The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) is returning stateside in just a few weeks, taking place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, March 16 – 20, and it’s shaping up to be our biggest event yet! For the third year, thousands of data professionals from all over the world will be joining us for a week packed with workshops, keynotes, networking, and sessions curated to help attendees accelerate their data strategies.
With more than 200 sessions across every Fabric workload, attendees will gain practical skills, learn about the latest product announcements, connect with like-minded community members, and gain insights directly from the Microsoft teams building the Fabric platform.
Additionally, there are over 20 full-day workshops attendees can choose to add to their program to start off the week with focused training on key areas of interest.
And for the first time, we’re thrilled to host the SQLCon conference, which will be co-located with FabCon. As Shireesh shared in his recent blog post, attendees will have the opportunity to take advantage of both conferences for the price of a single registration. Attending either conference gives you access to the very best in Fabric and SQL training all in one location.
With FabCon just around the corner, I wanted to share a few of my top picks for must-attend sessions at this year’s event:
- “Unlocking Copilot in Fabric: Administration, Governance, and Beyond!”: in this session, Dan English and Sandeep Pawar will be diving into the capabilities and utility of Copilot in Fabric, and how this AI-driven feature unlocks best practices, new enablement strategies, and enhanced opportunities for security and governance across your data estate. Learn how you can engage with Copilot in Fabric.
- “Touch your data with Real Time Intelligence”: real time Intelligence is fundamental in driving actionable data-driven insights and value. In this session, Dominick Raimato will show you the power of Real-Time Intelligence, how you can implement it in your daily workflows, and how to build your own proof of concept to help you get buy-in from your organization to roll this out in your environment. Discover how you can enter real time intelligence within Fabric.
- “Optimizing Your Power BI Data for AI”: In this session, Emily Lisa and Tori Pinheiro will show you how to prepare, manage, and optimize your Power BI data for AI-driven experiences. They’ll cover best practices and practical guidance for refining your semantic model to help Copilot deliver more meaningful insights and share early demos of upcoming capabilities that use AI to enhance and streamline semantic models. Prepare and optimize your Power BI data for AI-driven experiences.
- “Fabric IQ: Unlock Enterprise AI with a Unified Semantic Layer”: Fabric IQ exemplifies the exciting innovation taking place in Fabric. This newly released feature creates a governed, shared semantic foundation that enables your AI agents to answer richer questions. In this session delivered by Chafia Aouissi and Jomit Vaghela, you’ll learn how to extend your semantic models, connect live data sources, and enable AI agents that drive intelligent, automated decisions. See how Fabric IQ builds on existing assets.
Microsoft Fabric 2026 CoreNotes and roadmaps
You absolutely cannot miss the CoreNotes running throughout the week, which will be the place to learn about the latest roadmaps, announcements, and innovations taking place in Fabric. Featuring leading speakers like Priya Sathy, Bob Ward, Anna Hoffman, Tessa Kloster, Yitzhak Kesselman, Justyna Lucznik, yours truly, and many more, you’ll get all of the insights you need to plan your data journey in 2026 and beyond!
Take a look at the FabCon agenda to see the full list of speakers and sessions featured at this year’s conference.
Connect with the community that’s building the future
One of my favorite parts of attending FabCon is seeing community members connecting with one another. This event brings together Microsoft product teams, MVPs, practitioners, community leaders, partners and solution builders, and new data professionals who all share the common goal of solving real-world challenges and helping each other troubleshoot, learn, and grow in their careers.
Whether you’re attending a session, joining a hallway conversation, or connecting at a networking event, FabCon is where your ideas become reality.
The return of FabCon TV
I’m excited to share that FabCon TV will be taking place once again at FabCon Atlanta. We had a lot of fun adding this experience to the conference in Vienna and we look forward to sharing it with you all in March. We have lots of fun segments in store!
Check out my FabCon TV segment with host Patrick LeBlanc from FabCon Vienna in September:
Save your seat for FabCon and join the action
I’m excited to share that FabCon TV will be taking place once again at FabCon Atlanta. We had a lot of fun adding this experience to the conference in Vienna and we look forward to sharing it with you all in March. We have lots of fun segments in store!
Check out my FabCon TV segment with host Patrick LeBlanc from FabCon Vienna in September:
See you in Atlanta!
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