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Oct 22, 2025
Mike and Tommy debate the big question: should you migrate from PBIX to PBIP? They break down who benefits most from the new project format, whether it's too developer-heavy for business users, and what the migration path looks like.
Oct 17, 2025
Mike and Tommy explore the concept of 'action systems'—AI applications that don't just analyze data but take action on it. They cover the Anomaly Detector and Maps announcements from FabCon Vienna, plus OneLake diagnostics and Data Agent CI/CD support.
Oct 15, 2025
Mike and Tommy take a deep dive into Fabric's Real-Time Intelligence workload—what it is, how Eventhouses work, and why it represents a paradigm shift from batch analytics to event-driven decision making. Plus, metric sets deprecation and OneLake Table APIs.
Oct 10, 2025
Mike and Tommy explore the intersection of Data Agents and semantic models—how well-built models become the foundation for AI-powered data experiences, and what best practices look like for configuring agents that actually deliver useful answers.
Oct 8, 2025
Mike and Tommy follow up on their subscriptions episode with listener feedback and real-world use cases. They explore creative ways to use Power BI subscriptions for driving adoption, delivering data to non-technical users, and automating report distribution.
Oct 3, 2025
Mike and Tommy tackle the identity question: is Fabric a BI platform, a data engineering platform, or something else entirely? They discuss where Power BI fits in the bigger Fabric picture and whether BI professionals need to expand their skill sets. Plus, Copy Job and Dataflow Gen2 updates.
Oct 1, 2025
Mike and Tommy take a deep dive into DAX User Defined Functions—one of the biggest additions to the DAX language in years. They discuss the potential impact on model development, code reuse, and the emerging DAX library ecosystem.
Sep 26, 2025
Mike and Tommy rank Fabric features in a pyramid format—from the single most essential feature at the top to the supporting cast at the base. A fun exercise that reveals what they think matters most in the Fabric ecosystem right now.
Sep 24, 2025
Mike and Tommy recap FabCon Vienna—the big announcements, the September Fabric feature summary, the new extensibility toolkit, and calendar-based time intelligence. A packed episode covering the European conference highlights.
Sep 19, 2025
Mike and Tommy compare composite models and reusable datasets—two approaches to sharing and extending semantic models across teams. They also react to Translytical Task Flows from listener feedback in their 'Beat from the Street' segment.
Sep 17, 2025
Mike and Tommy share first impressions of Fabric Data Agents—what's promising, what's still hype, and how multi-agent orchestration with Copilot Studio fits in. Plus, smarter agent instructions and a Chicago Fabric crash course meetup.
Sep 12, 2025
Mike and Tommy tackle one of the most common Fabric questions: how do you plan and size your capacity? They walk through Microsoft's capacity planning tools, estimator, and optimization strategies to help teams right-size their Fabric investment.
Sep 12, 2025
If you had a magic wand and could add any feature to Fabric, what would it be? Mike and Tommy riff on Stephanie Bruno's LinkedIn post about dream Fabric features, sharing their own wish lists and debating what would have the biggest impact.
Sep 5, 2025
Mike and Tommy kick off their accessibility series with an overview of Power BI report accessibility—why it matters, what the standards are, and how to start building reports that work for everyone.
Sep 3, 2025
Mike and Tommy dive deep into accessibility in Power BI—methods for building accessible reports, process for adoption across teams, and practical tools like KeyTips, color contrast checkers, and Stephanie Bruno's Accessibility Checker. Part two of their accessibility series.
Aug 29, 2025
Mike and Tommy walk through the Fabric Data Warehouse roadmap—what's coming, what's already shipped, and where warehouse fits in the broader Fabric story. Plus, materialized lake views and notebook UDF integration.
Aug 27, 2025
Mike and Tommy discuss the latest Fabric Data Warehouse improvements—migration assistant, SQL endpoint refresh upgrades, snapshots, and the 'creature comforts' that make warehouse feel more like home for SQL professionals.
Aug 22, 2025
Mike and Tommy explore calculation groups in practice—one of DAX's most powerful features for reducing measure proliferation and creating dynamic calculation patterns. They reference SQLBI's deep dives and Bernat's practical blog posts.
Aug 20, 2025
Mike and Tommy discuss the evolving role of SQL in Fabric—what's new and coming soon in the SQL analytics endpoint, connecting Fabric SQL to Desktop, and whether SQL is gaining or losing ground in the modern data stack.
Aug 15, 2025
Mike and Tommy discuss the end of Power BI Datamarts—Microsoft's plan to unify datamarts with Fabric Data Warehouse. They cover what this means for current datamart users, the migration path, and whether datamarts ever found their audience.
Aug 13, 2025
Mike and Tommy explore the design considerations between Microsoft Fabric's Lakehouse and Warehouse—when to use each, where they overlap, and how to think about the decision for your organization.
Aug 8, 2025
Mike and Tommy discuss how simplified data ingestion UIs in Microsoft Fabric can lead to unexpected issues, plus Mike previews his upcoming conference talks on report visualization and CI/CD.
Aug 6, 2025
Mike and Tommy unpack translytical task flows in Power BI—a feature that goes far beyond the Gartner buzzword. Plus news on OneLake as a source for COPY INTO and a new Fabric Notebooks competition.
Aug 1, 2025
Mike and Tommy discuss SQLBI's bold claim that AI in Power BI is ready to pay attention to—driven by MCP servers that let AI agents query and control Power BI. Plus the Fabric July 2025 feature summary.