🧠Navigating Data Modeling in Direct Lake
​🌍 Format: Online only
​📌 Language: English
​🔍 Event Description
​In this session, we'll dive into the Direct Lake, the new Power BI storage mode that seamlessly blends DirectQuery's real-time capabilities and Import mode's performance.
​We unravel how this promising technology impacts traditional data modeling approaches, posing essential questions on star schemas, surrogate keys, SCDs, and other classical dimensional modeling techniques.
​This session equips you with a deeper understanding of the Direct Lake landscape and its implications for data modeling, empowering you to craft performant data models.
​The key areas we'll explore are:
​• Overview of Direct Lake
• Impact of Direct Lake on data modeling techniques
• Redefining data transformation strategies
​👥 Who Should Join?
​• Microsoft Fabric professionals and enthusiasts
• Power BI developers and data modelers
• Analytics engineers and BI architects
• Data platform architects and engineers
• Anyone interested in modern semantic modeling and Direct Lake
​✨ What to Expect
​• A comprehensive introduction to Direct Lake
• Practical insights into modern data modeling approaches
• Discussion of star schemas, surrogate keys, and SCDs in a Direct Lake world
• Best practices for building performant semantic models
• Real-world experience and architectural guidance from a Microsoft MVP
​🎤 Speaker
​Mathias Halkjaer
Principal Architect, Microsoft Data Platform MVP
​🏅 Microsoft MVP (verified)
​Mathias is a data enthusiast with a great passion for the synergy between data analytics and cloud data platforms.
​As a Principal Architect at Fellowmind he works with building up clients' data capabilities, implementing data platform technologies and all-in-all maximize the impact of their their data.
​Being a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, he is very passionate about sharing anything with community, especially something around turning data into impact!
​With a background in Product Development and Innovation, Mathias brings a unique "Data Product" perspective to the realm of data architecture, and is obsessed with the bigger picture. With his slightly rebellious attitude, he's not afraid to challenge the status quo and break industry norms to find new and better solutions.
​📍 Event Format
​Online only: The session will take place exclusively via Microsoft Teams.
​The access link will be shared with all registered participants before the event.
​🎒 What You Need
​• An interest in Microsoft Fabric and Power BI
• Basic knowledge of data modeling is helpful but not required
• A laptop or desktop computer with internet access
• A Microsoft account (recommended)
​🙌 Join Us
​Join the Data Monsters Meetup for an insightful session with Microsoft MVP Mathias Halkjaer and discover how Direct Lake is reshaping data modeling in Microsoft Fabric.
​Whether you're already working with Fabric or just starting your Direct Lake journey, you'll leave with practical insights and a deeper understanding of how to design modern, high-performance semantic models.