Explicit Measures Podcast
Hosted by Mike Carlo, and Tommy Puglia, the Explicit Measures Podcast is a Power BI focused show that is like being around a Power BI Pro’s Water Cooler. With so many available resources in the community that focuses on the “how” in Power BI (how to do Drill Through, how to use DAX, etc.,), the Explicit Measures Podcast is all around the WHY. Why use a particular feature, does it make sense for my users? Build the toolset, learn the how, and then come to the Podcast to the listen to the why in situations we all experience as Power BI Pros.
Episodes
Mike & Tommy debate the new Power BI Project (PBIP) format, questioning whether source control and Git integration are worth the added complexity, and discussing who should migrate from the traditional PBIX binary format.
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Mike & Tommy are joined by Microsoft's Chris Schimdt on utilizing real time with actual applications in and outside Microsoft Fabric.
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Mike & Tommy explore Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric, questioning whether event-driven analytics is a genuine business need or just technical hype, and discussing how organizations can move beyond real-time dashboards to embed streaming intelligence into their Power BI adoption strategy.
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Mike & Tommy dive more into Data Agents... but are Semantic Models the preferred data source?
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Mike & Tommy have another great mailbag from YOU on utilizing Power BI subscriptions being proactive and efficient.
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Wow! we have a doozy of an episode today. Mike & Tommy ask the question if Microsoft Fabric the evolution of business intelligence or something different altogether. How should one position the themselves in the industry?
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We are talking about the buzz! Mike and Tommy wrap their heads around User Defined Functions (UDFs) in DAX and what implementation looks like.
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Mike & Tommy rank the BEST features in the Microsoft Data Platform, from level 1 the TOP to what is essential to what they do.
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Mike & Tommy dive into the major updates from FabCon Vienna and what it means for Power BI & Microsoft Fabric users alike.
https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-US/blog/september-2025-fabric-feature-summary
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Mike & Tommy go through a great mailbag question on composite models and reusable models, along with how this changes in Fabric.
Whoa! I think I'm triggered after listening to both your composite model episode and your managing multiple dataset episode. Isn't a fair bit of the question similar however much of the discussion seems different between episodes... In one sense- the gold standard seems to be thorough with data...
Mike & Tommy give their thoughts on the state of Microsoft Fabric Data Agents.
https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/new-in-fabric-data-agent-data-source-instructions-for-smarter-more-accurate-ai-responses/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621#
https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/fabric-data-agents-microsoft-copilot-studio-a-new-era-of-multi-agent-orchestration/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621#
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Stephanie joins Mike and Tommy to talk about those "magic wand" moments everyone experiences while working with Power BI. After polling social media, Stephanie shares the trends people seemed to wish for, sparking a lively discussion within the group.
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Mike & Tommy are joined by Stephanie once again diving into the gotchas of the new Microsoft Fabric Capacity SKUs, how rolling it out differs than Power BI, and putting a gameplan together.
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Tommy & Mike are joined by Stephanie Bruno tackling how to provide Accessibility in Power BI to your organization.
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Mike & Tommy are joined by Stephanie Bruno as we shed light to what to cover in Power BI accessible reporting, creating a checklist, and what to be mindful of.
https://github.com/stephbruno/Power-BI-Accessibility-Checker
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Mike & Tommy are joined by Brad Schact at Microsoft to review what is new & upcoming in the Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse.
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Mike & Tommy are joined by Brad Schacht on the Data Warehouse team for Microsoft to dive into how to get eased and comfortable with the Warehouse experience in Microsoft Fabric.
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Mike & Tommy discuss a mailbag all around the use cases for Calculation Groups, how often they use them, and how essential they are to reporting.
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With the major and new updates coming with the SQL Analytics Endpoint, how much should this shift our cognitive model on what SQL Endpoints mean for the organization?
https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/whats-new-and-coming-soon-in-sql-analytics-endpoint-in-fabric/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621#
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Mike, Seth, & Brad talk about the retirement of Datamarts in October and preparing for the new focus.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/unify-datamart-with-fabric-data-warehouse?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621
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