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January 15, 2025
Mike and Tommy unpack what OneLake security and data access roles mean for real-world Fabric governance—especially when your data lives behind shortcuts. Then they zoom out to Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry announcements and talk through what it could mean for building AI-enabled apps on top of trusted data.
June 7, 2024
Microsoft’s Fabric/Power BI security whitepaper consolidates the knobs and patterns admins need. The team discusses why it matters, what to skim first, and how it helps in “hard conversations” with IT.
October 20, 2023
Ep. 260 breaks down Microsoft Fabric workspace roles (Admin/Member/Contributor/Viewer) and how to assign them with least-privilege in mind—so teams can build fast without turning every workspace into an admin free-for-all.
September 22, 2023
Ep. 252 clarifies the analytics job-title soup—data engineer, analyst, BI developer, analytics engineer, and data scientist—by mapping each role to the real deliverables your Power BI workflow needs. The crew shares how to set ownership boundaries so modeling, security, and reporting don’t fall into the cracks.
September 20, 2023
Ep. 251 focuses on where AI genuinely helps (and where it doesn’t) in a BI workflow—turning vague questions into clear requirements, accelerating DAX and documentation, and improving communication—while staying realistic about security, governance, and hallucinations.
September 15, 2023
Ep. 250 tackles the practical question every Fabric team hits fast: what belongs in OneLake, and how do you decide the right boundaries for lakehouses, workspaces, and semantic models. Mike, Tommy, and Seth break down the OneLake vs. lakehouse naming confusion, then land on governance-first patterns that keep shared dimensions, security, and reuse from turning into a data swamp.
August 30, 2023
Moving a Power BI solution from your laptop to the cloud isn’t just ‘Publish’—it’s gateways, credentials, refresh, and ownership. In Ep. 245, Mike, Tommy, and Seth map the operational checklist that keeps a dataset reliable once it leaves Power BI Desktop.