Stop Using PBIX! How PBIP and Git Fix Power BI Development

Stop Using PBIX! How PBIP and Git Fix Power BI Development is explained in this M365 FM video guide. Learn the core concepts, key capabilities, practical use cases and implementation considerations for real-world Microsoft environments.

Can your BI team trace every change from development to production with full automation and logged approvals? In this session, we move beyond the basics of Power BI Desktop projects to show you how to build a professional DevOps workflow that actually works.

We start by addressing the hard truth: PBIP is a technical unlock, not a miracle cure for a messy team. While it makes your files readable for Git, it also shines a bright light on existing chaos. You will learn how to manage this transition by implementing GitHub pull request approvals that act as traffic lights for your reports. By mapping review strictness to the impact of the change, you can keep your development speed high without risking your production environment.

The real magic happens when you introduce automated checks using GitHub Actions. Imagine having a silent review team that catches naming convention errors, DAX anti-patterns, and schema slips before a human even looks at the code. We also dive into the technical side of deployment pipelines and REST APIs, covering how to move approved builds through environments reliably. Whether you are dealing with service principal limits or setting up repository secrets, this guide provides the roadmap for governance without the bureaucracy.

Chapters

0:00 The BI Team Challenge
2:15 Why PBIP Is Not a Miracle Cure
5:10 PR Approvals and Traffic Control
8:45 Automated Checks and GitHub Actions
12:20 Deployment Pipelines and REST APIs
16:30 Governance Without Bureaucracy
18:55 Three Key Takeaways for Success

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