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    <title>topic Re: DAIS 2026 Brought 2,800 New Members to the Databricks Community - Welcome Aboard in Announcements</title>
    <link>https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/dais-2026-brought-2-800-new-members-to-the-databricks-community/m-p/160708#M890</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;This is a great resource for people who are new to community at Databricks and want to get started!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:28:50 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>MandyR</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2026-06-26T22:28:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>DAIS 2026 Brought 2,800 New Members to the Databricks Community - Welcome Aboard</title>
      <link>https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/dais-2026-brought-2-800-new-members-to-the-databricks-community/m-p/160504#M883</link>
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&lt;H1 style="margin: 0 0 8px 0; font-size: 90px; line-height: 0.95; font-weight: 900; color: #f9f7f4; letter-spacing: -3px;"&gt;2,800&lt;/H1&gt;
&lt;H1 style="margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-size: 46px; line-height: 1.05; font-weight: 900; color: #f9f7f4; letter-spacing: -1.3px;"&gt;new members.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;And counting.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H1&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 16px 0 0 0; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.55; color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.9; max-width: 640px;"&gt;DAIS 2026 brought a wave of new faces to the Databricks Community. If you just joined, &lt;STRONG style="color: #f9f7f4;"&gt;welcome.&lt;/STRONG&gt; This post is for you: what just happened, what Community is, and what you can do here.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;H2 style="margin: 0 0 8px 0; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 900; color: #0b2026; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 1.15;"&gt;The booth did its job.&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0 0 18px 0; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2937; line-height: 1.65;"&gt;For four days at DAIS 2026, the Databricks Community booth lived in the &lt;STRONG style="color: #0b2026;"&gt;Learning &amp;amp; Enablement Hub at Moscone West, Level 2&lt;/STRONG&gt;. People came up the escalators, scanned the QR codes, said hi at the welcome wall, and signed up. A lot of them.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold;"&gt;at the booth&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold;"&gt;of ConversAtions with Attendees&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 32px; font-weight: 900; color: #0b2026; letter-spacing: -0.8px; line-height: 1.0; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;2,800&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold;"&gt;new members&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;P style="margin: 22px 0 0 0; font-size: 15px; color: #4b5563; line-height: 1.65; font-style: italic;"&gt;Thank you to every volunteer who walked an attendee through the registration, every Champion and Fellow who said hi at the booth, and everyone who scanned a QR code. The number is real because you showed up.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;H2 style="margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 900; color: #0b2026; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.2;"&gt;Welcome to the Databricks Community!&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;P style="margin: 0 0 14px 0; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2937; line-height: 1.65;"&gt;Once you are logged in, you will be ready to post content, ask questions, participate in discussions, earn badges, and more.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0 0 14px 0; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2937; line-height: 1.65;"&gt;Spend a few minutes exploring &lt;A style="color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-resources/ct-p/GetStartedResources" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Get Started Resources&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A style="color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/learning-paths/ct-p/databricks-learning-paths" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Learning Paths&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A style="color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/certifications/ct-p/databricks-certifications" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Certifications&lt;/A&gt;, and &lt;A style="color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-platform-discussions/ct-p/databricks-platform-discussion" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Platform Discussions&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0 0 14px 0; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2937; line-height: 1.65;"&gt;Join &lt;A style="color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/learning-events/eb-p/databricks-community-events" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Learning Events&lt;/A&gt; here in the Community.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2937; line-height: 1.65;"&gt;Connect with peers through &lt;A style="color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://usergroups.databricks.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Databricks User Groups&lt;/A&gt; and learn more about &lt;A style="color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://usergroups.databricks.com/events/#/list" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Community Events&lt;/A&gt; happening near you. We're excited to see you get involved.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;H2 style="margin: 0 0 22px 0; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 900; color: #0b2026; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 1.15;"&gt;Five ways to get value out of Community.&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":question_mark:"&gt;❓&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 800; color: #0b2026; letter-spacing: -0.3px;"&gt;Post your questions.&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 14px; color: #4b5563; line-height: 1.55;"&gt;The forum is where data and AI practitioners ask the things they can't Google. Real questions, real follow-ups.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":light_bulb:"&gt;💡&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 800; color: #0b2026; letter-spacing: -0.3px;"&gt;Get reliable answers.&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 14px; color: #4b5563; line-height: 1.55;"&gt;From &lt;STRONG style="color: #0b2026;"&gt;data experts and peers&lt;/STRONG&gt;, Fellows, Champions, MVPs, instructors, and Databricks employees.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":handshake:"&gt;🤝&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 800; color: #0b2026; letter-spacing: -0.3px;"&gt;Network with peers.&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 14px; color: #4b5563; line-height: 1.55;"&gt;Connect with practitioners across companies, industries, countries, and skill levels.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":globe_with_meridians:"&gt;🌐&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 800; color: #0b2026; letter-spacing: -0.3px;"&gt;Organize User Groups.&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 14px; color: #4b5563; line-height: 1.55;"&gt;Local meetups, online events, special-interest gatherings, the User Group platform is built for them.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;H3 style="margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 800; color: #0b2026; letter-spacing: -0.3px;"&gt;Earn recognition along the way.&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 14px; color: #4b5563; line-height: 1.55;"&gt;Your contributions count. Answers get accepted, posts get noticed, and you build a reputation across the platforms. Plus, you'll unlock new badges along the way to showcase your achievements! That's how Fellows, Champions, and MVPs got their start.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;H3 style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 900; color: #0b2026; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.2;"&gt;Data and AI practitioners. All kinds.&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 15px; color: #1f2937; line-height: 1.6;"&gt;Databricks &lt;STRONG&gt;users&lt;/STRONG&gt;, &lt;STRONG&gt;partners&lt;/STRONG&gt;, &lt;STRONG&gt;prospects&lt;/STRONG&gt;, and &lt;STRONG&gt;employees&lt;/STRONG&gt;, all in the same place. Different roles, different companies, different days at work. Same platform.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;H3 style="margin: 0 0 14px 0; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 900; color: #f9f7f4; line-height: 1.2;"&gt;Your first three things on Community.&lt;/H3&gt;
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&lt;LI style="font-size: 15px; color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.95; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.55;"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #ffffff;"&gt;Introduce yourself&lt;/STRONG&gt;, drop a hello, what you're working on, and where you're based.&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI style="font-size: 15px; color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.95; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.55;"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #ffffff;"&gt;Browse the forum&lt;/STRONG&gt;, find a topic you care about, follow it, jump into a thread.&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI style="font-size: 15px; color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.95; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.55;"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #ffffff;"&gt;Find a User Group near you&lt;/STRONG&gt;, in-person or online. The fastest way to meet people who do what you do.&lt;/LI&gt;
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&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 15px; color: #4b5563; line-height: 1.6;"&gt;If you joined at the DAIS booth this week, drop a &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":waving_hand:"&gt;👋&lt;/span&gt; in the comments and tell us where you're from. We'd love to know.&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:36:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/dais-2026-brought-2-800-new-members-to-the-databricks-community/m-p/160504#M883</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tushar_Parekar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-06-25T15:36:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: DAIS 2026 Brought 2,800 New Members to the Databricks Community - Welcome Aboard</title>
      <link>https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/dais-2026-brought-2-800-new-members-to-the-databricks-community/m-p/160708#M890</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;This is a great resource for people who are new to community at Databricks and want to get started!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:28:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/dais-2026-brought-2-800-new-members-to-the-databricks-community/m-p/160708#M890</guid>
      <dc:creator>MandyR</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-06-26T22:28:50Z</dc:date>
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