Direct Lake

Concept

Direct Lake is a storage mode for Power BI semantic models in Microsoft Fabric that reads Delta tables directly from OneLake instead of importing a copy or querying the source on every click.

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Type	Concept
Documentation	learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/enterprise/directlake-overview

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Microsoft Fabric 쉽게 이해하기

2026-11-03 · Video on YouTube

고립된 데이터 마트, 힘겹게 돌아가는 파이프라인, 오래된 데이터에 기대는 대시보드. 단편화, 지연, 불일치, 중복은 많은 데이터 환경의 공통된 문제입니다. Microsoft Fabric은 이를 OneLake, 도메인, 작업 영역, 시맨틱 모델로 이루어진 하나의 생태계로 통합합니다. 이번 에피소드는 자연 다큐멘터리 형식으로, 상류의 데이터가 건강하고 잘 관리될 때에만 Power BI가 빛나는 이유를 보여 줍니다.

Articles about Direct Lake (1)

Import vs DirectQuery vs Direct Lake: Choosing the Right Power BI Storage Mode
2026-10-22 · Mirko Peters
Compare Import, DirectQuery, and Direct Lake storage modes in Power BI to optimize report performance, data freshness, and infrastructure costs.

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Documentation: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/enterprise/directlake-overview
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Maintained by Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Last updated: 2026-11-03