22-25 April 2026 
Sam Debruyn
Sam Debruyn is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Cloud & Data Platform Architect passionate about modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric. In his day-to-day, he designs and implements data platforms that support customers in harvesting the full potential of their data. Sam has over 10 years of experience with Microsoft Azure and often blogs about his adventures in data. He contributes to the data community through blog posts, open-source projects, and speaking engagements at data meetups and conferences.
Sam Debruyn's Sessions
Fabric Capacities: Divide and ConquerSQLBits 2026
In this session, we’ll explore how to monitor, split and configure Fabric Capacities for different workloads. Autoscaling, auto pause, bursting, smoothing, monitoring, and more, we’ll cover it all.
From Flat to Sparkling: Monitoring Data Quality with Soda in Microsoft FabricSQLBits 2026
After loading data into OneLake, this session shows how Soda helps ensure data quality using automated tests and alerts, data contracts, and an intuitive dashboard to monitor and explore data quality metrics.
From Lock-In to Openness: The Shift in Data PlatformsSQLBits 2026
Modern data platforms all claim to be open—but what does that mean? This talk compares Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS, and dbt/Fivetran, cutting through marketing to show what openness really is and how it benefits data practitioners.
Thread by Thread: Lessons from Migrating to FabricSQLBits 2026
This session shares real-world lessons from rolling out Microsoft Fabric in a mid-sized organization, from pilot to full adoption. It covers successes, pitfalls, architecture choices, and why Fabric worked despite limited engineering capacity.
From Fabric to Fantastic: How dbt Makes Your Lakehouses and Warehouses ShineSQLBits 2025
Learn all about dbt from one of the authors of dbt-fabric. Discover how dbt empowers data teams with functionalities like data documentation, automated testing, and data lineage for reliable and insightful analytics.