dbt + Microsoft Fabric — The Future of Analytics Engineering

Join Swetha Mannepalli with Tino Tereshko, Partner Director at Microsoft, for a technical conversation with dbt Labs on how dbt and Microsoft Fabric come together to power modern analytics engineering. This session explores how SQL‑first, version‑controlled transformation workflows run natively on Fabric—enabling teams to bring existing dbt investments into a unified platform without rewriting pipelines. Learn how dbt adapters, native dbt jobs, and Fabric’s open, governed architecture support trusted data products and AI‑ready analytics. 0:00 Welcome to Fabric Executive Insights 0:43 Kyle Dempsey introduces dbt Labs 3:50 Fabric Data Warehouse vs. Fabric Spark 5:44 How dbt helped create the analytics engineer role 9:23 Kyle's personal path into dbt 10:28 Meeting customers where they are with Microsoft Fabric 12:00 ROI and adoption dynamics for Fabric + dbt 13:06 dbt, trusted data, and AI/agentic development 17:39 Mesh architecture, OneLake, and dependency management 21:23 dbt Fusion, Fabric adapters, and dbt jobs 26:31 FabCon + SQLCon Barcelona 2026 promo Join us for FabCon and SQLCon in Barcelona (use code FABTV to save €200): https://msft.it/6058aBPnK #MicrosoftFabric #FabricExecutiveInsights #DbtLabs