BI Visualized BlogPerspectives on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, AI, and data strategy from BI Visualized.https://bivisualized.com/Should Fabric Capacity Be Paid for by the Hour, or Reserved for a Year?https://bivisualized.com/2026/09/01/fabric-capacity-economics-reserved-vs-paygo/https://bivisualized.com/2026/09/01/fabric-capacity-economics-reserved-vs-paygo/PAYGo or Reserved Fabric capacity? The ~60% utilization rule of thumb, why it's not the same as the ~40% discount rate, and how a hybrid vs. full-Fabric architecture changes the answer entirely.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTInsightsAt What Point Does Fabric Capacity Cost Less Than Power BI Pro Licenses?https://bivisualized.com/2026/08/25/fabric-capacity-economics-pro-vs-f64-licensing/https://bivisualized.com/2026/08/25/fabric-capacity-economics-pro-vs-f64-licensing/When does Fabric's flat F64 fee beat paying for Power BI Pro one seat at a time? The exact breakeven is ~357 viewer-only users — here's the math, two worked examples, and the three caveats that trip people up.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTInsightsThe Book That Taught Me to Stop Blaming the Symptomhttps://bivisualized.com/2026/08/18/stop-blaming-the-symptom-fifth-discipline/https://bivisualized.com/2026/08/18/stop-blaming-the-symptom-fifth-discipline/Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline named the quiet disease in most organizations back in 1990 - and it still shapes how I see why a leadership team can't get one number everyone trusts.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTLeadership & Systems ThinkingBuilding Data Warehouse Naming Standards Your Team Won’t Fight You Onhttps://bivisualized.com/2026/08/03/building-data-warehouse-naming-standards/https://bivisualized.com/2026/08/03/building-data-warehouse-naming-standards/Most data warehouses don't have one naming standard - they have five, stacked on top of each other. Here's the layer-contract framework and four real naming approaches (Kimball, domain-driven, prefix-based, catalog-driven), with the honest trade-offs between them.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTFabric & Power BIIt’s Time to Pay Attention: What Six Months Deep in AI Taught Mehttps://bivisualized.com/2026/06/29/six-months-deep-in-ai/https://bivisualized.com/2026/06/29/six-months-deep-in-ai/A skeptic's account of going deep on AI in 2026 — the false starts, the real breakthrough, and five lessons for using it in a professional services firm.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI & Copilot