Weekly updates - 02/28
Pooja Kelgaonkar
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Pooja Kelgaonkar
WomeninTech Community Award Winner 2024 ?? BPB Snowflake Book Author , Tech Reviewer ?? Snowflake Data Superhero ?? SnowPro Core SME ?? Senior Data Architect ??Public speaker, Data Enthusiasts, Tech Evangelist
Hello All!
Today we mark end of 2nd month of this year! Time is running fast so we are!
This week's newsletter shares some of the trainings, labs, along with some good reads!
Snowflake updates:
- Now, we can use Snowsight to generate the connection settings for a client, driver, library, or third-party application. You can use the new Account Details dialog to generate a connection string for the ODBC or JDBC driver or settings in TOML file format for Snowflake CLI, Snowflake Python APIs, or the Snowflake Connector for Python. Read more here - https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/gen-conn-config
- Read data clean room release notes here - https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2025/other/2025-02-27-dcr
Snowflake Labs:
- Have you heard of Cortex agent integration with MS Teams. You can now integrate Cortex agents with Teams, refer to the lab - https://quickstarts.snowflake.com/guide/integrate_snowflake_cortex_agents_with_microsoft_teams/index.html?index=..%2F..index#0
- Similarly, integrate and use Cortex Agents with Slack - https://quickstarts.snowflake.com/guide/integrate_snowflake_cortex_agents_with_slack/index.html?index=..%2F..index#0
- Start implementing ML Observability with Snowflake - https://quickstarts.snowflake.com/guide/getting-started-with-ml-observability-in-snowflake/index.html?index=..%2F..index#0
Good Reads:
- Whats your IKIGAI? if you dont know and want to know more - read this book - https://www.amazon.ca/Ikigai-Japanese-Secret-Long-Happy/dp/0143130722/ref=asc_df_0143130722/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=706745563165&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17520047301982631758&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9000837&hvtargid=pla-395221952140&psc=1&mcid=613ac2a0eeaf336bb3b4796e0d0eb9fb&gad_source=1
- Power of letting Go - https://www.amazon.ca/Power-Letting-Go-John-Purkiss/dp/1783253630/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VIQVIFYFAH3R&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.HyiENROXXueFmARToiBm1La3yMcTnOZdB9WKF2Eew5HqDPsNvMJ3hekjT4uMlkQrXzqIhCwnsgVNyNkETvqBQI8c1lhLipBvT_6SkKeowoEm4t0QeXKve9P7CnBHXvpjK29UUd_xaZLAwY7SHoT_SZ9j97JuBeMIvTSX6CowWf7j-9gMCHhlo4jOCCanUAqXTYph06hZz64_s9hVaQ4wTGEWDWmA6tHOxOUAaU8gC6c.lW4J8QtQFi7pI6L5cS5FLauc7evlm8LvqwG0XGlyY3k&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+power+of+letting+go&qid=1740756975&s=books&sprefix=the+power+of+le%2Cstripbooks%2C98&sr=1-1
Our greatness weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. - Thomas Edison