8 — Day Before

Pre-class Checklist — day before delivery

TRAINER ONLY

<span class="trainer-phase-label">Day before</span>
<span class="trainer-step-indicator">Step <strong>8</strong> of 9</span>

Day Before — Final Prep

• Send reminder to attendees: fork the repo, create Snowflake trial account; (optional) Windows users may install free Power BI Desktop for self-paced lab after Module 4 — see Power BI setup
• Verify attendee count matches cluster count in Databricks
• Verify ADLS2 SAS token has not expired (regenerate on ADLS2 page if needed)
• Verify Aiven Kafka cluster is online (Module 8 only — do NOT start the activity generator yet)
• Test .env / Codespaces on one machine: dbt debug --target snowflake passes
• Charge laptop, prepare adapters/dongles for projector

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