Fabric, from the people running it

Tallinn Data Week satellite event by SparkleSolutions OÜ

One morning, one journey: from an old reporting estate to a data platform your AI agents can actually understand.

Two Estonian companies share how they moved to Microsoft Fabric, what worked, what didn't, and what it made possible. Then see it live and ask your own questions over lunch.

Programme

08:30 Doors open, coffee

09:00 Welcome

09:10 Fabric in 2026: what it's worth, what it costs, what to decide first
Pieter Jansen, Managing Partner, Sparkle

09:40 Qlik to Fabric at Äripäev: the method, and where AI actually helped
Liis Rush, Head of Data Platform, Äripäev

Äripäev has multiple businesses, multiple source systems and multiple versions of every customer, all reported in Qlik.

Liis shows how a small part-time team is moving everything to Microsoft Fabric: what to migrate first, how to untangle one customer across many systems, and how to prove the new reports match the old.

Then the AI story: why writing down your standards comes before any assistant, where AI sped things up, and where it confidently got it wrong.

10:10 Coffee break

10:30 Nabuminds: from an existing platform to Fabric, and what came next
Aaron Lee Amarga, Head of Business Intelligence, Nabuminds

Aaron explains why they moved their existing platform to Microsoft Fabric, how a short kickstart turned into a team that runs it themselves, and where dbt fits.

The value of Fabric goes beyond reporting: a Fabric Data Agent for business questions and Real-Time Intelligence on live data, helping save money by detecting critical issues early.

11:00 Fabric IQ: the company brain
Sparkle · Pieter Jansen

AI agents are only as smart as the business context you give them.

Fabric IQ lets you describe your business, its customers, products and how they relate, on top of your data. We show what it is, what it takes, and a live example of an agent answering questions across the business.

11:30 Meet the experts: one-minute intros to the demo corners

11:35 Lunch + Demo & Expert Corners

Grab lunch and walk between four live demo corners run by Sparkle experts. Each corner runs a short demo at 11:45, 12:10 and 12:35. In between, bring your own questions.

• Fabric Data Agent: ask your data questions in plain language

• Real-Time Intelligence: live data, live dashboards, automatic alerts

• Calibrating agent models: how to make an agent give the right answer, and measure it

• Capacity management: what is using your capacity, and are you paying for the right size

13:00 Close