https://www.m365.fm/entity/vertipaq/VertiPaq is the in-memory columnar storage engine used by Power BI import models, which compresses data column by column for fast queries.enhttps://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/mastering-power-query-transforming-flat-data-into-a-star-schema/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/mastering-power-query-transforming-flat-data-into-a-star-schema/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:57:26 -0000articleWelcome back to the podcast companion blog! In today's post, we are diving deep into the technical mechanics of data modeling. If you have ever inherited a massive,…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/the-star-schema-trick-all-pros-use-but-wont-say/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/the-star-schema-trick-all-pros-use-but-wont-say/Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0000episodewhen people first open power bi, they usually jump straight into visuals. charts, slicers, maps—it feels like that’s where the real action is. but the longer you work with it, the more you realize that the real magic is happening underneath, in the way the…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/stop-using-power-bi-wrong-the-10000-data-model-fix/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/stop-using-power-bi-wrong-the-10000-data-model-fix/Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0000episodeYour dashboards aren’t just slow—they’re expensive. Every bloated column, lazy import, and tangled relationship silently taxes your Power BI Premium capacity and your team’s time. That inefficiency adds up to real money—often five figures a year. The cure…