BIFocal - Clarifying Business Intelligence
by John & Jason
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Episode 331 - Top 10 news from FabCon Europe 2026
Episode 331 - Top 10 news from FabCon Europe 2026
About this podcast
For the past several years, Business Intelligence has been the #1 top ranked IT priority for CIOs and business leaders according to Gartner. It is a very exciting time to be in the BI space, with massive investments from Microsoft in their 2016 wave of products specifically focused on this area. Not only are there major product releases on the horizon, specifically SharePoint & SQL 2016, but Power BI continues to release updates, new features, and content packs on a very regular basis.
Microsoft MVPs John White & Jason Himmelstein will attempt to keep you up to date on all of the latest and greatest BI changes every month. They will give some interesting tips & tricks, show fun features, bring on relevant guests, answer your questions, cover the News, and generally have a great time with this exciting topic.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 331 episodes
- Episode 331 - Top 10 news from FabCon Europe 2026 · 18 minThis is episode 331, recorded October 7th, 2026. Still rolling down I-44, John and Jason count down ten FabCon Europe announcements. They dig into Fabric IQ in Copilot, Project…
- Episode 330 - Catching up on August & September News · 24 minThis is episode 330, recorded October 7th, 2026. On the road from Branson to St. Louis, John and Jason count down ten July and August highlights. They cover event-driven refresh…
- Episode 329 - How Power Platform and Fabric fit together · 25 minThis is episode 329, recorded live from the European Power Platform Conference in Copenhagen, where John and Jason dig into how Power Platform and Fabric fit together. Dataverse…
- Episode 328 - Microsoft Fabric June 2026 Feature Summary part 2 · 37 minThis is episode 328, recorded live from the European Power Platform Conference in Copenhagen, where John and Jason wrap the Fabric June 2026 feature summary. GPUs come to the…
- Episode 327 - Microsoft Fabric June 2026 Feature Summary part 1 · 35 minThis is episode 327, recorded on June 8th, 2026, where John and Jason start in on the Fabric June 2026 feature summary. Build gets a recap, GitHub Enterprise lands in Git…
- Episode 326 - Microsoft Fabric & Power BI April 2026 Feature Summary · 33 minThis is episode 326, recorded on May 7th, 2026, where John and Jason break down the Power BI & Fabric April 2026 Feature Summaries — DAX user-defined functions are here in…
- Episode 325 - Microsoft Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary (Part 3) · 24 minThis is episode 325, recorded April 17th, 2026, where John and Jason dig into the Real-Time Intelligence section of the Microsoft Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary covering…
- Episode 324 - Microsoft Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary (Part 2) · 27 minThis is episode 324, recorded on April 17th, 2026, where John and Jason continue through the Microsoft Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary — the Data Science & AI rebrand with…
- Episode 323 - Microsoft Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary (Part 1) · 35 minThis is episode 323, recorded on April 16th, 2026, where John and Jason dig into part one of the Microsoft Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary — including the GA of OneLake Catalog…
- Episode 322 - FabCon Atlanta 2026 keynote recap · 46 minThis is episode 322, recorded on April 8th, 2026, where John and Jason dig into the keynote announcements from FabCon Atlanta — including SharePoint list mirroring into OneLake…
- Episode 321 - Microsoft Fabric February 2025 Feature Summary · 34 minThis is episode 321 recorded on March 3rd, 2026, where John and Jason break down the Microsoft Fabric February 2026 Feature Summary — including expanded workspace identity…
- Episode 320 - Power BI February 2025 Feature Summary · 27 minThis is episode 320 recorded on March 3rd, 2026, where John and Jason break down the Power BI February 2026 Feature Summary — including new DAX functions, improvements to Copilot…
- Episode 319 - Fabric January 2026 Feature Summary · 28 minThis is episode 319 recorded on February 6th, 2026, where John and Jason break down the Microsoft Fabric January 2026 Feature Summary — including the Osmos acquisition for…
- Episode 318 - Power BI January 2026 Feature Update · 25 minThis is episode 318 recorded on February 6th, 2026, where John and Jason break down the Power BI January 2026 Feature Update — covering the key report, model, and service…
- Episode 317 - January 2026 News catch up · 30 minThis is episode 317 recorded on January 21st, 2026, where John & Jason talk about news that came out in January 2026 for Power BI & Microsoft Fabric in the Microsoft 365 Admin…
- Episode 316 - Recap and Predictions for 2026 · 38 minThis is episode 316 recorded on December 19th, 2025, where John & Jason talk about their predictions about 2024 & how they aged into 2025 and make their predictions for 2026 for…
- Episode 315 - Fabric November 2025 Feature Summary part 3 · 39 minThis is episode 315 recorded on December 16th, 2025, where John & Jason talk about the Fabric November 2025 Feature Summary part 3 including updates to Data Warehouse, Real-Time…
- Episode 314 - Fabric November 2025 Feature Summary part 2 · 29 minThis is episode 314 recorded on December 15th, 2025, where John & Jason talk about the Fabric November 2025 Feature Summary part 2 including updates to Data Engineering & Data…
- Episode 313 - Fabric November 2025 Feature Summary part 1 · 28 minThis is episode 313 recorded on December 12th, 2025, where John & Jason talk about the Fabric November 2025 Feature Summary part 1 including updates to Fabric Platform, OneLake…
- Episode 312 - Power BI November 2025 Feature Summary · 34 minEpisode 312 - Power BI November 2025 Feature Summary by John White & Jason Himmelstein
