Solving Problems using Data. Fan of Open AI, Machine Learning, Business Intelligence, Big Data, Open Data, & Healthcare Analytics. Work @Microsoft.
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New post on Snowflake and Fabric (Power BI) integration options. Covers Lakehouse, SQL endpoints, Real-Time, etc. gregbeaumont.com/2025/11/18/…
#MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #Snowflake
Fabric Semantic Models enable good math with agentic solutions in AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Data Agents & Power BI Copilot. Recorded version of my #SQLSatMN 2025 presentation: youtu.be/FMZyHeyjM1w #powerBI #microsoftfabric #CopilotStudio #M365Copilot
New post of options to share Lakehouse data amongst DataBricks, Snowflake, and Microsoft Fabric. Reduce data replication, optimize costs, reduce latency, accelerate project success.
gregbeaumont.com/2025/09/04/…
#snowflake #databricks #MicrosoftFabric
A single Microsoft Fabric Notebook deploys a 276M row solution to your Lakehouse with ELT Spark Notebooks, a Pipeline, a Direct Lake Semantic Model, & a Power BI report in less than an hour. The real open data from CMS is great for education and demos: github.com/isinghrana/fabric…
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This morning, I was 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 😲 (not kidding) to hear that there are consulting firms suggesting that data be moved out of semantic models to achieve a better consumption experience with LLMs.
Really?
What a lie.
Don't listen to my words. I have a vested interest in Power BI semantic models.
Hear what a lie this is, straight from Rob Collie in his podcast (linked below - if you don't have much time, go straight to 26:30).
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝐿𝐿𝑀 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝐵𝐼 𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑙.
If you heard stories like "consulting firms suggesting to get all data out of Power BI semantic models", please write your story in the comments. I understand competition, but I cannot justify lying to customers. Rob Collie has already expressed my thoughts, so I don't need to add anything else; I agree with him.
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Azure AI Foundry Agents can use natural language so that LLMs can query Microsoft Fabric Data Agents for good math over large data volumes, video to set up: youtu.be/yQkbd1f6JFk #MicrosoftFabric #AIFoundry #OpenAI #DataAgents
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We have now updated our MS Learn documentation on Direct Lake to include information on the new Direct Lake on OneLake option that was announced earlier this month at FabCon.
#PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fa…
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Starting today, memory in ChatGPT can now reference all of your past chats to provide more personalized responses, drawing on your preferences and interests to make it even more helpful for writing, getting advice, learning, and beyond.
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Spark Autoscale (Serverless) billing for Apache Spark in Microsoft Fabri... youtu.be/JpSFeFDFLso?si=hCzJ… via @YouTube
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Functions everywhere in #MicrosoftFabric Data Warehouse — and yes, you can now call UDFs written in #Python 🐍🔥
User-Defined Functions might just be my favorite #FabCon announcement! 🙌
blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en…
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#MicrosoftFabric Mirroring over a Private Endpoint with a VNet Data Gateway!?! Yes you can & @SQLBalls shows you how!
Link: youtu.be/YMWySj-x660
cc @BradleySchacht @JoshLuedeman @DBABullDog @neeraj_jhaveri @nodestreamio
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The team worked a long time to make this a reality for folks - so excited it is finally here!! True serverless billing for Spark in Fabric!
Introducing Autoscale Billing for Spark in Microsoft Fabric blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en… via @MSFabric
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Omw to #FabCon to join ~6,500 others for 3 days to go deep into #MicrosoftFabric. For a product that's just 15 months post GA, it is crazy FabCon will be the second largest conference that Microsoft hosts this year. I had a chance to talk to @patrickdba and Swetha Mannepalli about how Fabric came about, including how we landed on the rights to the name OneLake 😀
youtu.be/_aueRDPpZHM?si=7I8g…
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Oh, what's this? A new release of #TabularEditor 2? That's right friends, you are not forgotten! A few minor improvements and of course an AS client library update (which was certainly overdue):
github.com/TabularEditor/Tab…
#DAX #SSAS #AzureAS #PowerBI
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Attending #FabCon 2025? Want to join us during the conference? Here is where we will be! Come up and say hi! aka.ms/fabcon #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI
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Do you have questions for the #Fabric #DataWarehouse team? This is your chance!
Wednesday March 26 at 11:30 AM ET on the insanely awesome Fabric Reddit community! (Click "Remind me" on the post.)
Hi! We're the Fabric Warehouse team - ask US anything!
reddit.com/r/MicrosoftFabric…
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Brutally Honest BI - with Christopher Finlan xitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1DXxyqnYN…
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📢🔴 Join us live as we answer your questions about #PowerBI & #MicrosoftFabric! | Saturday, March 22nd @ 9:30am Central 🔴📢
Note: US is in Daylight Savings - check your time!
Join live on YouTube - guyinacu.be/live164
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Last reminder!
Wow, just 8 days from @MSFabricconf!
Join Peri Rocha and me next Saturday for our full day workshop on #Fabric Data Warehouse! I'll bring the demos and labs. You bring a friend and a computer.
Modern Data Warehousing on Microsoft Fabric
fabricconf.com/#!/workshop/E…
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DeepSeek R1 is now live on Azure AI Foundry and @GitHub. Experience the power of advanced reasoning on a trusted, scalable AI platform with minimal infrastructure investment. Learn more: msft.it/6016UVP9a #AzureAIFoundry