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****Call for Speakers is still OPEN until December 6th!*** Dear speakers (to be) Only 10 days left for #dataMindsSaturday on February 21st at the beautifull location of Thomas More-hogeschool, located in the beautifull Stad Mechelen. Are you hesitating to submit, or having troubles wrapping up your session? Drop us a PM or use the contact form to get in touch with us: https://lnkd.in/eR5gHgxY 👉 Be sure to hit that SUBMIT-button on 🌐 https://lnkd.in/eq6qFezF by December 6th, and 🛑 Please note: This opportunity is exclusively for Belgium-residing speakers. BTW 👉 Tickets Are Live! Join us for a full day of free learning, networking, and grab your ticket now: 🌐 https://lnkd.in/e9xadyJ Don’t miss out on this day, which is packed with insights, inspiration, and connections in the world of data! 💡 #dataCommunityRocks #dataMinds #dataMindsSaturday2026 #DataCommunity #LearnWithUs #DataCommunityBelgium

****Call for Speakers is still OPEN until December 6th!*** Dear speakers (to be) Only 10 days left for #dataMindsSaturday on February 21st at the beautifull location of Thomas More-hogeschool, located in the beautifull Stad Mechelen. Are you hesitating to submit, or having troubles wrapping up your session? Drop us a PM or use the contact form to get in touch with us: https://lnkd.in/eR5gHgxY 👉 Be sure to hit that SUBMIT-button on 🌐 https://lnkd.in/eq6qFezF by December 6th, and 🛑 Please note: This opportunity is exclusively for Belgium-residing speakers. BTW 👉 Tickets Are Live! Join us for a full day of free learning, networking, and grab your ticket now: 🌐 https://lnkd.in/e9xadyJ Don’t miss out on this day, which is packed with insights, inspiration, and connections in the world of data! 💡 #dataCommunityRocks #dataMinds #dataMindsSaturday2026 #DataCommunity #LearnWithUs #DataCommunityBelgium

At the Budapest BI Forum last week, it was proven once again how easily I get distracted , and how a big balloon🎈can make me forget almost anything in the world 🌍 But alas.. it didn't make me forget about how I've got my fingers crossed🤞, hoping to see an amazing group of people come together on Saturday February 21st for our next #dataMindsSaturday, all giddy to share their passion and enthusiasm for #data! Our #CallForSpeakers ( 🔗 link below ) is still open for 2 more weeks, open for anyone residing in Belgium, that is raring to go for a shot at talking about #Microsoft #Data and #AI. Whether it's an intro to something you find fascinating, or a deep-dive a topic you enjoy so much, I'm sure we'd love to welcome it with open arms. Reach out to any of us if you have questions, as we'd be more than happy to help you cross the line to get something submitted. Why restrict it to people living in Belgium, you ask? It's just more fun to see fresh new faces share their #knowledge. We love giving opportunities for people to speak, and even more so if we can help our local talent grow. P.S. No balloons were harmed in trying to recreate scenes from Up 🎈

***EVENING SESSION ALERT*** 📢 We'd like to give an additional shout-out to our last evening session of the year: a double feature covering Fabric CICD & Intro to Fabric pipelines by Oliver De Vijt & Koen Verbeeck. A do not miss for both starters and professionals, even if you have just started your first attempts. 📅 When? December 18th, 6 PM - 9 PM 📍 Where? AE, Interleuvenlaan 74, Leuven 👉 Register now at https://lnkd.in/eXZTXxXH 📖 By the end of this session, you’ll understand how to implement your own end-to-end CI/CD framework for Microsoft Fabric, even in Power BI Pro environments, using entirely free and open-source tools. 📖 Intro to the various concepts of Fabric Pipelines (activities, connections, parameters, variables etc) After the session, you’ll be able to start your own data engineering journey with Fabric Pipelines in Microsoft Fabric. Knowledge of general ETL concepts are a plus when attending this presentation. Looking forward to seeing you all in-person AE on December 18th! Special thanks to all the speakers and partners to make their time and locale available, and we would not be able to offer so much data wonderfullness. #data #CICD #PowerBI #MSFabric #dataMinds

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻. But the echo of this year’s Labyrinth still hums in the walls. You searched. You questioned. You challenged. And you followed the data, wherever it led. Some of you mapped every step. Others wandered with curiosity. But all paths brought us closer to Ithaca. Not just as a place, but as a shared pursuit of insight. From searching Acolytes to full-fledged Olympians: you grew with every turn. ✨ To the Sages who inspired. The partners who made it possible. The Heralds who lit the way. And to every one of you who stepped into the maze with us without knowing what you’d find, but open to the spark: 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂. The Labyrinth may close… but the journey through data continues. #dataMindsConnect #Partners #support #data #LabyrinthOfInsights #DataOdyssey #event #thankyou

Read all about it! The dataMinds News Round up - November 2025 is out! Headlines: “Automatically create measures with DAX user-defined functions” by Bernat Agulló Roselló, "Introducing calendar-based time intelligence in DAX” by Marco Russo and Alberto Ferrari and "Performance Testing Power BI Direct Lake Models Revisited: Ensuring Worst-Case Performance" by Chris Webb and many more articles. Read more and subscribe: https://lnkd.in/e9qc-8G5 📢 We'd like to give an additional shout-out to our last evening session of the year: a particular treat, as it will be a double feature covering Data and CICD Fabric pipelines by Oliver De Vijt & Koen Verbeeck 📅 When? December 18th, 6 PM - 9 PM 📍 Where? AE, Interleuvenlaan 74, Leuven 👉 Register now at https://lnkd.in/eXZTXxXH 📖 Intro to the various concepts of Fabric Pipelines (activities, connections, parameters, variables etc) After the session, you’ll be able to start your own data engineering journey with Fabric Pipelines in Microsoft Fabric. Knowledge of general ETL concepts are a plus when attending this presentation. Looking forward to seeing you all in-person at AE on December 18th! Special thanks to all the speakers and partners to make their time and locale available, and we would not be able to offer so much data wonderfullness. #data #newsletter #tmdl #PowerBI #MSFabric #dataMinds

Wait!? Is there another full Saturday of dataMinds-sweetness planned in February 2026? Yes there is! Save-the-date! #dataMindsSaturday 2026 will be on February 21st at the (expected) beautifull location of Thomas More-hogeschool, located in the beautifull Stad Mechelen. Details will be shared later. 👉 Session Proposals Are you passionate about sharing your knowledge? The Call for Speakers is still OPEN until December 6th! Submit your session proposal here: 🌐 https://lnkd.in/eq6qFezF 🛑 Please note: This opportunity is exclusively for Belgium-residing speakers. Need help or in doubt? Please get in touch with us to have a chat, if we can help/convince you, just let us know 😉 👉 Tickets Are Live! Join us for a full day of free learning, networking, and fun. Grab your ticket now: 🌐 https://lnkd.in/d6fHd_v Don’t miss out on this day, which is packed with insights, inspiration, and connections in the world of data! 💡 More information on this event: https://lnkd.in/d6fHd_v #dataCommunityRocks #dataMinds #dataMindsSaturday2026 #DataCommunity #LearnWithUs #DataCommunityBelgium

Dear data-enthusiasts! This year we have two very exciting evening sessions, and the first one is next week! The Ultimate Power BI Productivity Boost with TMDL and Fabric Studio by Dhyanendra Singh Rathore 📅 When? November 12th, 6.30 PM - 19.45 PM 📍 Where? Online Meeting 👉 Register now at https://lnkd.in/edQvM29n 📖 Ready to Revolutionize Your Power BI Development? Imagine being able to copy entire tables and measures in bulk from one semantic model to another—instantly. In this session, real-world examples will teach you how TMDL can make your Power BI tasks easier. Intro to Fabric (Data) Pipelines by Oliver De Vijt & Koen Verbeeck 📅 When? December 18th, 6 PM - 9 PM 📍 Where? AE, Interleuvenlaan 74, Leuven 👉 Register now at https://lnkd.in/eXZTXxXH 📖 Intro to the various concepts of Fabric Pipelines (activities, connections, parameters, variables etc) After the session, you’ll be able to start your own data engineering journey with Fabric Pipelines in Microsoft Fabric. Knowledge of general ETL concepts are a plus when attending this presentation. Special thanks to all the speakers and partners to make their time and locale available, and we would not be able to offer so much data wonderfullness. #data #tmdl #PowerBI #MSFabric #dataMinds

❄️ Fabric Winterfest Alert! ⛷️ As part of the Microsoft data community, we are always delighted to see fellow user groups startup new events. As such we would like to shine the spotlight on a new event: Fabric Winterfest! Join them on November 27th at Snow World in Antwerp for a day packed with Microsoft Fabric knowledge, tailored to your learning style: • ⚫ Black Slope: For the technical deep-dive and in-depth profiles. • 🔵 Blue Slope: Focus on real-life implementation cases and practical examples. • 🎿 Training Bar: Get the full 'ski-school' experience with a dedicated, all-day training session. Ready to hit the slopes? Check out the detailed agenda and grab your tickets now! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eUAzjgbA #FabricWinterfest #MicrosoftFabric #DataCommunity #Antwerp

Dear data-enthusiasts! Is there a better way to get into the community then to check out the dataMinds.be-evening sessions this Autumn! October session Are your ready for a new boost of knowledge on and boosting your Notebooks? Notebooks are more costly and less performant with certain types of workloads. This, and more, are wonderfully explained in just one hour (!) by Christian Henrik Reich, Principal Architect twoday Data & AI 📅 When? Wednesday October 22nd, 6.30 PM - 7.45 PM (CET, UTC+2) 📍 Where? Online. 👉 Register at: https://lnkd.in/emCFFbYM November session Ready to Revolutionize Your Power BI Development? Save the date 12-nov-25 18h30 and register for the online session 'The Ultimate Power BI Productivity Boost with TMDL and Fabric Studio' by Dhyanendra Singh Rathore! Imagine being able to copy entire tables and measures in bulk from one semantic model to another—instantly. What if you could rename measures in bulk, or use a simple find and replace to update logic across all your DAX measures at once? In this session, real-world examples will teach you how TMDL can make your Power BI tasks easier. We’ll show you how to leverage TMDL and Fabric Studio and build your skills to take full advantage of this powerful new feature. 📅 When? November 12th, 6.30 PM - 7.45 PM (CET, UTC+1) 📍 Where? Online. 👉 Register at https://lnkd.in/edQvM29n #data #TMDL #PowerBI #MSFabric #dataMinds #Spark