Redmond to millions of Power BI users: You’re Fabric app devs now
Power BI has become a popular biz intelligence system - with more than 425,000 customers worldwide - particularly among customers of the Microsoft Dynamics application portfolio. Now, Microsoft execs are trying to exploit this penetration by offering Power BI customers high-end database services and app building tools available on its Fabric data analytics and engineering platform. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Customers who license Power BI Pro and Power BI Premium Per User will get Fabric Apps and Fabric Database capabilities (up to 1GB per app), along with security, at no additional cost.
- ▪Power BI has become a popular biz intelligence system - with more than 425,000 customers worldwide - particularly among customers of the Microsoft Dynamics application portfolio.
- ▪Now, Microsoft execs are trying to exploit this penetration by offering Power BI customers high-end database services and app building tools available on its Fabric data analytics and engineering platform.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Customers who license Power BI Pro and Power BI Premium Per User will get Fabric Apps and Fabric Database capabilities (up to 1GB per app), a
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| Publication time | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); applications Redmond to millions of Power BI users: You’re Fabric app devs now Software giant expands audience for agent coding of data apps by an order of magnitude Lindsay Clark Lindsay Clark BUSINESS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE REPORTER Published tue 29 Sep 2026 // 11:00 UTC READ MORE What eldritch horror lurks behind Heathrow's information screens? 1 hour ago OpenAI’s dirty deeds Down Under included security bypass attempts, using exposed keys, source code siphon 8 hours ago AMD bets $8.2B…
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