At Ignite 2024, the rebels of Microsoft unleashed their unholy roar, summoning the mighty SQL Server(?) database into the fiery forge of the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem. This beast is another weapon forged in the ever-expanding arsenal that is Fabric—a war machine for the data-thirsty masses.

But hear me, mortals! The demo? Just a feeble whisper of small datasets—a pale shadow of the chaos we face in the real world! Out here, our customers wield mountains of raw, chaotic data. We, the battle-hardened consultants, conjure twisted rituals to cleanse and shape this data into something worthy. And in the end, those who summon us demand legendary performance... and they want it all for mere scraps of gold.

In this session, we dive into the abyss—testing, loading, and forging data into a star schema of unyielding steel. Together, we'll delve into the heart of the inferno: performance, storage, and cost—pushing the limits of this database to its very breaking point. If the shifting sands of the Fabric portal allow, monitoring will be summoned into the fray as well.

By the end of this journey into darkness, you'll emerge with a sharpened understanding of the Fabric SQL Database—ready to wield its power, should it align with your quest for data domination.