Turning Reports into Actionable Applications

A Game-Changer for Governance, Safety & Modern BI Development

With Microsoft Fabric becoming the backbone of modern analytics, Microsoft introduced a certification that perfectly bridges Power BI, data modeling, analytics, and Fabric workloads the DP-600: Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate.

2025 was a year of massive evolution for the Microsoft data ecosystem, and with the rise of Microsoft Fabric as the unified analytics platform, Microsoft also introduced a fresh role-based certification designed specifically for data professionals: the DP-700 exam.

Microsoft has been steadily transforming Power BI into a developer-first, enterprise-ready analytics platform, and one of the biggest steps in that direction in 2025 is the introduction of the TMDL View in Power BI Desktop.

2025 has been a historic year for Microsoft Power BI.

From celebrating 10 years of Power BI to introducing AI-first experiences, Copilot everywhere, Fabric-first architecture, and enterprise-grade governance, this year truly redefined how organizations interact with data.

Many organizations end up creating multiple Power BI datasets / semantic models for different reports even though the underlying data is the same. This results in duplication, inconsistent reporting and inefficiencies.

The November 2025 Feature Summary is out! While everyone talks about AI, I'm diving into the features that actually matter for report builders: The "Grow to Fit" Matrix, the GA New Card Visual, and TMDL. Here is why you should care.

When you are working on Power BI, one of the fundamental aspects of building a robust data model is, defining how different tables are related to each other. This relationship determines how filters and slicers affect the data, and one of the key settings you will encounter is the Cross Filter Direction. But what does this actually mean, and how does changing it impact your report’s behaviour?

I will walk you through in this blog the feature of Cross Filter Direction in Power BI. the types of filtering relationships available, the potential effects of changing these directions, and the advantages and considerations of each approach.

Data chaos is one of the biggest hidden costs in any organization.
When your Power BI reports are slow, inaccurate, or difficult to maintain, the root cause is almost always the same: a weak or inconsistent data model.
This article shows you how to transform scattered operational data into a clean, scalable, high-performance Power BI data model the same principles used in real-world global operations.

While developing a BI report, sometimes information is spread across multiple columns and other times it is packed into rows. There are three powerful Power Query transformations come into the picture, which are Pivot, Unpivot and Transpose.

In this blog, l will walk you through what they are, why they are useful and how they different.

When you start building a report on Power BI platform, you can quickly see lines connecting tables in the Model View. It looks very simple but behind those lines lies the secret of how Power BI understands your data. What do these actually mean?

If you are working on Power BI and Fabric, probably you came across the items like Workspace and App many times. These two are seems to sound similar, you publish a report then publish it again as an App. So, what is the real difference between them?

In September 2025, I had the opportunity to attend the European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference held in Vienna, Austria. It was an inspiring event that brought together professionals, MVPs, and enthusiasts from across Europe to explore the latest advancements in Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and data analytics.

My special thanks go to Ella Murphy , the Marketing Manager of the event, for her outstanding organization and warm hospitality. I’m also delighted to share that the next European Fabric Conference will take place in Barcelona in 2026 — you can find more details here: https://www.sharepointeurope.com/european-microsoft-fabric-community-conference/

During the Vienna conference, I had the pleasure of reconnecting with Zoe Douglas, whom I first met at the inaugural European Fabric Conference in Stockholm (2024) and later at the Microsoft MVP Summit 2025. I invited Zoe to deliver an insightful session for my Meetup community, and it turned out to be a great success. You can watch the full recording of her session here:

Watch the session recording: https://www.youtube.com/@IlgarZarbaliyev

As we continue learning and sharing within the Microsoft Fabric and Power BI communities, I’d love to invite you to join my Meetup group and subscribe to my YouTube channel for future sessions, events, and tutorials:

Meetup: Azerbaijan Power BI & Microsoft Fabric Community: https://www.meetup.com/azerbaijanpowerbi-microsoftfabriccommunity/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IlgarZarbaliyev

Finally, you can access the resource file used in this article and accompanying session from the following link:

Download resources: September, 2025 Resource Files

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