Accessing data between Private Link and Public Fabric Workspace using the Private Endpoint
In this blog post I show how it is possible to access data between a Private Link Workspace, where I want to read the data from my Public Workspace. An example of this is where I wanted to use a DirectLake Semantic Model sitting in my Public Workspace where the data is from data in my Private Link Workspace. Get…
Creating a Private Link in Microsoft Fabric — No Public Access
In this blog post, I am going to walk through how I created a Private Link in Microsoft Fabric so that access routes over Microsoft’s private backbone network instead of the public internet. NOTE: It is a bit of a longer blog post as there are quite a few things that need to be configured. NOTE II: In the next…
How to set up a SharePoint Folder Shortcut using Workspace Identity in Microsoft Fabric
I really think it is ideal to use a workspace identity in Microsoft Fabric. This is because not only is it secure by default but not having to manage any client secrets. It also means that it is then owned by the business, so there are no issues if a user leaves or a user password expires. In this blog…
How I Built a Full Power BI Semantic Model in Minutes Using Agentic AI and GitHub Copilot
In this second part of my blog series, I will show you how I edited the required files and then created my semantic model by using the Agentic Tools. To be transparent, I did use Claude to assist me with the initial setup steps below. This is quite a long blog post, so maybe make yourself something to drink a…
How to Set Up Agentic Semantic Model Development for Power BI Using GitHub Copilot on Windows
I was inspired and in awe after watching the video that Rui Romano posted in LinkedIn where Rui shared a video on how he used Agentic model development works 202603 AgenticE2E FabCon. It looked like all that I had to do was have the right tools to use, edit a few files and let the LLMs do the rest! In…
Setting up Power BI Version Control with Azure Dev Ops
In this blog post is a way set up version control for Power BI semantic models (and reports) using the PBIP (Power BI Project) format, Azure DevOps (Azure Repos), and VS Code. This approach treats your semantic model as readable text files (JSON/TMDL), enabling proper Git diffing, branching, merging, and collaboration—something binary .pbix files don’t support well. Prerequisites Power BI…
How to create a Power BI Semantic Model online (No need for PBI Desktop)
It has been in the service for quite a while so I thought I would blog about it in terms of how you can create a power BI semantic model simply using the web interface. This means you no longer need Power BI desktop, or a Windows PC to get going. This is quite a significant change because at times…
Restore Microsoft Items from Backup using Python & Fabric CLI
In my previous blog post I had shown you how to backup your Microsoft Fabric Items: Backing Up Your Microsoft Fabric Workspace: A Notebook-Driven Approach to Disaster Recovery – FourMoo | Microsoft Fabric | Power BI The next natural question is what happens when you want to restore one if the items that were previously backed up. In the steps…
Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse vs Warehouse 1 Billion Rows which will be faster?
My previous blog post got a lot of comments and suggestions which is great. You can view it here for reference: Microsoft Fabric: Why Warehouse Beats Lakehouse by 233% in Speed and 278% in Capacity Savings – FourMoo | Microsoft Fabric | Power BI I learnt a lot and based on the feedback people asked for me to compare the…
Microsoft Fabric: Why Warehouse Beats Lakehouse by 233% in Speed and 278% in Capacity Savings
After my previous blog post on the different semantic model options and at the same time working with a Fabric customer, it got me thinking which is faster and which consumes less capacity when ingesting data into Power BI either via the SQL Endpoint to a Lakehouse or a query from the Warehouse. Below you will find the information which…