Excel World

A special thank you to Sarah Kong for her wonderful session, Copilot Agents in Action!

It was an engaging and informative presentation covering prebuilt agents, Agent Builder, Copilot Notebooks and practical AI-powered solutions. We are grateful to Sarah for sharing her valuable knowledge with our community.

Join the Azerbaijan Data & AI Meetup Group:
https://www.meetup.com/azdata-aicommunity/

Watch the recording:
https://www.youtube.com/live/_i7YAcsM1I8?si=HCjhOGeC2awyWdPy

🚀 Session 2 of our PL-300 study series is just around the corner — and this one is all about money! 💱
📊 PL-300: Dynamic Currency Conversion in Power BI
🗓 Monday, June 22, 2026 · 17:00 GMT+4 · Virtual · FREE
In this free virtual session, you'll learn how to convert values across multiple currencies dynamically using real-time exchange rates and powerful DAX calculations — a must-know skill for the PL-300 exam and real-world financial reporting.
🧠 What you'll learn:
✅ How to set up dynamic currency conversion in Power BI
✅ How to integrate live exchange rates into your data model
✅ DAX calculations for multi-currency reporting
✅ How to build a currency switcher using measures
✅ PL-300 exam tips for this topic
This is session 2 of 6 in our free PL-300 study series, proudly part of Microsoft's Data Days 2026 global learning initiative! 🌍
📺 Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/live/L743lZGQtn4?si=rcYq4IN0xK0z5EPN

🎉 We've got an exciting session lined up for you!

Azerbaijan Data & AI Community invites you to a FREE online meetup:

🤖 AI Agents: Copilot Agents in Action
🎙️ Speaker: Sarah Kong — Microsoft Technical Trainer & MCT Community Lead

📅 Tuesday, June 17, 2026
🕗 8:00 PM (Baku Time)
💻 Online — Join from anywhere!

In this session, Sarah will walk us through:
🔹 Prebuilt agents in Microsoft Copilot
🔹 Creating intelligent solutions with Agent Builder
🔹 Powering productivity with Copilot Notebooks
🔹 Real-world AI-powered workflows

This is a fantastic opportunity for Power BI pros, developers, data enthusiasts, and anyone curious about the future of AI in Microsoft 365.

📌 Register on Meetup:
https://www.meetup.com/azdata-aicommunity/events/315194230/

📺 Watch on YouTube Live:
https://www.youtube.com/live/_i7YAcsM1I8

Share this with your network and bring a friend! 🙌

📊 A question for Excel users:
Do you re-select your print area every time you add new data?
You're not alone. This is one of the most common daily frustrations for Excel users — wasted time, broken focus, and sometimes the wrong rows end up on paper.
But there's a clean fix: dynamic print area determination.
✅ Set it up once
✅ It adjusts automatically, every time
✅ No matter how much data you add, your print area keeps up
Using OFFSET, COUNTA, and Excel's Table format, you can fully automate this — and never touch the print area manually again.
I wrote a full guide on exactly how to do this (in Azerbaijani) 👇
https://youtu.be/PWcEPf59JA4?si=1fvaY...
Does this problem sound familiar? Drop a comment — I read every one 👇

A big thank you to Amit Chandak for delivering a fantastic session on Data Agents and Copilot in Microsoft Fabric for our Azerbaijan Data & AI Community Meetup Group!

It was an insightful session where attendees explored how Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Copilot can accelerate report creation, simplify analytics workflows, generate DAX, and enable natural language interaction with data through Data Agents.

🎥 Watch the recording here:
[https://www.youtube.com/live/i6lIUtGIbvQ?si=2MLPlfbbJ7qmhmyf](https://www.youtube.com/live/i6lIUtGIbvQ?si=2MLPlfbbJ7qmhmyf)

To stay connected and join our future meetups on Data, AI, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Excel, and Copilot, subscribe to our meetup group:
[https://www.meetup.com/azdata-aicommunity/](https://www.meetup.com/azdata-aicommunity/)

Thank you everyone for participating and supporting the community!

A huge thank you to Ana Leticia Sampaio for delivering such a wonderful and insightful session today on “How to Leverage AI for LinkedIn Visibility as a Data Professional.”

Your practical tips, real-life experience, and inspiring journey showed attendees how data professionals can build their personal brand, increase visibility, and use AI tools effectively for LinkedIn content creation.

👏 Thank you, Ana, for your time, energy, and valuable contribution to our community!

📺 Watch the recording here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/i2sTzETtW5o?si=_8-bKKV-aAMKb5Zj

🚀 Join us again tomorrow for another exciting meetup!
Register here:
https://www.meetup.com/azdata-aicommunity/events/314892154/?eventOrigin=home_next_event_you_are_hosting

📌 Stay connected and do not miss future meetups, AI sessions, Excel competitions, and Microsoft Fabric events:

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Thank you everyone for your continuous support and participation!

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the way we work, communicate, and make decisions. But with great power comes great responsibility.

In my latest article, “Responsible Use of AI: Building Safe, Ethical, and Effective AI Practices,” I explore the importance of ethical AI usage, responsible prompting, user awareness, governance, and practical strategies for building trustworthy AI solutions in modern organizations.

The article also covers:
✅ Foundations of Responsible AI
✅ Effective Prompting Techniques
✅ Applied AI Use Cases
✅ Real-World Case Studies
✅ User Responsibilities in AI Adoption

As AI becomes part of everyday business processes, understanding how to use it responsibly is more important than ever.

📖 Read the article here:
Responsible Use of AI: Building Safe, Ethical, and Effective AI Practices

I invite you to subscribe to my newsletter to stay updated with upcoming articles on AI, Copilot, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and emerging technologies.

Getting started with modern data engineering begins with the right foundation.

In this article, I walk through how to create an Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) account from scratch, upload sample data, and prepare it for use in data pipelines. This is a crucial first step before building scalable solutions with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Fabric Data Factory.

If you're working with data pipelines, lakehouses, or end-to-end analytics solutions, mastering this setup will help you design more efficient and scalable workflows.

Read the full article here:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creating-azure-data-lake-storage-adls-step-by-step-byzrf

In the next step, we’ll continue by building a pipeline to move data into a Lakehouse.

💡 Master Microsoft Copilot: From Basics to Advanced AI Productivity

AI is no longer the future — it’s already transforming how we work today.

In my latest newsletter article, I break down how Microsoft Copilot can become your daily productivity partner — from simple interactions to advanced capabilities like document analysis, image generation, and real-time insights.

🔍 In this article, you’ll learn:

📖How to get started with Copilot across devices
📖Key features that boost productivity
📖Practical tips for writing better prompts
📖Real-world ways to integrate AI into your workflow

Whether you're a business professional, analyst, or AI enthusiast — this guide will help you work smarter, not harder.

📖 Read the full article and explore the visuals 👇
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mastering-microsoft-copilot-from-basics-advanced-ai-ilgar-zarbaliyev-sgzcf

A big thank you to Christian Mbolanantenaina for delivering an outstanding demonstration of a real-case challenge from Excel competitions! Your practical approach and clear explanations truly inspired our community and gave valuable insights into how to tackle complex problems under competition conditions.

🎥 If you missed the session or want to revisit the solution, watch the full recording here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/6D3t2EsGSNg?si=dKmzHUd1AXP4xg-V

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🚀 Don’t forget — the 3rd Round of Excel Competitions is happening on May 3rd, 2026!
Secure your spot and join the challenge here:
https://forms.microsoft.com/r/0PHWDZXPNP

Looking forward to seeing you in the competition and our future events!