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Explicit Measures Podcast
Hosted by Mike Carlo, and Tommy Puglia, the Explicit Measures Podcast is a Power BI focused show that is like being around a Power BI Pro’s Water Cooler. With so many available resources in the community that focuses on the “how” in Power BI (how to do Drill Through, how to use DAX, etc.,), the Explicit Measures Podcast is all around the WHY. Why use a particular feature, does it make sense for my users? Build the toolset, learn the how, and then come to the Podcast to the listen to the why in…
Episodes
- Explicit Measures Podcast
396: Macros or TMDL? Power BI's new Code vs. C# Scripting
Mike & Tommy consider the current state of automation and enterprise level tooling and if they can live together. Get in touch: Send in your questions or…
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394: MAILBAG! Where Are All the Microsoft Job Listings?
You guys have been on point with sending us mailbag topics / questions! Keep it up! Mike & Tommy unpack a great mailbag on the state of the industry looking…
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393: Unpacking the new Copilot Capacity in Microsoft Fabric
Mike & Tommy run through the new release of Microsoft Fabric Copilot Capacity .... can you use it? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us…
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392: MAILBAG! Is Fabric Too Complex or Is it Too Simple?
Mike & Tommy go over an awesome mailbag question... Is Microsoft Fabric too simple for Engineers but too complex for analysts? Moreover, should Power BI even…
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391: MAILBAG! Only the Bronze Layer?
Mike & Tommy run through an awesome mailbag question focused on what if we only did bronze in Microsoft Fabric. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics…
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390: January 2025 Desktop Draft!
Mike & Tommy make a Draft for the major January 2025 Power BI Desktop updates. https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-january-2025-feature-summary/#p…
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389: Azure AI Foundry & Microsoft Fabric
With the ability to connect to Azure AI Foundry & Microsoft Fabric, the ability to connect your data has never been easier. What are the implications of this?…
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388: Microsoft Fabric SQL Databases... Now What?
Mike & Tommy run through the decision guide and choices now that Fabric SQL Databases have entered the mainstream…
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387: Power BI Core Visuals Revisited
Mike & Tommy hear back from the Core Visuals team on their previous conversation, and go over all the major changes and what to expect. -- We launched a vision…
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386: Metric Sets & Impact
Mike & Tommy review the new Metrics Sets & Hub and how it fits in Adoption. https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-metrics-sets-are-widely-availabl…
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385: Excel Migrations to Power BI are the Worst, and Goodbyes to Seth
It is a very sad day for us as Seth Bauer is bowing out of the talk game! We say our goodbyes and wish him luck, it has been amazing 4 years doing this with…
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384: Organizational Apps & Power BI
Mike, Seth, & Tommy finally talk about Power BI Organizational Apps and the impact and comparison of normal Power BI Apps. Get in touch: Send in your questions…
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383: Our Microsoft Fabric Secret Santa
Mike, Seth, & Tommy share in the holiday spirit with Fabric Gifts to each other.
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382: Microsoft Fabric OneLake Catalog & Governance
Mike, Seth, & Tommy talk governance and the new OneLake catalog and what it means for Governance. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to…
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381: The Rise of the Microsoft Fabric Notebook Engineer
Mike, Seth, & Tommy run through a great article by Daneil Beech on the rise of the Notebook Engineer…
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380: MAILBAG! Enhancing Power BI Reports - Non-User Commmentary
Mike, Seth, and Tommy dive through a great mailbag on getting feedback in a scalable way: I have built a monthly "snapshot" report that is delivered to more…
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379: MAILBAG! "Knowing Data" vs. Knowing The Data - Key Insights for a Career in Data
Mike, Seth, & Tommy go through another mailbag question measuring domain knowledge vs technical knowledge. To what extent does 'knowing data' matter versus…
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378: Filter Context Explained
Mike, Seth, & Tommy run through the news from Microsoft Ignite and discuss a visual guide to DAX Filter Context…
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377: Power BI Core Visual Updates & The Future of Visuals
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss the influx of new updates the PBI Core Visuals Team has been making and if we how inclined to move forward with the updated…
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376: Citizen Developers & Power BI as a Dev Tool
With .pbir and git intergration, along with DAX queries and modeling abilities in Desktop, when does Power BI Desktop get away from a normal pro user and into…
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375: MAILBAG! More Datamarts & Citizen Developers
We have a great reply from a listener about datamarts being essential to their team. What about preview and non-"enterprise" grade tools? Where do they fit in?…
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374: The Power of a Good Agenda
Let's be honest... We could all be better at schedules and meetings... But what makes up a good meeting, and what is the secret sauce for Business Intelligence…
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373: Domain Leaders & Roles
Should a Microsoft Fabric Domain have a Leader? When developing workspaces & domains, how are set up for success? Get in touch: Send in your questions or…
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372: New Pricing Updates to Power BI
Mike, Seth, & Tommy run through November 2024 updates and major pricing updates to Power BI licensing. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want…
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371: Is an Effective Team Crucial for Success?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss what makes up a successful business intelligence team.
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370: Opening Up OneLake for Adoption
Mike, Seth, & Tommy open up and see if opening up the ability for business users to use OneLake is the right approach. Get in touch: Send in your questions or…
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369: Mass Format & Recover Power BI Reports with Semantic Links
Mike, Seth, & Tommy tackle another great article by Kurt Buehler on how Semantic Link in Fabric Notebooks may change your life…
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368: MAILBAG! From Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Roles in Fabric
Mike, Seth, & Tommy tackle a great mailbag question around identifying when someone is ready to level up in their career working in our beautiful Microsoft…
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367: Does Medallion Still Make Sense with Microsoft Fabric?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy question and discuss the Medallion Architecture and where it stands with Microsoft Fabric. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics…
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366: Complete It or Kill It? Power BI Preview
Mike, Seth, & Tommy round robin the current Power BI & Microsoft Fabric Preview features and discuss if they should be pushed to GA or moved to a datacenter…
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365: MAILBAG! Brining in Dynamics Data Into Mirosoft Fabric
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a great mailbag around some of the gotchas of Dynamics 365 data and other CRM systems into Microsoft Fabric. Get in touch: Send in…
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364: Domains, Tags, & Workspaces
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss the governance and adoption around the new Microsoft Fabric Tags, how they align with Domains, and the organization of the 2. Get…
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363: Resources for Advanced Visuals in Power BI
Mike, Seth, & Tommy answer a mailbag on using advanced custom visuals such as Charticulator and Deneb. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want…
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362: Let's Talk Default Semantic Models
Mike, Seth, & Tommy run through the Microsoft Semantic Model that comes default with the lakehouse and the use cases. Get in touch: Send in your questions or…
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361: Gen 1 vs. Gen 2 Power BI Dataflows
Mike, Seth, & Tommy ask themselves where is the place for gen 1 dataflows in the age of Microsoft Fabric. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you…
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360: Myths, Magic, & CoPilot
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss another amazing article by Kurt Buhler on what to look for in Microsoft CoPilot…
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359: CLM Series Part 7 - Archive & Retire Content
Mike, Seth, & Tommy finalize the end of the Content Lifecycle Management series as they talk about how to get content out of production and to a farm upstate…
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358: Mailbag! Crafting Power BI Workspace Policies
We love your questions! Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss how many workspaces should be created, who should create them, and how to manage Self Service workspace…
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357: Adopting Microsoft Fabric Scenarios
Mike, Seth, & Tommy consider 3 type of organizational situations and how they would approach them to get Fabric up and running. Get in touch: Send in your…
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356: Your First 3 Months in a new BI Job
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss what makes you successful at your new dream job in the first 90 days. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to…
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355: CLM Part 6 - Support & Monitor Content
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into the Content Lifecycle Management series by Microsoft and today is all about providing support... But to who? Content Creators or…
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354: Mailbag! Power BI Self Service - Not Catching On?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy run through a great mailbag question on if personalized visuals are easily adopted: Power BI Self-Service: Personalization. I think this is…
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353: Power BI Premium is Dead - Moving Forward
Mike, Seth, & Tommy talk about a LinkedIn post about the end of Power BI Premium & moving to Microsoft Fabric. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics…
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352: Rolling out Power BI Deployment Pipelines
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a new blog article by Microsoft and the optimal way to roll out Deployment Pipelines to teams…
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351: CLM Series Part 5 - Deploy Content
Mike, Seth, & Tommy continue their Content Lifecycle Management Series all about deploy Power BI Content…
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350: Getting Your Dream Job
Mike, Seth, & Tommy share their experiences and thoughts on what makes up a dream job in Business Intelligence and how to look for it. Get in touch: Send in…
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349: Mailbag! Naming Items & Teaching Others
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an excellent mailbag question on teaching organizations the correct names of objects! Fabric's Impact on PBI Developers - Ep.336…
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348: Content Lifecycle Management Part 4 - Validate
Mike, Seth, & Tommy continue their CLM Series on validation on Power BI Content. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by…
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347: How Do You Use Microsoft Fabric?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into Microsoft Fabric Domains and best use cases. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to…
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346: MAILBAG! Sharing Reports with Free Isers
Another great question that Michael, Seth, & Tommy dive into: Hi guys! Huge fan of your podcast. My question is about sharing to users within the company that…
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345: Mailbag! What To Do for a New Opportunity
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a great mailbag on how to position yourself for a great new career change. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you…
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344: Revisiting Writeback & Microsoft Fabric
We have another excellent mailbag episode (keep 'em comin!). This one submitted by Andrew where write back, Power BI, and Fabric fit in. Get in touch: Send in…
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343: Atomic Design, Power BI, and Workflows
Mike, Seth, & Tommy reach into another great article by Kurt Buhler & SQLBI on creating an Atomic Design framework for models and reports…
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342: Exploring OneLake Explorer Use Cases
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into how the business and BI can utilize OneLake Explorer…
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341: CLM Part 3 - Develop & Manage Content
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into the 3rd part in their Content Lifecycle Management series on all about developing and managing content…
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340: The Power BI Skills Matrix in the Age of Microsoft Fabric
Mike, Seth, & Tommy return to the Power BI skills Matrix created by Seth years ago, and discuss what one would look like now. Get in touch: Send in your…
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335: Content Lifecyle Management (CLM) & Power BI Series - 1
This is the first of our every other Tuesday special, diving into the updated documentation on the Implementation Guide on Learn.Microsoft. This continues our…
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339: CLM Series 2 - Plan & Design Content
Mike, Seth, & Tommy continue their series on Content Lifecycle Management & Microsoft Fabric all around where do start? Planning!…
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338: MAILBAG! Overcoming Challenges in a CoE Rollout
Mike, Seth & Tommy discuss a new mailbag when a CoE Rollout turns a corner for the worst. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss…
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337: The 3-30-300 Rule of Reporting
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a great article by Kurt Buhler and SQLBI on a new approach to designing reports…