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, …
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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 …
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Yes, you read it right. Most security implementations on data estates are a joke. It's just closing your eyes for what you can't see or don't feel responsible for. Too often I come across situations where the lack of security awareness and proper implementation results in locking the front door but leaving the back door …
A long time ago, I blogged about Power BI governance with topics like feature implementation in a phased approach and why you should consider to disable export to Excel. In this blog, I want to continue the governance topic with another blog about why monitoring your tenant is important! This blog will also provide you …
Imagine you have a semantic model in the Power BI Service (or Fabric if you will), and you're about to make a breaking change to this semantic model. How do you inform your end users? How do you tell them about this change? In this blog I will zoom in to options you have in …
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This morning, I was looking for a specific tenant setting in the Fabric admin portal. While scrolling through a few of the tenant settings, I came across a specific one, which I like to elaborate on a bit more in detail, given I recently also had some questions around this topic from customers. What happens …
Recently, I had two enterprise customers with whom I was in conversation about Microsoft Fabric and how it could complement their existing data landscape. Both of these customers have a data platform running already, which have lots of best practices and customizations in it, not necessarily portable to Fabric. Also, both came from a standpoint …
Over the past months, I've been engaging with many clients with regards to Microsoft Fabric. Many clients had a somewhat hesitant approach given Fabric was still in preview and they did not want to bring their (entire) data estate to Fabric. Since last week, Microsoft launched Fabric as General Available during the annual conference Microsoft …
Continue reading Debunking Myths and Embracing Innovation with Microsoft Fabric
It has been quiet for a few weeks due to summer break. But now, it's time to ramp up again and continue posting about Fabric. This time, I'll start with a question that many Fabric (and Power BI) users ask themselves: "What does my tenant configuration look like?". Often, users find themselves eager to explore …
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Frequently, I am approached by curious individuals who inquire about my job and how I contribute to the success of our customers, especially since I am not directly involved in building solutions for each and every one of them. These questions have made me realize that it might be interesting to share insights into my …
Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Fabric Administrator: Balancing Governance and Collaboration
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