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Hosted by Carlos L Chacon, the SQL Data Partners Podcast focuses on Microsoft data platform related topics mixed with a sprinkling of professional development. Carlos and guests discuss new and familiar features and ideas and how you might apply them in your environments. Visit our website for episode show notes at marathonus.com/podcast and leave a comment if you have a topic you think we should discuss. We’ll see YOU on the SQL Trail.
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Raw Data by P3 Adaptive is a people-centric data podcast hosted by Rob Collie, Founder/CEO of P3 Adaptive, a Premier Microsoft Power Platform Partner. Rob and his guests share entertaining stories as well as insights, expertise, and anecdotal stories about Business Intelligence, the Power platform, and the world of data . . . with the human element. More of a casual conversation, this podcast exemplifies P3 Adaptive/s “mullet” approach: business in the front, party in the back!
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The Intrazone is a show about the Microsoft 365 intelligent intranet, taking you into the building blocks of your Microsoft 365 intranet. It's about how SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Yammer and more fit into your everyday work life – with the goal being to share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork throughout your organization.
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Amazing Apps - learn how to build agile Dynamics 365 and Power Platform business apps using Scrum
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Amazing Apps is for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform builders who want to use the Scrum framework to build amazing business apps that everyone will love. The podcast is hosted by Microsoft MVP, Neil Benson, and produced by Customery. [Dynamics365, D365, Power Apps, PowerApps, Power Pages, Power Apps Portals, Power Automate, Flow, Power Virtual Agents, PVA, PowerBI]
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Learn Microsoft Excel with MyExcelOnline
John Michaloudis interviews Microsoft Excel experts and MVPs about their fa
This podcast will teach beginner & intermediate Microsoft Excel users the different Excel tools like: Formulas, Pivot Tables, Charting, Analysis, Macros, VBA, Dashboards, Power BI, Add-Ins, Shortcuts plus much more. I interview Excel MVPs and experts around the world to share their Excel insights, knowledge, tips and tricks that will get you on the way to becoming an advanced Excel user, just like them.
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Analytics on Fire is your backstage pass inside the enterprise analytics and business intelligence world. Join your host BI author, speaker, and co-founder, Mico Yuk (BI Brainz) as she pulls back the curtain on what’s working right now in the enterprise analytics/business intelligence world and what is not. You’ll hear the inside scoop from experienced business leaders on how to plan, implement and gain true business value from your analytics dollars. Visit analyticsonfire.com to subscribe a ...
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The Stories of Modern Work Podcast, an interview show discussing how regular business users and IT professionals use Modern Workplace tools such as Microsoft Office 365 in their day to day work. In the show covers topics on technologies like SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, PowerApps, Flow, Forms and PowerBI. The podcast is hosted by Jag Kakarlapudi from ModernWork.cloud. Modern Work Group helps businesses boost Office 365 adoption through tailored training, change management and custom a ...
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Welcome to The Analytics Pod, where we turn mind-numbing data into mind-blowing insights—and have a blast doing it! Join Kevin Naidoo as he guides you through the wild world of analytics. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Kevin is your go-to guru for everything from decoding hidden trends to unlocking game-changing strategies that drive success. In each episode, we’ll tackle real-world challenges, and explore cutting-edge tech that’ll make your inner data geek jump for joy. W ...
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A podcast that marries business and technology to help businesses and individuals leverage technology to accelerate growth. Brought to you biweekly by Eric Clark and Shane Kroening at SWICKtech.
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The IJYI Way Podcast is about the inner workings of a software delivery startup, covering everything from business, finance, software development, agile delivery and DevOps.
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The Million-Token Myth and the Magic of Digital Colleagues
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29:08AI looks unstoppable… until you hand it a hundred pages of meeting notes. Rob and Justin dig into why context windows and token limits quietly run the show. That “million-token” brag from Google? More like weighing the Titanic in bananas. From Shakespeare to SharePoint, this episode shows why AI remembers the Roman Empire better than your company h…
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Episode 286: Data Governance and Security In Microsoft Fabric
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33:24In this episode of the SQL Data Partners Podcast, host Carlos L. Chacón is joined by Kevin Feasel and Eugene Meidinger for a deep dive into data governance and security within Microsoft Fabric. As part of Season 8’s focus on Fabric, the trio explores how governance tools and practices are evolving with Microsoft’s platform, including the use of dom…
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Episode 299 - Microsoft Power BI July 2025 Feature Summary
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31:11This is episode 299 recorded on July 21st, 2025, where John & Jason talk the Microsoft Power BI July 2025 Feature Summary including expanded data sharing with Microsoft 365, Copilot updates, field parameters goes GA, Organizational Themes, and more.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.showBy John White & Jason Himmelstein
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Semantic Models Give You (and Microsoft) the AI Upper Hand - Plus a History Lesson on Why Frontends Matter
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41:59Back in 2010, Tableau beat smarter tools with a better demo. No brain, all charm and the market loved it. Fast-forward to now: same playbook, new costume. The AI dashboard crowd is selling “natural language BI” with zero semantic model, zero memory, and a whole lot of LinkedIn swagger. In this episode, Rob and Justin revisit why Tableau’s empty-cal…
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Everything's Real, Everything Matters, and Everyone Knows It w/ Quadrant Concrete CFO Joseph Graziano
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1:06:20Let’s say your business runs on sun, sweat, and schedule precision. You’ve got crews in the field, materials that don’t wait, and about 90 minutes to get it right before the product turns into a thousand-pound paperweight. That’s the world Joseph Graziano lives in. He’s the CFO of Quadrant Concrete and also the guy keeping the trucks moving, the fo…
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Episode 298 - Microsoft Fabric June 2025 Feature Summary
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33:15This is episode 298 recorded on July 9th, 2025, where John & Jason talk the Microsoft Fabric June 2025 Feature Summary including lots of Notebook updates in Data Engineering, lower cost for AI functions in Data Science, Copilot for RTI dashboards, and more.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show…
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Get Scrum Certified for Free: How Microsoft Partners Can Use Co-Op Funds
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12:41#162. Unlocking hidden Microsoft partner benefits? Now that’s my kind of secret! In this episode, I spill the beans on how Dynamics 365 and Power Platform partners can get their teams Scrum trained and certified — on Microsoft’s dime, without touching your training budget, thanks to Microsoft Incentive co-op funds. I walk you through what co-op fun…
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Episode 297 - Microsoft Power BI June 2025 Feature Summary
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26:38This is episode 297 recorded on July 4th, 2025, where John & Jason talk the Microsoft Power BI June 2025 Feature Summary including updates to Visual Calcs, Sparklines are now GA (after 4 years), Azure Maps breaking changes, Org Apps updates & revelations, and Power Query editing of Import models in the web.…
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It's Time to Start Giving Power BI CoPilot a Serious Look (For End User Interaction)
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25:25It started as a side project. Rob Collie built a Power BI model for his rec league hockey team. Just for fun. Just to see what the data could say. But something weird happened. The dashboards were solid. The data model was solid. But, the users still had questions. And lots of them. And that’s when it clicked: people don’t think in slicers. They th…
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The Inevitable Underestimation of Power Platform Projects
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7:07#161. Whether you’re an internal developer working for a Microsoft customer or a consultant working for a Microsoft partner: every Power Platform or Dynamics 365 project you have ever worked on has been underestimated. Because no one wins overestimated projects...By Neil Benson
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Episode 296 - Microsoft Fabric May 2025 Feature Summary
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38:15This is episode 296 recorded on June 6th, 2025, where John & Jason talk the Microsoft Fabric May 2025 Feature Summary including a REST API updates for Fabric, updates to User Data Functions, Copilot in Power BI support for Fabric data agents, CosmosDB in Fabric, DataFlows Gen 2 CI/CD support is now GA, updates to Data Pipelines & Mirroring, and muc…
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Connecting AI to Your Company's Internal Information
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43:44AI wants your data, but it can't handle the truth . . . “We’ll just plug our data into ChatGPT.” Sure. Sounds easy. Rob thought so too, right up until he hit token limits, had to install Python, and discovered that even two megabytes of transcripts was too much for the world’s smartest models to handle. In this episode, Rob and Justin break down wh…
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Episode 295 - Power BI May 2025 Feature Summary
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46:08This is episode 295 recorded on June 5th, 2025, where John & Jason talk the Power BI May 2025 Feature Summary including a new fabric roadmap tool, Copilot & AI enhancements, Translytical task flows, TMDL view enhancements, and more.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.showBy John White & Jason Himmelstein
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After over seven years and more than 220 episodes, The Intrazone is taking a pause. In this special episode, host Mark Kashman reflects on the learnings, sharing gratitude for the best community in tech, and all the wonderful, insightful conversations. With heartfelt thanks to co-host Chris McNulty and producer Lisa Gray, Mark acknowledges the impa…
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An Inflection Point in AI? Understanding MCP and Multi-Agent
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25:25For a while, you could pretend AI was still a someday problem. Not anymore. Rob Collie and Justin Mannhardt are back, and this time they are tackling Model-Context-Protocol (MCP) and Multi-Agent Systems, two shifts that could finally put an end to the human copy-paste Olympics. This isn’t about shinier tools. It is about AI that plugs in without th…
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In this episode of The Intrazone, Chris and Mark sit down with Sascha Fredrich and Markus Etzel from Bechtle to talk about their unique approach to modern collaboration. And when I say unique, I mean Microsoft Teams Rooms inside Volkswagen ID.Buzz EV vans—yes, rolling collaboration hubs (with hub caps); meetings on the move, proving that hybrid wor…
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Episode 285: Who Is Using Microsoft Fabric
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34:05Fabric personas were originally designed to break down the various functional roles within Microsoft Fabric—such as Power BI, Data Factory, Data Activator, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Warehouse, and Real-time Analytics—into more manageable, bite-sized sections. The goal was to prevent users from feeling overwhelmed by the platform’s breadt…
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Confessions of a Data Gener w/ Sakiko Stickley
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1:02:18Sakiko Stickley joins Raw Data to share a story that is part inspiration, part revelation, and a whole lot of truth-telling. From the first moment she discovered Power Pivot, Sakiko did not just learn data. She lived it. She rewired reporting systems, survived micromanagers, and navigated the strange realities of big consulting firms, all while qui…
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Episode 294 - Power BI & Fabric April 2025 Feature Summaries
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39:06This is episode 294 recorded on May 7th, 2025 where John & Jason talk the Power BI & Microsoft Fabric April 2025 Feature Summaries in a single episode.By John White & Jason Himmelstein
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Episode 293 - Microsoft Fabric March 2025 Feature Summary Part 2
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42:07This is episode 293 recorded on May 6th, 2025 where John & Jason talk the Microsoft Fabric March 2025 Feature Summary including Data Science, Data Warehouse, Real-time Intelligence, and Data Factory.By John White & Jason Himmelstein
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The Easter Bunny hopped and in SharePoint tech terms - the SharePoint Easter eggs were hoppin' into your Microsoft 365 tenants! This month's (eggs) updates include: Viva Connections cards in SharePoint agents, SharePoint eSignature for Microsoft Word, SharePoint quick steps to automate common tasks and workflows, new document library template: "Res…
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Episode 292 - Microsoft Fabric March 2025 Feature Summary
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37:59This is episode 292 recorded on April 22nd, 2025 where John & Jason talk the Microsoft Fabric February 2025 Feature Summary including Fabric Platform, OneLake, and Data Engineering.By John White & Jason Himmelstein
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The Biggest Improvements Announced at FabCon, and the Ever-Widening Gap Between Adoption and Capabilities
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28:21What’s the value of a long-awaited feature? Well, that depends. Have you ever tried explaining a fiscal calendar that doesn’t believe in months? This week, Rob Collie and Justin Mannhardt dive into the latest Microsoft Fabric updates, including the long-rumored, almost-mythical custom calendar support in DAX, the highly requested user-defined funct…
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Episode 291 - Power BI March 2025 Feature Summary
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42:34This is episode 291 recorded on April 11th, 2025 where John & Jason talk the Microsoft Power BI March 2025 Feature Summary including Desktop start-up performance improvements, Copilot improvements, cool stuff with PBIP & TMDL, and lots of modeling improvements.By John White & Jason Himmelstein
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This is episode 290 recorded on April 8th, 2025 where John & Jason talk the news coming out of the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference in Las Vegas.By John White & Jason Himmelstein
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March Madness in SharePoint tech terms means the SharePoint team worked like mad to deliver a lot of great new tech: Create pages with Copilot in SharePoint, Viva Connections: New News experience, SharePoint agents: New usage reports, a new Table toolbar, annotation layout and tools for editing PDFs, approval workflows to any list or library, OCR f…
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Ever felt like your data is speaking an alien language? In this episode of The Analytics Pod, we unravel the mysteries of data wrangling and cleaning. Learn why it’s crucial to tidy up your datasets, how to handle missing values and outliers, and the best practices for ensuring your data is reliable and ready for analysis. From understanding common…
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Episode 289 - Microsoft Fabric February 2025 Feature Summary
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41:41This is episode 289 recorded on March 21th, 2025 where John & Jason talk the Microsoft Fabric February 2025 Feature Summary including API updates, Monitoring changes, Security updates, and AI Skill enhancements.By John White & Jason Himmelstein
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Data, Data, and Metadata: Letting ChatGPT Interpret Power BI Output
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16:17What happens when you hand off your Power BI output to ChatGPT and ask it to make sense of your world? You might be surprised. This week, Rob shares a deeply personal use case. One that ties together two major themes we've been exploring: Gen AI is reshaping the way we think about dashboards. To get real value out of AI, you need more than just dat…
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Episode 288 - Power BI February 2025 Feature Summary
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30:39This is episode 288 recorded on March 19th, 2025 where John & Jason talk the Microsoft Fabric February 2025 Feature Summary, specifically the Power BI section, including a new baseline version of Power BI Desktop, Copilot changes for Power BI, a trick to get conditional formatting for Visual Calcs working, and performance improvements for Direct La…
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There is so much to learn about Microsoft 365 Copilot, it helps to have someone translate Copilot into practical knowledge, tips, and tricks. We chat with TJ Devine, one of Microsoft's foremost experts in Copilot - to hear how it evolves AND how best to talk about it - to understand what you can do with AI in Microsoft 365. You'll hear TJ touch on …
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