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Recent integrations between Azure Purview and Power BI enable greater data agility for organizations of all sizes

Though you can build real-time reports with DirectQuery, push datasets offer a more scalable, economical, and effective solution especially when combined wi

In the 2nd part of the series, learn what Synapse brings to a table for Power BI developers, and how you can leverage both tools to get indefinite number of use-cases!

Power BI dataflows is a nice capability of Power BI. It’s actually not a new Microsoft product. If you use Excel and Power BI long enough, there is a big chance that you’ve already used Power Query …

Back in February, I wrote a blog on how you can trigger a single table to refresh in your Power BI data model. This blog described how you can achieve this goal using a PowerShell script and the AS…

We’re excited to announce new capabilities and improvements for Power BI goals that make it easier than ever to integrate goals into all of your business processes. Learn about the new goals visual, Power Automate integration, goal level permissions, and other experience enhancements.

I’m happy to announce that the Power BI App for Microsoft Teams is Generally Available. Learn about the enhancements to the app, how we’re making it easier to deploy it, and how easy it is to get started using data to make better decisions and take better actions.

I first wrote on this topic way back in March 2019. I love Power BI, and it is one of the most affordable BI products on the market for most companies. If you are a small company of 10 or 20 people, it is dirt cheap at $10 per user [...]Read More »

I was shocked, suddenly important reports were missing from my workspace in Power BI service. But thanks to the help of Mellisa Coates, I was able to make

We’re excited to announce enhancements to the export to Excel experience. Read this blog to learn how these changes help more Excel users use data from Power BI to make decisions.

You can now create reports connected to Power BI datasets from a blank workbook in Excel for the web.

This series start discusses why Power BI Goals are a great fit for those new to Power BI and what three key decisions are needed.

Capacity settings for datasets now in Power BI Premium Gen 2!

Power BI Desktop customers can now visualize data in their Delta Lake using Databricks with just a couple of clicks. In the past, connecting to Databricks from Power BI Desktop required the end user to perform a lot of manual configuration. Power BI Desktop integration with Databricks Partner Connect makes it simple to connect to your Delta Lake so you can start doing analytics and sharing insights with your business.

We are announcing support for user impersonation using the EffectiveUserName connection-string property. This is truly exciting because it opens the door for mass migrations of tabular Analysis Services solutions that rely on EffectiveUserName-based impersonation to Power BI. It also opens new options for administrative tools and scripts to connect to datasets on Power BI Premium using different user identities! Impersonating another user can be as easy as specifying that user’s UPN on the connection string.

Deployment Pipelines within Power BI Service are a strategic feature that allows users to better manage content across the development stages of their organizations. By leveraging this powerful tool, users can simplify the deployment process and ensure security of potentially sensitive data. In this article, we’ll breakdown the specifics of deployment pipelines, and discuss how you can best leverage this tool within your organization for optimal efficiency.

On-premises data gateway (standard and personal mode) release for November 2021

We are thrilled to announce the release of Power BI APIs .NET SDK v4. The new SDK version provides clarity on the properties of Power BI artifacts returned by various APIs and makes it easier to use them,

Not sure what a REST API is? Or what you can do with them in Power BI? Find out how you can easily take advantage of them without having to write a bunch of code. Use PowerShell instead! REST API Reference Documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/rest/api/power-bi/ Power BI PowerShell Reference Documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/power-bi/overview Use Microsoft Flow, and other options, […]

This blog is a resource to develop an understanding of data analytics and to become more familiar with the industry terms.

We are excited to announce new capabilities for Streaming Dataflows in Power BI.

Power BI Dataflow security is managed at the workspace level, this means when you add the user to the workspace he will be able to see all the Dataflows inside the workspace and every table within.…

In this blog I show how to use PowerShell to automate the processing of multiple Power BI partitions, which is faster.

On Tuesday, March 8th, I will be delivering a training day at SQLBits 2022 called "Beginner's Guide to Data Integration using Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Analytics" 🤓

We’re very excited to announce a new way to visualize your model-driven Power Apps and Dynamics 365 data stored within Dataverse. With a single click, Power BI automatically generates a set of visuals for you to explore and find insights within your data. This integration is great way to take advantage of the full power of the Power Platform.

The capability to pass custom data for row level security is now available in Power BI Premium, Power BI Embedded, and Power BI Premium per User.

Asynchronous refresh now available in Power BI for public preview. The asynchronous refresh REST API for Power BI brings built-in features for reliability, such as auto retries and batched commits.

Power BI dataflows (PBI dataflows) is a powerful data prep tool for you to transform data and reuse them in other places downstream. At the same time, while Excel is very popular among business use…