Don’t miss these Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 sessions
Microsoft Fabric continues to evolve and transform how organizations manage and analyze data, bringing together disparate sources into a unified, integrated AI-powered platform. As Fabric grows, so does our premier event, the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025, which is returning to Las Vegas this year and taking innovation to new heights.
From March 31 to April 2 at the MGM Grand, this year’s conference is set to be the biggest Fabric learning experience yet. You’ll have your choice of more than 200 sessions—a 40% increase from last year—for deeper insights into the latest innovations in data, governance, analytics, and AI. Beyond the sessions, hands-on workshops will be available on March 29, 30, and April 3, providing immersive, practical learning experiences. Expect keynotes from Microsoft and industry leaders, a partner expo featuring the latest innovations, and dedicated networking spaces like Ask the Experts and the Community Lounge for networking.
With so much great content, choosing the right sessions can feel overwhelming. To help you make the most of your time, we’ve curated a list of must-attend sessions. After the keynote, we recommend kicking off your learning with the Corenotes sessions, led by the experts who build these products. These sessions provide key insights into the latest developments, roadmaps, and the sessions you won’t want to miss throughout FabCon. From there, you can explore our recommended sessions below to gain the strategies and insights you need to unlock the full potential of Microsoft Fabric in your organization.
Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025
Over 200 sessions of deeper insights into the latest innovations in data, governance, analytics, and AI.
Fabric corenote sessions
- The Future Unfolded: Microsoft Fabric for AI and Data Science
- Fabric Data Engineering Roadmap
- Unify your data estate with OneLake, the OneDrive for data
- The Roadmap for SQL database in Fabric
- Fabric Data Factory: What’s New and Roadmap
- Power BI Roadmap: Strategy, Vision, and Demos
- The future of Fabric Data Warehouse: what’s new, what’s coming
- Revolutionize your business with timely insights and actions using Real-time Intelligence
Fabric fundamentals
You Could Have Invented Fabric: a Beginner’s Guide with Eugene Meidinger—Microsoft Fabric can feel overwhelming, especially if you’re new to big data concepts. In this session, Eugene will break down how Fabric brings multiple technologies under one umbrella and explore how, with enough effort, you can build the Delta Lake foundation yourself. You’ll come away understanding how Fabric resolves common pain points and why making the switch could be a game changer.
Power BI
Experience the Power of SQL and Power BI with Microsoft Fabric with Bob Ward and Patrick LeBlanc—Microsoft Fabric is redefining data analytics, but Microsoft SQL remains a powerful player in the mix. This session explores how to integrate and replicate SQL data into Fabric in near real-time, leveraging both platforms to drive business success. Plus, with SQL vs. Guy in a Cube, you never know what surprise guests might show up!
The latest in AI
Unlocking Data-Driven Insights with AI Skills in Microsoft Fabric and Beyond with Amir Jafari and Misha Desai—Join this session to learn how to create and customize AI-powered Data Experts in Microsoft Fabric’s AI-powered data platform, leveraging generative AI for deeper insights. Discover how to tailor AI skills to your data, integrate them across the Microsoft ecosystem, and transform your data into a strategic asset.
Changing the way we interact with data in the era of AI with Marc Lelijveld—Join Marc for a demo-rich session exploring how Microsoft Fabric enables dynamic conversations with your data, moving beyond static reports. See Fabric AI Skills, Microsoft Copilot, and Power Virtual Agents in action as Marc shows you how to unlock insights from warehouses, semantic models, and more.
Databases
Welcome to the Party: Microsoft Fabric for DBAs with Rob Carrol—Microsoft Fabric is bringing DBAs to the main stage! With Fabric Databases, you can now unify transactional and analytical workloads on a single, powerful platform. Join this session to explore seamless SQL Server integration, replicating delta tables in OneLake, and how to leverage your DBA skills to manage and optimize Fabric Databases like a pro.
A Deep Dive into SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric with Yo-Lei Chen and David Levy—Discover how SQL database is transforming Fabric into a unified data platform, seamlessly connecting transactional workloads with data lakes and business intelligence tools. In this session, Yo-Lei and David will dive into SQL database’s enterprise-scale capabilities, autonomous management, and best practices for integration—helping you build a powerful, efficient data stack within Fabric.
Data Factory and Data Warehouse
Transforming Data Warehouse Migrations with an AI Powered Assistant with Ancy Philip and Omeed Chandra—Join us to explore the migration assistant for Fabric Data warehouse, an AI powered tool designed to revolutionize data warehouse migrations. This session will provide an in-depth exploration of the current capabilities, upcoming features, and the innovative processes that drive our solution. Learn about the challenges we faced, the breakthroughs we achieved, and the future vision we are working towards. Whether you are a SQL Developer or Data Engineer, this presentation will offer valuable insights into the next generation of data migration technology.
Getting Started with Open Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric with Maraki Ketema and Anudeep Sharma—Join the team for a deep dive into Open Mirroring, a key tool for data replication. Learn about its landing zone for logs, data loading, incremental updates, schema management, and future enhancements. Ideal for data engineers and IT professionals, this session provides a comprehensive guide to efficient data handling with Open Mirror.
Security and governance
Securing Your Fabric Workloads—Best Practices from the Fabric Security Team with Elena Scilletta and Paddy Osborne—Learn best practices for securing your Fabric workloads, from leveraging built-in security features to meeting your business needs. This session will cover strategies for access control, data protection, and secure integration with Microsoft and third-party resources, ensuring a robust security posture for your Fabric environment.
Manage, Govern, and Secure Your Fabric Data with OneLake Catalog and Microsoft Purview with Anton Fritz and Yaron Canari—Managing data security and governance across a fragmented data estate is challenging and costly. Join this session to learn how Fabric’s mission-critical foundation supports streamlined governance with the OneLake catalog and enhances security through built-in Fabric features alongside the advanced capabilities of Microsoft Purview.
Microsoft OneLake
Unify Your Data Estate with OneLake, the OneDrive for Data with Adi Regev and Josh Caplan—See how OneLake is revolutionizing data management by eliminating silos and unifying storage across organizations and clouds. With the OneLake Catalog, easily explore, reuse, and manage data, while business domains empower teams to work independently in a scalable data mesh—without the complexity of separate lakes.
Harnessing the Power of OneLake and AI Foundry with Miquella de Boer—Explore the power of Microsoft Fabric’s open and AI-ready data lake in this deep-dive session on seamless data integration and AI-driven innovation. Learn how OneLake supports diverse data formats like Delta and Iceberg, while AI Foundry enhances data science and engineering workloads—unlocking new efficiencies and real-world use cases.
Additional can’t-miss sessions
Building Fabric-native Experiences and Workloads to Power AI Transformation with Asif Kazi—Discover how industry-leading ISVs and partners are integrating into Microsoft Fabric to build powerful analytics and app solutions. This session explores Fabric’s Workload Development Kit, monetization opportunities via Azure Marketplace, and real-world examples of partner workloads, showcasing how to leverage the Fabric ecosystem for maximum impact.
Revolutionize Your Business with Timely Insights and Actions Using Real-Time Intelligence with Tessa Kloster and Yitzhak Kesselman—Real-Time Intelligence empowers businesses with instant data insights and analytics. This session explores its evolution, key features, and impact on decision-making, along with customer success stories that showcase how it can transform your data strategy and drive growth.
Trailblazers: Women Leading the Future of Data and AI with Priya Sathy, Ope Aladekomo, Erin Stellato and Swetha Mannepalli—Join a panel of inspiring women leaders driving change in data and AI. They’ll share their journeys, challenges, and insights on innovation, leadership, and the power of diversity in shaping the industry’s future.
Register today
As with last year, Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 is an in-person-only event, making it the ultimate opportunity to connect with experts and peers face-to-face. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about Fabric and see firsthand how Microsoft can help your organization prepare for the era of AI. Register today.
Sign up now to secure your spot and save $150 on your registration with the code MSCUST. Offer valid until the conference begins on March 31.
