Sam Debruyn

Sam Debruyn

@debruyn.dev

Data Platform Architect ☁️ #Azure, 📊 #MicrosoftFabric, dbt Microsoft Data Platform MVP & dbt Community Award 🇧🇪 Heist-op-den-Berg 🍜 indiewokker

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Sam Debruyn
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I'd like to introduce you to a new tool I built: CLI and MCP server for Fabric Data Warehouse 🚀 Easily manage your Fabric Data Warehouse from the terminal or use all of its features in Copilot or Claude debruyn.dev/2026/introdu... #MVPBuzz #MicrosoftFabric #FabricDataWarehouse

debruyn.devIntroducing the Fabric Data Warehouse CLI and MCP ServerToday I’m introducing a new side project that I’ve been working on: the Fabric Data Warehouse CLI and MCP Server . This tool is designed to simplify the management and interaction with Microsoft Fabri...
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What happens in Vegas... actually gets cached locally and shaves up to 60% off your repeat reads. Fresh "Fabric under the hood" post: a deep dive into Project Vegas, the intelligent caching layer between Spark and OneLake. debruyn.dev/2026/fabric-... #MicrosoftFabric

debruyn.devFabric under the hood: project VegasMicrosoft Fabric has been out for a couple of years now. Have you ever wondered what is under the hood? There are lots of interesting things hiding in plain sight. Today, let’s take a look at Project ...
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I just published a blog post exploring what powers Microsoft Fabric's Python and PySpark workloads under the hood. Turns out there's a fascinating cluster management system running behind the scenes that most users never see. 🤫 Curious? ➡️ debruyn.dev/2026/fabric-... #MicrosoftFabric #ApacheSpark

debruyn.devFabric under the hood: the Big Bad ClusterMicrosoft Fabric has been out for a couple of years now, have you ever wondered what is under the hood? There are lots of interesting things hiding in plain sight. Today, let’s take a look at Fabric’s...
Sam Debruyn
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I’d like to cut out the noise and go back to RSS for my tech content reading, but it seems that bloggers don’t put the RSS links on their blogs anymore 🙃

Sam Debruyn
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"Oh, Sam, the icon guy!" Somehow my blog post with all the Fabric icons became my most popular one. People even recognize me as that guy who made all the Fabric icons easily available for usage in architecture diagrams. So a 2026 update was due... have fun diagramming! debruyn.dev/2026/all-mic...

debruyn.devAll Microsoft Fabric icons for diagramming (2026 edition)Do you often have to draw up diagrams of data flows or data architectures and would you like to use Microsoft Fabric icons in your diagrams? Then this post is for you! I always found it hard to find t...
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New blog: A comprehensive guide to authentication for Azure SQL, Synapse, and Microsoft Fabric 🔐 No more token confusion! Learn all the scopes and methods to programmatically access Microsoft data services in 2025. Check it out: debruyn.dev/2025/all-the... #MicrosoftFabric #AzureSQL #MVPBuzz

debruyn.devAll the different ways to authenticate to Azure SQL, Synapse, and FabricIn this post I’ll go over all the details on acquiring access tokens to authenticate to any Microsoft SQL engine, including Azure SQL, Azure Synapse and Microsoft Fabric. We’ll explore users, service ...

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Andy Cutler
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Our Call for Speakers is open! And yes we’ll be 5 next January!

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Data Toboggan will be 5 next year. Join our next event to celebrate. Call for Speakers is open for our winter conference CfS: bit.ly/DT2025-cfs Event Date: Saturday 25 January 2025 #MicrosoftFabric #SynapseAnalytics #Datatoboggan

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Taylor Murphy
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I'm sure the AT protocol is fine, but what makes this place 10x better than Mastodon is that a) I didn't have to think about a server when signing up b) I can quote tweet some fools when needed

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Pro tip - I never use notifications for any social media app. Nothing can ever happen on social media that I need to be notified of. I only see it if I choose to check it. Protects my peace nicely.

Sam Debruyn
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I just took the new #MicrosoftFabric DP-700 #certification exam, released only hours ago. This new exam is aimed at data engineers working with Microsoft Fabric. ➡️ Find out what my experiences where and how I'd recommend preparing for the exam: debruyn.dev/2024/i-just-...

debruyn.devI just took the new Fabric DP-700 Data Engineering Exam: here's what you should knowI took the new DP-700 exam, released just hours ago in beta, and I’m here to share my experience along with some tips to help you prepare.
Sam Debruyn
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Have you been struggling to integrate Neon with dbt Cloud? 🔗 In my latest blog post, I break down the step-by-step process of connecting Neon with dbt Cloud. 👉 Check out the full article here: debruyn.dev/2024/connect... #dbt #neon #postgres

debruyn.devConnecting Neon with dbt CloudIf you’re looking to build a simple, serverless data stack, then you might have considered the amazing combo of dbt Cloud with Neon. Neon is a fully managed cloud offering with serverless PostgreSQL ...
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🤔 Lakehouse, Warehouse, or both? #MicrosoftFabric offers you a lot of flexibility, but that also often comes back into discussion topics: should I use the lakehouse or the data warehouse? debruyn.dev/2023/fabric-... #datawarehouse #datalakehouse #lakehouse #dataplatform

debruyn.devFabric: Lakehouse or Data Warehouse?There are 2 kinds of companies currently active in the Microsoft data space: those who are migrating to Microsoft Fabric, and those who will soon be planning their migration to Microsoft Fabric. 😅 ...
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There is 1 question/remark about Microsoft Fabric that I see popping up over and over: 🙋 Is Fabric just a rebranding❓ Let's be clear: the answer is NO. Let's dig deeper and understand why: debruyn.dev/2023/is-micr... #MicrosoftFabric #dataplatform

debruyn.devIs Microsoft Fabric just a rebranding?It’s a question I see popping up every now and then. Is Microsoft Fabric just a rebranding of existing Azure services like Synapse, Data Factory, Event Hub, Stream Analytics, etc.? Is it something m...
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There are 2️⃣ things I'm taking away from 🇬🇧 Big Data LDN: - Delta Lake has won the data format wars 🏆 - the open 🔓 lakehouse is going to the data platform of the future debruyn.dev/2023/my-take... #dataplatforms #bigdatalondon #bigdataldn #dataconference #lakehouse #datawarehouse #deltalake

debruyn.devMy take-aways from Big Data London: Delta Lake & the open lakehousesLast week I attended Big Data London. Both days were filled with interesting sessions, mostly focussing on one of the vendors also exhibiting at the conference. There are 2 things I am taking away fro...
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🎬 Part 5 concludes my posts on the #MicrosoftFabric end-to-end use case analyzing electricity pricing 🔌💶. We're looking at taking our #dbt project to Power BI to build a report 📈 showing the pricing evolution. ➡️ debruyn.dev/2023/fabric-...

debruyn.devFabric end-to-end use case: Analytics Engineering part 2 - ReportsWelcome to the fifth part of a 5-part series on an end-to-end use case for Microsoft Fabric. This post will focus on the analytics engineering part of the use case. In this series, we will explore how...
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The highlight ⭐️ of my #MicrosoftFabric end-to-end use case on electricity pricing 🔌💶 and my longest blog post ever is up! Transform data in the Lakehouse and build views using #dbt! #analyticsengineering #AzureDataCommunity #SQLFamily debruyn.dev/2023/fabric-...

debruyn.devFabric end-to-end use case: Analytics Engineering part 1 - dbt with the LakehouseWelcome to the fourth part of a 5-part series on an end-to-end use case for Microsoft Fabric. This post will focus on the analytics engineering part of the use case. In this series, we will explore ho...
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Looks like my end-to-end use case on #MicrosoftFabric gained quite some attention, so I can imagine some of you are looking forward to the next part 🤩 So, here it is: part 3️⃣, focusing on 🛠️ Pipelines and 📘 Notebooks in Fabric! #AzureDataCommunity #DataEngineering debruyn.dev/2023/fabric-...

debruyn.devFabric end-to-end use case: Data Engineering part 2 - PipelinesWelcome to the third part of a 5-part series on an end-to-end use case for Microsoft Fabric. This post will focus on the data engineering part of the use case. In this series, we will explore how to u...