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!
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
More often, people want to interact with their data in different ways than just a report. By popular demand, AI infused technologies are on top of the list. Customers are asking regularly if they can use Chat GPT on top of their own data, or similar experiences. Obviously, we will have copilot in list of …
Lately it's copilot before and after in all Microsoft communications and announcements. Also, during the Fabric Community Conference in Las Vegas where I was last week, it was hard to keep count of the number of times copilot was mentioned. Next to Microsoft communications, everyday conversations with customers and colleagues include copilots everywhere too. Which …
Continue reading Copilot or autopilot? Unpopular opinions on copilot
Recently, I was presenting my session about AI Capabilities for Power BI to make AI Accessible for Everyone for the Virtual Power BI Days Hamburg. A great event organized by Kathrin Borchert. Part of my session was about the Artificial Intelligence capabilities offered as part of Power BI Premium. A day later, Kathrin came up …
Continue reading Leverage Azure Cognitive Services in Power BI without Premium subscription
Natural language query was probably the most unused feature in Power BI, until they introduced the new Q&A visual in the end of 2019. I'm a huge fan of this feature, but it is sometimes a bit challenging to implement. Especially working with end-users from different background in different countries. Back in September 2019, I …
Continue reading Synonyms, the secret behind Power BI Q&A and Natural Language Query
The seventh and last blog in the storytelling series. Took a while before writing it and finishing this blog series. Up front I promised to publish a blog every week, but that simply didn't work out regarding time. Besides that, the last topic in the storytelling series is also related to my latest presentation about …
Continue reading Storytelling with Power BI 7/7: Let them ask questions
Last week, on Friday Septembre 13th, I presented at Data:Scotland. As the name already suggests, in Scotland, Glasgow to be precise. An awesome community event with loads of intresting people and reality well organized. Definitely one to put on your list to visit once! At this event, I presented my all new session about "AI …
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