dataMinds News Round up –
April 2024
Dying to know what’s new in store for Microsoft Fabric? This month, Saveen Reddygot you covered with a lot of great features, all introduced this month, including OneLake File Explorer, Autotune Query Tuning, Test Framework for Power Query SDK in VS Code, and many more!
Tip: Don’t forget to claim your free certification exam by completing the Fabric AI Skills Challenge. But hurry! The challenge only runs from March 19 – April 19 and free certs are first-come, first-served.
SQLbits 2024, Europe’s leading data conference, unfolded from March 19-23 at the Farnborough exhibition center in Hampshire, UK. With a thematic nod to aviation, attendees were immersed in a high-flying experience, navigating ‘gates’ and soaking in insights from industry experts. From cloud-native architectures to Power BI advancements, each session offered practical insights into the evolving data landscape. Beyond sessions, the conference fostered a vibrant community of networking and collaboration. Join Barry Smart as he recaps the highlights and key takeaways from SQLbits 2024.
At Build in 2023, Zoe Douglas showed an exciting vision demo of DAX query view and writing DAX queries with Copilot. In November 2023, the public preview of DAX query view released with native tooling for the powerful DAX queries. And now using DAX queries is even easier with the much-anticipated public preview of writing and explaining DAX queries in DAX query view with Copilot!
Boost your productivity in DAX query view with Copilot to write and explain DAX queries.
During the recent Microsoft Fabric Community Conference in Las Vegas, over 4,000 attendees saw a lot of demos showing how to effortlessly build a modern data platform with petabytes of data in One Lake, and then ask CoPilot to generate beautiful Power BI reports from semantic models that magically appear from data in a Fabric Lakehouse. Is Direct Lake the silver bullet solution that will finally deliver incredibly fast analytic reporting over huge volumes of data in any form, in real time? Will Direct Lake models replace Import model and solve the dreaded DirectQuery mode performance problems of the past? The answer is No, but Direct Lake does break some barriers and exceed previous limitations, and it introduces a different approach to architect enterprise-scale analytic solutions. Paul Turley got you covered!
Reliable, in-depth, and at-scale monitoring of database performance has been a long-standing top priority for SQL customers. Dimitri Furman is therefore pleased to announce the public preview of database watcher for Azure SQL, a managed database monitoring solution to help our customers use Azure SQL reliably and efficiently. Set up your detailed view of database performance, configuration and health now!
Once a change is made to a Power BI semantic model through the XMLA endpoint, it’s not possible to download the model as a .pbix file from the Power BI service. Do you want to download your semantic model as .pbix, but running into difficulties because you have incremental refresh enabled? There is a way!
The Tabular Editor team has updated their guide on how to create a .pbix from the XMLA endpoint with a C# script that fixes it for you. Check it out!
Looking for a beginner’s guide to Copilot for Microsoft 365, a comprehensive introduction to the groundbreaking AI tool reshaping how we interact with Microsoft’s suite of applications? Steve Thompson unravels the potential of Copilot for Microsoft 365, an AI-driven assistant designed to elevate your productivity, streamline workflows, and unlock new levels of efficiency in your organization. Discover how Copilot integrates deep learning algorithms with your Microsoft 365 apps, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, to provide intelligent assistance in real-time. Whether you’re drafting documents, analyzing data, or managing communications, Copilot’s capabilities are designed to enhance your work experience.
