Skills for Report Authoring in Power BI: A Conversation with Harleen Kaur (Fabric Insider Ep. 15)

We’ve already covered how AI can build and modify a semantic model using the Power BI Modeling MCP server. But building the semantic model is only half the job, someone still has to build the actual report on top of it. In this episode of Fabric Insider, I sit down with Harleen Kaur, Product Manager Read more about Skills for Report Authoring in Power BI: A Conversation with Harleen Kaur (Fabric Insider Ep. 15)[…]

Fabric CLI Explained: Install, Use, and Connect It to GitHub Copilot

There are multiple ways you can connect AI to Power BI and Microsoft Fabric. You could use MCP servers, you could use Fabric Skills, but there’s also another way: Fabric CLI, the command line interface. It’s not used as much as the other methods, but it’s quite powerful. In this post, I’ll first show you Read more about Fabric CLI Explained: Install, Use, and Connect It to GitHub Copilot[…]

PBIP, PBIR, and Making Power BI AI-Addressable: A Conversation with Rui Romano (Fabric Insider Ep. 14)

PBIX isn’t going away, but the code behind it is finally becoming something you can version, script, and hand to an AI agent without things blowing up. In this episode of Fabric Insider, I sit down with Rui Romano, Product Manager on the Power BI team within Fabric, the person behind PBIP, PBIR, and TMDL, Read more about PBIP, PBIR, and Making Power BI AI-Addressable: A Conversation with Rui Romano (Fabric Insider Ep. 14)[…]

Fabric Core MCP Server: Scan and Configure OneLake Security with AI

With the appearance of AI tools, LLMs, MCP servers, and skills, everyone these days is interested in what tool can do what. I’ve already explained the Power BI Modeling MCP server and Fabric Skills in previous videos. In this one, I’ll talk about the Fabric Core MCP server, an MCP server that gives you the Read more about Fabric Core MCP Server: Scan and Configure OneLake Security with AI[…]

DAX UDFs, Arrow REST API, and Outbound Access Protection: A Conversation with Kay Unkroth (Fabric Insider Ep. 13)

DAX UDFs just went GA, there’s a new REST API for running DAX queries at scale, and a network security feature most people haven’t even heard of yet is quietly changing how enterprises govern their semantic models. In this episode of Fabric Insider, I sit down with Kay Unkroth, Program Manager on the Power BI Read more about DAX UDFs, Arrow REST API, and Outbound Access Protection: A Conversation with Kay Unkroth (Fabric Insider Ep. 13)[…]

OneLake Updates: A Conversation with Josh Caplan (Fabric Insider Ep 12)

In this episode of Fabric Insider, I sat down with Josh Caplan, Director of Product for OneLake at Microsoft. Josh has been around this product family for a long time, starting as an intern on the Analysis Services team back in 2007, working on Project Gemini (which became Power Pivot), and joining the Power BI Read more about OneLake Updates: A Conversation with Josh Caplan (Fabric Insider Ep 12)[…]

Fabric Apps & Rayfin Deep Dive: A Conversation with Sachin Patney | Fabric Insider Ep. 11

I have written and recorded about Rayfin before, what it is, how the Data App template works, and the cost story that makes it genuinely significant. But this conversation goes much deeper. I sat down with Sachin Patney, who leads Fabric App Development at Microsoft, and by extension the team that builds Rayfin, for a Read more about Fabric Apps & Rayfin Deep Dive: A Conversation with Sachin Patney | Fabric Insider Ep. 11[…]

No-Code Power BI Report Authoring — GitHub Copilot + Fabric Skills + Power BI Desktop Bridge

AI can perform a lot of interesting tasks these days. It can check your email. It can draft an email response. And it can do many actions within the Power BI environment — including creating a complete Power BI report entirely from a prompt window, without touching anything inside Power BI Desktop. This is possible Read more about No-Code Power BI Report Authoring — GitHub Copilot + Fabric Skills + Power BI Desktop Bridge[…]

The Next Evolution of Power BI — A Conversation with Mohammad Ali | Fabric Insider Ep. 10

What is the next evolution of Power BI? Will Power BI Desktop ever become a prompt-first UI? And how do you actually decide whether you need a semantic model, an ontology, or both? I sat down with Mohammad Ali — Director of Product Management for Power BI at Microsoft, overseeing the PMs across the entire Read more about The Next Evolution of Power BI — A Conversation with Mohammad Ali | Fabric Insider Ep. 10[…]

Data Integration, Migration & the Future of ETL in Microsoft Fabric — A Conversation with Wee Hyong Tok | Fabric Insider Ep. 9

Is ETL as we know it coming to an end? What is the real migration path from ADF, Synapse, or SSIS to Microsoft Fabric? And what does AI mean for the future of the ETL developer’s career? I sat down with Wee Hyong Tok — Partner Director of Product Management for Data Integration at Microsoft, Read more about Data Integration, Migration & the Future of ETL in Microsoft Fabric — A Conversation with Wee Hyong Tok | Fabric Insider Ep. 9[…]