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Hi
We hope you are doing well. It is almost the end of the year, RADACAD's world tour of Power BI and Microsoft Fabric training course came to a close this week. The agenda for the Power BI & Fabric Summit, the biggest and most popular virtual event of the year in this subject area, is now available, featuring over 150 speakers. The Difinity conference in three cities in ANZ was a huge success. We also have some new blog articles and videos that help you with Power BI and Fabric work. Let's get into all of that in today's newsletter.
Cheers
RADACAD
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You can create a shortcut from Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse to OneDrive or SharePoint. The shortcut gives you access to the files in OneDrive and SharePoint without copying them. The files can then be used simply like regular files in OneLake. Watch this video to learn how it works.
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You can get the size of each column in a Power BI semantic model in multiple ways. In this video, you will learn how to use the DAX Query view and the INFO functions to get this information from a model's metadata. Finding the size of consumption helps identify ways to reduce it, resulting in better performance in Power BI.
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Did you know that Microsoft Copilot is available while you want to write code in Microsoft Fabric Notebook? This is specifically helpful when you want to write data engineering or data science code. In this video, you will learn how Copilot can help write Python code for machine learning.
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If your table visual in the Power BI report doesn't fit into the width of the visual, or if it fits in a way that it cuts your numbers, then you can enable or disable it. Watch this short video to learn how to make this change and have a better data visualization.
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In-Person Fabric and Power BI Courses: The World Tour 2025: Wrap up
We are pleased to wrap up RADACAD's Power BI and Microsoft Fabric world tour for 2025 with the last course finished this week in Sydney. It was an amazing experience, and we loved the fact that so many of you are well on your track to utilize and learn Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.
We look forward to seeing you in the 2026 training series. Stay tuned for the date announcements for 2026 classes.
Here are some feedback from this round of training;
- Enthusiastic and intense, it’s been an incredible three days, covering all important aspects of Data engineering, Data warehousing, Integration, Data governance, and Fabric best practices. From hands-on lab exercises to ad hoc discussions, we’ve dived deep and explored every facet of the Fabric landscape.
- The course was very helpful to deepen more into the Power BI capabilities and its use cases, seeing different solution alternatives, and strengthen the knowledge we already have in some topics.
- I liked the training a lot. It was a very interactive session - good level of overview around PowerBI Architectures, mixed with right level of deeper dives. Reza was always open and approachable to adjust the agenda and answering questions relevant to the audience. I enjoyed switching between presentation and Live-demos, which made the content easy to understand and remember.
- Reza is very knowledgeable in MS tech stack and some of the questions he answered went beyond just the fabric usage in a more holistic and practical view from his experiences. It was one of the best engaging trainings I have attended in years and would definitely recommend anyone looking to learn Fabric architecture and workloads to attend this brilliantly designed course.
- I thoroughly enjoyed the Microsoft Fabric training. The content was well-structured and relevant, providing a deep dive into essential topics. Reza was an outstanding trainer, whose enthusiasm and deep knowledge made the learning process both effective and enjoyable. His practical examples and hands-on approach greatly aided in understanding the complexities of Fabric. I leave this course better equipped and confident in applying these new skills in my work. Highly recommend!
- I really enjoyed the training. I learned a lot. Reza has the ability to convey information well and takes the time for questions.
- The course was quite informative and filled up gaps in understanding MS Fabric platform. Now we have clearer strategy what is the best way to use the platform.
Thank you! Great job!
A list of all upcoming events is available here.
Here are some photos from last year's training tour;
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Short videos
Check out our short videos about a variety of topics in Fabric, Power BI, and Data Analytics. The videos aren't shared on YouTube, but if you connect to Reza on LinkedIn or follow our Instagram or TikTok, you can watch them there.
LinkedIn: rezarad
TikTok: rezaradacad
Instagram: radacad_academy
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Recent and Upcoming Events
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Power BI & Fabric Summit 2026: Agenda is LIVE
The 6th edition of Power BI and Microsoft Fabric Summit this year will happen from the 23rd to the 27th of February 2026. Like the previous years, this is going to be a fully virtual summit with the ticket price set at a level that is affordable for all to attend.
This year, we will have more than 140 sessions from more than 140 speakers worldwide. The sessions and speakers will be announced in the next few weeks. The summit will be in five consecutive days at multiple time zones, bringing the world-class content and learning of Microsoft Fabric and Power BI to your desk at the office and at home.
Event's website:
https://globalpowerbisummit.com/
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Difinity Conference, a great success, Australia and New Zealand. our 10th Difinity events
Difinity is the largest Microsoft Data, AI, Power BI, and Fabric Conference in New Zealand and Australia, focusing on Microsoft Fabric and Data and AI technologies of Microsoft. IT Decision Makers, Developers, Business Analysts, IT Professionals, Data Engineers, Data modelers, ETL developers, Data Architects, BI Managers, BI Professionals, Database Administrators, Architects, Digital & Big Data business leaders, and Consultants will gather for two consecutive days of learning.
Difinity 2025 was a huge success. We got amazing feedback from attendees of all three cities, and we can't wait to bring it back to Auckland, Sydney, and Melbourne next year. Special thanks to our speakers and everyone helped us running this event.
Auckland: https://difinity.co.nz/
Sydney: https://difinitysydney.com
Melbourne: https://difinitymelbourne.com
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RADACAD Academy: Training self-paced
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The RADACAD Academy now includes over 50 video courses and over 450 hours of high-quality content. We have 20 video courses just on the Power BI subject, which rarely can be found on another platform. There won't be a better time to join the academy.
https://learn.radacad.com/academy/
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Leila Etaati is a name that RADACAD started, grew, and matured with it. She was the heart and brain of RADACAD. It is with great sadness that she passed away on the morning of 31st of December 2023 after 11 months of nonstop fight with progressive head and neck cancer. Leila was co-founder and co-director of RADACAD, Power BI & Fabric Summit, Difinity conference, Data Insight Summit, SQL Saturday Auckland, Power BI and Analytics user group in Auckland, and Global AI BootCamp in Auckland.
Some of the videos and articles published in 2023 were done while Leila was either at the hospital or going through difficult treatment plans. Nothing has ever stopped Leila from doing her work, which she loved and wanted to help community at the same time.
The past few months were split into two parts: the part that she was battling deadly cancer with all her might, I have been with her at the hospital, and we never really had much chance to think about work and our newsletter. And after her passing, which was not less difficult for me to keep going.
I may write about her difficult path in the last few months of her life at some stage, it is the most unbelievable and sad story, but also shows how strong Leila was facing all of those in a situation that everyone else would have lost hope.
I have written a tribute to her which is also mentioned in her Eulogy, which you can read here.
Below is also the video of her funeral. Leila is always with RADACAD.
Reza
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Consulting Support Calls with RADACAD Team
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