Category: Power BI

Microsoft Fabric Pipeline Nightmare! What Went Wrong?

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Got your Data Factory Pipeline set up to run Notebooks in Microsoft Fabric? When you run them, it fails! What happened? What step did you miss? Patrick goes through his scenario and how to fix it!

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What is an Unmanaged Tenant in Entra ID with Microsoft Fabric / Power BI

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What happens when you sign up for Microsoft Fabric and you are the first for your organization? Adam dives into an unmanaged Entra ID tenant / directory so you can understand!

What is Microsoft Entra ID?
https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/fundamentals/whatis

Quickstart: Create a new tenant in Microsoft Entra ID
https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/fundamentals/create-new-tenant

What is self-service sign-up for Microsoft Entra ID?
https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/users/directory-self-service-signup

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Keep your secrets SAFE in Microsoft Fabric and Azure Key Vault

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You don’t want to store your secrets in plain text! Patrick walks you through how you can store your secrets in Azure Key Vault and then leverage them within a Microsoft Fabric Notebook.

NotebookUtils (former MSSparkUtils) for Fabric – Credentials utilities
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/data-engineering/notebook-utilities#credentials-utilities

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🔴 Microsoft Power BI / Fabric Q&A – LIVE (Jan 11, 2025) (Member Chat 2nd Half)

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Join us live as we answer your questions about Power BI & Microsoft Fabric! Get your questions in the chat early as we don’t get to all of them.

💥 30 minutes: Open Q&A (Public)
💥 Then… Members Only Chat (Public can watch & Super Chat for Questions)

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How to understand large code bases for applications quickly

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Explore how an AI-first development workflow can transform the way you build, understand, and manage complex applications. In this video, you’ll see a live demonstration of using cutting-edge tools like WindSurf and ChatGPT to quickly get to grips with extensive codebases—even if you haven’t written a single line of code yourself.

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Your Microsoft Fabric Is a Mess Without DOMAINS!

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Have you been using Domains? They are a great way to organize items within Microsoft Fabric and to allow delegation of tenant settings. Adam shows you what they are all about!

Fabric domains
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/governance/domains

Best practices for planning and creating domains in Microsoft Fabric
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/governance/domains-best-practices

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OneLake Integration for Power BI Semantic Models

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Want your Power BI Semantic Model data within OneLake? You may not have to rebuild anything. Patrick looks at how you can just integrate imported models directly into Microsoft Fabric OneLake!

OneLake integration for semantic models
https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/enterprise/onelake-integration-overview

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Tracing your Power BI Report

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Is your Power BI report taking too long? Are you curious about breaking down report rendering vs DAX query duration but don’t have Performance Analyzer from the service perspective? Adam shows you how you can trace your report in the service!

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Introducing Prompt Array – a new prompt; creation, library & collaboration tool

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Discover how to streamline your AI prompt management with PromptArray. In this video, you’ll see how to store, organize, and reuse prompts across multiple AI tools—from ChatGPT and Claude to emerging development platforms. Learn how to quickly create prompt groups, access community templates, and even chain prompts together for more complex workflows. PromptArray helps ensure you get high-quality results by crafting detailed, reusable prompts and keeping them all in one place. It’s a straightforward way to elevate your AI-driven projects and save time on repetitive tasks.

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Rebinding your Power BI Report with Semantic Link Labs

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Maybe you are moving from Dev to Production, or you migrated your Power BI Semantic Models to Direct Lake. Now you need to repoint the reports to the new model. Patrick shows you how with Semantic Link Labs.

Semantic Link Labs
https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-link-labs

Use the Power BI Rebind API to move from cached to Azure AS
https://youtu.be/wjOLp4E5K4Q

Switch a Power BI Report’s dataset without needing Premium!
https://youtu.be/X_1tBbPwBMg

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🔴 Microsoft Power BI / Fabric Q&A – LIVE (Dec 14, 2024) (Member Chat 2nd Half)

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Join us live as we answer your questions about Power BI & Microsoft Fabric! Get your questions in the chat early as we don’t get to all of them.

💥 30 minutes: Open Q&A (Public)
💥 Then… Members Only Chat (Public can watch & Super Chat for Questions)

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