Michael Robson

Agents are only as good as the context they reason over. We walk through the patterns the IQ team has seen work, and the ones that quietly fail, when grounding agents in Fabric IQ.

Are you a data professional who currently works with Microsoft SQL Server and is looking to start working with Databricks? If so, this session is for you! In this session, we will show you how to transition your existing skills in T-SQL to Databricks SQL. We will cover the following topics: Introduction to Databricks SQL Key differences between T-SQL and Databricks SQL How to migrate your existing T-SQL code to Databricks SQL Best practices for working with Databricks SQL This session is aimed at data professionals such as DBAs and SQL developers who are looking to expand their skillset and work with Databricks. Join us to learn how to make a smooth transition from T-SQL to Databricks SQL and make your data Sparkle!

Databricks, if you didn't already know, is an industry-leading tool for processing massive quantities of data and is now one of the most in-demand skills for data professionals. But, what if you've never used it and you don't have a monthly budget on a cloud platform to spend each month, how do you get started? One option is Databricks Community Edition, this session will show you how to get started with Community Edition from sign-up, loading data into the platform to producing some data insights and whatever else we can do in 50 minutes. Best of all everything that you learn should cost less than a middle aisle coffee maker.

An introduction to becoming a Data Engineer, Anna, Mikey and Ust will introduce the technology stack, tools and development skills needed for data engineering and show you how and where to go to learn them. We'll also show you how the skills you already have can kickstart your journey to...