Sessions you won’t want to miss at FabCon Vienna
Following last year’s sold-out debut in Stockholm, the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference is returning to Europe in Vienna, Austria! From September 15 to 18, FabCon Vienna will feature over 130 sessions, 150 expert speakers, 10 hands-on workshops, and 45 exhibitors. FabCon Vienna is your opportunity to dive deep into the latest Microsoft Fabric capabilities, hear directly from Microsoft product leaders and community experts, explore new features, and gain practical insights you can bring back to your organization.
This year’s agenda is packed with sessions tailored to every stage of your Fabric journey. Explore key sessions across Power BI, AI, databases, security and governance, and Microsoft OneLake, and get a first look at the newest features and what’s coming next on the roadmap. Whether you’re looking to sharpen your skills, dive into data stewardship best practices, or get started with Microsoft Copilot in Fabric, you’ll find sessions designed to meet you where you are and help you go further.
To make the most of your time at FabCon Vienna, look through our list of sessions you won’t want to miss. We also highly recommend attending core notes from the teams building Microsoft Fabric. These sessions offer strategic insights into what’s new, what’s coming, and how to maximize your experience at the event.
Fabric core note sessions
- The roadmap for Microsoft SQL, ground to cloud to Fabric
- Fabric Data Factory: What’s new and roadmap
- Fabric Data Warehouse: What’s new, what’s next
- Power BI roadmap: Strategy, vision, and demos
- Unify your data estate with OneLake, the OneDrive for data
- The road ahead for AI in Fabric: Data agents and intelligent solutions
- Taking AI-powered action at the speed of business with Real-Time Intelligence
- What’s next for Fabric Data Engineering: Roadmap and innovations
- Fabric security: Everything you need to know!
Power BI
Chat with your data through AI-powered search and analytics
Session speakers: Lada Hill and Eun Hee Kim
Discover how Microsoft Fabric Copilot is changing the way users explore data in Power BI. This session dives into the Chat with your Data experience, showing how to ask smarter questions, uncover insights faster, and get more value from your reports. Hear from the Power BI product team on how to optimize your prompts and make the most of Copilot’s capabilities. Plus, get a sneak peek at upcoming features that will take AI-powered analytics even further.
Power BI DataViz World Championship – European Edition
Join us for a high-energy, live competition where four standout data creators go head-to-head in a timed Power BI visualization challenge. Using the same dataset, each competitor will build compelling reports that showcase creativity, storytelling, and technical skill. A panel of celebrity judges will evaluate the results and crown the FabCon Viz Champion, with the winner’s work featured across the community. Whether you’re a Power BI pro or just love great data stories, this is your front-row seat to inspiration, innovation, and a little friendly competition.
The latest in AI
Fabric and Azure AI Foundry playing nicely together
Session speaker: Grímur Sæmundsson
Explore how Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Foundry work together to streamline employee assessments in the public sector. This session walks through a real-world solution in which Fabric handles data processing and Azure OpenAI enhances analysis and feedback generation. Learn how retrieval-augmented generation is used to embed guidelines, and see Notebooks, Semantic Link, and PySpark in action to retrieve and prepare data. You’ll walk away with practical insights into using LLMs and Fabric to automate complex evaluation workflows.
Databases
SQL Server 2025: The AI-ready enterprise Database Connected with Microsoft Fabric
Session speakers: Bob Ward and Uros Milanovic
Discover what’s new in SQL Server 2025—now with built-in AI, enhanced performance, and deep integration with Azure and Microsoft Fabric. Learn how SQL enables AI applications both on-premises and in the cloud, with consistent capabilities from ground to cloud to Fabric. This session covers key features designed for modern database developers, making it easier than ever to build intelligent, connected apps.
Real-Time Intelligence
Unlock the power of Digital Twin solutions with Real-Time Intelligence
Session speakers: Chafia Aouissi and Jomit Vaghela
Explore how Microsoft Fabric’s Digital Twin Builder helps you design AI-ready digital twin solutions using real-time data, ontology management, and contextualization. Learn how to map, model, and analyze real-world systems for deeper insights, predictive maintenance, and smarter decision-making. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to scale, this session offers practical guidance on building and optimizing digital twins with Fabric Real-Time Intelligence.
Data warehouse and data engineering
Accelerating Fabric Migration: New Assistant Tools for Data Engineering and Warehousing
Session speakers: Jenny Jiang and Ancy Philip
Learn how Microsoft’s new migration assistants simplify moving from Synapse to Microsoft Fabric. This session covers tools for Spark and Data Warehouse migrations, highlighting key features, feature parity, and differences to guide your strategy. See live demos, explore upcoming capabilities, and leave with practical tips to ensure a smooth and efficient migration to Fabric.
Mastering Microsoft Fabric Data Warehousing: Tips & Tricks You Need to Know
Session speaker: Kristyna Ferris
Learn practical tips to optimize performance and manage your Microsoft Fabric data warehouse more effectively. This session covers creating case-insensitive warehouses, monitoring and tuning query performance, and stopping rogue queries that threaten capacity. Packed with real-world examples and actionable guidance, you’ll leave with strategies you can apply immediately to keep your data warehouse stable and efficient.
Revolutionizing external data access in Fabric Data Warehouse
Session speakers: Jovan Popovic and Twinkle Cyril
Discover how Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse transforms external data access with new capabilities for reading and integrating data without ingestion. Learn to use external tables and OPENROWSET to query Delta Lake, parquet, and CSV files directly from OneLake, Lakehouse, and real-time analytics sources. This session highlights key enhancements to external tables, COPY INTO, and virtualization techniques—showcasing how Fabric unifies warehouse and lakehouse concepts into an open, modern platform.
Workspace strategy for Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric
Session speaker: Ásgeir Gunnarsson
Choosing the right workspace strategy is critical to building scalable data engineering solutions in Microsoft Fabric. This session examines different approaches—single workspace, per stage, or per workload—and how factors like team size, DevOps practices, and security requirements influence your decision. Using the Medallion architecture as a guide, we’ll explore common challenges, practical workarounds, and key considerations to help you start strong and avoid a costly rework later.
Security and governance
Govern, manage, and protect your data in Microsoft Fabric
Session speakers: Yaron Canari and Adi Regev
Learn how Microsoft Fabric helps organizations govern, manage, and protect their analytics data with built-in compliance and security features. This session covers local governance tools within Fabric and how they integrate with Microsoft Purview for broader, enterprise-wide control. Gain practical insights into securing your data estate while staying compliant and in control.
Fabric security: Everything you need to know!
Session speakers: Kasper de Jonge and Anton Fritz
Microsoft Fabric offers a SaaS-first approach to data that includes powerful security features out of the box—but do you know what you’re getting? This session explores how Fabric handles authentication, inbound access, data storage, and user-level permissions. Learn how to secure your data estate, control access, and integrate governance with Microsoft Purview. Walk away ready to engage your security team with confidence.
Microsoft OneLake
Deep dive into Delta (Parquet) and OneLake: Unpacking the storage behind Microsoft Fabric
Session speaker: Steve Campbell
Explore the core storage technologies that power Microsoft Fabric—OneLake, Delta, and Parquet—and learn how they work together to enable scalable, lake-centric analytics. This session breaks down Delta’s key features like ACID transactions, schema evolution, and time travel, without diving into heavy code or jargon. With real-world examples and visual aids, you’ll gain the foundational knowledge to make smart architectural decisions and optimize storage performance in your Fabric solutions. Perfect for data engineers, analysts, and IT pros familiar with Fabric but new to its storage underpinnings.
Additional can’t miss sessions
Git good: Best practices for CI/CD and collaboration in Microsoft Fabric
Session speaker: Peer Grønnerup
Take your Fabric projects to the next level with practical strategies for CI/CD, Git integration, and team collaboration. Learn how to structure repos, automate deployments with Fabric CLI and fabric-cicd, and build pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions. Peer, a Fabric expert with over 15 years of experience in data and BI, will share real-world tips, branching strategies, and ready-to-use templates to help you scale workflows and maintain quality.
Session speaker: Frederik Declerck
Fabric capacities simplify data operations and cost control—but hitting limits can still catch teams off guard. In this session, we’ll demystify bursting, smoothing, and how background activity can unexpectedly max out your capacity. Learn how to diagnose issues using tools like the Capacity Metrics app and Monitoring Hub, and explore real-world strategies for short and long-term capacity management. We’ll also cover workload optimization, capacity planning, and new features like Autoscale Billing and surge protection to help you stay ahead of demand.
Explore more sessions and save your spot at FabCon Vienna
If you’re looking to see even more sessions and explore the full program, check out the complete schedule. You’ll find deep dives, hands-on workshops, and keynotes covering every corner of Microsoft Fabric and the future of AI-powered analytics.
A reminder that the European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 is an in-person only event. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about Fabric and see firsthand how Microsoft can help your organization prepare for the era of AI. Sign up for the FabCon Vienna conference using the code MSCUST to save €200 off your registration. We’ll see you in Vienna!
