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 …
Last week I was running a post-conference (postcon) workshop at Fabric February in Oslo. To have a successful postcon, workspaces were needed for all attendees of the workshop. In these workspaces they had to run their exercises and explore Fabric. But setting up a bunch of workspaces by hand, assigning it to a capacity and …
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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 …
P-SKUs, A-SKUs, EM-SKUs and now we also have F-SKUs... all these different capacities that are out there today each have their own specifics. Lately, I've been in a lot of conversations around Fabric capacities. There seems to be some unclarity around what you pay for in the end and how it compares to Power BI …
Continue reading Power BI and Fabric capacities: Understand the difference and cost structure
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 …
Today, I run into an issue by adding a service principal to a workspace. To my experience so far, this should be straight forward and a matter of adding with the right permissions in the workspace settings. However, for some reason I couldn't get it to work. In this blog I will elaborate on what …
Continue reading Tenant settings that block from adding a service principal to a workspace
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 …
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 …
Continue reading Unveiling Tenant Configuration in Fabric: Empowering User Exploration
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
Working with many companies that implement Power BI, this is a question that comes along every single time; Should we enable workspace creation for all our users, or limit it to a specific security group? In this blog post, we'll explore the topic of workspace creation. Depending on who you talk to, you might get …
Continue reading Controlling Workspace Creation in Power BI: How to Strike the Right Balance?
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