The clash between Power BI git integration and deployment pipelines

Together with the introduction of Microsoft Fabric a long-awaited feature for Power BI also became available. Git integration now allows us to connect your workspace to a git repository to sync the meta data from your Power BI dataset and report between the workspace and the repository. At the same time, Power BI deployment pipelines …

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Effect of dataset changes while using deployment pipelines in Power BI

This week, I've presented at two conferences in Europe about Application Lifecycle Management for Power BI. During these sessions at DataMinds Connect and Techorama I've talked and demoed native Power BI deployment pipelines, as well as Azure DevOps integration. One of the topics discussed during the session, is the effect of deployments on datasets by …

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Add user to Power BI deployment pipeline using REST APIs

Especially in this time of the year, you will encounter many similar kind of questions as a Power BI Service Administrator. Questions like: "My colleague is on vacation, but I don't have access to the workspace and the refresh broke, can you help me getting access to this workspace?" Well, this is still the simple …

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Integrate Power BI Deployment Pipelines with Azure DevOps

Back in 2019, Ton Swart and I wrote a blog post on Versioning and CI/CD for Power BI with Azure DevOps. Back then, there were not many options available for versioning and professionalizing your ALM story for Power BI. Till today, this blog post is still my most read blog on Data-Marc.com which makes us …

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Leverage Power BI Deployment Pipelines with Premium per user licensing

At Microsoft Ignite, there were two really exciting announcements when it comes to enterprise features for Power BI. Both directly took my attention, as well as for many others. Obviously, the first one is Power BI Premium per user (PPU) licensing. Secondly, Deployment Pipelines reached General Availability! Two super important features for enterprises and the …

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Why you should care about Power BI Deployment Pipelines

After a short holiday break, it is time for a new blog post! This time about one of the most exciting functionalities in Power BI that has been released in the past release wave, Power BI Deployment Pipelines! In this blog I will elaborate on what Power BI Deployment Pipelines are, why it is an …

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