EGLL (London / Heathrow) 🛫 KIAH. After two weeks, it’s time to head home. This last week in England has been special to me. Being able to sit, listen and see what folks are doing to help bring people to Christ has really been great. The reality is they need more help, more people, more resources. Seeing what people are doing with the resources they do have is nothing short of God’s work. I’ve met a lot of new people and pray that God shows them favor and continues to provide for them. And that there be an obvious move of God to further His kingdom. I’m very tired but my heart is full from the experiences this last week and I’m very thankful I was able to be a small part of it. I’m very much looking forward to more trips like this!

LEBL (Barcelona) 🛫 EDDF (Frankfurt) 🛬 EGLL (London/Heathrow). What an incredible week at #FabConEU / #SQLConEU! So many connections were made and knowledge gain along with all of the swag and experiences. And an amazing Keynote with great announcements! Now off to England with some pastors at Church Project for a vision trip to meet with mission partners, meet some families and share the good news! I feel blessed to be a part of this group of strong Christian men! I’m looking forward to what God has in store.

Tonight was a very special night at #FabConEU / #SQLConEU. It was the #PowerHour! And no, this post is not AI. It has a long history and legacy. But this time we tried something different. It took a team as well. Matthew Roche had an idea. He and I met in July to talk about it. That idea was what if we change the format and riff on the show Taskmaster and make it like a 1-hour episode. Matthew crafted the tasks and structure and then I helped with recording and overall production. This is usually where Matthew and I very much complement each other. Off we went. @SQLGoddess helped us on different fronts, but the one most will remember coming out of this were the hats :) Sara Haring, my video editor, is an artist and she was an MVP for this for sure with the edits she did to give us a first class list with the intro video and the 3 pre-recorded tasks along with a lot of visual assets to really make it come alive. @IrishSQL , Kelly, Kensie and Katie for their assistance in the room, backstage and with the swag. Just supporting the session, the event and Matthew and I. And the 5 contestants we had that were gracious enough to trust that Matthew and I would make this amazing and treat them respectively in the process and outcome. Thank you @joanalytics , Keerthi, Matt, @Will_MI77 and @DataZoePowerBI . Y'all had no real idea of the bigger picture beyond the bits you did individually. And, I truly enjoyed watching you react to what we were able to put together. And to the folks that sat in the chairs, Matthew and I could hear your enjoyment. You laughed where we wanted you to laugh. You participated where we wanted you to - and beyond what we expected. Thank you for sharing your time with us and letting us entertain you leveraging a product we are all working with. And one other MVP of the evening - #Rayfin / Fabric Apps. This is a very new technology, but I truly believe it helped make tonight magic and an experience folks won't quickly forget. It honestly didn't take long to build out. I feel I need to make a video of what it really did for us. It allowed me to embed a webpage in PowerPoint to visualize pieces of the evening. The Score board, the results, in an engaging and animated way that really made it pop. I honestly don't know if we could have pulled that part off without Fabric Apps. Certainly not in the amount of time we had to do it. The most enjoyable part of building that app was being able to control things from my iPad and then taking pictures of the live task at the end on my iPad, uploading the photos and then displaying them in an amazing way on the big screen. InsaneAmazing! We heard from so many people tonight that this was the best Power Hour ever and how were we going to top that? To be honest, I have no idea, but not something for tonight. Tonight I go to bed with a warm heart and a grateful soul that we were able to impact the community at the conference in a way they won't forget anytime soon. 🙏 Thank the Lord for the opportunity!

If you're in Barcelona for #FabCon / #SQLCon this week, you CANNOT miss today's #PowerHour session. Doors open at 4:30 in the same auditorium where we held yesterday's keynote. Every Power Hour is special, but this year will be truly one-of-a-kind. There will be tons of swag, you won't learn anything useful, but you'll leave wondering why no one has ever done anything like this before. Matthew Roche and I will join five of our colleagues from the Fabric product team, with a special guest appearance from @arcticdba - because the best things in life are made better by our fantastic community. We don't want to spoil any of the surprises we have in store, but we've been doing the Power Hour for almost two decades and have never attempted anything like what we have planned for today. The Power Hour often fills up early - to get the best seats don't show up late! #FabConEU #SQLConEU #FabConEurope #SQLConEurope #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #SQL #boom

This was such a great event! The energy was great and I saw people get inspired to make #FabricApps! They had apps and then saw how to build apps! 😁 (thanks to Sachin Patney for that one) #MicrosoftFabric #Replit #FabConEU #SQLConEU