Can 'Build Once, Use Anywhere' Be Realized? — Microsoft Joins Snowflake and the Semantic Layer Standard 'Apache Ossie'

Microsoft has joined the semantic layer standardization project 'Apache Ossie,' initiated by Snowflake. The goal is to 'model ...
CIO

Microsoft rewires AI’s context layer for business

Presenting new capabilities for Fabric, Power BI, OneLake, and Azure SQL, the company took the stage in Barcelona to outline how its customers can connect data, business context, and AI to fuel the ...
OfficeChai

DirectQuery vs. Import Mode: Which Works Better for Power BI Dashboards?

A Power BI dashboard can look identical whether it uses DirectQuery or Import mode, but the experience behind it can differ ...
Chris Webb's BI Blog

Monitoring The Impact Of Full-Text Indexing On Semantic Model Refresh In Power BI

So, to test it myself, I added a full-text index to a column containing street names (so therefore fairly short strings) in a semantic model containing data from my favourite public data source, the ...
Analytics Insight

Best AI Tools to Analyze Data in 2026: Top 10 Picks

AI tools combine dashboards, natural language queries, and predictive modeling for faster insights based on real-time ...