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<p>We are happy to announce the preview version roll out for usability improvements for lookups in Unified Interface this week. These improvements have largely come from direct feedback we’ve re…

<p>Announcing some great improvements that are now available globally in the Power Platform Admin center.</p>

<p>In this blog post, we will take low performing conference app and apply few of those optimization techniques to substantially improve performance.</p>

<p>Looking for a way to automate backing up your PowerApps for non CDS environments? Here is a post on how, along with a good administration scenario.</p>

<p>Welcome the SetFocus function to Canvas apps!  You’ve got data to enter.  Get it done fast by having the app position the cursor in the input field where we should be…

It is easy to get Power BI to show only compeleted months of data. Read my article explaining a dynamic DAX formula that filters out part completed months.

The DAX functions CONVERT and REMOVEFILTERS were introduced in August 2019. This blog post shows what they do.

The purpose of this article is to outline a set of guidelines and recommended practices for managing Microsoft Power BI projects. This guide is primarily focused on the work performed by the IT-ma…

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to participate in the Microsoft Business Application Summit this year – but luckily we can watch all the session via But that would mean I had to leave Power BI De…

Following on from my last two posts on Power Query performance, I thought I would write about another trick that can make a big difference to your query execution times. It’s actually something tha…

My business has had a massive data overhaul in the last 18 months, with all of it being supported by Power BI with SQL server backend. I wanted to detail here my experience with going from literally nothing, to full use of Power BI, what problems we encountered, and how PBI and the Community helped ...

There are two functions in DAX that return the list of values of a column: VALUES and DISTINCT. This article describes the difference between the two, expla

There are some field properties in Power BI such as formatting, which is obvious to use. However, some configurations on the field level, such as Data Category, is not very well known. Data Category is a configuration that can be helpful in multiple visualizations, In this short article, I'm explaining how to use this option…

Today, I am thrilled to announce the release of custom branding for the Power BI service. Now you can change the look and feel of the Power BI service to match your corporate theme with just a few clicks!

As we rolled out the preview of Shared Datasets and the new Build permission, we received feedback that our limitations on export of summarized data from a visual are overly restrictive. We are adjusting our approach based on your feedback. Specifically, we will allow users with the Read permission to export summarized data from a visual. 

A brand new product by Microsoft called Azure Data Share was recently announced. It is in public preview. To explain the product in short, any data which resides in Azure storage can be securely sh…

Already the fifth week in a row posting a blog! A new record for me! This time it is all about ensuring a consistent context. The fifth blog out of seven as part of the storytelling blog series. In…

Using disconnected tables in Power BI - An overview from BlueGranite's August session of Power BI Office Hours

August release of Gateway

Here’s a process that allows you to add a password input box to your Power BI report. DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT use this for sensitive data.

To reduce the amount of clutter within your browser while building apps, we’ve introduced an option to open the modern view and form designers inline. This is just our first step in providing makers with a modern workspace experience.

Another exiting new update in AI Builder is Form Processing. With for Processing you able to train the model with forms you have and AI builder able to detect each session of the form and the related values. This feature is so exiting form as for 5 years I am one of the organizer of…

Fourth topic in the storytelling blog series is about an interactive experience. Interactive experience can be implemented in many ways. In this blog I will highlight why interactivity is important…

Our August release has another hotly anticipated feature from the Microsoft Business Application Summit, grouping. Grouping in reports, similar to PowerPoint’s grouping, lets you easily organize groups of visuals to move and resize them as a set. This month’s release also has some updates to our newest features, such as a icon set picker for our newly added icons conditional formatting and measure support for key influencers.

This announces canvas app guest access is available in public preview.