Managing Power BI tenant settings just got easier in Microsoft Fabric
If you’ve read the Power BI adoption roadmap or attended any of the full-day training sessions I’ve been doing with MVP Melissa Coates[1], you know how important it is to manage setting…
Microsoft Fabric and OneLake: Data governance and enterprise adoption
The data internet this week is awash with news and information about Microsoft Fabric. My Introducing Microsoft Fabric post on Tuesday got just under ten thousand views in the first 24 hours, which…
The more you think about the “OneDrive for data” tagline for OneLake, the more it makes sense.
Using OneLake has the potential to deliver the same type of benefits for data that OneDrive delivers for documents. I believe that when we’re thinking about what users do with OneLake we shouldn’t be asking “what additional risk is involved by letting users do the things they’re already doing, but in a new tool?” Instead, we should ask “how we enable users to do the things they’re already doing using a platform that provides greater visibility to administrators?”
In addition to providing administrator capabilities for auditing and monitoring, OneLake also includes capabilities to data professionals who need to discover and understand data. The Power BI data hub[4] has been renamed the OneLake data hub in Fabric, and allows users to discover data in the lake for which they already have permissions, or which the owners have marked as discoverable.
ince I don’t know anything about the goals or culture that inform Bike4thewin’s question, I can’t respond to them directly.. but reading between the lines I think I see an “old school” perspective on data governance rearing its head. I think that part of this question is really “how do I keep specific users from working with specific data, beyond using security controls on the data sources?
On Friday June 9th, Data Ceili – Ireland’s biggest Microsoft data platform event – returns to Trinity College in Dublin! Update 28 May 2023: Adding one more CAT session to the li…
Microsoft Fabric: A SaaS Analytics Platform for the Era of AI - BI Insight
This blogpost explains the revolutionary Microsoft Fabric, a SaaS analytics platform that seamlessly integrates various data and analytics services into a unified solution. With its foundation on the powerful Power BI platform, Microsoft Fabric empowers users with data-driven analytics and exceptional visualisation capabilities. From data integration to storage, processing, and collaboration, this comprehensive platform covers every aspect of the analytics lifecycle. By adopting a SaaS model, Microsoft Fabric offers accessibility, convenience, and scalability, enabling businesses of all sizes to harness the power of AI in their analytics endeavors.
The Power of Verti-parquet & DirectLake in Fabric — Advancing Analytics
In the data engineering field, we must ensure that large datasets are compressed efficiently to save storage space and reduce costs, but we also need to maintain strong query performance. This can be balanced by utilising the VertiParq engine and Delta in Microsoft Fabric.
In dieser Folge vom BI Thinkers Talk werfen wir einen ersten Blick auf Microsoft Fabric, die kurz zuvor auf der MS Build vorgestellt wurde. Wer den Talk
Microsoft Fabric - Beyond Hype and Marketing! - Data Mozart
Microsoft just announced their brand new data solution! But, is it really new? Or, is it simply rebranding of the existing offering? In this article, we'll look beyond the hype and marketing and explain Microsoft Fabric in plain English!
Create Delta Table in Azure Storage using Python and serve it with Direct Lake Mode in Fabric.
TL;DR ; Although the optimal file size and the row group size spec is not published by Microsoft, PowerBI Direct Lake mode works just fine with Delta table generated by non-Microsoft tools an…
Reading Time: 1 minute Forty Days of Fabric! Learn a bit about Microsoft Fabric every day. Maybe you caught the announcements around Microsoft Build nearly three weeks ago, but there is so much new material to digest with the evolution of Microsoft analytics with...
Governance in Microsoft Fabric: Understanding the Roles and Domains
Microsoft Fabric is out there for a few weeks now. With the release of Fabric, a new concept in line with data-mesh architectures became available in Fabric, or Power BI if you will. With the intro…
A very quick blog on how to import Delta Table to PowerBI Desktop, probably your first question is why ? doesn’t the new Direct Lake solve that ? Direct lake assumes the compute to be running…
Introducing the end-to-end scenarios in Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Fabric Blog | Microsoft Fabric
In this blog article, we will explore four end-to-end scenarios that are typical paths our customers take to extract value and insights from their data using Microsoft Fabric. In these scenarios, we will show you how Fabric seamlessly addresses common architectural scenarios with a single service that encompasses data ingestion, transformation, storage, and exposure through reports or SQL endpoints.
Microsoft Fabric: An introduction to OneLake — Advancing Analytics
As data engineers, we face many challenges daily. Data is often distributed across many different sources, and frequently in a wide range of file types with varying levels of data quality. This is where OneLake comes in, described as the OneDrive for data.
How Lakehouse Architecture is Revolutionizing Business Intelligence
The Lakehouse is the evolution of the earlier cloud data platform in many pieces that came with “some assembly required”. All of the components are modern, mature and capable but compli…
How Does Microsoft Fabric Change the Enterprise BI Game?
Microsoft Fabric (#MicrosoftFabric), the new Unified Analytics platform, was announced this morning, literally moments before the Build Conference. Satya made the official announcement in the keyno…
Microsoft Fabric: Falling in love with SQL all over again
There’s nothing new in this blog post except for joy. Every Microsoft data platform blogger[1] has been posting about Microsoft Fabric, including how the OneLake SaaS data lake stores data in…
A very quick blog on how to import Delta Table to PowerBI Desktop, probably your first question is why ? doesn’t the new Direct Lake solve that ? Direct lake assumes the compute to be running…
Overcoming the Fear: Exploring Microsoft Fabric from a Power BI Angle
I can’t be more excited! After the first time I heard about Microsoft Fabric, it directly took my interest. Especially as I see this as a nice bridge in which the worlds of Power BI and Data …
With the release of Microsoft Fabric, ISVs and application developers using Power BI embedded can now leverage new capabilities of Microsoft Fabric, all while maintaining their Power BI embedded solutions and using the Power BI REST APIs.
In this post, we’ll discuss the value of Microsoft Fabric for embedded solutions and give you all the details on how to get started with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI embedded.
Leveraging OpenAI for Creating Compelling Sample Datasets for Microsoft Fabric and Power BI
Data analysis and visualization are key components of business intelligence, and Power BI stands as a leading platform in this domain. A pivotal part of working with Power BI involves dealing with …
Fabric decision guide - copy activity, dataflow, or Spark - Microsoft Fabric
Review a reference table and some quick scenarios to help in choosing whether to use copy activity, dataflow, or Spark to work with your data in Fabric.
