February 4, 2026
497 Instructions for AI: Get the Data
Give the AI instructions, get data, put it here. Build the pattern in different tools and test them all in minutes.
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10 posts
January 7, 2026
Our Fabric Resolutions – Ep. 491
Mike and Tommy share their 2026 Fabric resolutions — from doubling down on Power BI embedding and data warehouses to validating AI-generated code and building custom workloads. Plus, Microsoft acquires Osmos to bring agentic AI to Fabric data engineering.
September 12, 2025
The Fabric Magic Wand – Ep. 458
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.
August 29, 2025
Looking at the Warehouse Roadmap – Ep. 454
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.
August 27, 2025
Creature Comforts of Data Warehouse – Ep. 453
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.
August 15, 2025
The End of the Line for Datamarts – Ep. 450
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.
May 28, 2025
What Microsoft Build Means For You – Ep. 427
Mike and Tommy unpack Microsoft Build 2025 announcements through a practical lens — from open mirroring and SQL database tooling to the new standalone Copilot for Power BI. The main topic: a role-play exercise on how you'd actually roll out Copilot standalone in your organization.
April 9, 2025
FabCon Rundown – Ep. 413
Mike and Tommy break down the biggest announcements from FabCon 2025, covering agentic AI capabilities, new warehouse functions, and metadata-driven lakehouse patterns. They also spotlight the Power Designer Workload and Entelexos for Power BI Embedded.
February 12, 2025
Semantic Link Labs Updates & Scenarios – Ep. 397
Mike and Tommy break down what’s new in Semantic Link Labs and why it’s becoming a go-to toolkit for automating Fabric and semantic model workflows with notebooks. They share practical scenarios—from incremental refresh policy updates to operational monitoring—so you can move faster while keeping governance in mind.
September 29, 2023
SQL in Fabric – Ep. 254
Ep. 254 explores what ‘SQL in Fabric’ really means—from querying Delta tables in OneLake to the practical gotchas of building lakehouse-style pipelines. You’ll hear why the storage/compute split matters, what it changes compared to Synapse-era patterns, and where Excel-first teams still hit friction.