Everything a Fabric team sets up on both sides, the tenant settings and workspaces in Fabric and the service principal and pipeline in Azure, taught through one worked example.
Writing
Blogs, four maintained guides, a monthly newsletter and short videos on Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, all from client work.
- 82 postsBlogs
Dated posts from 2016 to 2026, newest first.
- four guidesGuides
Undated and kept current, latest review first. Each says when it was last reviewed.
- Setting up DevOps for Microsoft FabricReviewed September 2026
- Deployment patterns for Microsoft Fabric and Power BIReviewed September 2026
- Data Alchemy StudioNewsletter and videos
The same thinking as the blog, shorter and more often.
- The Fabric Alchemist newsletter(opens in a new tab)Monthly, on LinkedIn
- Fabric Field Notes on YouTube(opens in a new tab)Short videos, one setting at a time
Latest
All 82 posts- Guide · Microsoft FabricSetting up DevOps for Microsoft Fabric
- Guide · Microsoft FabricDeployment patterns for Microsoft Fabric and Power BI
Five ways work reaches production, from a single workspace to a build that deploys from a repository, with the chooser, what each one costs, and the signal that you have outgrown it.
- Guide · Microsoft FabricFabric workspace architecture patterns
Six workspace patterns, from per-user Power BI licences to a federated domain mesh, with a chooser, the trade-offs, and the point at which each one breaks down.
- Guide · Microsoft FabricA complete naming convention for Microsoft Fabric
One naming pattern covering every Fabric item type, every pipeline activity, and the variables, parameters and connections most conventions leave out.
- Blog · Microsoft FabricHow I make a semantic model Copilot-ready
A small open-source toolkit for making Microsoft Fabric semantic models Copilot-ready, rule-based descriptions, synonyms, safe renames, no AI calls.
- Blog · Microsoft FabricHow I add descriptions and synonyms to a model
A rule-based generator that adds plain-English descriptions and synonyms to a Fabric semantic model: safe, reviewable, and Copilot-ready in an afternoon.
- Blog · Microsoft FabricHow I rename a published model safely
Rename objects on a published Microsoft Fabric semantic model safely, with impact reports, DAX validation, and connected reports rewritten end-to-end.
- Blog · Microsoft FabricDirect Lake on OneLake just went GA. Here's how I'd audit and migrate.
Direct Lake on OneLake hit GA this month. The two flavours, the security shift you can't roll back, and a safe audit-validate-migrate workflow with
