Bradley Ball
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Father of 4, Sr. TPM at #Microsoft, Comic Book aficionado, I ❤️ roller coasters. cohost aka.ms/TftF/youtube Opinions are my own. 🧵’s @sqlballs
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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#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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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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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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What did you do on your day off? I found this amazing bakery, and now I’m napping. (The last one is the box of goodies I took home to the fam.
There’s only one of you in the world, and that’s more than good enough. Be unapologetically yourself.
I came home from Fabcon & SQLCon and found my family had bought Andes mint cookie crunch thins. It is mint, chocolate, and Oreo cookies (probably not Oreo because they didn’t license them, but it taste like Oreos) I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, THESE ARE ADDICTIVE!! STAY AWAY!!!
Let’s go!! First live stream from the road.
Bradley Ball@sqlballs.com · 6mo agoWhat 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
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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When can Partitioned Compute help Fabric Dataflow performance? blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2026/03/15/w...
When can Partitioned Compute help improve Fabric Dataflow performance?
Partitioned Compute lets you parallelise tasks inside a Dataflow
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🚨 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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Rural Indexing Project@ruralindexing.bsky.social · 6mo agoPizza Man Amery, WI
Shared: Powering secure private network streaming to Fabric with Eventstream connectors (Preview) ift.tt/XVPk9vQ #WinObsWiKi
Powering secure private network streaming to Fabric with Eventstream connectors (Preview) | Microsoft Fabric Blog | Microsoft Fabric
Data is a critical asset for organizations, providing the insights needed to inform and accelerate business decisions. In today’s fast-paced environment, access to real-time data is increasingly essential....
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The problem is bigger than prompts in GHA. Actions might now be the biggest attack vector for OSS. We just had major repos like Trivy get deleted because of workflows using the deadly pull_request_target event. gbhackers.com/hackerbot-cl...
Hackerbot-Claw Bot Exploits GitHub Actions CI/CD Flaw to Attack Microsoft and DataDog
Hackerbot-claw, an autonomous AI bot, has launched a week-long campaign abusing GitHub Actions misconfigurations to hit CI/CD pipelines at Microsoft, DataDog.
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New blog post: #Azure Data Factory Pipeline Debugging Fails with #BadRequest – The Sequel sqlkover.com/adf-pipeline...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest - The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during debugging with a BadRequest error, even though it validates successfully. If you're wondering, this is the helpful error message th...
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You know the day got to busy when you walk to the kitchen between meetings to get a glass of water and realize you forgot to take all your morning pills…… yikes!
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🚨 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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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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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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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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Something exciting is coming for SQL + AI! A series of challenges kicks off next week that 's the perfect opportunity for you to flex your SQL skill set. You don't need to be an expert; each experience builds on the last. #SQLServer #SQLServer2025 techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sqlserv...
SQL + AI: Get ready for a fun new experience, launching next week! | Microsoft Community Hub
The SQL community is leveling up! We’re launching a lightweight, beginner friendly SQL + AI contest designed to spark awareness...
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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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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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