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Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databases - The Data Estate for AI

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Overview

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Explore major announcements across Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure SQL, and Azure PostgreSQL in this 47-minute conference session from Microsoft Ignite 2025. Discover how these technologies unite to create an intelligent data foundation for AI applications, featuring insights on AI transformation and the critical role of high-quality data in effective AI implementations. Learn about Fabric's impressive growth milestones with 28,000 customers including 80% of Fortune 500 companies, and examine the expanding Microsoft Fabric ecosystem through open standards and key ISV partnerships. Witness the open sourcing of Microsoft DocumentDB with AI-ready features and robust security capabilities, plus the general availability of the VS Code extension for PostgreSQL that enhances developer productivity. Master a comprehensive three-step framework for preparing data for AI using Microsoft Fabric, understand the transition from unified data in OneLake to curating semantic knowledge, and explore the newly announced Fabric IQ that brings semantic models to operational and AI use cases. Gain practical insights through customer success stories including EY's digital transformation journey with Microsoft Fabric, complemented by live demonstrations and an exclusive look at the roadmap shaping the future of analytics, transactional workloads, and real-time insights in one integrated experience.

Syllabus

0:00 - AI transformation and importance of high-quality data for effective AI
00:02:55 - Fabric growth milestones: 28,000 customers including 80% of Fortune 500
00:04:06 - Expanding Microsoft Fabric ecosystem with open standards and key ISV partnerships
00:12:58 - Microsoft open sources DocumentDB with AI-ready features and strong security
00:15:45 - General availability of VS Code extension for PostgreSQL enhances developer productivity
00:19:42 - Introducing a three-step framework to get data ready for AI using Microsoft Fabric
00:27:43 - Transition: From unified data in OneLake to curating semantic knowledge
00:29:09 - Announcing Fabric IQ: Bringing semantic models to operational and AI use cases
00:39:20 - Introduction to Customer Story – EY’s Digital Transformation with Microsoft Fabric

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