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Architecting Power BI Solutions in Microsoft Fabric

Architecting Power BI Solutions in Microsoft Fabric

By : Nagaraj Venkatesan
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Architecting Power BI Solutions in Microsoft Fabric

Architecting Power BI Solutions in Microsoft Fabric

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By: Nagaraj Venkatesan

Overview of this book

Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Power BI are used by a wide range of professionals, creating diverse and complex scenarios, and finding the right solution can be daunting, especially when multiple approaches exist for a single use case. The author distills his 17 years of experience on various data platform technologies in this book to walk you through various Power BI usage scenarios. The book is structured around Power BI usage scenarios, such as developing solutions for corporate BI reporting, self-service BI reporting, and Power BI for data scientists and independent software vendors (ISVs). Each part highlights common data issues encountered in the usage scenario, the correct approach to solve the problems, and supporting technical guidance. The chapters also introduce you to some of the latest enhancements in Power BI, such as Microsoft Fabric integration with Power BI, AI features like Copilot, Power BI Git integration, and Power BI Governance features. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to design optimal solutions using Power BI components and pick the right tool for the job, while adhering to security and performance best practices. *Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
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Part 1: Power BI Fundamentals
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Part 2: Designing Enterprise BI Solutions
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Part 3: Power BI for Business Users
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Part 4: Power BI for Data Scientists
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Part 5: Power BI for Administrators

Understanding Microsoft Fabric

In the previous chapters, we have covered the fundamentals of Power BI (in the first four chapters), and then we explored connectivity mode and intermediate data stores at length in the next two chapters. But, in this chapter, let’s take a step back and understand where Power BI fits in the overall Microsoft Analytics Platform that is Microsoft Fabric. Fabric is a modern software as a service (SaaS) analytic platform that allows us to build end-to-end analytics solutions in one place, and Power BI is one of its components. It is important to understand the components of Fabric because using the components of Fabric allows us to build efficient solutions in Power BI.

In this chapter, we will discuss the various components of Fabric and Fabric’s overall architecture. We will pay close attention to OneLake, the storage layer of Fabric, and Lakehouse and Data Warehouse components in Fabric. We will also cover a special data connectivity mode...

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