Tech Events by Fabric & Power BI — Bristol User Group

with Rob Sewell (Microsoft MVP, Data Platform and Azure, ) · Reid Havens (Microsoft MVP, )

Two Microsoft Fabric sessions for people who run data platforms day to day. Rob Sewell, a dual Microsoft MVP in Data Platform and Azure, demos MicrosoftFabricMgmt, the community open-source PowerShell module in fabric-toolbox, for scripting Fabric admin: install, authenticate, create and manage workloads, with live demos and a checklist to take back to your desk. Reid Havens, Microsoft MVP and BI lecturer at the University of Washington, joins remotely to build a Fabric App on top of an AI-ready semantic model, letting a coding agent do the heavy lifting. Arrive 17:45 for a prompt 18:00 start at Ecosurety, 2nd floor, 4 Colston Avenue. Free, with pizza and drinks from sponsor Method Resourcing Solutions. Why go: two MVPs and hands-on content rather than slideware. Best for BI developers and data platform admins who already work in Power BI or Fabric.

Two talks from the Bristol Fabric & Power BI user group — “Who's downloading your data?” on tenant auditing, and “BI Buddy”, an AI assistant for report users. Hosted at Ecosurety.

with Sray Agarwal (Microsoft MVP in AI, UN Expert Advisor, Microsoft) · Sarah Abnett (Senior Data Engineer, Independent)

Two technical sessions from Bristol's Microsoft data community. First: Sray Agarwal, a Microsoft MVP in AI and UN expert advisor, on the pillars of Responsible AI — bias mitigation, transparency and governance frameworks. Second: Sarah Abnett on running large-scale automated tests on Power BI models using the CAT testing tool and Azure DevOps. Drinks and pizza sponsored by Method Resourcing Solutions.