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Can Fabric apps replace SaaS tools?

Most companies pay for separate SaaS subscriptions for pricing, HR and other internal tools. Fabric apps let you build those tools yourself, and Fabric takes care of the database, sign-in and hosting. I built a desk booking app from scratch to see how long it takes and what it costs.

4 skills Power BI developers should learn before 2027

People ask me what they should learn next in Power BI. A few years ago I'd have said more DAX, or better data modeling. Those still matter. But if I were starting this year, I'd put four other things at the top of my list. I'll go through them in the order I'd learn them, because each one makes the next one easier.

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September 2026 Power BI Update

The September update brings a good mix of new things to Power BI. There's one big preview that changes how you'll work in Power Query, and five GA features that fixed what I've been annoyed by for years. Here's what's in the September 2026 update and what I think of each one.

Custom Fonts in Power BI (and what to watch out for)

Every brand guideline I've ever been handed has a page about typography. One font for headings and one for body. Then you open Power BI, click the font dropdown, and get a list of 26 options that has nothing to do with your brand. Here is how to get your own font in a theme file, if you should or shouldn't do it and what happens to it after you hit Publish.

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Power BI Reality Check - Test it out

Learning Power BI on your own is more common than ever, but it's also easy to develop blind spots along the way. This article explores why experience doesn't always tell the full story and how a simple knowledge check can help uncover the skills you didn't know you were missing.

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Compare to Forecast Visual

Comparing actuals against multiple forecast scenarios is a common reporting challenge. Showing every scenario at once often creates clutter, while displaying just one removes valuable context. Here, we'll build an interactive Power BI visual that keeps all forecast scenarios visible while allowing users to focus on one at a time using a field parameter, dynamic formatting, and a few more visualization techniques.

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July 2026 Power BI Update - Hot Take

The July 2026 Power BI update has got its own share of interesting updates. From report-wide theming improvements and expanded conditional formatting to better report navigation and a small - but very welcome- DAX authoring enhancement, this month's release focuses on reducing repetitive work while giving report developers more control. In this post, I'll cover the reporting features that stood out the most and share a few hot takes along the way.

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Icons Studio: Customize Icons for Reports in Seconds

Icons Studio simplifies one of the most repetitive parts of report design. With hundreds of business and analytical icons, built-in customization options, and instant downloads, you can spend less time preparing assets and more time building great reports.

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The visual that shows your 80/20 instantly - the ABC Analysis

The Pareto Principle, also known as the 80/20 rule, is one of the most effective ways to identify the products, customers, or categories that have the biggest impact on your business. We will see how to build a dynamic Pareto chart in Power BI and apply ABC classification using Visual Calculations to quickly highlight your most important contributors.

Fabric Apps: Building a Data-Driven App Inside Fabric

Imagine building a modern web application that reads live Fabric data without provisioning servers, APIs, or authentication. That's exactly what Microsoft Fabric Apps (Preview) enables - bringing application development closer to your analytics platform.

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The New Power BI Authoring Skills change everything

Microsoft released Skills for Fabric - a catalog of plugins with skills and agents that cover different parts of the Power BI report development process, plus broader Fabric workflows. Planning, design, data modeling, visual building, validation, publishing. The whole chain. Lets test it!

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June 2026 Power BI Update - Hot Take

The June 2026 Power BI update is another great example of how small improvements can have a big impact on report development. From smarter visual behavior and enhanced formatting options to long-awaited quality-of-life improvements, these updates help make reports look much nicer. Let's take a closer look at what's new.

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You can now automate any Power BI visual with AI and here's how!

Building the same Power BI charts over and over is one of those tasks that eats up more time than it should. This is about how AI can bring that down to just a few minutes, on any dataset, without starting from scratch every time.

May 2026 Power BI Update - Hot Take

The May 2026 Power BI update brings a solid mix of new reporting features and improvements for report developers. While some additions introduce entirely new capabilities, others refine existing experiences and help make building polished, user-friendly reports even easier.

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Highlight any Date Range on a Line Chart

Sometimes the most important part of a trend is just a specific time period. A focus range highlights only the selected date window while preserving the rest of the chart, making comparisons much easier.

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When Every Data Point matters: Building a matrix based Visual

A unit chart (also known as a waffle / tornado chart) represents values as individual cells arranged in a matrix rather than as continuous bars. This approach makes comparisons intuitive while allowing every cell to represent a unique data point, making it ideal for interactive visualizations with hover details, and filtering capabilities.

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