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How to reduce your Power BI model size by 90%!

Have you ever wondered what makes Power BI so fast and powerful when it comes to performance? Learn on a real-life example about data…

18 min readJan 11, 2021

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DP-600 Fabric Analytics Engineer Exam: Impressions and Learning Tips!

Considering taking the DP-600 exam? This article will give you a hint on what to expect and how to prepare for the exam!

8 min readApr 9, 2024

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DP-600 Fabric Analytics Engineer Exam: Impressions and Learning Tips!

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The Future of Power BI is here — Understanding Direct Lake in Microsoft Fabric

Do you by any chance remember a guy called Allen Iverson? Wondering what he and Direct Lake in Microsoft Fabric have in common? This…

7 min readFeb 15, 2024

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The Future of Power BI is here — Understanding Direct Lake in Microsoft Fabric

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Bursting and Smoothing — Yin and Yang of the Fabric Capacity!

Learn about two key concepts that balance your Fabric capacity workload, and how to save money along the way!

5 min readFeb 12, 2024

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Bursting and Smoothing — Yin and Yang of the Fabric Capacity!

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Working with tables in Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse — Everything you need to know!

Working with tables in the Microsoft Fabric lakehouse may look like a straightforward task — however, there are many nuances to be aware…

7 min readJan 9, 2024

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Working with tables in Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse — Everything you need to know!

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Microsoft Fabric Pricing Model — Everything you need to know!

Now that we know all the pricing details for Microsoft Fabric, let’s examine what are our options to save some money in the wallet

6 min readDec 7, 2023

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Microsoft Fabric Pricing Model — Everything you need to know!

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Dynamically Highlight Data Points Based on Slicer Selection!

Sometimes, common Power BI requests can make you scratch your head. Learn how to implement an effective workaround to dynamically highlight…

6 min readNov 9, 2023

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Data Modeling for Mere Mortals — Part 4: Medallion Architecture Essentials

Bronze, silver, gold…We are wrapping up our data modeling series by explaining how to set different layers for the lakehouse architecture

4 min readOct 22, 2023

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Data Modeling for Mere Mortals — Part 4: Medallion Architecture Essentials

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Data Modeling for Mere Mortals — Part 3: All we need is a Data Lakehouse?!

Is data lakehouse the concept to rule them all? Do we all need to implement it now? This article will provide you with the answers to all…

9 min readSep 27, 2023

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Data Modeling for Mere Mortals — Part 3: All we need is a Data Lakehouse?!

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Data Modeling for Mere Mortals — Part 2: Dimensional Modeling Fundamentals

Introducing a four-step dimensional-modeling design approach

9 min readSep 1, 2023

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Data Modeling for Mere Mortals — Part 2: Dimensional Modeling Fundamentals

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Nikola Ilic

Nikola Ilic

Data Mozart — Make Music from your Data!| data-mozart.com | @DataMozart | Microsoft Data Platform MVP | Power BI Addict | Blogger, speaker, learner…

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