Kev Chant
Employers on the program
- 2025Macaw2 talks
Appearances by year
- Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)
- SQLBits
- Data Saturdays
- SQL Konferenz
- SQLSaturday
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | SQLBits 2026 | SQLBits | speaker | From Commit to Production: Chapter one of your End-to-End CI/CD Story for Microsoft Fabric with ADOChapter one of an end-to-end CI/CD story for Microsoft Fabric using Azure DevOps. Starting with source control, you’ll see how Fabric Git integration,…Show lessChapter one of an end-to-end CI/CD story for Microsoft Fabric using Azure DevOps. Starting with source control, you’ll see how Fabric Git integration, deployment pipelines, and Azure DevOps can work together. | Video |
| Apr 22, 2026 | SQLBits 2026 | SQLBits | speaker | From Commit to Production: Chapter two of your End-to-End CI/CD Story for Microsoft Fabric with ADO In chapter two of this session, we’ll walk through options to create an end-to-end CI/CD story for Microsoft Fabric using Azure DevOps. | Video |
| Mar 21, 2026 | SQLSaturday Atlanta AI & BI #1127 | SQLSaturday | — | CI/CD Supercharged: Deploy Microsoft Fabric with Azure Pipelines + AIDiscover how to supercharge CI/CD for Microsoft Fabric using Azure Pipelines. This session explores deployments with PowerShell, Fabric CLI, and Fabric-cicd,…Show lessDiscover how to supercharge CI/CD for Microsoft Fabric using Azure Pipelines. This session explores deployments with PowerShell, Fabric CLI, and Fabric-cicd, while showing how GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code accelerates automation and coding. | |
| Mar 21, 2026 | SQLSaturday Atlanta AI & BI #1127 | SQLSaturday | — | How AI is changing how we work with FabricIn this session, we’ll explore how AI is fundamentally reshaping the way we work with Microsoft Fabric, driven by the seamless integration of multiple Copilot…Show lessIn this session, we’ll explore how AI is fundamentally reshaping the way we work with Microsoft Fabric, driven by the seamless integration of multiple Copilot experiences across the platform. | |
| Mar 16, 2026 | FABCON & SQLCON 2026 (Microsoft Fabric Community Conference + SQLCON), Atlanta | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) | workshop | Deep dive into CI/CD strategies for Microsoft Fabric using Azure DevOpsTake a deep dive into CI/CD strategies for Microsoft Fabric using Azure DevOps. This session explores Git-integrated deployments, Azure Pipelines, variable…Show lessTake a deep dive into CI/CD strategies for Microsoft Fabric using Azure DevOps. This session explores Git-integrated deployments, Azure Pipelines, variable management and various tooling's. | |
| Sep 15, 2025 | European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 (FabCon Europe 2025) | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) | speaker | Operationalize Fabric-CICD to work with Microsoft Fabric and Azure DevOps as Macaw Fabric-CICD is a Python library initially developed by Microsoft which allows you to perform CI/CD of various Microsoft Fabric items into Microsoft Fabric…Show lessFabric-CICD is a Python library initially developed by Microsoft which allows you to perform CI/CD of various Microsoft Fabric items into Microsoft Fabric workspaces. In this session I intend to cover how you can operationalize fabric-cicd to work with Microsoft Fabric and Azure DevOps. | |
| Mar 29, 2025 | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 (FabCon Las Vegas) | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) | workshop | The Complete Guide to Certifications for a Microsoft Fabric Professional as Macaw In this session we guide you through preparing for the DP-600 & DP-700 certification exams. Join two Data Platform MVPs as they use their real-world experience…Show lessIn this session we guide you through preparing for the DP-600 & DP-700 certification exams. Join two Data Platform MVPs as they use their real-world experience in the Data Engineering arena to help you prepare, practice, test and become certified. | |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Data Saturday #63 - Data Community Austria Day 2025 | Data Saturdays | speaker | Four ways to create a Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse Database ProjectDuring a recent conference I showed three ways to create a Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse Database project. In this sequel I will show you four different ways…Show lessDuring a recent conference I showed three ways to create a Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse Database project. In this sequel I will show you four different ways to create a Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse Database project. | |
| Sep 11, 2023 | SQL Konferenz 2023 | SQL Konferenz | talk | KevOps for analytic solutions within the Microsoft Intelligent Data PlatformIn this session I intend to do cover how you can manage deployment pipelines for various analytic solutions within the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform. For…Show lessIn this session I intend to do cover how you can manage deployment pipelines for various analytic solutions within the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform. For example, Azure Databricks and Azure Synapse Analytics. | Slides |
| Mar 8, 2022 | SQLBits 2022 (Arcade) | SQLBits | speaker | Azure Data Engineering services used to analyze data Overview to some of the more popular Azure Data Engineering services used to analyze data | Video |
| Mar 8, 2022 | SQLBits 2022 (Arcade) | SQLBits | speaker | Azure DevOps trioWelcome to Azure DevOps trio, a tale about how a development team and an operations team have to bond together and start using Azure DevOps for Data Platform…Show lessWelcome to Azure DevOps trio, a tale about how a development team and an operations team have to bond together and start using Azure DevOps for Data Platform deployments. | |
| Mar 8, 2022 | SQLBits 2022 (Arcade) | SQLBits | speaker | Github and Azure DevOps Duet - SQLBits editionA tale about how a development team and an operations team must bond together and figure out how to use GitHub and Azure DevOps together for Data Platform…Show lessA tale about how a development team and an operations team must bond together and figure out how to use GitHub and Azure DevOps together for Data Platform deployments. | Video |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Ward | 7 | — | 2026 |
| Erwin de Kreuk | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Frank Geisler | 5 | 1 | 2026 |
| Ásgeir Gunnarsson | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Gabi Münster | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Grant Fritchey | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Marc Lelijveld | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Matt Gordon | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Wolfgang Strasser | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Benni De Jagere | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Chris Webb | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Christian Henrik Reich | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Devang Shah | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Elena Drakulevska | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Just Blindbæk | 4 | — | 2026 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.