While preparing for a training day I will host early March, I was doing some experiments in VS Code with GitHub Copilot and a few related extensions. Nothing fancy at first, just exploring what is possible when working with Power BI Projects outside Power BI Desktop. One thing I quickly missed was the visual overview …
Continue reading Generate ERD diagrams for your Power BI Semantic Model using GitHub Copilot
Copilot promises fast answers, smart insights, and a more natural way of working with data. And when it works well, it feels almost magical. But for many organizations, reality looks different. Answers are inconsistent, assumptions are made, and trust fades quickly. Most of the time, it comes down to context. The context users provide in …
Continue reading Microsoft Fabric Copilot: Building a Foundation of Trust Before You Ask Questions!
You may be using standardized solutions like Fabric Unified Admin Monitoring (FUAM) or any other templated solution that comes with a semantic model. As part of transparency within your organization, you decided to share the insights gathered with others in the organization by adjusting the solution to apply your own security setup on top. However, …
Continue reading Automating Power BI Semantic Model Security with Fabric Semantic Link
It’s been a while since my last post. Summer break, conferences, and other priorities kept me busy. But it’s time to pick it up again. This topic is one I hesitated to share for quite some time, as it can easily be interpreted in different ways. Still, I believe it’s worth discussing, and I’ll let …
There are loads of default semantic models and reports provided within Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. Take for example the capacity metrics, or all reports made available in the Admin Monitoring Workspace. However, all these solutions come with the same downside, being the data is available for a very short timeframe only. Capacity metrics only …
It was only yesterday, that I wrote a blog post on Semantic Models as a source for Fabric Data Agents. Not much time has passed, since I learned that Fabric Data Agents does not (always) respect the Synonyms that have been added to a Semantic Model. As a result, the Data Agent may start creating …
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We’re at a point where the way we work with data is fundamentally shifting. Natural language is becoming the new interface, and tools like Microsoft Fabric are making it possible to ask questions and get answers straight from your data. One of the latest updates allow connecting Data Agents (formerly known as AI Skills) directly …
Continue reading Natural Language Interaction Isn’t Magic—It’s Semantic Modeling Done Right
Working with sensitive data in Microsoft Fabric requires careful handling of secrets, especially when collaborating externally. In a recent customer engagement, I needed to validate access to Azure Key Vault from within a Fabric Notebook, without ever exposing the actual secret values. With only read access granted and no need to manage or update secrets, …
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When working with Notebooks in Microsoft Fabric, exporting and reusing them across environments or tenants might seem like a harmless, even convenient, task. Whether you're sharing a template with a colleague, moving assets between workspaces, or contributing to the community — the last thing you'd expect is to accidentally include data along with your code. …
Continue reading The Hidden Risk in Fabric Notebook Exports: Your Data Travels Too
In Fabric, you can have many different items in your Workspace. So many, that you easily get lost! Luckily there are tools at hand like Taskflows and Workspace folders. But still, it can be challenging to easily find all your items that ingest data, or find all items that are used for inbetween layers to …
Continue reading Structure Fabric items by applying naming conventions
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