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Here are photos of each city where I had #RADACAD #training #course on #Microsoft #Fabric and #PowerBI plus #workshop #Preconference conference presentations. #FabricatingTheWorldOneCityAtATime 16 cities, 17 events These are only public in-person courses. They do not include those private sessions that I ran for customers (which are much more than this), the speaking gigs at user groups, data Saturdays, and conferences. Including those all would not fit in one post. I met many wonderful people in this #WorldTour, and I am thankful for each one of them making their way to my courses. It is not finished yet. I am still on conference trips in the USA and working on the upcoming #Difinity conferences in #Auckland and #Sydney

Context Engineering Is THE Skill to Learn: Amir Netz | Fabric Insider Ep. 26 I asked the mastermind behind Microsoft Fabric and Power BI about: 🔧 CI/CD in Fabric ⚡ How Fabric F0 works 🧠 The role of Ontology next to a semantic model 🤖 Using AI the right way to build the medallion architecture 🔐 Security rules in Mirroring 🚀 The Osmos acquisition 📊 Fabric App and the future of Power BI reporting 🏢 Fabric IQ, Microsoft IQ and AI employees youtu.be/GcVE3potwno #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #FabricInsider #AmirNetz #ContextEngineering #FabricIQ #MicrosoftIQ #AIAgents #Ontology #SemanticModel #DataEngineering #Mirroring #CICD #AI #RADACAD

Is Power BI Reporting Dead? How It Changed in the Era of AI 🎬 Hand-built reports are no longer the only front end. AI can build and maintain the app, and you can ask Claude or Copilot questions straight against the semantic model. Power BI is not dead. The semantic model has never mattered more. youtu.be/EYfBgV1TAKs #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #AI #SemanticModel #FabricApps #PowerBIReporting #AIAgents #MCP #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #PowerBICareer #AgenticAI #DataAndAI #FutureOfWork #RADACAD

Fabric Platform Updates and the Future with Kim Manis | Fabric Insider Ep. 25 🎙️ Should Power BI and Fabric developers be scared for their jobs in the AI era? I asked @kimmanis , CVP of Product for Fabric and Power BI. We also cover Copilot vs Skills and MCP, capacity management, governance, policies and deployment plans. youtu.be/kWoBNvKGFT0 #FabricInsider #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #KimManis #FabricCopilot #CapacityManagement #DataGovernance #WorkspaceMonitoring #FabricPolicies #DeploymentPipelines #AIAgents #DataAndAI #FabricAdmin #AICareer #RADACAD

Microsoft IQ Explained: Work IQ, Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ and Web IQ 🎬 AI went from chat, to doing the work, to working on its own. Microsoft IQ is a step toward an AI workforce in your organization, made possible by context engineering. youtu.be/eHoIIS2DrBQ #MicrosoftIQ #WorkIQ #FabricIQ #FoundryIQ #WebIQ #ContextEngineering #AIAgents #AIWorkforce #AgenticAI #MicrosoftFabric #MicrosoftAI #DataAndAI #EnterpriseAI #AIStrategy #RADACAD

I'm glad that I could do a second interview with Shireesh Thota, but this time with a proper setup. 🎙️ Fabric Insider Ep. 24: Azure database or Fabric database? Cosmos DB, migration, Hyperscale cost, Database hub and AI 👇 youtu.be/hicWLIPjdhw #MicrosoftFabric #FabricInsider #FabricDatabase #AzureSQL #CosmosDB #SQLServer #Hyperscale #Databases #AI #AgenticAI #DataEngineering #PowerBI #MicrosoftAzure #DataProfessionals #RADACAD

Claude can now answer questions from your Power BI model. 🤖 This week's RADACAD newsletter: Fabric IQ MCP Server, Export vs Analyze in Excel, Fabric Insider Ep. 23 with Arun Ulag and Ep. 22 on Medallion Architecture, plus events and Fabric updates 👇 radacad.activehosted.com/ind… #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #FabricIQ #Claude #MCP #AI #Excel #FabricInsider #MedallionArchitecture #Difinity #PowerBIandFabricSummit #SemanticModel #DataAnalytics #Newsletter #RADACAD

AI is not just for developers. 🤯 Business users can now ask Claude questions and get answers from governed Power BI data, using the Fabric IQ MCP Server. Entra ID setup and full demo in my new video 👇 youtu.be/xbZFtZHBmE8 #MicrosoftFabric #FabricIQ #PowerBI #Claude #MCP #AI #SemanticModel #DAX #EntraID #BusinessIntelligence #DataAnalytics #GenerativeAI #AIAgents #DataGovernance #RADACAD

After 22 Fabric Insider episodes, I interviewed the person leading Microsoft's data strategy: @arunulag , EVP at Microsoft. 🎙️ Recorded at FabCon Barcelona, with full studio equipment. Fabric vs Databricks and Snowflake, Fabric App and Power BI, Fabric IQ, and career advice in the AI era. youtu.be/l-V5sD0Tiw4 #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #FabricInsider #ArunUlag #FabCon #FabConEurope #FabricIQ #FabricApps #Databricks #Snowflake #DataStrategy #AI #DataAnalytics #CareerAdvice #RADACAD

Export to Excel is the most expensive button in Power BI. 📉 Offline, no RLS, row limits. Analyze in Excel is live, secure, and works on the full semantic model. Demo + how to control who uses which: 🎥 youtu.be/99CjFh91vJE 📖 radacad.com/say-no-to-export… #PowerBI #Excel #AnalyzeInExcel #ExportToExcel #SemanticModel #RowLevelSecurity #PowerBIGovernance #SelfServiceBI #DataGovernance #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBITips #DataCommunity #RADACAD

Lakehouse or Warehouse? Wrong question. In Fabric Insider Ep. 22, @SidneyCirqueira and I go deep on Medallion Architecture in Microsoft Fabric: workspace patterns, one-job-per-layer, permissions, CI/CD, and whether your Semantic Model can be the Gold layer. youtu.be/SGMBKAE3nd0 #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #MedallionArchitecture #DataEngineering #FabricInsider #DataArchitecture #DataWarehouse #DataLakehouse #OneLake #DataGovernance #CICD #SemanticModel #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #RADACAD

Cut Fabric Costs, Connect Claude, and Go Deep on Warehouse Security 📬 This week's newsletter: 9M YouTube views, a GPU benchmark going from 682s to 11s, and Microsoft's biggest Fabric announcement week of the year. radacad.activehosted.com/ind… #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #FabConBarcelona #DataPlatform #AzureData #DataEngineering #MicrosoftFabricCommunity #FabricInsider #DataAI #BusinessIntelligence #AzureSQL #DataWarehouse #Newsletter #CloudComputing #RADACAD

Wow, woke up to see this. 😲 9,000,000 views on the RADACAD YouTube channel. Such a milestone, and I'm genuinely humbled. 🙏 Some years ago when Leila Etaati and I started this channel, it was just meant to be a few explainer videos to go alongside our blog. We weren't consistent with publishing for a long time, it's only recently that I pushed myself to actually show up regularly. 📈 Seeing it reach this number because of that is incredibly rewarding. Thanks to YOU 💙, whoever you are, wherever you are, if you've ever watched one of our videos. I hope it made a difference in your job and your life, and I hope I get to meet you in person someday. 🤝 And fittingly, this happened the same week as FabCon Barcelona. 🎉🇪🇸 Link to the channel will be in the comments 👇 #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #YouTube #FabConBarcelona #ContentCreation #DataCommunity #MicrosoftMVP #DataEngineering #DataPlatform #Milestone #RADACAD #Gratitude #FabricInsider #BusinessIntelligence #DataAI

You're probably paying full price for Fabric capacity 100+ hours a week when nobody's using it. New video: how to run F2 24/7 for ETL, then auto-scale to F8 only during business hours, using Azure Automation + PowerShell. No extra licensing cost, often cheaper than a reserved contract. youtu.be/7RArgGaRlCA #MicrosoftFabric #FabricCapacity #PowerBI #CostOptimization #AzureAutomation #PowerShell #FabricLicensing #FinOps #DataPlatform #AzureData #CloudCost #DataEngineering #FabricAdmin #MicrosoftFabricCommunity #RADACAD

Fabric Data Warehouse Deep Dive: Polaris & GPU Acceleration | Ep. 21 | Joanna Podgoetsky 🏭 New video is live now! Polaris engine internals, GPU-accelerated queries, configurable retention, Custom SQL Pools, and what every Fabric admin should be monitoring but probably isn't. Watch: youtu.be/tyw4r-MBGoc #MicrosoftFabric #FabricDataWarehouse #Polaris #SQL #FabricInsider #DataEngineering #GPU #Databricks #MicrosoftMVP #BusinessIntelligence #DataAnalytics #DataWarehouse #FabricUpdates #RADACAD

Connecting Claude to Fabric, Smarter Refreshes, and the OneLake Security Deep Dive 📰 This week's newsletter is out! Connect Claude to Microsoft Fabric via MCP, refresh only one table in a semantic model, Fabric Insider Ep. 19 with Nellie Gustafsson on conversational analytics, and Ep. 20 with Aaron Merrill on OneLake security. Full roundup: radacad.activehosted.com/ind… #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #Claude #MCP #OneLakeSecurity #ConversationalAnalytics #SemanticModel #FabricInsider #DataGovernance #FabricUpdates #BusinessIntelligence #DataAnalytics #Difinity #PowerBISummit #RADACAD

Connect Claude to Microsoft Fabric Using the Fabric Core MCP Server (Full Setup) 🔌 New video is live now! Full Entra ID app registration, redirect URI, permissions, and adding the MCP server in Claude, then examples of what becomes possible once connected: listing workspaces, listing items, auto-documenting semantic models and reports. Watch: youtu.be/iIsCR0F-Epo #MicrosoftFabric #Claude #MCP #PowerBI #AIAgents #EntraID #NoCode #LearnFabric #PowerBICommunity #BusinessIntelligence #DataEngineering #Automation #MicrosoftMVP #FabricCoreMCP #RADACAD

OneLake Security Deep Dive: RLS, CLS, OLS & AI Agents | Fabric Insider Ep. 20 | Aaron Merrill 🔐 New video is live now! RLS, CLS, and OLS explained, syncing security rules from Snowflake and Databricks, and OneLake security skills for agentic AI. Watch: youtu.be/tgdhUAgApOc #MicrosoftFabric #OneLake #RowLevelSecurity #DataSecurity #DataGovernance #FabricInsider #AIAgents #Snowflake #Databricks #MicrosoftMVP #BusinessIntelligence #DataEngineering #FabricUpdates #PowerBI #RADACAD

Conversational Analytics, Smarter Refreshes, and the AI Functions Reshaping Fabric 📰 This week's newsletter is out! Refresh only one table in Power BI, date table methods compared, Fabric Insider Ep. 19 with Nellie Gustafsson on conversational analytics, and Ep. 18 with Jovan Popovic on AI Functions in the Data Warehouse. Full roundup: radacad.activehosted.com/ind… #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #ConversationalAnalytics #AIFunctions #DataWarehouse #SemanticModel #DateTable #FabricInsider #DataEngineering #Copilot #BusinessIntelligence #DataAnalytics #Difinity #PowerBISummit #RADACAD

How to Refresh Only One Table in a Power BI Semantic Model (Full Guide) 🔄 New video is live now! Data, Schema, or Data+Schema refresh, manual table refresh in Desktop, and using a Fabric Pipeline's Semantic Model Refresh activity to refresh one table or even one partition on a schedule. Watch: youtu.be/KDPraS11J-Y #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #SemanticModel #DataRefresh #FabricPipeline #PowerBITips #IncrementalRefresh #DataModeling #LearnPowerBI #PowerBICommunity #BusinessIntelligence #DataAnalytics #Automation #PowerBIService #RADACAD

Conversational Analytics in Fabric: Semantic Models Matter More With AI | Fabric Insider Ep. 19 💬 New episode is live now! I sit down with Nellie Gustafsson from Microsoft on why the semantic model matters more, not less, with AI, Copilot-ready best practices, and where Fabric Data Agents fit versus Copilot chat. Watch: youtu.be/RSfhvRLyWwE #MicrosoftFabric #ConversationalAnalytics #FabricIQ #Copilot #PowerBI #SemanticModel #FabricInsider #AIAgents #DataAgent #FabricUpdates #MicrosoftMVP #BusinessIntelligence #DataAnalytics #M365Copilot #RADACAD