Thanks to everyone who joined us last Thursday for the Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham 👏 Great to host another awesome discussion, plus a brilliant session from Laura-Jayne Adamson on faster #MicrosoftFabric development with the fabric-toolbox🧁 #DataCommunity

A big thank you to our sponsors at Purple Frog Data 💙 They’re hosting a fantastic session with MVP & Senior AI Engineer Lewis Prince: “The Hidden Risks of AI (and how to avoid them)” A must-attend if you’re working with AI👇 📅 May 14 | 🕛 12PM BST 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hidden...

The hidden risks of AI (and how to avoid them)

Everyone’s using AI, but are they using it responsibly? Learn how to build ethical, trustworthy AI solutions.

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Our sponsors at Power BI Sentinel are bringing the insights!💙 Join their upcoming executive briefing on the data & AI challenges leaders can’t afford to ignore, featuring MVP CEO Alex Whittles. Wed, Apr 15 | 4-4:30PM BST👇 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-data-a...

The Data & AI Challenges Leaders Can’t Afford To Ignore

A 30-minute executive briefing on the data and AI challenges shaping leaders, featuring insights from global industry forums like Gartner®

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📅 April 2nd | 13:00 GMT Join Jess Pomfet for a session on automating your morning database checks. From backup verification to error log analysis (automate it all with #dbatools!)🔧 www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

Check out this great upcoming session from our sponsor Purple Frog Data. AI is everywhere… but are we using it responsibly? 👀 Join MVP & Senior AI Engineer Lewis Prince: 📅 May 14 | 🕛 12pm BST | 💻 Online 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hidden...

Ready to level up your DBA game?😮‍💨 Join the Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham on Thursday, April 2nd for 'Create the perfect morning checks report with dbatools' with Jess Pomfret. Learn to automate alerts, generate HTML reports & reclaim your mornings! www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

Create the perfect morning checks report with dbatools with Jess Pomfret, Thu, Apr 2, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup

**Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham** **Thursday 2nd April 2026 at 13:00 GMT** **Session Title:** Create the perfect morning checks report with dbatools **Speaker

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Shoutout to our sponsors at Power BI Sentinel 💙 They’re hosting a brilliant 30-min briefing on the data & AI challenges leaders can’t ignore, featuring MVP CEO Alex Whittles. 📆Wednesday, Apr 15 from 4PM to 4:30PM BST 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-data-a...

April 2nd @ 13:00 GMT 👇️📆 Jess Pomfret shows you how to build the ultimate #DBA morning checklist automation with #dbatools. Stop wasting time on manual checks and start getting instant notifications. 🔗 www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

Coming April 2nd: Discover how to automate morning database checks with dbatools! 🤖 ✅ Missing backups detection ✅ Failed job alerts ✅ Error log analysis ✅ Disk space warnings ✅ Beautiful HTML reports Join Jess Pomfret for this hands-on session. RSVP: www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

Create the perfect morning checks report with dbatools with Jess Pomfret, Thu, Apr 2, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup

**Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham** **Thursday 2nd April 2026 at 13:00 GMT** **Session Title:** Create the perfect morning checks report with dbatools **Speaker

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Manually checking your databases every morning?☕ Join us on April 2 for 'Create the perfect morning checks report with #dbatools' with Jess Pomfret. Get alerts delivered straight to your inbox. 🔗https://www.meetup.com/microsoftdataplatformbirmingham/events/313277070/

Create the perfect morning checks report with dbatools with Jess Pomfret, Thu, Apr 2, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup

**Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham** **Thursday 2nd April 2026 at 13:00 GMT** **Session Title:** Create the perfect morning checks report with dbatools **Speaker

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Only 24 hours to go! Ready to unlock the real value of AI for your business? Join Branden Millward tomorrow at 13:00 GMT! Register now 👉 www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

🤖 Thinking of starting your AI journey, but don’t know where to begin? Branden Millward has the map... 🗺️ Join us 👉

Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business: Where To Start - Branden Millward, Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup

**Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham** **Thursday 5th March at 13:00 GMT** **Session Title:** Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business - Where To Start **Speake

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💡 AI doesn’t have to be scary — Branden Millward will show you where to start and how to make it useful! 📅 Thursday 5th March ⏰ 13:00 GMT (online!) Join us 👉 www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

✨ Whether you're AI‑curious or AI‑overloaded, this session is for YOU: Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business⬇️ 📅 5th March ⏰ 13:00 GMT 🎤 Speaker: Branden Millward Sign up 🤩

Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business: Where To Start - Branden Millward, Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup

**Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham** **Thursday 5th March at 13:00 GMT** **Session Title:** Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business - Where To Start **Speake

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🧠 Want AI explained without the buzzword bingo? Join Branden Millward on: 📅 Thursday 5th March | ⏰ 13:00 GMT 💻 Online event 👉 www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

🎉 It’s meetup time! Join us for Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business: Where To Start with Branden Millward. 📅 Thurs 5th March ⏰ 13:00 GMT 💻 Online 🔗 Sign up

Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business: Where To Start - Branden Millward, Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup

**Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham** **Thursday 5th March at 13:00 GMT** **Session Title:** Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business - Where To Start **Speake

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Your business + AI = major potential. Learn where to begin at our next meetup! 📅 Thurs 5th March ⏰ 13:00 GMT 🎤 Branden Millward Register now 👉 www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

No user group this month, but we won't leave you empty-handed! 👋 To fill the gap, our sponsor, Purple Frog, is hosting a free webinar on Agentic AI (22 Jan, 12–1pm GMT). If AI is on your 2026 roadmap, this is one you don’t want to miss. Register 👇

How businesses can use Agentic AI to work smarter

A practical introduction to Agentic AI. Learn through real-world use cases, a live demo, and an open Q&A session at the end.

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Happy New Year to our amazing data community! 🎉📊 Thank you for making 2025 a year full of collaboration. Here’s to another year of connecting, sharing knowledge, and exploring everything the Microsoft Data Platform has to offer✨💙

Just a reminder, we won’t be running a January meetup as we’re giving everyone a little extra time to settle into 2026.😊 But don’t worry… We’ll be back in February with more great sessions, speakers, and learning opportunities! Keep an eye on our Meetup page: www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

Merry Christmas to our wonderful data community! ❄️🎄 We hope your holidays are SELECTively joyful, JOINed with friends and family, and completely UNTHROTTLED!😉 Thank you for being part of an amazing year!

Day 24 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎄❤️ A huge thank you to everyone who joined our first-ever Data Advent Calendar! Your guesses and enthusiasm made it magical. Wishing you all a warm, restful festive season. See you in the New Year! 🎁✨

Day 23 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁 Visualisation challenge: You want to show Santa’s global route. ❓ Which visual do you choose? 🌍 Map / 📊 Bar / 🧮 Table / 📦 Card

Day 22 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁 DAX: SUMX( FILTER(FactGifts, FactGifts[Month] = "December"), FactGifts[Count] ) ❓ What does this calculate?

Day 21 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁 Fabric throttling issue? ❓ What’s one metric you’d check in the Capacity Metrics App?

Day 20 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁 IDENTITY(int, 1, 1) ❓ What does IDENTITY define?

Day 19 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁 Power BI modelling moment: You find 2 active relationships between the same tables. ❓ How does Power BI handle that?

Day 18 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁 Visual challenge: Large number of categories ❓ Which chart best reduces clutter? Treemap / Pie / Column / Cards

Day 17 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁 SELECT DISTINCT TOP 3 ElfName FROM Elves ORDER BY YearsExperience DESC; ❓ What does this query return?

Day 16 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! 🎁 DAX simplification challenge: IF([NaughtyPoints] > 7, TRUE(), FALSE()) ❓ What’s a cleaner version?