Beyond the Prompt: Tuning Fabric Data Agents for Flawless Results
Data Engineers in Toronto August 2026 Semimonthly Meeting Topic: Beyond the Prompt - Tuning Fabric Data Agents for Flawless Results Abstract: As organizations race to deploy AI Agents, it quickly becomes clear that standard prompt engineering isn't enough. To achieve production-grade accuracy, you have to go beyond the prompt and fundamentally change how you feed your data layers to the AI. In Microsoft Fabric, your choice of data artifact directly dictates your agent's reasoning style and native language. In this session, we will deep-dive into how Fabric Data Agents interact with four distinct data paradigms: Semantic Models, Ontology, Data Warehouses, and Lakehouses. Moving past high-level theory, we will practically map the three pillars of data agent optimization across the data paradigms: Agent Instructions (System Prompts) Data Source Descriptions (Grounding) Example Queries (Few-Shot Prompting) You will walk away with an actionable blueprint showing you exactly how to write context rules, embed semantic metadata, and supply technical query examples to ensure your Fabric Data Agents deliver flawless, trusted results every time. Speaker: Thimantha Vidanagamage, Data Engineer at OMERS, Canada Speaker Profile: Thimantha has over 8 years of experience in Data and AI. He currently works as a Senior Data Engineer at OMERS in Canada, where he plays an active role in the organization’s adoption of Microsoft Fabric. He holds multiple Microsoft certifications, including Microsoft Certified: AI Transformation Leader and Fabric Data/Analytics Engineer Associate. Thimantha is also a co-organizer of the Toronto Data Professionals Community. The meeting is over Microsoft Teams, and the joining link is https://vip.dataengineersintoronto.org/webinar See you at the meeting!
Credit Unions User Group Monthly Meeting - August 2026
Join the Credit Union Fabric User Group Monthly Meeting Come connect with fellow users, learn from industry peers, and participate in an interactive discussion. This Month's Featured Session Vibe-Coded Power BI with ChatGPT Desktop and PBIP Presented by Devin Carlson, Homebase Credit Union Meeting Agenda Welcome & Announcements Featured Presentation Open Discussion & Questions Wrap-Up Date: Friday August 21, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST Location: Microsoft Teams We hope you'll join us for another great session and discussion!Credit Unions User Group Monthly Meeting - August 2026
Credit Union Fabric User Group invites you to join our monthly meeting! Come connect with fellow users, learn from industry peers, and participate in an interactive discussion. This Month's Featured Session Vibe-Coded Power BI with ChatGPT Desktop and PBIP Presented by Devin Carlson, Homebase Credit Union Meeting Agenda Welcome & Announcements Featured Presentation Open Discussion & Questions Wrap-Up Date: 08/21/2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST Location: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/254775314942560?p=TeGCpF8DZbWCISQAnD We hope you'll join us for another great session and discussion!
Power BI DC June Meeting | AI in Power BI
Description: Are you interested in learning about AI Insights that are inside of Power Query? In this session, Priscilla will briefly review the collection of pre-trained models. She will then focus on text analytics and its library of functions: language detection, sentiment analysis, and key phrases. ID: 9913 Speaker Bio: Priscilla Camp is a Business Intelligence and Analytics Specialist at the University of Central Florida. She has 10 years of experience in the field of IT working as a Business Intelligence Analyst. Priscilla started her career working for a startup small business in 2010 and several years later moved over to the Higher Education Industry where she currently resides. Priscilla's focus is T-SQL, Data Warehousing, MS Power BI, AI, and B.I. Strategy. She is also the leader of the Orlando Power BI User Group. Speaker LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itdatadiva/Azure Infrastructure for the Power BI Data Consumer
Access denied, connection could not be established - this is exactly what you want to see when trying to connect to your data sources on Azure! With more and more data sources being hosted in the cloud and specifically on Azure, it has become more relevant to understand the different data services on Azure, as well as the options for connecting to these data sources. In this session we will walk through the different data sources in Azure, the different ways to connect to these data sources and what you need to consider when working in Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service. You will be smoothly connecting to all your Azure data sources in no time!Use AI Insights in Power BI Desktop | Priyanka Agrawal
Use AI Insights in Power BI Desktop Power BI Desktop is a powerful tool for data visualization and analysis, allowing users to connect to a wide variety of data sources, clean and transform data, and create interactive reports and dashboards. With the increasing availability of AI and machine learning capabilities, it is now possible to use AI insights in Power BI Desktop to gain even deeper insights into your data. To use AI insights in Power BI Desktop, you first need to make sure that you have enabled the AI features in your Power BI Desktop settings. Once you have done this, you can start using the AI features in your reports and dashboards. Overall, using AI insights in Power BI Desktop can help you gain a deeper understanding of your data and make more informed decisions. Whether you are trying to identify key drivers of a particular metric, detect anomalies, or predict future trends, the AI features in Power BI Desktop can help you get there faster and more accurately than ever before. Agenda: Introductions (5 mins) Presentation (55 mins) Q&A session (15 mins) About Priyanka Agrawal: She is passionate about learning and am committed to teaching individuals all about the capabilities of Microsoft's innovative and always expanding software platforms , including the cloud platform. She is a Training/Learning and Development Professional with extensive experience working with all organizational levels. She has 12+ years world wide ( global ) Experience in delivering Trainings on Microsoft Technologies and Managing Learning and Training Systems. Microsoft trainings (Online & Classroom for Azure , AI, SharePoint , .NET , SQL Server ) Experience in training corporates on Microsoft Azure , Artificial Intelligence , MS-Office ,ASP .NET ,SQL Server , SharePoint and related Technologies Microsoft Certified Trainer Learning Operations Training Administration Training Needs Planning Website design & development This event is online. You may need to install Zoom: https://zoom.us/download Space is limited so reserve your seat. Contact with Priyanka: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyanka-agrawal-92b44bb/ https://www.microsoft.com Members participating in Meetup Live events must be respectful in interactions with people and in content posted on the platform.Johannesburg Fabric / Power BI User Group Meeting
Please join us at 17h00 on the 28th of September for our next Fabric / Power BI User Group event. As an "odd" month, this will be a hybrid event (Zoom and in-person). You will find all the details in the Meetup page using the URL below. The agenda for the September event is as follows: Unlocking the Power of Qlik: From Data Visualization to AI-Enabled Insights by Schalk Blanche For more information, and to RSVP, please use this Meetup link: https://www.meetup.com/biug-sa/events/295976373/Global AI Conference 2023 - Toronto Edition
We are glad to co-organize and co-host the Global AI Conference 2023 - Toronto Edition in collaboration with Metro Toronto Azure Community and Microsoft Reactor – Toronto on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 5:30 PM The event will take place at the Microsoft Canada office in Toronto. To join the event, it's essential to complete the registration through the link provided below: https://aka.ms/Dec12GlobalAIConfToronto Topic 1: AI Pair Programming Tools Speaker: Max Yermakhanov (Microsoft MVP) In this session, we will help you learn how to: * understand what GitHub Copilot tolls and how it works * highlight the differences between GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT get started with GitHub Copilot * learn common GitHub Copilot tips and tricks * apply best practices on integrating GitHub Copilot tool into your day to day We will also cover GitHub Copilot for Business: * How to enable GitHub Copilot for Business for your enterprise * How to configure GitHub Copilot settings in your organization * How to manage GitHub Copilot licenses Topic 2: MS Fabric for Data Science Speaker: Ashraf Ghonaim (Microsoft MVP) The Data Science workload on Microsoft Fabric enables an end-to-end well integrated experience for Machine Learning practitioners based on popular open-source tools like Apache Spark and MLFlow, as well as all the rich tools of the Python data science ecosystem, so you can focus on quickly getting from data to models, and insights. Let’s take a look into Data Science in Fabric. Topic 3: Secure and enhance your Azure OpenAI using Azure API Management Speaker: Ehsan Eskandari (Microsoft MVP) In this session we look into how integrating Azure API Management with Azure OpenAI can help enhancing loggings and security of your deployment.Oklahoma Power BI and Fabric User Group Meeting January 2024
Review several features that have been released in late 2023, including, but not limited to.... The DAX Query View The new INFO functions available in Power BI Many more... Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 288 328 027 913 Passcode: ehtm6t Download Teams | Join on the web Or call in (audio only) +1 872-239-6107,,133049325# United States, Chicago Phone Conference ID: 133 049 325# Find a local number | Reset PIN Learn More | Meeting options
