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Practical, no-fluff articles on Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, DAX and certification — published on Medium. Here are a few to start with.

Fresh from Medium

What the DP-600 certification covers, the skills it tests, and how to approach your preparation.

Moving from building reports to deploying them in the Power BI Service, and driving real adoption.

Why requirements gathering is the foundation of every successful Power BI project — and how to do it well.

Topics I'll cover

Report design, modeling, and the workflows that separate good from great.

Lakehouse, pipelines and real-world architecture patterns that scale.

Patterns, performance and the mental models behind the formulas.

Study roadmaps, exam tips and worked examples for the Data Analyst cert.

Breaking into data, freelancing and lessons from 27+ years in BI.

Governance, roadmaps and making analytics stick across an organization.

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