Kick Off Toronto Fabric User Group First Event - Launch Party In Person 🎉
Important update: To ensure your access to the party, there's one final step, please complete this registration form by the end of Monday, August 28th, midnight: Toronto Fabric User Group Event Registration Form (office.com) Afterward, the final attendee list will be sent to the CIBC Square building security to initiate QR code generation. This information is required by the CIBC Square building of MS Office, to send you a personalized QR access code via [email protected]. Remember to check your email, including your spam folder, on the event day for the QR code. This code is essential for the building entry so please don’t miss the deadline otherwise you unfortunately won’t be able to get in. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get Ready to Celebrate: Join us for the Grand Kick-off Launch Party of the First-Ever Toronto Microsoft Fabric User Group Event in-person! Hello Fabulous MS Fabric Enthusiasts, You're Invited to the Spectacular Kick-off Launch Party of the First Toronto Fabric User Group Event in-person! The stage is set, the excitement is building, and the countdown has begun! We're thrilled to extend a warm invitation to you for the electrifying launch of the Toronto MS Fabric User Group, and what better way to mark this momentous occasion than with an unforgettable learning and networking launch party! Prepare to be wowed as we bring together the MS Fabric Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Data Warehouse, BI and Analytics Specialists along with Microsoft Canada Fabric Team, MS Fabric Partners and MS Fabric Recruiters under one roof for the first time. The Toronto Microsoft Fabric User Group Launch Party promises to be an evening of networking, entertainment, and pure tech-infused fun! This is your chance to be part of history as we kick off the Toronto Microsoft Fabric User Group with a bang. Whether you're an expert, just started your learning journey or someone who loves to network, this event is tailor-made for you. RSVP now to secure your spot at the Toronto Microsoft Fabric User Group Kick-off Launch Party. Let's come together, celebrate, and make memories that will resonate in the tech world! The registration form to get the QR Access Code will be sent only to the first 50 RSVPs here by Aug 25th as the venue has a max capacity that we can't exceed. Kindly RSVP only if you are certain about your attendance, as space is limited, and we also aim to minimize food and beverage wastage. Your thoughtful response is greatly appreciated. Agenda 5:00 Doors open and networking 5:30 - 5:45 Welcome and Introduction – Ashraf Ghonaim, TFUG Leader 5:45 - 6:00 Keynote: Analytics in the Era of AI – Ahmed Adel, Director of Data, Apps & AI Cloud Solution Architecture at Microsoft Canada 6:00 – 6:45 Microsoft Fabric Deep Dive – David Ma, Data Platform Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft Canada 6:45 – 7:00 Fabric Event Streams Demo – Simon Nuss, Vice President of Data & Analytics at Hitachi Solutions Canada 7:00 – 7:15 Job Opportunities Exchange - All 7:15 – 7:45 Closing Remark and Networking Spread the word, rally your friends, and let's paint the town Fabric, the Microsoft way! Stay connected and catch all the latest updates by following us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/toronto-fabric-user-group See you at the party!🥳 Toronto Fabric User Group TeamTFUG Oct event: Fabric Overview + Data Activator Demo
Update: You must fill the registration form (if you haven't already done) by Tue Oct 10 noon: https://forms.office.com/r/UkEb3bMY6E to get the QR Access code that will be sent to your email directly. Hello our fabulous TFUG enthusiasts, We are happy to have our Oct in-person event. To attend this event, you need to register in this event page and must fill the registration form by Tue Oct 10 noon: https://forms.office.com/r/UkEb3bMY6E to get the QR Access code that will be sent to your email directly. We will accept the first 60 RSVPs only as the venue has a max capacity that we can't exceed. Kindly RSVP only if you are certain about your attendance, as space is limited, and we also aim to minimize food and beverage wastage. Your thoughtful response is greatly appreciated. Agenda 5:00 Doors open and networking 5:30 - 5:45 Welcome and Introduction – Ashraf Ghonaim, TFUG Leader 5:45 - 6:30 Fabric Overview – Vengatesh Parasuraman, Sr. Program Manager at Microsoft Fabric CAT 6:30 – 7:15 Data Activator Demo – Simon Nuss, Vice President of Data & Analytics at Hitachi Solutions Canada 7:15 – 7:30 Job Opportunities Exchange - All 7:30 – 8:00 Closing Remark and Networking We would like to thank Hitachi Solutions Canada for sponsoring this event and Microsoft Canada for hosting it. As we are celebrating our new membership milestone of 100 members and 225 followers on our LinkedIn page milestone, we are happy to announce extending our presence to meetup.com as part of the Global AI Community 40 user groups across 20 countries. Thank you all for being part of this amazing community. Here's to the next 100 members and beyond! Looking forward to seeing you in another awesome event. To join our user group and participate in our future events, please register at: Toronto Fabric User Group | Microsoft Fabric Community Toronto Fabric User Group | Meetup Toronto Fabric User Group | LinkedInTFUG Feb 2024 Event: Fabric Updates and Roadmap
Happy belated New year, Toronto fabricators! We are so excited to be back again after some time off during December and January and kick off 2024 by having our first monthly event this year. This month, we are so delighted to be sponsored and hosted by Nigel Frank international, the global leader in Microsoft recruitment on their office at 5 pm on Thu Feb 29th, 2024, at Suite 200, 70 The Esplanade, Toronto, ON M5E 1M1, Canada. Agenda: 5:00 - 5:15 Welcome and Introductions – Ashraf Ghonaim and Ellie Lawrence NFI VP- Microsoft Cloud 5:15 - 6:15 Fabric updates and roadmap - Owais Hashimi, Microsoft Principal Global Black Belt 6:25 - 7:00 Nigel Frank Careers & Fabric Insights - Ellie Lawrence NFI VP- Microsoft Cloud 7:00 - 7:20 Open forum Q&A and job opportunities exchange 7:20 - 8:00 Food, Drink and Networking RSVP now to secure your spot at this event page by the end of Tue Feb 27th. Kindly RSVP only if you are certain about your attendance, as space is limited, and we also aim to minimize food and beverage wastage. Your thoughtful response is greatly appreciated. Looking forward to seeing you all at our first fun event in 2024. Regards, Toronto Fabric User Group | Meetup Toronto Fabric User Group | LinkedInFabric Community Conference - Las Vegas (Mar 26-28, 2024)
The First Annual Microsoft Fabric Community Conference Join us at the first annual Microsoft Fabric Community Conference and see first-hand how Microsoft Fabric and the rest of the data and AI products at Microsoft can help your organization prepare for the era of AI. You’ll hear from leading Microsoft and community experts from around the world and get hands on experiences with the latest features from Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Databases, Azure AI, Microsoft Purview, and more. Register today to immerse yourself in the future of data and AI and connect with thousands of data innovators like yourself eager to share their insights. To register at https://www.fabricconf.com, use the discount code MSCUST to save!TFUG Apr 2024 Event - Fabric Real Time Analytics and ML
Hello Torontonian Fabricators, We are happy to announce our Apr 2024 event to be on Tue Apr 30 at 5:00 pm hosted and sponsored by Avanade: 200 Wellington St W, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5V 3C7. Please make sure you register at the event page and also fill the registration form required by the event host: https://forms.office.com/r/MXXfDGWGwu Agenda: 5:00 Doors open 5:15 - 5:30 Welcome and Introduction by Ashraf Ghonaim 5:30 – 6:30 Crafting Fabric IoT Real-Time Analytics by Simon Nuss, Principal Program Manager, Fabric CAT at Microsoft 6:30 – 6:45 Short break 6:45 – 7:15 Developing and Visualizing Supervised Classification Machine Learning Models in Fabric by Prajna Dash, Technical lead – Advanced Analytics at Avanade 7:15 – 7:30 Job Opportunities Exchange 7:30 – 8:00 Networking Dinner Looking forward to seeing you all there. TFUG Team Toronto Fabric User Group - Microsoft Fabric Community Toronto Fabric User Group | Meetup Toronto Fabric User Group | LinkedInToronto Fabric Day 2024 Conference
Hello Torontonian Fabricators, We are super thrilled to organize our first Fabric conference in Canada: Toronto Fabric Day 2024 on Jun 1st 2024. It’s a free full day conference hosted at Microsoft office in Toronto. To secure your attendance, you must do the following steps before May 30: 1- Click on the “Register” green button at this event page above (you may need to join the user group community first, then join Toronto Fabric User Group then register for this event) 2- Add this event to your calendar 3- Fill the registration form before: https://forms.office.com/r/CkhU68x9UA This form is mandatory to get the QR access code in your email to be able to enter Microsoft office. The information will also be used to shape the agenda and share with the event sponsors for future engagements. Please note the event has a max capacity of 280 that we can’t exceed, and it will be based on the registration order in the form (mandatory). Kindly make sure your RSVP is always current not to waste the space for someone else and also to avoid any food/beverage waste. There are total of 17 heavily demo based sessions all about the new state of the art Fabric topics only by our line-up of esteemed speakers from Microsoft, Partners and Community. There will be 3 rooms running 3 sessions in parallel. Each room will focus on a specific track (Beginner - Room B, Advanced - Room A, Specialized - Room C): Agenda The event is sponsored by the key Microsoft Fabric partners in Toronto: Hitachi Solutions Canada, Slalom, Avanade, Cognizant, Adastra. We would like to thank them all for their community support. Looking forward to seeing you all there. TFUG Team Toronto Fabric User Group - Microsoft Fabric Community Toronto Fabric User Group | Meetup Toronto Fabric User Group | LinkedIn Global Fabric CommunityTFPUG Sep 2024 Event - Unlocking the Potential of Fabric
IMPORTANT UPDATE: This event has now reached its capacity of 90 people and is now closed for registration. If you register here now, you will not be sent the QR Code since we are now closed at the Microsoft Reactor. If you don't get the QR code, you won't be able to access the Microsoft office to attend the event. Please read the registration instructions very carefully to make sure you can attend the event: 1-You must register at this user group community page as well as at the Microsoft Reactor | Event to be able to get the QR access code. Registering at the user group community page alone won’t provide you with the QR access code which is mandatory to be able to entre Microsoft Office. 2-This event has a capacity of 90 people and can only send 90 building access QR Codes 3-The registration will be closed on Fri Sep 6th at 4:00 pm or reaching the capacity limit (whichever comes first) 4-Please register only if you are certain that you can join and cancel if you can't join to avoid wasting the spot Event Description: Toronto Fabric & Power BI User Group is celebrating its 1st anniversary and the announcement of merging Toronto Power BI User Group under Toronto Fabric & Power BI User Group. In this special event we will be celebrating our milestones of reaching 300+ members and 1K+ followers on LinkedIn. We are delighted to have Neha Sharma, Data & AI Specialist at Microsoft Canada to talk to us about “Unlocking the Potential of Fabric: ROI, Architecture, and Best Practices”. Neha will share her insights on Fabric license, TCO, ROI using standard architecture and end to end process as well as Fabric project best practices and learned lessons from early adopters. We are also excited to have our first demo from our community member Fahad Nawaz. Fahad is a senior data analytics expert with diverse industry experience ranging from FMCG to lifestyle brands. He holds an MBA and a Master's in Business Data Analytics and specializes in transforming data into strategic insights. Fahad will be showcasing an exciting end-to-end demo about the OneLake integration for Semantic Models using Microsoft Fabric. Agenda: 5:00 - Doors Open 5:15 - Welcome and Intro | Ashraf Ghonaim 5:30 - Unlocking the Potential of Fabric: ROI, Architecture, and Best Practices | Neha Sharma 6:30 - Break 6:45 - Community Demo: OneLake Integration for Semantic Models End to End Demo | Fahad Nawaz 7:15 - Job Opportunities Exchange | Ashraf Ghonaim 7:30 - Networking Dinner 8:00 - Closing Looking forward to seeing you all there. TFPUG Team Toronto Fabric & Power BI User Group - Microsoft Fabric Community Toronto Fabric & Power BI User Group | Meetup Toronto Fabric & Power BI User Group | LinkedIn
