Best PowerBI.Tips Podcasts (2025)

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451: Lets Talk SQL & New Features 58:51

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With the major and new updates coming with the SQL Analytics Endpoint, how much should this shift our cognitive model on what SQL Endpoints mean for the organization? https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/whats-new-and-coming-soon-in-sql-analytics-endpoint-in-fabric/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621# Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want …

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450: The End of Line for Datamarts 1:02:01

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Mike, Seth, & Brad talk about the retirement of Datamarts in October and preparing for the new focus. https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/unify-datamart-with-fabric-data-warehouse?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621 Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the Pow…

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449: Lakehouse or Warehouse? 1:03:30

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Mike & Tommy are joined by Brad Schacht on the Microsoft team to see if they could get to the bottom of the issue of Lakehouses vs Warehouse. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.t…

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448: The Easier the Worse It is? Simple UI & Gotchas 1:01:52

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Mike & Tommy break down the balance between having nice, easy UI in Fabric for complex features. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday an…

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447: Translytical Is So Much More 1:00:00

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Mike & Tommy unbox the new Translytical Task Flows in Microsoft Fabric and debunk what they are, and what they are not. They are more than writeback! https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/translytical-task-flow-overview Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the has…

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446: AI In Power BI - Are We Now Ready? 1:02:12

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Mike & Tommy dive into another great article on SQLBI by Kurt Buhler and discuss what is our current state of AI, implementation for creators and consumers. https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/ai-in-power-bi-time-to-pay-attention/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailb…

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445: The Evolution & Future of the Analyst 1:06:08

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Mike & Tommy reflect once more (last time we promise!) how navigating the waters in the data space as never been more important. 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 Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page…

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444: Mailbag! Optimal Power Bi Architecture in the Fabric Era 1:08:25

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Mike & Tommy run through a GREAT question by one of our listeners on what to do with Power BI & Fabric development. In the Pre-Fabric era, as far as I know the most optimal architecture for dataset & report development was the following: 1, Collect data sources into Dataflows 2, Create shared datasets which load data from the Dataflows 3, Create re…

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443: Mailbag! Future-Proofing Excel - Dashboards to Power BI 51:21

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Mike & Tommy have a great conversation on how do we still build for Excel? Thanks for the mailbag! I’m building Excel sheets for my company to use as sales metrics dashboards. Can you talk about what would make of the ideal Excel migration strategy? I want to build in a way that makes migrating easier in the future, not harder. Get in touch: Send i…

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442: What's Up with DAX? 1:04:54

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Mike & Tommy review the relevance of DAX in the age of Fabric. Is it still #1 in Power Rankings?? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday a…

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441: What Is Your Numeracy? 1:08:21

1M ago1:08:21

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Mike & Tommy talk about requirements for the business to understand their numbers. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday mor…

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440: A Reflection of 10 Years of Power BI 1:06:12

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Mike & Tommy look back at working in Microsoft Power BI for over a decade. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at …

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439: Microsoft Fabric June 2025 Feature Draft 55:53

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Mike & Tommy run through some of the major updates from the June 2025 updates and pick their favorites. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tue…

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438: Mailbag! Who Owns the Connection? Managing and Chaos in Fabric Pieplines 56:54

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Mike & Tommy run through another great mailbag question around how to get a handle on Fabric Data Connections and working with your team. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/…

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437: Mailbag! Small Business with Power BI & Fabric 59:01

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Mike & Tommy run through a great mailbag question on how do you deal with organizations not willing to take the plunge to Fabric. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch t…

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436: Deep Dive on CI/CD Branching Strategies 1:13:25

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Mike & Tommy are joined one last time by Mathias as they talk technical process and strategy. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and T…

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435: DataOps is the Future of Power BI Teams 1:00:53

2M ago1:00:53

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Mike & Tommy are joined by Mathias as they take on a hot take about if Data Ops is the future of BI Teams. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every …

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434: Top Down & Bottom Up for DevOps 1:05:13

2M ago1:05:13

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Mike & Tommy are joined again by Mathias as they talk about running through approaches to getting DevOps started right. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episode…

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433: DevOps & You (and Your Team) (And Your Data) 1:03:13

2M ago1:03:13

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Mike & Tommy are joined by Mathias Thierbach to talk about the heck is Data Ops. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morni…

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432: Mailbag! We Just Want to View Reports 1:07:08

2M ago1:07:08

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Mike & Tommy dive into a great mailbag from a listener on simplifying the report viewing experience. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesda…

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431: What's New in Microsoft Fabric CI/CD 1:04:30

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Mike & Tommy run through the latest developments with Git, CI/CD, and Data Ops at Microsoft Build 2025. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tue…

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430: Build for Reports or Build for AI? 1:04:00

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Mike & Tommy talk about the updates to Copilot and where do Semantic Model fit in. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday mor…

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429: Shortcut Mania! All the Use Cases of Fabric Shortcuts 1:03:40

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Mike & Tommy break down all the major new updates to Microsoft Fabric Shortcuts from Build and how workflows and process are changing because of it... Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://…

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428: Unpacking Copilot Standalone for Power BI 1:08:03

3M ago1:08:03

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Mike & Tommy digest the new Copilot standalone feature in Power BI service and what a potential rollout looks like. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes li…

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427: What Microsoft Build 2025 Means for You 1:00:31

3M ago1:00:31

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Mike & Tommy break down the incredible announcements at Microsoft Build 2025 around Power BI & Microsoft Fabric and the potential implications moving forward. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: …

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426: Introducing Advanced Analytics to Organizations 46:51

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Mike & Tommy argue how to get organizations from bar charts to line charts to more "advanced analytics". Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tu…

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425: Are We Still Self Service Or Drifting Back to Corporate BI? 59:45

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Mike & Tommy dive into with all the tools and features in Microsoft Fabric, will Self Service still be a thing? Props to Marco Russo & Rui Romano for inspiration. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.ti…

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424: TMDL & VSCode 1:03:27

3M ago1:03:27

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Mike & Tommy discuss their best use cases of TMDL, Semantic Models, and VS Code. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morni…

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423: Tools in Power BI 42:19

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Mike & Tommy dive through a great article by SQLBI and Kurt Buhler on all the tools you can use outside of just Power BI. https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/tools-in-power-bi/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit P…

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422: Max Performance in Power Query 1:08:39

3M ago1:08:39

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Mike & Tommy are joined by the one and only Alex Powers again as they dive into getting the most bang for your buck in Power Query / Dataflows. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi…

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421: Power Query with Mr. Powers - Skills to Know & Learn 1:02:49

3M ago1:02:49

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Mike & Tommy are joined by the guru of the data GUI, Alex Powers! This is a head first dive into what SHOULD you know in Power Query, how far do you go down the rabbit hole, and what is the future skilling that is needed? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag o…

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420: Microsoft Fabric Half-Baked Ideas 1:04:55

4M ago1:04:55

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Mike & Tommy run through what they consider current "Half-Baked" ideas in Microsoft Fabric & Power BI and what they would do to finish the job. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi…

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419: Do We Design Lakehouses Differently Now? 1:01:49

4M ago1:01:49

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Mike & Tommy consider if the advent of Semantic Modeling changes in Power BI & Microsoft Fabric should force us to change the way we design Lakehouses. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https:/…

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418: What Does Education Look Like for a Data Scientist in the Age of Fabric? 1:04:40

4M ago1:04:40

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Mike & Tommy are joined on an episode with Ginger Grant as we conclude our series on Fabric & Data Science - does AI, Fabric, and fast moving technology change what organizations need in a data scientist? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the P…

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417: Is Now The Time for Data Scientists to Switch to Fabric? 1:03:54

4M ago1:03:54

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Mike & Tommy are joined by Ginger Grant to dive into how do we get Data Scientists into the Fabric playground. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live ev…

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416: How Much should Data Scientists Care about Power BI? 1:03:56

4M ago1:03:56

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Mike & Tommy are joined again by Ginger Grant talking about the world of Data Science & Power BI, and can the worlds collide? First half is about LLMs and Agents and now... Vibe Fabric? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast…

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415: The Future of Data Science In Microsoft Fabric 1:00:43

4M ago1:00:43

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Mike & Tommy are joined by Ginger Grant on diving into how integrated Data Science with Fabric, and where the gaps still are. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the e…

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414: DAX and Semantic Models at FabCon 58:28

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Mike & Tommy dive into a a great article by Marco Russo about what the future of DAX and Semantic Models after the FabCon announcements. https://www.sqlbi.com/blog/marco/2025/04/04/dax-and-semantic-models-announcements-at-the-fabric-conference-2025/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips wi…

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413: FabCon Rundown 2025 1:03:55

4M ago1:03:55

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Mike & Tommy try to run through all of the major announcements at the Fabric Conference in Las Vegas and making sense of it all. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch th…

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412: Giving People Their Data - Subscriptions? 55:12

5M ago55:12

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Mike & Tommy run through the relevance of Email Subscriptions and if they are still a great resource for organizations. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episode…

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411: Data Contracts & Microsoft Fabric 48:38

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Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spot…

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410: Applying Agile Development in Power BI 41:39

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Mike & Tommy discuss successes and traps for applying development processes to Business Intelligence. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesd…

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409: Mailbag! Selling a Google Shop Company Power BI 54:57

5M ago54:57

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Mike & dive through a great question on how to sell a Google Data StuTommydio (& Others) on Power BI. how can we sell PBI to a google shop company? How easy can PBI fit in a new data platform in an org? If we use google, big query etc. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag…

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408: The Fabric Toolbox Deep Dive 59:02

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Mike & Tommy run through the Fabric Toolbox on GitHub. https://daxnoob.blog/2025/03/03/fabric-tools-dax-performance-testing/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the ep…

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407: Pie Charts Are Not The End Of The World 57:46

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Mike and Tommy dive through another stellar article by Kurt Buhler on the argument for and against pie charts. 1https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/using-pie-charts-is-not-the-end-of-the-world/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podc…

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406: If I was Arun Ulag; Spending $100 on Fabric 1:05:42

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Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spot…

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405: Naming Conventions in Microsoft Fabric 1:01:59

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Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spot…

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404: MAILBAG! Managing Multiple Datasets in Power BI 1:01:14

5M ago1:01:14

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Mike & Tommy go through a question from our mailbag on how to manage multiple datasets in Power BI. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday…

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403: Discussing Composite Models In Power BI (Again) 53:37

6M ago53:37

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Where do composite models fit in Power BI with the introduction of Fabric and the growth of Managed Self Service? Mike & Tommy dive in to the state of Composite Models. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit Powe…

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402: Mailbag! Poor Data Culture & Citizen Developer 1:05:09

6M ago1:05:09

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Mike & Tommy answer a great mailbag question on what it means to be a Citizen Developer in an organization with a low Data Culture. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch…