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September 15, 2026
Fabric Apps can own every pixel of a data experience, and Kurt Buhler is not ready to hand them the executive dashboard. Tommy Puglia and Mike Carlo spend the hour on where a Rayfin app fits beside Power BI, and on the design system, the token bill, and the research bench a team needs before it scales.
September 2, 2026
How do I download a Power BI layout as a PBIR file from the gallery?
August 20, 2026
You will learn how the Power BI Desktop Bridge differs from its CLI, why a measure list produces a different page every time, and how to lock a spec before an agent builds anything. Mike Carlo and Tommy Puglia also cover the unsaved-state trap that lets a reload wipe edits still open in Desktop.
January 2, 2026
Mike and Tommy revisit Dataflows Gen 2 after giving it a hard time for months — and the verdict? It's actually good now. New parallelization, modern query evaluation, and smarter pricing make it a real option again. Plus, the PBIR format admin setting and creative image visual tricks.
November 12, 2025
Mike and Tommy tackle the messy reality of source control in BI—branching, merging, TMDL, save-to-folder, and whether BI teams are ready for real git workflows. Plus, the Microsoft SQL Community Conference gets announced.
June 18, 2025
Mike and Tommy are joined by Mathias Thierbach to unpack what DevOps really means for Power BI and Fabric teams — beyond just CI/CD. They cover why source control is the starting line, where automated testing fits (and why Microsoft tooling is still thin), plus how PBIR/PBIP and modern file formats unlock collaboration at scale.