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Only 24 hours to go! Ready to unlock the real value of AI for your business?

Join Branden Millward tomorrow at 13:00 GMT!

Register now ๐Ÿ‘‰
www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

04.03.2026 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business: Where To Start - Branden Millward, Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup **Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham** **Thursday 5th March at 13:00 GMT** **Session Title:** Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business - Where To Start **Speake

๐Ÿค– Thinking of starting your AI journey, but donโ€™t know where to begin?

Branden Millward has the map... ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ

Join us ๐Ÿ‘‰

02.03.2026 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ’ก AI doesnโ€™t have to be scary โ€” Branden Millward will show you where to start and how to make it useful!

๐Ÿ“… Thursday 5th March
โฐ 13:00 GMT (online!)

Join us ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

26.02.2026 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business: Where To Start - Branden Millward, Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup **Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham** **Thursday 5th March at 13:00 GMT** **Session Title:** Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business - Where To Start **Speake

โœจ Whether you're AIโ€‘curious or AIโ€‘overloaded, this session is for YOU:

Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Businessโฌ‡๏ธ

๐Ÿ“… 5th March
โฐ 13:00 GMT
๐ŸŽค Speaker: Branden Millward

Sign up ๐Ÿคฉ

24.02.2026 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿง  Want AI explained without the buzzword bingo?

Join Branden Millward on:

๐Ÿ“… Thursday 5th March | โฐ 13:00 GMT
๐Ÿ’ป Online event

๐Ÿ‘‰ www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

21.02.2026 14:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business: Where To Start - Branden Millward, Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup **Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham** **Thursday 5th March at 13:00 GMT** **Session Title:** Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business - Where To Start **Speake

๐ŸŽ‰ Itโ€™s meetup time!

Join us for Unlocking The Value Of AI For Your Business: Where To Start with Branden Millward.

๐Ÿ“… Thurs 5th March
โฐ 13:00 GMT
๐Ÿ’ป Online

๐Ÿ”— Sign up

18.02.2026 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Your business + AI = major potential.

Learn where to begin at our next meetup!

๐Ÿ“… Thurs 5th March
โฐ 13:00 GMT
๐ŸŽค Branden Millward

Register now ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

15.02.2026 10:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How businesses can use Agentic AI to work smarter A practical introduction to Agentic AI. Learn through real-world use cases, a live demo, and an open Q&A session at the end.

No user group this month, but we won't leave you empty-handed! ๐Ÿ‘‹

To fill the gap, our sponsor, Purple Frog, is hosting a free webinar on Agentic AI (22 Jan, 12โ€“1pm GMT).

If AI is on your 2026 roadmap, this is one you donโ€™t want to miss.

Register ๐Ÿ‘‡

14.01.2026 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year to our amazing data community! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ“Š

Thank you for making 2025 a year full of collaboration.

Hereโ€™s to another year of connecting, sharing knowledge, and exploring everything the Microsoft Data Platform has to offerโœจ๐Ÿ’™

01.01.2026 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just a reminder, we wonโ€™t be running a January meetup as weโ€™re giving everyone a little extra time to settle into 2026.๐Ÿ˜Š

But donโ€™t worryโ€ฆ Weโ€™ll be back in February with more great sessions, speakers, and learning opportunities!

Keep an eye on our Meetup page: www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...

27.12.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Merry Christmas to our wonderful data community! โ„๏ธ๐ŸŽ„

We hope your holidays are SELECTively joyful, JOINed with friends and family, and completely UNTHROTTLED!๐Ÿ˜‰

Thank you for being part of an amazing year!

25.12.2025 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 24 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ„โค๏ธ

A huge thank you to everyone who joined our first-ever Data Advent Calendar!
Your guesses and enthusiasm made it magical.

Wishing you all a warm, restful festive season.
See you in the New Year! ๐ŸŽโœจ

24.12.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 23 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

Visualisation challenge:
You want to show Santaโ€™s global route.

โ“ Which visual do you choose?
๐ŸŒ Map / ๐Ÿ“Š Bar / ๐Ÿงฎ Table / ๐Ÿ“ฆ Card

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Day 22 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ
DAX:

SUMX(
FILTER(FactGifts, FactGifts[Month] = "December"),
FactGifts[Count]
)

โ“ What does this calculate?

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Day 21 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ
Fabric throttling issue?
โ“ Whatโ€™s one metric youโ€™d check in the Capacity Metrics App?

21.12.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 20 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

IDENTITY(int, 1, 1)

โ“ What does IDENTITY define?

20.12.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 19 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

Power BI modelling moment:
You find 2 active relationships between the same tables.

โ“ How does Power BI handle that?

19.12.2025 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 18 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

Visual challenge:
Large number of categories

โ“ Which chart best reduces clutter?
Treemap / Pie / Column / Cards

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Day 17 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

SELECT DISTINCT TOP 3 ElfName
FROM Elves
ORDER BY YearsExperience DESC;

โ“ What does this query return?

17.12.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 16 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ
DAX simplification challenge:

IF([NaughtyPoints] > 7, TRUE(), FALSE())

โ“ Whatโ€™s a cleaner version?

16.12.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 15 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

Modelling puzzle:

โ“ What distinguishes a snowflake schema from a star schema?

15.12.2025 09:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 13 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

SELECT DATEPART(WEEKDAY, '2025-12-25');

โ“ Which weekday number is Christmas this year?

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Day 12 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

Comparing two teamsโ€ฆ

โ“ Which chart is the worst choice?
Pie / Bar / Table / Line

12.12.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 11 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ
DAX teaser:

AVERAGEX(VALUES(DimChild[ChildID]), FactGifts[Count])

โ“ What does VALUES() return?

11.12.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 10 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

Naming challenge:

๐ŸŽ„ DimReindeer
๐ŸŽ… Reindeer_Dimension

โ“ Which one fits better naming conventions?

10.12.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 9 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ
SQL time:

SELECT REPLACE('ho-ho-ho','-','');

โ“ Whatโ€™s the output?

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Day 8 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

You have fact tables at different granularitiesโ“ Which modelling design pattern could help?

08.12.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 7 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ
Your totals disappear in Power BI when using a slicerโ€ฆ

โ“ Which function restores them?
A) REMOVEFILTERS
B) SUMX
C) HASONEVALUE

07.12.2025 08:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 6 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM Elves
WHERE HatColour IN ('Red','Green','Green');

โ“ How many times is โ€œGreenโ€ evaluated?

06.12.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 5 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐ŸŽ

Visualisation poll:

Dataset = toy production over 12 months

โ“ Which visual would you use?
Line / Bar / Area / Scatter?

05.12.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0