Malta Microsoft Data Platform User Group

🚀 SQL Server 2025 News: AI Integration and More — Live & Free at Microsoft Malta! 🇲🇹

Register now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/maltadataplatformusergroup/2153086

🧠 Session 1 — From ML to AI Agents: The Journey That Changed Everything

Once upon a time, there was Machine Learning.
Then LLMs arrived — and nothing was ever the same.

→ What is a model, really?
→ What makes something an agent vs an assistant?
→ How many types of agents exist — and why does it matter?

If you think you already know, this session might surprise you.

🔴 Session 2 — SQL Server 2025 News: AI Integration and More

The AI integration story. The vector search evolution.
From what Azure SQL introduced early — to what SQL Server 2025 delivers now.

→ Vectors, DiskANN, AI_GENERATE_EMBEDDINGS
→ RAG pipelines inside the database — no separate vector store
→ What is GA. What is still preview. What it means for production.

The honest version. Not the marketing one.

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📍 In-person — Microsoft Malta Office
🎟️ Free event — no registration fee
🤝 Networking before and after the sessions
🍡 Delicious Brazilian snacks
👥 MMDPUG — Malta Microsoft Data Platform User Group

🔗 Registration link in the comments — spots are limited.
👇 Register now and see you there!

? Are you already building AI into your data platform?
Drop a comment and let's talk.

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It will be a pleasure to be there representing the comunity and I'm planning to bring very interesting things.

We are proud to announce Malta Microsoft Data Platform User Group (MMDPUG) as a Community Partner for TechTok 2026.

MMDPUG has built a strong community around Microsoft data technologies in Malta, bringing together professionals to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and stay up to date with the latest in the ecosystem. We’re excited to have them joining TechTok this year.

📍 TechTok 2026 takes place on 16 September at the Hilton Malta in Portomaso - bringing together developers, tech professionals, founders, and tech enthusiasts for a full day of community-driven tech content.

Get in touch if you’d like to collaborate.

Our regular event at Microsoft Malta is approaching, the first in 2026. It's scheduled for 29/01. Are you registered?

The title is "Foundry for Builders: MCP, Knowledge & Workflow Orchestration"

But this is a summary of what I will show:

- How to configure an agent to access a SQL database and answer questions in natural language
- Why this is better than the Fabric Data agens which are fashion at the moment
- How to join relational questions (SQL) with non structured questions (RAG - PDF) in a single agent
Besides all this, we will also have coxinhas

Register now:

Register – Foundry for Builders: MCP, Knowledge & Workflow Orchestration – Microsoft Malta, Skyparks Foundry for Builders: MCP, Knowledge & Workflow Orchestration – Microsoft Malta, Skyparks, Thu 29 Jan 2026 - 🛠️ Production Is Not Analytics: Understanding Microsoft Fabric's Role ⚙️ Modern production systems are built to process transactions, enforce business rules, and scale reliably. .....

🚀 Meetup Announcement — Foundry for Builders @ Microsoft Malta

I’ll be speaking at Microsoft Malta (Skyparks) on January 29 @ 19:00 for a builder-focused session:

🛠️ Foundry for Builders: MCP, Knowledge & Workflow Orchestration

Microsoft Foundry is moving fast after Ignite, and builders are already asking the real questions:

How do we combine agents + knowledge + tools + orchestration into something practical and production-ready?

Here’s what we’ll build & demo 👇
🧠 Agent #1: Knowledge (RAG) — using Foundry Knowledge to ground answers with retrieval
🔌 Agent #2: MCP + Azure SQL — using an MCP server to query an Azure SQL Database securely
🔀 Workflow orchestration — intent detection + routing so the right agent answers the right question

🎯 If you’re building with AI and want patterns you can reuse (not just flashy demos), this one’s for you.

📍 Where: Microsoft Malta, Skyparks
🗓️ When: January 29
🕖 Time: 19:00

RSVP - Register now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/maltadataplatformusergroup/1988993

👋 Hey everyone!

Our meetup is happening next week 🎉 and we’re keeping the classic format you already know and love:

👉 2 sessions packed with Data Platform goodness:
1️⃣ Foundations & concepts
2️⃣ Fresh new features

Register now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/maltadataplatformusergroup/1836213

🔹 Session 1 – Building a Scalable Data Intelligence Platform
Fabric makes it super easy to start 🚀 … but many people skip the “details” that enterprises really need. We’ll talk about what to plan and define so your data platform works consistently across the whole company — no matter how many branches, no matter how many countries 🌍.

🔹 Session 2 – Marketing Solution with Sentiment Analysis
Live demo time 🎬! We’ll build a solution that analyzes product reviews with sentiment analysis 💬✨ — all in a low-code format using the latest Microsoft Fabric features. From storage ➡️ analysis ➡️ results ➡️ gold-level modeling… you’ll see it all come together within the session!

🍪 As always: networking time + Brazilian snacks 🇧🇷😋
🎁 And don’t forget: we’ll wrap up with a raffle (registration required to join the draw!).

🙌 Help us grow this amazing community: bring a friend, invite your co-workers, and let’s make this meetup the biggest one yet!

📅 See you next week!

Register now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/maltadataplatformusergroup/1836213

📣 TechTok 2025 Speaker Spotlight

We’re excited to welcome Dennes Torres, Azure Data Engineer at DTower Software, to the AI Track at TechTok 2025 on 19 September at the Hilton Portomaso.

👉 Talk: The AI Journey - From Models to Agents at Work

In just 30 minutes, Dennes will take us on a fast-paced journey across the evolving AI landscape:
✅ Large language models and vector search
✅ Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and assistants
✅ The rise of agents and emerging standards like MCPs

With more than 20 years of experience across data, cloud, and software development, and as a Microsoft MVP and certified MCT, Dennes brings both technical depth and the ability to connect AI innovation with business impact.

👉 If you want a clear, big-picture view of how today’s AI systems fit together and where they are heading, grab your tickets now at www.techtok.mt

Cloud Data Driven | 2025-07-10 | Fabric & AI Using vector search | Dennes Torres Upcoming next on September 18 👉 https://www.meetup.com/cloud-data-driven/events/310638277▬▬About this recording▬▬ # 📌 Fabric Databases and AI: Using vector ...

🚀 Join us for Unlocking Marketing Intelligence with AI Transformations in Fabric

📅 Date & Time: October 1st, 19hs
📍 Location: Microsoft Malta, Skyparks

💡 Additional Session: Building a Scalable Data Intelligence Platform

Learn the key architectural and governance decisions that make your data platform reliable, scalable, and insight-driven.

🔥 Main Session: Unlocking Marketing Intelligence with AI Transformations in Fabric

See a full review sentiment analysis solution in action, using Fabric Shortcut Transformations and AI to turn raw data into actionable marketing insights — techniques you can apply to many projects.

✨ Connect with data professionals, enjoy Brazilian snacks 🥟🍞☕, and join our fun raffle 🎁

Don’t miss this chance to level up your data game!

Register Now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/maltadataplatformusergroup/1836213