WIT Newsletter July 2026
Hello, Data WIT!
Happy July, everyone! The year is halfway over, with so much still going on.
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Last month, we were happy to host Padma Rama Divya Achanta, who presented “Inside Azure SQL Database: Practical Tips, Hidden Tools & Cost-Saving Tricks”. It was an insightful session, and we appreciate her taking the time to share her knowledge with us. If you missed the session, you can catch it on our YouTube channel, along with all of the other great past sessions.
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Our July meetup is with Mou Rakshit. She will be presenting “Transforming Data-Driven Decisions w/ Microsoft Fabric & GenAI”. There is so much going on in this space, so we’re looking forward to hearing more about this topic. Make sure you RSVP on our Meetup page and join us on Tuesday, July 14th at noon EDT.
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We’re still working on things behind the scenes, and we look forward to sharing those with you soon. As always, if there’s anything we can do to help support you and other Data Platform Women in Tech, please let us know!
Deborah, Tracy, and Kristy
Upcoming Sessions
| Data Saturday Rheinland 2026 – July 10-11 | |
| Speaker | Session Title |
| Anastasia Senitz | Building AI Data Agents in Microsoft Fabric: From Raw Data to Context-Aware Answers |
| Bianca Stratulat | AI and SQL? Yes! Enable AI Using Only SQL Functions |
| Diana Ackermann | Design dashboards that guide action – not just display data |
| Ewa Hutmacher | Soft skills for hard problems: Get an edge in data leadership |
| Gabi MĂĽnster | OneLake Security – Centralized Data Security for Microsoft Fabric |
| Hanna Schwab | From Data to Decisions: Building Intelligent Analytics with Microsoft Fabric & Fabric IQ |
| Karianne Kies | Customer Managed Keys in Microsoft Fabric: What It Actually Does (and Doesn’t) |
| Katharina Ricken | Building Data Literacy in the Microsoft Data Platform Era |
| Margarita Neumueller | Leading with AI – what actually helps |
| Paulina JÄ™drzejewska | The Sidekick’s Guide to Supercharging Power BI Heroes |
| Vitalija Bartusevičiūtė | Databricks: From Zero to Hero |
| Day of Data Baton Rouge 2026 – July 17-18 | |
| Speaker | Session Title |
| Ava McClain | Creating a Career Roadmap and Owning Your Job Search |
| Jaelle Scheuerman | Intention Is All You Need: Maintaining Agency in a World of Agents |
| Kellyn Gorman | Optimizing CI/CD for Hybrid and Cloud Environments with DevOps and AI |
| Mary DeVlugt | Fabric Unified Admin & Monitoring (FUAM) aka.ms/FUAM |
| Monica Sylvain | Intention Is All You Need: Maintaining Agency in a World of Agents |
| Mou Rakshit | From Data to Decisions: Building Agentic Construction Intelligence with Databricks Agent Bricks |
| Sajitha Sritharan | AI Agents That Don’t Make Things Up: Grounding with Fabric IQ, Semantic Models, and Guardrails |
| Shelby Pons | From Problem to Solution: Analytics Consulting in the Age of AI |
| Tanya Boyd | GUMBO: The Recipe for Career Success, Personal Growth and Meaningful Work |
| Theresa Lubelski | Implementing Data Gateway High Availability and Redundancy |
| Yaamini Barathi Mohan | When your email security work and you still get phished. |