Kris van der Mast

Kris van der Mast

Loves technology, mainly focussed on Microsoft tech. Founded VaHa bv. Microsoft MVP since 2007, Azure Advisor, aOS ambassador. Frequent speaker at and organizer of various national and international events.

Recent Posts

Reading feather files in Power BI

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Now that we know how to set up our local virtual environment and install the required packages, we can start reading the feather file in Power BI. First act...

Using Python in Power BI

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In the former blog post we set up the virtual environment for Python in Power BI. In this post, I will show you how to use Python in Power BI. To check Be ...

Setting up Python for Power BI

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It is possible to use Python in Power BI. This is a great feature because it allows you to use Python scripts to manipulate your data. In this post, I will s...

Setting up a virtual environment in Python

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Intro Python knowns the concept of virtual envirnomnets. A virtual environment is a self-contained directory tree that contains a Python installation for a ...

Dot NET Conf 2023 sessions online

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This week .NET 8 was released and just like last year accompanied by 3 days of conference filled with great sessions and new announcements. The sessions are ...

Make use of colored braces in Visual Studio

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I have always been a fan of extensions that make my life easier. One of those extensions was the Rainbow braces extension by Mads Kristensen. This extension ...

Booth duty at Microsoft Build Netherlands 2023

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Just came back from Utrecht Netherlands where I helped out at the Global AI booth at Microsoft Build Netherlands 2023. It was a great experience to talk to p...

Obtained my AI Skills challenge certification

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A while ago I wrote about the upcoming AI skills challenge. I’m happy to announce that I’ve completed the challenge and obtained my certification.