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In this post I want to share my thoughts about two ways to check that Power BI reports are using the right template with Azure DevOps. Like in the below diagram. I want to share my thoughts about this for various reasons. Including the fact that in my last two posts I covered both of … Read more
In this post I want to show another way to check Power BI reports are using the right template with Azure DevOps. Like in the below diagram. You can consider this a follow-up to my previous post. Where covered how you can automatically check Power BI reports are using the right report template with Azure … Read more
In this post I want to show you how you can automatically check Power BI reports are using the right template with Azure DevOps. Like in the below diagram. As far as the recommended CI/CD workflow options from Microsoft are concerned, you would implement this check as part of your development process. In order to … Read more
In this post I cover four places you can visualize data in Microsoft Fabric for various reasons. Including the fact that knowledge about these different ways can help those preparing for either the DP-600 and DP-700 exams. Most people tend to associate performing visualizations within Microsoft Fabric using Power BI. However, there are many other … Read more
In this post I cover my personal thoughts about the journey from Power View to Microsoft Fabric over the last ten years. I have been thinking about this recently due to a retro session at the Data Toboggan conference over the weekend. Which was called “Delivering Power View with SQL Server 2014 and SharePoint 2013 … Read more
In this post I cover upgrading an existing an existing Power BI Project to include the TMDL file format. Which is considered to be a more human-friendly format. Plus, how to get the pipeline provided in the Power BI Project (PBIP) and Azure DevOps build pipelines for continuous integration guide to work with TMDL. Which … Read more
In this post I cover some Power BI Project (PBIP) and Azure DevOps CI performance tests that I recently performed. Based on the Power BI Project (PBIP) and Azure DevOps build pipelines for continuous integration guide by Microsoft that is now available. Which you can use with Microsoft Fabric Git integration. It covers how you can … Read more
In this post I want to share the results of some of my initial Microsoft Fabric Git integration tests for Power BI reports. Based on tests that I performed in the public preview version of Microsoft Fabric. I have been very keen to do these tests. Due to my background with CI/CD, including the GitHub … Read more
In this post I want to cover using Azure DevOps Analytics views and Microsoft Fabric to create Sprint review dashboards. I consider this post to be a sequel to one of my post popular posts that covered using Azure DevOps Analytics views and Power BI to create Sprint review dashboards. For four very good reasons. … Read more
In this post I want to cover spreading your Power BI wings with Microsoft Fabric. Since I covered Microsoft Fabric from a SQL Server perspective in my last post. Which is part of a series of posts about spreading your SQL Server wings with the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform. You can find out more about … Read more