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We’re happy to announce that dataMinds Saturday is coming back to you! Save the date! More info: https://datamindssaturday.be/ Location Thomas More, Campus Kruidtuin Lange Ridderstraat...Upcoming events
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FebMechelen - 19
FebDemystifying Delta Parquet - The Foundation of the LakehouseAbstract Delta Lakes have been around for several years now and there are some fundamental changes that need to be made from a traditional SQL... - 4
FebWith great power comes a great bill: optimize, govern and monitor your Azure costs & A rock-solid governance foundation for Power BI(IN-PERSON @ Lytix)With great power comes a great bill: optimize, govern and monitor your Azure costs Speaker: Kristijan Shirgoski Azure allows us to easily create an enormous...Boortmeerbeek - 23
JanFrom SQL to KQL via Azure Data ExplorerAbstract We all know (and love) our SQL, the Structured Query Language. Some of us have been writing SQL queries for decades. But there’s a... - 7
JanUnlocking Real-Time Kicker Football Insights: Building IoT Solution With Azure and Power BI & Building IoT solutions with Azure Digital Twins and the Azure IoT Ecosystem (IN-PERSON @ tillit)Unlocking Real-Time Kicker Football Insights: Building IoT Solution With Azure and Power BI Speaker: Jordi Perreman Power BI, Azure, and Power Apps open up a...Lokeren - 18
DecTempDB Contention: How to Identify and Resolve itAbstract In SQL Server 2022, there is a huge misconception that TempDB contention is completely resolved. This is NOT true. Attend this session to find...
Past events
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DecFrom lone wolf to the pack: scaling Power BI beyond the pbix & Actionable IoT driving automation and efficiency at water-link(IN-PERSON @ delaware)From lone wolf to the pack: scaling Power BI beyond the pbix Speaker: Michael Van Braeckel & Jan Van Meirvenne It is very easy to...Sint-Denijs-Westrem - 20
NovPower BI meets UX Design: Accessible InsightsAbstract Imagine crafting a compelling report—rich in insights and visuals—only to discover your audience can’t use it or struggles to grasp its depth. In “Accessible... - 12
NovLocal Development of your Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse with Spark jobs & Organizing Microsoft Fabric Adoption (IN-PERSON @ AE, Leuven)Local Development of your Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse with Spark jobs Speaker: Thibault Croonenborghs While Microsoft has significantly enhanced the developer experience for notebooks in Fabric,...Heverlee - 23
OctBranching strategies 101 for data professionalsAbstract Branching strategies are essential for any data professional – whether you’re a DBA, DEV or BI professional. Even as a data professionals you can... - 3
OctEnabling Fabric Personas & FabCon Europe Recap (IN-PERSON @ Microsoft, Zaventem)Enabling Fabric Personas Speaker: Adam Van Aerschot & Michiel Stinissen Great opportunity to hear how a team of Fabric experts, within BDO Belgium, successfully navigated...Zaventem - 4
SepContributing to open source Microsoft DocsHow does Microsoft publish open source Docs on GitHub? Join content developers from the Database Docs content team for an informative call to action on... - 19
JunAzure Databricks and Fabric notebooks – a transformation dream come true?Have you ever had the wish to do both simple and complex transformations in one single platform? If the answer is yes, then please join... - 5
JunCANCELED: Manage personal compute resources in Azure ML & Charlie and the Data Factory (IN-PERSON @ DataSense, Hasselt)Managing personal compute resources in Azure Machine Learning centrally Speaker: Daan Roosen In this presentation, we will address the challenge of centrally managing personal compute...Hasselt - 22
MayFrom Data to Delight: designing reports for end users & How to save your gin-tonic budget (IN-PERSON @ Kohera, Kontich)From Data to Delight: designing reports for end users Speaker: Femke Coenye Unlock the art of transforming basic reports into delightful experiences for your end...Kontich - 8
MayLet me show you why data types still matterWhen building a SQL Server database, the selection of the data types is, sometimes, neglected. Usually, until you get lots of data and/or more concurrency... - 27
AprdataMinds Saturday 2024 (IN-PERSON @ Thomas More Mechelen)We’re happy to announce that dataMinds Saturday is coming back after 4 years of silence! More info: https://datamindssaturday.be/ Location Thomas More, Campus De Ham Raghenoplein...Mechelen - 23
AprDon't be afraid of change! Learn about schema evolution and watch your data grow and evolvePeople change. Requirements change. Technology changes. Data changes. Don’t be afraid of change. Learn how to adapt and control the evolution of your data schemas... - 16
AprThe Analytical Landscape at Torfs & Database, the SeQueL: Should I Still Go SQL? (IN-PERSON @ Torfs, Temse)The Analytical Landscape @ Torfs Speakers: Jasper Verhulst & Juan Candiani Learn what retailer Torfs has learnt from its journey of being more data driven....Temse - 27
MarCANCELED - Unraveling the Web of Relationships: Understanding Graph DataDue to unforeseen circumstances, we are required to cancel this session. We will try to reschedule it to a later moment this year. In our... - 5
MarUnlocking Collaboration: Git Integration in Power BI & A history of business intelligence (IN-PERSON @ Bmatix, Kontich)Unlocking Collaboration: Git Integration in Power BI Speakers: Joël Vangrunderbeeck & Stijn Van Linden Join us for a session on the theoretical foundations and practical implementation...Kontich - 20
FebIoT Analytics to unveil the potential of Real-Time Data Streams & Setting up Power BI Governance in Corporate Environments (IN-PERSON @ element61, Brussel)IoT Analytics to unveil the potential of Real-Time Data Streams Speakers: Jasper Penneman & Louis Vincent Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing manufacturing and operations, enabling high...Brussel - 24
JanWorking with Delta Lake in Microsoft Fabric & Process streaming data in Azure Data Explorer (IN-PERSON @ U2U, Zellik)Jurgen Postelmans – Working with Delta Lake in Microsoft Fabric Delta Lake is an open-source storage framework that enables building a Lakehouse architecture on compute...Zellik - 16
Jan7 Steps to Successfully Setup Azure Private EndpointsIf you’re working in the cloud, sooner or later you’ll come across someone who cries out that the cloud is not secure, that your data... - 20
DecLessons learned: Migration journey from Azure Analysis Services to Power BI PremiumSince 2021, Power BI Premium has closed the gap in terms of tabular model capabilities that were previously exclusive to Azure Analysis Services: read/write XMLA... - 11
DecUnlocking the Algorithmic Curtain of ML & Exploring OpenAI with Azure (IN-PERSON @ Micropole, Zaventem)Antoine Baert – Unlocking the Algorithmic Curtain of ML How social media are using data & Machine Learning to predict which content they will show...Zaventem - 22
NovDitching the Post-its: Automating Temporary Database PermissionsHave you ever had to put a Post-It note on your computer monitor to remind yourself to remove a permission in a few days? Come... - 7
NovEvent-driven data validation in Azure & The Current State of LLMs (IN-PERSON @ Datashift, Leuven)Frederik Druyts & Cedric Raeymaeckers – Event-driven data validation in Azure In this session, we will explore the use cases for event-driven data validation in...Leuven - 25
OctCall the Hero, The Field ParameterDo you like dynamical reports? Do you want to be able to easily change the measures or dimensions in the visuals? If so, Field Parameters... - 18
Sep[CLOSED] Let's talk about Fabric! (IN-PERSON @ Microsoft, Brussels Airport)We are at capacity, and can no longer accept registrations. We’ve reached the maximum number of people that can be registered, and will not be...Zaventem - 28
JunMeasure Killer for Power BI“Measure Killer” is a new External Tool for MS Power BI that helps you clean up your Power BI tenant by identifying unused artifacts in your datasets.... - 13
JunFrom a Visual To a Story & From Vega to Deneb (IN-PERSON @ Ordina, Mechelen)Joris Klerkx – From a Visual To a Story Recently, Miguel Myers – principal product manager at Microsoft – and his team embarked on a...Mechelen - 23
MayNavigating in a massive Power BI environment & Automate the boring stuff with Azure(IN-PERSON @ DataSense, Hasselt)Jiri Huygen (DataSense) Navigating in a massive Power BI environment (Self-service) Power BI environments tend to become very extensive over time. How can you manage...Hasselt - 9
MayGoverning your Lakehouse with Microsoft PurviewThis session will give you practical insights into how to successfully implement data governance into your Data Lakehouse. We will dig into how Microsoft Purview... - 26
AprAzure Arc Data Services & Data Mesh: An Intuitive Approach (IN-PERSON @ Kohera, Kontich)Frederik Bogaerts – Azure Arc Data Services 1-2 1-2, microphone check! Since the introduction of Always On Availability Groups in SQL server 2012 we had...Kontich - 11
AprQuery Store and Intelligent Query Processing in SQL Server 2022We will explore the latest capabilities of the IQP and Query Store in the SQL Server 2022 release With some demos and insights on how... - 22
MarCan you link your SQL to Managed Instances? Yes, you can! & Stop Doing Stupid $%^-- How Not to Secure Your Environment (IN-PERSON @ Inetum-Realdolmen, Gent)Brecht Vuylsteke (Inetum-Realdolmen) Can you link your SQL to Managed Instances? Yes, you can! The Managed Instance link feature enables real-time replication from an on-premises...Gent - 7
MarAnalyzing Big Data in Azure Cloud using Spark and DatabricksDatabricks is one of the best tools for data exploration. It allows us to connect and query any data management service or read files in... - 15
FebHelp! Why is my Azure-bill growing!?When you are loading data within Azure using Synapse Analytics you have multiple options; Integration Pipelines, Mapping dataflows and Notebooks within Spark. With the use... - 25
JanImproving Team Collaboration Using Database Projects and Azure DevOpsHaving source control in place sounds like the default these days. Although, a lot of companies didn’t implement source control yet. This session will guide... - 21
DecData Driven Subscriptions in Power BI ServiceData Driven Subscriptions allow us to easily manage and maintain recipients and parameter sets for our paginated reports without having to actively maintain one subscription... - 5
DecBuilding a Low-Cost, High-Throughput Data Exchange Platform for Digital Meters on Azure & Migrate your SSIS skills to Azure Data Factory (IN-PERSON @ AE)Bart Jolling (AE) Building a Low-Cost, High-Throughput Data Exchange Platform for Digital Meters on Azure When you are responsible for collecting loads of information from...Heverlee - 22
NovDeliver streaming process data & Get to know your customer with data science (IN-PERSON @ Cegeka, Berchem)Mathias Verlinde (Cegeka) Get to know your customer with data science In this presentation we will explain how customer analytics allows you to extract sales...Berchem - 26
OctEntering data in PowerBI with PowerApps & File formats for Data Engineering (IN-PERSON @ Bmatix)Joel Vangrunderbeeck (Bmatix) Entering and adjusting data in PowerBI with PowerApps Ever had the problem that you needed to adjust master data or a parameter...Kontich - 29
SepHow data visualization can help you become a better long term investor & Power BI Roadmap + AMA (IN-PERSON @ Inetum-Realdolmen)Joris Poelmans (Inetum-Realdolmen) How data visualization can help you become a better long term investor Whether you prefer passive investing or are more into actively...Kontich - 15
SepArm your Bicep with D(i)SC - how to make your life easier while building new environmentsThis little wordplay is about the Bicep a domain-specific language (DSL) and PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) for Windows. We will cover the basics of... - 22
JunTroubleshoot and Triage like a ProHave you ever felt overwhelmed by on-call issues? Have you ever felt hyper-stressed by urgent fixes demanded by developers, management, or anybody who doesn’t understand... - 25
MayThe fundamentals of building a lakehouse with SynapseThe lakehouse architecture is growing in popularity as an alternative to traditional data warehousing approaches, but it can be difficult to know how to glue... - 10
MayReverse ETL your Data Warehouse into ERP Business & Power BI and Kimball (IN-PERSON @ element61)Michiel Van Brusselen (element61) The Alpha and the Omega: Reverse ETL your Data Warehouse into ERP Business The investment is already made. A Data Warehouse...Brussel - 26
AprPower BI CharticulatorPower BI comes with a vast selection of standard and custom visuals to display your data in a meaningful way to help your company make... - 20
AprAnalytics End-To-End with Azure Synapse & Power BI and Excel Tips to Empower your Excellence (IN-PERSON @ Lytix)Sander Allert (Lytix) Analytics End-To-End with Azure Synapse Learn how a company-wide Analytics environment can be created using Azure Data Services. Get to know the...Boortmeerbeek - 23
MarDisaster Recovery Techniques for Azure SQL DB & Managed InstanceA database is often the heart and soul of any application. The data contained within it is the business so ensuring that it’s protected is... - 15
MarAddressing climate change with help of Azure Machine LearningClimate change is a fact, it is happening, and we need not only actively participate in tackling it, but also we need to raise awareness.... - 23
FebConditional Formatting Tricks in Power BIIn this session we will see different ways of applying conditional formatting to a Power BI reports at data level and visual level. The session... - 8
FebOn-Premises Data Gateway monitoring strategy, why do I care?You have carefully prepared your fantastic reports with Power BI Desktop and the time has come to share them with your colleagues. Obviously you don’t... - 25
JanYour SQL Server Performance Tuning ChecklistThis session will not be recorded, or uploaded to YouTube afterwards. Everyone needs a list of what to double check in your environment to ensure... - 11
JanData Governance with Azure PurviewAzure Purview is Microsoft’s answer to Data Governance and Data Lineage. But what is Azure Purview actually? During this session I will give answers on... - 7
DecCoding from scratch a realtime Azure Data and AI pipelineIn just 60 minutes, this session will demonstrate an end to end data pipeline supplemented by AI to achieve insights real-time. Using components like Azure... - 27
OctComposite Model - What works and what doesn't by examplesThomas Martens Composite Model – What works and what doesn’t by examples Since the introduction of Composite Models in November 2018, one of the most... - 19
OctGlobal AI Belgium - Back TogetherRegistration is through the dataMinds.AI Meetup Page (LINK)! The Global AI Back Together is a free event organized worldwide on 19-20-21 of October 2021 by...Asse - 12
OctdataMinds Connect 2021Our yearly dataMinds event. More info on dataminds.be/connectMechelen - 22
SepServerless data processing in AzureBenjamin Kettner & Frank Geisler Serverless data processing in Azure In order to leverage the full scalability of the cloud, serverless technologies have become increasingly... - 16
JunPower BI EmbeddedMike Carlo (Carlo Consultants LLC, PowerBI.tips) Power BI Embedded Learn how to use Power BI within your application by using Power BI Embedded. Pulling from... - 20
AprAzure Purview with Azure Synapse AnalyticsSimon Whiteley (Advancing Analytics) A first look at Azure Purview with Azure Synapse Analytics The data industry has come a long way in the past... - 13
MardataMinds Saturday (March 13th 2021)dataMinds Saturday For this event, it’s mandatory to register at our registration page. You will receive a provisioned account to access the platform, for which... - 24
FebPower BI – Upcoming analytics capabilities for big enterprise modelsBogdan Crivat (Microsoft) Power BI – Upcoming analytics capabilities for big enterprise models This session will review some of the recent and upcoming Power BI... - 2
FebAI in Power BIJustyna Lucznik (Microsoft) AI in Power BI Join us for demos and a discussion on the latest AI features in Power BI. We will cover... - 20
JanPower BI - Model Deployment Techniques & PowerShell for Power BIJens Vestergaard (Catman Solutions) Power BI – Data Model Deployment Techniques In this session we will cover a variety of ways to deploy models both... - 13
JanData Analysis with Spark and Databricks in Azure SynapseGinger Grant (Desert Isle Group) Data Analysis with Spark and Databricks in Azure Synapse Azure Synapse Workspace provides the ability to use both Apache Spark... - 1
DecPower BI : Tips, Tricks and Hacks & Reduce your Model SizeRui Romano (DevScope) Power BI Tips, Tricks and Hacks This session is a collection of my top tips, tricks & hacks gathered over the years... - 23
NovAzure DevOps DuetSander Stad & Kevin Chant Azure DevOps Duet Welcome to Azure DevOps Duet, a tale about how a development team and an operations team have... - 27
OctMonitoring SQL Server without breaking the bank & I ain't a Data Scientist - Why do I need Jupyter Notebooks?Gianluca Sartori (SQLConsulting.it) Monitoring SQL Server without breaking the bank Monitoring SQL Server can become a very expensive business. Sure, the market offers countless paid... - 13
OctdataMinds Connect 2020 - Virtual EditiondataMinds Connect 2020 – Virtual Edition Detailed information and registration can be found using the links below. General Info: https://datamindsconnect.be/ Agenda : https://datamindsconnect.be/agenda/ Registration (FREE): https://datamindsconnect.be/registration/ Code of... - 15
SepFraud Analytics within Forensic Investigation - DAX Ex Machina & Tabular Editor in an HourImmanuel Kao (KPMG) Fraud Analytics within Forensic Investigations – DAX Ex Machina Forensic Investigations of fraud or financial crimes are confronted with a changing landscape... - 25
AugIntelligent Query Processing? What’s up with that?Gail Shaw Intelligent Query Processing? What’s up with that? One of the major changes in SQL Server 2017 and 2019 is addition of Intelligent Query... - 18
AugPower BI : Building an Empire & Working with (data) modelsMarkus Ehrenmüller-Jensen (Savory Data) Working with (Data) Models in Power BI Power BI is a self-service Business Intelligence tool, which does a great job in... - 7
JulSQL Server 2019 - Big Data ClustersBen Weissman (Solisyon) SQL Server 2019 Big Data Cluster: Make SQL Server your Data Hub for everything With SQL Server 2019, Microsoft is introducing Big... - 10
JunDouble Databricks Demo of DoomSimon Whiteley (Advancing Analytics) Gentle Dive into Azure Databricks Azure DataBricks brings a PaaS offering of Apache Spark, which allows for blazing fast data processing,... - 3
JunWhat's going on in my Power BI Environment & Automating your documentation for AS & Power BI ModelsÁsgeir Gunnarsson (North Insights) What’s going on in my Power BI Environment As Power BI is a self-service tool, it can be hard for administrators... - 19
MayIndex Tuning for the Developer & 10 DBA Tasks for Azure SQL DatabaseStijn Wynants (Microsoft) Index Tuning for the Developer In this session, we will be showing you how to get the best performance out of your... - 18
MayQuery Folding in Power BI & Parameters for flexibility in Power BIMarc Lelijveld (Macaw) Use parameters to add extra flexibility to your Power BI content You’re probably applying a lot of steps over and over again... - 28
AprPaginated Reports on a Budget & Power BI Governance Quick StartLou Segers (Lytix) Power BI Governance Quick Start There’s no denial that Power BI has been maintaining a steep growth since its release in 2015... - 30
MarCANCELLED - The Do’s and Don’ts of Power BI RelationshipsPeter Myers (Bitwise Solutions) The Do’s and Don’ts of Power BI Relationships This presentation is about Power BI modeling with a specific focus on relationships....Brussels - 18
MarPOSTPONED - Machine Learning and AI Features in Power BI & Deceptive DaxAniek Sies (U2U) Machine Learning and AI Features in Power BI Many people use Power BI to visualize their data and gain insights for their...Zellik - 7
MarSQL Saturday 2020Welcome to SQLSaturday 956, Belgium! Registration and Latest Info can be found on the SQL Saturday Portal (HERE) SQLSaturday Belgium (#956) is a free training...Mechelen - 17
FebPower BI in Big Companies & Power BI DataflowsDieter Van Caekenberghe (VCV Group) Power BI in Big Companies “Power BI in Big companies” is a presentation about how I implement Power BI in...Kontich - 30
JanRoad to FOSDEM: Mechelen EditionSammy Deprez (@sammydeprez) is a Managing Partner at @arinti_be, @datamindsbe Core member, Passionate about #data and #AI, Belgian (Global) AI Night & Bootcamp organizer Sammy...Mechelen - 14
DecGlobal AI BootcampThe Global AI bootcamp is a free one-day event organized by local communities all over the world that are passionate about Artificial Intelligence on the...Mechelen - 4
DecPower Platform World Tour Brussels - Panel NightWe want to take full advantage of the international experts being in Belgium for the Power Platform World Tour Brussels. Together with BEPAFUG, and Power...Zaventem - 26
NovPower BI PremiumIn this session, we will follow a Premium capacity admin on his day to day activities on managing his capacities, from refreshes, slow queries and...Antwerp - 25
NovAI Night - Azure Machine Learning (Boelman) & Ethics & Risks of AI (Bugnion)Henk Boelman (Microsoft, the Netherlands) Getting started with Azure Machine Learning services With machine learning becoming more and more an engineering problem the need to...Anderlecht - 30
SepAzure and the SQL DatabasesAzure constantly grows and more and more Azure SQL Database options are popping up left and right but what do they do and why do...Mechelen - 5
SepGlobal AI NightThe Global AI Night is a free event organized by local communities all over the world that are passionate about Artificial Intelligence on the Microsoft...Brussels - 5
JunEvent Driven ETLSo you’ve been doing your datawarehousing in its traditional sense. You have your ETL set up to start after business hours, load all the new...Mechelen - 7
MayData Science in ProductionBuild, Train and Operationalize your Machine Learning models using Azure Databricks and Azure ML Services. Last session this duo presented for us, they focused on...Zaventem - 24
AprAzure SQL Database ImprovementsWhen Microsoft Azure SQL Database was introduced, it had only a small subset of the features available in the SQL Server database engine. With the...Zaventem - 14
MarHacking & Upgrading SQL ServerUpgrading SQL Server with the least amount of downtime – Brecht Vuylsteke Did you ever hear : “This SQL Server is critical and cannot be...Gent - 7
MarML Algorithms on Data bricks & Spark Jobs on Azure BatchHow can we use Azure Databricks and Azure data Factory to train our ML algorithms? This session will show how we can use Azure Databricks...Brussels - 15
JanAzure Data Factory & Azure SearchAzure Data Factory Learn more about Azure Data Factory, the easiest cloud-based data integration service at scale. In this session, you’ll learn the basics of...Gent - 3
JanPower BI - All Over The PlaceThis is not going to be an evening where we will talk about one single topic. This is going to be an evening where we...Kontich - 15
NovDive into Azure SQL Database Managed InstanceAzure SQL DB Managed Instance is here, Microsoft want us to use it, but what is it good for and how should you use it?...Kontich - 19
OctPower BI: Double Trouble - Part Two!Building Power BI aggregations on top of Azure Databricks – Nico Jacobs Azure Databricks gives us the power of Spark without the hassle of managing...Zellik - 16
OctdataMinds ConnectOur yearly dataMinds event. More info on dataminds.be/connect Register now! First name Last name Email Company Preferred language EnglishDutchFrench Do you want food? Yes, no...Gent - 13
SepBuilding & deploying custom ML models with Azure MLAzure offers a wide range of services that make it easier than ever to bring intelligence to your business and to create and deploy your...Brussel - 6
JunPower BI: Double Trouble!Power BI Report Server In this Power BI Report Server session, we get to explore the capabilities of running Power BI reports on-premise and how...Kontich - 15
MayDon't analyze the past but the present with Azure stream analyticsIn many database applications we first log data and then, a few hours or days later, we start analyzing it. But in a world that’s...Zellik - 12
AprDatawarehouse Lightning Performance with Columnstore!During this session we will be talking about Columnstore Indexes and how to use them. We will be showing you tips & tricks on how...Zaventem - 6
MarCrazy Data ScienceData is the most valuable asset to any company right now and you can gain a corporate advantage through the insights your data can provide....Kontich - 7
FebSQL Operations Studio and DockerLet’s have some fun with SQL operations Studio, containers and a possibly bit of Linux. A lot of interesting stuff is happening lately. We got...Kontich - 25
JanData Warehouse Automation with metadata driven developmentWorking on your 20th staging package? Do you need to import 30 different flat files? Don’t have the time to create all those packages? With...Heverlee