Daten-WG Life-Update | State of Power BI, Fabric & AI-Tools

It's been a while since we've all been together: Artur, Ulrik, Marcus, and Michael are giving each other an update – what's been happening these past few months, what's been particularly cool, and what's currently unavoidable? Of course, this wouldn't be complete without AI... ...and so the in-person update becomes an honest state of data. We debate Copilot and the Microsoft tool zoo, Lineage documentation with agents and Copilot Studio in Teams, whether Power BI is a dying tool, and on-the-fly metrics versus clean semantic models. Ultimately, we end up discussing cloud security, extracted service principals, and the idea of ​​simply insuring Vibe coding. We discuss Copilot and the Microsoft tool zoo, Lineage documentation with agents and Copilot Studio in Teams, whether Power BI is a dying tool, and on-the-fly KPIs versus clean semantic models. Ulrik Harnisch   / ulrik-harnisch   Marcus   / marcuswegener   Michael   / michael-tenner-5b885970   Artur König   / datakoenigartur   Data-WG 2026 Conference, October 14-16: https://www.daten-wg.com/daten-wg-2026 00:00 – Intro: Four of us in the room, sharing updates 00:44 – Marcus's project: Fabric loading paths from SAP to the cube 02:10 – Why the analytics world is moving towards Microsoft and not SAP 03:48 – "I almost never use Copilot" – is Copilot a stillborn product? 04:47 – Which Copilot, exactly? The Tool Zoo and the Advantage of a Provider 08:14 – Copilot in Everyday SharePoint Use and Why Training is the Crucial Point 09:08 – Better than ChatGPT or Claude? GitHub Copilot and the Licensing Confusion 11:39 – Where Does the Data Lie? Tenant, In-House GPTs, First Mover vs. SMEs 13:36 – Lineage Documentation with AI and a Copilot Studio Agent Directly in Teams 16:05 – Can You Trust an Agent? Instructions No One Gets to See 17:00 – Enablement, the Fear of Controlling, and Copilot as a Better Search Engine 21:35 – Copilot Doesn't Replace Semantic Models – "Ask Your Data" and Its Limitations 22:14 – Directly on Databricks Instead of Power BI? A Market in SMEs 23:36 – Key Performance Indicators on the Fly: Agent or Semantic Model? 26:17 – Is Power BI a Dead Tool? The Purpose of a Power BI Boutique 29:43 – Burning Tokens or Skills: Hardcoding Queries Instead of Regenerating Them 31:41 – The Dashboard as a Campfire and Why Shared Views Matter 33:30 – Arthur's Time Tracking Now Runs on MCP Instead of Power BI 36:35 – Flat Table Beats Starschema? The Architecture Isn't Finished Yet 37:50 – Who Is Liable for AI-Generated Code? Human in the Loop 38:39 – Cloud Security: A Service Principal That Reads the Entire Active Directory 41:12 – Insurance for Vibe Coding? A New Business Model Is Emerging 44:28 – State of Data: Conclusion and the Announcement of a Second Episode 45:08 – The Data Shared Apartment 2026 and Its Remarkably Numerous AI Presentations