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BIFocal - Clarifying Business Intelligence — 326 episodes

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Episode 326 - Microsoft Fabric & Power BI April 2026 Feature Summary

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Episode 325 - Microsoft Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary (Part 3)

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Episode 324 - Microsoft Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary (Part 2)

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Episode 323 - Microsoft Fabric March 2026 Feature Summary (Part 1)

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Episode 322 - FabCon Atlanta 2026 keynote recap

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Episode 321 - Microsoft Fabric February 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 320 - Power BI February 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 319 - Fabric January 2026 Feature Summary

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Episode 318 - Power BI January 2026 Feature Update

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Episode 317 - January 2026 News catch up

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Episode 316 - Recap and Predictions for 2026

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Episode 315 - Fabric November 2025 Feature Summary part 3

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Episode 314 - Fabric November 2025 Feature Summary part 2

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Episode 313 - Fabric November 2025 Feature Summary part 1

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Episode 312 - Power BI November 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 311 - Microsoft Ignite recap with Stephanie Bruno

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Episode 310 - October 2025 Feature Summaries

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Episode 309 - Power BI September 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 308 - Microsoft Fabric September 2025 Feature Summary part 3

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Episode 307 - Microsoft Fabric September 2025 Feature Summary part 2

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Episode 306 - Microsoft Fabric September 2025 Feature Summary part 1

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Episode 305 - On the road with OneLake Security and other news

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Episode 304 - Microsoft Fabric August 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 303 - Interview with Mike Carlo from Power BI Tips

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Episode 302 - Power BI August 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 301 - Interview with Andrew Connell & Julie Turner of Code.Deploy.GoLive

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Episode 300 - Microsoft Fabric July 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 299 - Microsoft Power BI July 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 298 - Microsoft Fabric June 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 297 - Microsoft Power BI June 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 296 - Microsoft Fabric May 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 295 - Power BI May 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 294 - Power BI & Fabric April 2025 Feature Summaries

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Episode 293 - Microsoft Fabric March 2025 Feature Summary Part 2

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Episode 292 - Microsoft Fabric March 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 291 - Power BI March 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 290 - FabCon news recap

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Episode 289 - Microsoft Fabric February 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 288 - Power BI February 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 287 - Microsoft Fabric January 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 286 - Power BI January 2025 Feature Summary

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Episode 285 - A conversation about Microsoft Fabric at ESPC

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Episode 284 - Recap from FabCon Europe 2024

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Episode 283 - Microsoft Fabric August 2024 Feature Summary

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Episode 282 - Power BI August 2024 Feature Summary

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Episode 281 - Interview With Charles Webb

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Episode 280 - Interview with Josh Caplan

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Episode 279 - Power BI & Fabric June 2024 Feature Summary

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Episode 278 - Microsoft Build 2024 News

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Episode 277 - Power BI & Fabric News

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Episode 276 - Power BI April 2024 Feature Summary

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Episode 275 - Power BI March 2024 Feature Summary

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Episode 274 - Power BI February 2024 Feature Summary

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Episode 273 - Interview with Alex Powers

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Episode 272 - 2023 Predictions Review and New Predictions for 2024

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Episode 271 - Power BI December 2023 Feature Summary

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Episode 270 - Traveling updates & a visit to CERN

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Episode 269 - Power BI November 2023 Feature Summary part 2

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Episode 268 - Power BI November 2023 Feature Summary part 1

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Episode 267 - Microsoft Ignite 2023 - Fabric is GA

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Episode 266 - Power BI October 2023 Feature Summary

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Episode 265 - Power BI September 2023 Feature Summary and Power Platform Conference Wrapup

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Episode 264 - Interview with Heather Cook

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Episode 263 - Power BI August 2023 Feature Summary

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Episode 262 - Power BI July 2023 Feature Summary

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Episode 261 - Community chat at EPPC

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Episode 260 - Power BI June 2023 Feature Summary

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Episode 259 - Fabric Licensing for Power BI

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Episode 258 - May 2023 Power BI Feature Summary

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Episode 257 - Power BI Developer mode with Rui Romano

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Episode 256 - News from Build with Gabi Münster

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Episode 255 - Interview with Rosie Levasseur

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Episode 254 - Interview with Emily Lisa

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Episode 253 - Interview with Zoe Douglas

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Episode 252 - April 2023 Power BI Updates

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Episode 251 - Power BI News Updates

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Episode 250 - Power BI March 2023 Feature Summary

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Episode 249 - Power BI February 2023 Feature Summary

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Episode 248 - Power BI 2023 release wave 1 plan

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Episode 247 - Interview with Scott Sewell

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Episode 246 - Predictions show for 2023

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Episode 245 - Recap of Power BI in 2022

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Episode 244 - News Wrap up for 2022

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Episode 243 - Power BI December 2022 Feature Summary

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Episode 242 - Power BI November 2022 Feature Summary

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Episode 241 - Exciting Paginated Reports News!

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Episode 240 - Interview with Mohammad Ali

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Episode 239 - Power BI News Update

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Episode 238 - Power BI October 2022 Feature Summary

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Episode 237 - Power BI announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2022

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Episode 236 - Power BI September 2022 Feature Summary

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Episode 235 - Interview with Ed Senez

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Episode 234 - Interview with Alex Powers

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Episode 233 - Power BI August 2022 Feature Summary

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Episode 232 - Power BI- 2022 release wave 2 plan

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Episode 231 - Power BI July 2022 Feature Summary

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Episode 230 - Interview with Priya Sathy

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Episode 229 - Power BI June 2022 Feature Summary

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Episode 228 - Catching up on the Power BI news

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Episode 227 - Interview with Treb Gatte about Power BI metrics

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Episode 226 - Power BI announcements from Microsoft Build 2022

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Episode 225 - Power BI May 2022 Feature Summary

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Episode 224 - Power BI April 2022 Feature Summary

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Episode 223 - Interview with Laura Rogers

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Episode 222 - Power BI March 2022 Feature Summary

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Episode 221 - Deep dive on Azure Data Explorer

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Episode 220 - Power BI February 2022 Feature Summary

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Episode 219 - Exploring the Power BI Community with Kelly Kaye

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Episode 218 - Power BI 2022 release wave 1 plan

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Episode 217 - Power BI 2021 Year in Review

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Episode 216 - Power BI December 2021 Feature Summary

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Episode 215 - Firing on all Synapses with Kim Manis

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Episode 214 - Power BI News from Las Vegas

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Episode 213 - Power BI November 2021 Feature Summary - part 2

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Episode 212 - Power BI November 2021 Feature Summary - part 1

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Episode 211 - Interview with Shane Young

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Episode 210 - Power BI News Update 210 - Microsoft Ignite Fall 2021 News

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Episode 209 - Real chat about Microsoft Ignite Fall 2021

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Episode 208 - Power BI October 2021 Feature Summary

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Power BI News Update 207 - Power BI News Update

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Episode 206 - Power BI September 2021 Feature Summary

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Episode 205 - Interview with Patrick LeBlanc

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Episode 204 - Power BI News Update

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Episode 203 - Power BI August 2021 Feature Summary

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Episode 202 - Power BI News update

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Episode 201 - Power BI July 2021 Feature Summary

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Episode 200 - Live from SPFest Chicago 2021

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Episode 199 - Microsoft Power Platform_ 2021 release wave 2 plan

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Episode 198 - Interview with Treb Gatte

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Episode 197 - Power BI June 2021 Feature Summary

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Episode 196 - June News Round-up

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Episode 195 - Quickly create reports from SharePoint lists

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Episode 194 - Interview with Andrew Brust

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Episode 193 - Interview with Laura Graham-Brown

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Episode 192 - Power BI May 2021 Feature Summary

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Episode 191 - Interview with Miguel Llopis

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Episode 190 - Interview with Arun Ulag

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Episode 189 - Power BI April 2021 Feature Summary

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Episode 188 - Interview with Heather Newman

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Episode 187 - Interview with Stephanie Bruno

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Episode 186 - Community News

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Episode 185 - Power BI News Updates

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Episode 184 - Power BI March 2021 Feature Summary

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Episode 183 - Whither Power Pivot

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Episode 182 - Premium per User with Chris Finlan

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Episode 181 - Power BI February 2021 Feature Summary

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Episode 180 - Interview with Melissa Coates

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Episode 179 - Best Practices Analyzer in Tabular Editor

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178 - Power BI 2021 Release Wave 1 Roadmap review

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Episode 177 - Tales From the Real World

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Episode 176 - Power BI News in 2021

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Episode 175 - Interview with Christian Wade

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Episode 174 - Power BI 2020 Hindsight

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Episode 173 - Power BI December 2020 Feature Summary

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Episode 172 - Take 2- Interview with Tessa Hurr & Jeroen ter Heerdt

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Episode 171 - Synapse & Purview announcements

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Episode 170 - Deeper Dive into recent Power BI news

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Episode 169 - Power BI November 2020 Feature Summary

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Episode 168 - Premium per User is here! Premium per User is here (in preview)!

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Episode 167 - What election_ Let's talk about Power BI News

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Episode 166 - Power BI October 2020 Feature Summary - Part 2

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Episode 165 - Power BI October 2020 Feature Summary - Part 1

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Episode 164 - A Fall Cornucopia!

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Episode 163 - Blame Excel!

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Episode 162 - Power BI September 2020 Feature Summary

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Episode 161 - Interview with Chris Finlan

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Episode 160 - Microsoft Ignite Recap with those Guy in a Cube guys

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Episode 159 - Power BI News & Microsoft Ignite

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Episode 158 - Catching up on the Power BI News

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Episode 157 - Interview with Mike Carlo & Seth Bauer

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Episode 156 - August 2020 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 155 - News & other updates

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Episode 154 - July 2020 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 153 - 2020 Release Wave 2 Plan for the Power BI Service review

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Episode 152 - 2020 Release Wave 2 Plan for the Power BI Desktop review

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Episode 151 - Visuals, Apps, Licensing & Picks

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Episode 150 - June 2020 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 149 - Creating Data Driven Subscriptions for Power BI Reports

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Episode 148 - May 2020 News Recap

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Episode 147 - Interview with Will Thompson

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Episode 146 - May 2020 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 145 - April 2020 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 144 - MBAS 2020 Recap

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Episode 143 - May the 4th be with you

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Episode 142 - Power BI News updates

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Episode 141 - C'mon get Appy

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Episode 140 - Exploring Azure Data Exlorer

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Episode 139 - Talk about COVID-19 data with Rob Foster

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Episode 138 - March 2020 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 137 - Going Viral

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Episode 136 - February 2020 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 135 - Early February Catch Up

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Episode 134 - 2020 Foresight

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Episode 133 - Get started with Power BI & Treb Gatte

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Episode 132 - Welcome Back

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Episode 131 - Hindsight for 2020

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Episode 130 - The Final version of Power BI Desktop... this year

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Episode 129 - Power BI news from SharePoint Fest Chicago 2019

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Episode 128 - Interview with Dona Sarkar

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Episode 127 - November 2019 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 126 - Ignite Wrap Up and Unconference Outcomes

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Episode 125 - Round up with Adam Saxton

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Episode 124 - Interview with Arun Ulag

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Episode 123 - Microsoft Ignite "Know before you go" with Anna Chu

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Episode 122 October News Round up

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Episode 121 - October 2019 Power BI Desktop Update & News

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Episode 120 Power BI News update

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Episode 119 Power Platform 2019 Roadmap Wave 2 Plan

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Episode 118 - September 2019 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 117 Interview with Chris Webb

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Episode 116 - Interview with Marco Russo

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Episode 115 August 2019 Power BI Desktop Update & News

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Episode 114 Live from SharePointFest Seattle with Chris Finlan

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Episode 113 Summer News Round Up

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Episode 112 Changing the laws of Physics with Christian Wade

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Episode 111 July 2019 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 110 - All About Ignite with Anna Chu

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Episode 109 - Interview with Reid Havens

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Episode 108 - Interview with Justyna Lucznik

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Episode 107 - Power BI News & MVP Renewals

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Episode 106 - Interview with Chris Finlan about Paginated Reports in the Power BI Service

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Episode 105 - June 2019 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 104 - Power BI Keynote from MBAS

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Episode 103 - Community Update & MBAS chatter

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Episode 102 - May 2019 News Update

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Episode 101 - May 2019 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 100 - A measurable milestone

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Episode 99 - Interview with Abram Jackson & Tyler Lenig

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Episode 98 - Power BI News

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Episode 97 - Interview with Matthew Roche

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Episode 96 - April 2019 Power BI Desktop Update & more news

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Episode 95 - Holy Power BI news!

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Episode 94 - Interview with Aviv Ezrachi

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Episode 93 - Interview with Kim Manis

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Episode 92 - March 2019 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 91 - Interview with Shane Young

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Episode 90 - News & using Power BI with Microsoft Teams

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Episode 89 - February 2019 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 88 - Catching up on the news

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Episode 87 - The Administration Center

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Episode 86 - It's Cold Out

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Episode 85 - Power Power Query

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Episode 84 - Databricks & External Dataflows

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Episode 83 - The death of inappropriate anonymous embedding

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Episode 82 - 2018 Power BI Wrap Up

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Episode 81 - Interview with Andrew Connell

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Episode 80 - Decemeber 2018 Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 79 - Interview with Jen Stirrup

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Episode 78 - Interview with the SPFest BI Speakers

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Episode 77 - Interview with Arun Ulag

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Episode 76 - Power BI Desktop's Biggest Update

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Episode 75 - PASS Summit News & Dataflows

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Interview with Amir Netz

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Episode 73 - Interview with Chris Finlan

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Episode 72 - October Desktop Update

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Episode 71 - Interview with Amanda Cofsky

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Episode 70 - Interview with Kent Weare

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Episode 69 - Interview with Sundeep Meda

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Episode 68 - Live from Ignite with Adam Saxton

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Episode 67 - Interview with Josh Caplan

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Episode 66 - Power BI Desktop Update & Ignite Session picks

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Episode 65 - Meetup with Reza Rad

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Episode 64 - Ignite Schedule Builder

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Episode 63 - Interview with Christian Wade

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Episode 62 - Interview with Adam Saxton

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Episode 61 - Interview with Lukasz Pawlowski

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Episode 60 - End of an Era

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Episode 59 - Interview with Will Thompson

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Episode 58 - Power BI Desktop Update & the Road Ahead

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Episode 57 - Business Application Summit Keynote Recap

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Episode 56 - June Developer & Gateway news

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Episode 55 - Power Of The Cloud

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Episode 54 - Miscellaneous News

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Episode 53 - New Initiatives

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Episode 52 - Power BI Desktop June update

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Episode 51 - Power BI news

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Episode 50 - Live from SPCNA

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Episode 49 - SPCNA session picks with Liz Sundet

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Episode 48 - Power BI Desktop May updates

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Episode 47 - Update on Excel with Olaf Hubel

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Episode 46 - Community news & updates

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Episode 45 - All about the new CDSA & CDS-A

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Episode 44 - Power BI Desktop, Gateway, & Developer updates

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Episode 43 - Chat about the Power BI Community with Chuck Sterling

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Episode 42 - All about Power BI Embedded

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Episode 41 - The New Power BI Report Server is here!

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Episode 40 - Power BI News & Updates

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Episode 39 - Power BI Desktop & External Sharing Update

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Episode 38 - Come on get App-y

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Episode 37 - Power BI Service Feature Update

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Episode 36 - February Power BI Desktop Update

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Episode 35 - Upgrading SQL Server Reporting Services

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Episode 34 - The role of SharePoint in BI

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Episode 33 - Beginning a Power BI journey with Lori Gowin

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Episode 32 - Size Matters

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Episode 31 - January Power BI Desktop Update News

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Episode 30 - New Years News

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Episode 29 - 2018 Predictions

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Episode 28 - SQL Server news & December's Power BI Desktop updates

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Episode 27 - Interview with Paul Schaeflein

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Episode 26 - OnPrem Data Gateway & Power BI Developer news

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Episode 25 – Guests for Thanksgiving

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Episode 24 - November's Power BI Desktop news & more

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Episode 23 - Interview with Dave Feldman

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Episode 22 - Power BI Report Server release news

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Episode 21 - Ignite interview with Miguel Llopis

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Episode 20 - Ignite recap and Office 365 Reporting with the tyGraph Team

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Episode 19 - Dummy proofing for Executives

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Episode 18 - Ignite interview with Anne Michels & Shilpi Sinha

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Episode 17 - Ignite interview with Christopher Finlan

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Episode 16 - Interview with Sirui Sun

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Episode 15 - Ignite 2017 Bonus Episode

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Episode 14 - Surveying the Scene

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BIFocal Episode 13 - Back On Premises

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BIFocal Episode 12 - Time after time

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BIFocal Episode 11 - Garden full of news

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BIFocal Episode 10 - May I see your license sir?

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BIFocal Episode 9 - Dog Days

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BIFocal Episode 8 - Back Into It

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BIFocal Episode 7 - Live from Johannesburg

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BIFocal Episode 6 - Select * From Reports

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BIFocal Episode 5 - The Data Model

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BIFocal Episode 4 - The Power BI Development Story

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BIFocal Episode 3 - Select * from On-Prem Where Version='2016'

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BIFocal Episode 2 - Select * from Stack

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BIFocal Episode 1 - Select * from Hosts