22-25 April 2026 
Fabric Uncorked
Proposed session for SQLBits 2026TL; DR
Think of your Lakehouse as the grand cellar—where data rests in perfect order, climate-controlled and ready for aging. Metadata? That’s your wine list, guiding every selection. And when you want to taste insights instantly, Direct Lake serves them straight from the barrel—no bottling, no delay. Notebooks? They’re the master orchestrators, ensuring every vintage is blended to perfection. Join for a session where we uncork Microsoft Fabric and show how Power BI developers can craft elegant, scalable analytics experiences.
Session Details
Microsoft Fabric is transforming the analytics landscape for Power BI developers and enterprises alike. By unifying Lakehouses, Direct Lake, and Notebooks, Fabric delivers an end-to-end solution that eliminates refresh bottlenecks, accelerates performance, and simplifies modeling. In this session, we’ll explore how Notebooks empower developers to orchestrate data prep, enforce quality, and automate workflows—making BI development faster and more reliable. We’ll demonstrate how Direct Lake enables import-like speed without duplication, and how OneLake provides a single, governed data foundation for your entire organization. Through live demos and real-world examples, you’ll see how companies are leveraging Fabric to streamline analytics, reduce costs, and unlock AI-driven insights. Whether you’re scaling to millions of rows or building semantic models with finesse, this session will give you practical strategies and a taste of the future of data.
3 things you'll get out of this session
- Learn how Microsoft Fabric unifies Lakehouses, Direct Lake, and Notebooks to deliver faster, scalable analytics for Power BI developers.
- Discover practical techniques to orchestrate data prep, enforce quality, and automate workflows using Notebooks.
- Understand how to leverage OneLake and end-to-end solutions unlock Fabric.