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Excel Esports Azerbaijan 2026 – Final Stage Successfully Completed

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  The Excel Esports Azerbaijan Local Chapter successfully completed the 2026 competition season. Over the course of the year, four online qualification rounds were organized, bringing together Excel enthusiasts from different backgrounds. The season concluded with an offline final hosted at MUK Azerbaijan Training Center. I would like to thank all participants and congratulate the finalists, especially Elvin, Rustam, Mahmud, and Allahverdi, for their excellent performance and active participation. This is the second consecutive year that I have organized Excel Esports Azerbaijan competitions. The growth of interest in competitive Excel demonstrates the importance of investing in analytical and technical skills. I would also like to thank Samir and the MUK Azerbaijan team for their support and hospitality during the final event. Awards will be presented during the Azerbaijan Data & AI Community Meetup on October 9, 2026. I believe these initiatives will continue to improve Excel...

Excel Challenge 4

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  📊 Excel Lovers, This One is for You! Ready to test your skills with XLOOKUP, MAXIFS, and FILTER ? Discover how Challenge 4: Excel Ranking Master helps participants analyze competition data and uncover the Excel Champion. 🔗 Read the full article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/excel-ranking-master-can-you-discover-champion-ilgar-zarbaliyev-hcnof #Excel #MicrosoftExcel #DataAnalysis #XLOOKUP #MAXIFS #FILTER #ExcelChallenge #Productivity

Data Days 2026 - PL-300: Session 4 Building Interactive Dashboards and Data Alerts in Power BI

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  In this free virtual session, you'll learn how to build interactive Power BI dashboards and set up automated data alerts to monitor your data in real time — a must-know skill for the PL-300 exam and real-world business reporting. 📌 This session is part of the Azerbaijan Data & AI Meetup Group's 6-session PL-300 study series, hosted as part of Microsoft's Data Days 2026 global learning initiative. 🧠 What you'll learn: ✅ How to build interactive dashboards in Power BI ✅ How to use slicers, drill-throughs, and bookmarks for interactivity ✅ How to set up Data Alerts to monitor key metrics ✅ How to configure alert thresholds and notifications ✅ PL-300 exam tips for this topic 📅 Full session schedule: Session 1 – June 15: Slicers & What-If Parameters Session 2 – June 22: Dynamic Currency Conversion Session 3 – June 29: Row-Level Security (RLS) Session 4 – July 6: Interactive Dashboards & Data Alerts ← you are here Session 5 – July 13: AI & Natural La...

Data Days 2026 - PL-300: Session 5: Exploring Data with AI and Natural Language Features in Power BI

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  📢 Don't miss this upcoming session! Join us as we explore how AI and natural language features in Power BI can help you analyze data more efficiently and uncover valuable insights with ease. 🎥 Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/live/nIrN9rpi2FQ?si=FP6D4fdaZag9RfXs 📅 Register: https://www.meetup.com/azdata-aicommunity/events/315547998/?slug=azdata-aicommunity&eventId=315547998 See you at the meetup!  #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #MicrosoftPowerBI #PL300 #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #PowerBIAI #NaturalLanguageQuery #AI #DataVisualization #MicrosoftLearn #PowerBICommunity #FabricCommunity #DataCommunity #AzerbaijanDataAI #Meetup #TechCommunity #Learning #IlgarZarbaliyev

Data Days 2026 - PL-300: Session 3: Row-Level Security in Power BI

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  Excited to host Session 3 of our PL-300 study series, part of Microsoft's Data Days 2026 global learning initiative! 🔒 Row Level Security in Power BI 📅 Monday, June 29, 2026 · 5:00 PM (GMT+4) · Free & Virtual We'll cover static and dynamic RLS roles, DAX functions like USERPRINCIPALNAME and LOOKUPVALUE, and how to test roles — all essential for the PL-300 exam and enterprise reporting. Register: https://www.meetup.com/azdata-aicommunity/events/315380330/?eventOrigin=home_next_event_you_are_hosting Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/live/SpqKbT-Qpl8?si=ceIkP2bBRKi_9FjN

Tokenazation

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  Ever wonder how a machine "reads" a sentence? It starts with tokenization — breaking text into pieces a model can actually count and compare. In the latest issue of The AI Innovation Dispatch, I break down: How a simple sentence becomes a sequence of tokens Five pre-processing techniques that shape what a token even is (normalization, stop word removal, n-grams, stemming, lemmatization) Why this "boring" first step is the foundation of sentiment analysis, entity detection, and the LLMs we use every day Read the full article and subscribe to The AI Innovation Dispatch so you don't miss the next issue 👇 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/introduction-natural-language-processing-concepts-ilgar-zarbaliyev-kurme #NLP #NaturalLanguageProcessing #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #AI #DataScience #TextAnalytics #AIInnovationDispatch

Thank you, Sarah Kong!

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  A huge thank you to Sarah Kong for delivering a wonderful session on Copilot Agents in Action ! 🙌 Sarah shared valuable insights into prebuilt agents, Agent Builder, Copilot Notebooks and the future of AI-powered productivity. We truly appreciate her time, knowledge and contribution to our community! 💙 🔗 Become a member of the Azerbaijan Data & AI Meetup Group : https://www.meetup.com/azdata-aicommunity/ ▶️ Watch the full recording: https://www.youtube.com/live/_i7YAcsM1I8?si=HCjhOGeC2awyWdPy #MicrosoftCopilot #CopilotAgents #AIAgents #AgentBuilder #CopilotNotebooks #MicrosoftAI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataAndAI #TechCommunity #MicrosoftCommunity #AzerbaijanDataAI #CommunityLearning #AICommunity #DigitalTransformation