Category Archives: PowerBI
The future of Microsoft Analytics is here – Welcome Microsoft Fabric!
Look back into the past of Microsoft Analytics Do you remember those good old times where it was “just” SQL Server DB-Engine, Integration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services and your Data Warehouse solution was done? And then – we … Continue reading
How to enable Microsoft Fabric in your (Power BI) tenant
During Microsoft Build 2023, Microsoft Fabric has been announced in public preview. If you want to try Fabric in your tenant, you need to enable the Fabric features in your Power BI admin portal. There are some hints in the … Continue reading
Microsoft Build 2023 – Book of News including Microsoft Fabric announcement
As with every big conference, Microsoft also published a Book of News for the Build 2023 conference Book of News: https://news.microsoft.com/build-2023-book-of-news/ Even when Build is mainly focused on a developer audience, this year Data and AI got their places in … Continue reading
Data Community Austria Day 2023 – Wir leben noch!
Usually, January is the month when we traditionally held our #SQLSatVienna / #DataSatVienna or the #DataCommunityAustria Day. It’s been a long time (a year) since we got together for a big data event in Austria. Although the covid situation in … Continue reading
Ignite 2022 – Azure Data Platform Update
It’s the week of Ignite 2022 and as in the last years, many new features and updates have been announced. It’s hard to catch up with all the tweets, blog posts and similar things so I will recall the good … Continue reading
Complete Analytics Fabric – Azure Synapse and Power Query (Power BI) better together
As a follow up of todays PASSDataCommunitySummit keynote, in which Arun Ulag mentioned a new phrase – the Complete Analytics Fabric, I would like to write more about a new option to really get a complete picture of your Azure … Continue reading
Ignite 2021 – Some of my Azure Data Highlights
This week is Microsoft Ignite 2021 week – virtual again! Three days full of content, mostly pre-recorded sessions and many announcements of new features. Microsoft published – like for some other conferences in the past – a Book of News, … Continue reading
DirectionsEMEA 2021 in Milano
Last week was a special one – I went to a conference, a real conference. 🙂 DirectionsEMEA 2021 took place at Milan from Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th October. It was a kind of unusual conference for me – No … Continue reading
SQLDays 2021 in Erding
Sie gehören zum Herbst dazu – die SQLDays der PPEDV in Erding. Traditionell in der Stadthalle in Erding und heuer auch endlich wieder in-person oder genauer gesagt als hybride Veranstaltung. Ein Teil der Teilnehmer war direkt vor Ort dabei und … Continue reading
Azure Purview – Enhanced Power BI Integration
It seems like it’s Azure Purview week – another feature enhancement made it to my Purview account. The enhanced metadata scanning for Power BI tenants. The Power BI integration in Azure Purview was there since the first public preview in … Continue reading