materialized Lake Views in #MicrosoftFabric. towardsdatascience.com/materialized...

Materialized Lake Views in Microsoft Fabric: When Your Medallion Fits in a SELECT Statement | Towards Data Science

Five surfaces collapsed into one declarative layer. Here's the full story of Materialized Lake Views in Microsoft Fabric - from syntax to the new GA capabilities

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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Sid Meier's Civilization (1993)

Nikola Ilic @datamozart.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Still getting your head around #MicrosoftFabric? Not sure if you should take lakehouse or warehouse path? What changes in #PowerBI workloads? Next Monday, I'll be running live online training at @oreilly.bsky.social to help you get started with the Fabric. www.oreilly.com/live-events/...

Getting Started With Microsoft Fabric

Learn the fundamental skills to work with Microsoft Fabric

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · last yr.

Microsoft is hosting its annual Build developer conference today. It’s time for developers, developers, developers, and AI, AI, and AI. All the details on how to watch and follow along, below 👇 www.theverge.com/news/669276/...

How to watch Microsoft’s Build 2025 conference

It’s all about AI for Build 2025

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Kay Sauter @kaysauter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Love the talk by David Schneider from at Azure Bootcamp Berne 2026, explaining why AI projects may fail and how to avoid this.

Kay Sauter @kaysauter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Just arrived at azure boot camp 2026, together with a team mate. Looking forward to a great day of learnings #azure #azurebootcamp

Nikola Ilic @datamozart.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW BLOG POST! Quick question for Fabric Warehouse folks: If clustering reduces CPU by 40% and I/O by 69%, but elapsed time stays the same, is it working? Yes. And the explanation is more interesting than the answer. 100M-row demo with real numbers: data-mozart.com/cluster-by-i...

CLUSTER BY in Fabric Warehouse: when the magic shows up and when it doesn't! - Data Mozart

Microsoft's announcement post for data clustering in Fabric Warehouse promised 24x speedups. So I built a 100-million-row clickstream table and tested it myself. The result is more nuanced than the ma...

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Azure Weekly @azureweekly.info · 5mo ago

On-premises data gateway April 2026 release by Irtoyou #Azure community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Up...

On-premises data gateway April 2026 release

Author: Leo Li - Principal Program Manager ________________________________________________ The April 2026 release of the on-premises data gateway is (version 3000.314). New Features On-premises Data...

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Azure Weekly @azureweekly.info · 5mo ago

Azure SQL BACPAC Export Failure with CDC & db_cdcreader (SQL71501) by Mohamed Baioumy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

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Azure Weekly @azureweekly.info · 5mo ago

#VSCode Curbs Token Use Ahead of Copilot's Controversial Usage-Based Billing Switch by David Ramel visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...

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Azure Weekly @azureweekly.info · 5mo ago

Fabric April 2026 Feature Summary by Katie Murray #VSCode #MicrosoftFabric #Azure blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-GB/blog/f...

Fabric April 2026 Feature Summary

Welcome to the April 2026 Microsoft Fabric update! This month’s update brings a broad set of new capabilities across Microsoft Fabric, spanning the platform experience, Data Engineering, Data Science,...

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Neowin @neowin.net · 5mo ago

Windows 11's new CPU boost trick may make apps feel faster, but it also rewards lazy software optimization and hardware brute force. #Windows11 #Performance

Windows 11 is getting faster the lazy way

Windows 11's new CPU boost trick may make apps feel faster, but it also rewards lazy software optimization and hardware brute force.

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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Today is world password day, so don't forget to tell your password he's a strong good password

Neowin @neowin.net · 5mo ago

PCI-SIG has confirmed PCIe 8.0 is expected in 2028 with immensely higher bandwidth for next-gen NVMe SSDs and GPUs. Interestingly, a new connector is coming. #PCIe8 #SSD

PCIe 8.0 launching in 2028 with a new connector, 8 times faster NVMe SSDs and GPUs

PCI-SIG has confirmed PCIe 8.0 is expected in 2028 with immensely higher bandwidth for next-gen NVMe SSDs and GPUs. Interestingly, a new connector is coming.

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Eitan Blumin ⚡@eitanblumin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#Azure Data Studio is retired: Move your #AzureSQL workflow to #VSCode in 10 minutes devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/az... #Microsoft #SQLServer #SqlDBA #MadeiraData

Azure Data Studio is retired: Move your Azure SQL workflow to VS Code in 10 minutes - Azure SQL Dev Corner

Azure Data Studio (ADS) retired on February 6, 2025, and support ended on February 28, 2026. The recommended path forward is Visual Studio Code with the MSSQL extension. If you used ADS daily, this…

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Alex Power[s]@itsnotaboutthecell.com · 6mo ago

Raki is all over Reddit sharing tons of great advice and musings.

Kay Sauter @kaysauter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I think one of the lesser know blogs that really deserve more attention is the one by Raki Rahman whom blog I came across today. www.rakirahman.me I am really impressed of the knowledge he’s posting here!

Raki Rahman

Big Data & AI

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Hugo Kornelis @hugokornelis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In my new blog post, I ask you to help me for a change. Do you have suggestions for a good video hosting platform? Please let me know! sqlserverfast.com/blog/hugo/20...

Request for help – video hosting - SQLServerFast

I create a lot of videos for the SQL Server community. These come in three categories. Recordings of conference sessions. Sometimes made by myself, sometimes by the conference organization. Typically ...

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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Reading: Anthony Nocentino is doing what Microsoft gave up on 6-7 years ago: www.nocentino.com/posts/2026-0...

Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator - Anthony Nocentino's Blog

An open-source Kubernetes operator that automates deploying and managing SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, including automatic failover, certificate exchange, and listener routing.

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