Hopefoley you manage to remember!🤞

a man wearing a party hat is eating a piece of cake and saying happy birthday .. Alt: a man wearing a party hat is eating a piece of cake and saying happy birthday ..

Congratulations @dutchdatadude.bsky.social!

Congratulations to my friend @benrebooted.bsky.social! 💛

Selfie with the Microsoft sign in the back

Picture with the Microsoft sign and the Store in the background

50 years Microsoft sign

Selfie with the new Microsoft sign in the background

Mandatory pictures ✅️😄

Tree house

Tree house

Tree house in the sun

Great 4K morning run on the campus trail #MVPSummit
I returned this afternoon to check out the tree house in the sunshine 🌞

Microsoft campus with pink blossom on the foreground and a blue sky

Day 3 of the #MVPSummit has started! 🌞

Monitoring Fabric Mirroring for SQL 2025 - Data Savvy In this blog post, we will look at how to monitor this process, both in SQL Server and in Fabric.

I previously wrote about how the underlying technology for Fabric mirroring changed with SQL Server 2025. In this blog post, we will look at how to monitor this process, both in SQL Server and in Fabric.
datasavvy.me/2026/03/24/monitoring-fa...

Gimme gimme gimme...

Congratulations to my friend @datamozart.bsky.social! 💛

A clay-like picture of Nicky holding an MVP Summit badge

A sunny picture with a Microsoft sign and logo and trees in the background

Today is day 2 of the #MVPSummit, with the opening keynote as the start of the day.
And of course, we can't share any of that because we are under NDA.

For me, the real value is in the coffee talks, the connections with fellow MVP's and engineers building the products we work with on a daily basis.

4 friends eating at a BBQ place

Microsoft campus with a Microsoft sign

Enjoying the start of the #MVPSummit with friends Jack's BBQ!

A double espresso paper cup with a blurred airport background

En route to the #MVPSummit!

Glass of Guiness

Group of friends in St. Patrick's day outfit

Split the G! 🍀 cc @benrebooted.bsky.social

Eifel tower

Tombe of Napoleon

Louvre

Notre Dame

Some great days already in Paris with friends.
Today is St. Patrick's day! 🍀
And a nice run this morning through the parc!

Marjolein starting her presentation on new Power BI visuals

Next up Power BI Gebruikersdagen: Marjolein Opsteegh!
What to do with all the new visuals?

Misty view

Enjoy the view they said... 😄

Fabric Workspace Settings Update: "License Type" Renamed to "Workspace Type" Blogging about Power BI, Power Platform and other things I find interesting.

Fabric updated workspace settings:
"License Type" is now called "Workspace Type".
Makes it more clear and simpler IMO.
Read more 👇
www.nickyvv.com/2026/02/fabr...

Transitioning to the New Power BI Enhanced Report Format (PBIR) - What You Have to Know Blogging about Power BI, Power Platform and other things I find interesting.

[Blog] PBIR is becoming the new default report format in Power BI.
Good for Git & CI/CD. Risky if you’re unprepared, because still in preview!
What’s changing: www.nickyvv.com/2026/02/tran...

Quick Tip: Analyze the Fabric Capacity Metrics App Easily Blogging about Power BI, Power Platform and other things I find interesting.

New blog & Fabric tip:
See a wild spike in the Capacity Metrics App?
Hit Focus mode on the chart - then you can actually click the red bar > Explore > Timepoint details.
Helps you figure out what really went wrong instead of staring at a 65k% spike 😀

www.nickyvv.com/2025/11/quic...

How to use GraphQL with Fabric SQL Database | Data Exposed: MVP Edition YouTube video by Microsoft Developer

I had the pleasure of talking to @analyticanna.bsky.social about exposing your data (pun intended 😁) from Fabric SQL with GraphQL!

youtu.be/uRL3_PMFM7Q?...

Nicky with his 2 boys in running gear, ready for their 5K race

Ready to go for the #Eindhoven #ASML 5K City run! 💪

Run with Johannes at dataMinds!

Johannes and me standing in front of the venue Lamot

Great #sqlrun with Johannes at dataMinds Connect! #sqlfamily

If you were at @datasaturdaynl.bsky.social today and by accident took a gray Fabric coffee mug from the toilets next to room 9 during the 3PM break, I would really like to have that back tomorrow... 💛

Fabric User Group Fabcon Update

Enjoying a FabCon update at the @dutchfabricug.bsky.social Dutch Fabric UG! @erwindekreuk.bsky.social @marclelijveld.bsky.social @kevchant.bsky.social

Power BI - Requirements to Use Analyze in Excel Blogging about Power BI, Power Platform and other things I find interesting.

Power BI and Excel still go hand in hand for many people (no, it's not a database!).

💡But if you want to use Analyze in Excel with your Power BI datasets, there are a few boxes you need to tick first.

This post breaks it down:
www.nickyvv.com/2025/09/powe...

a birthday cake with lit candles and the words happy birthday on it Alt: a birthday cake with lit candles and the words happy birthday on it

Congratulations @bidgeir.bsky.social! 🥳

Yes correct. With the new Org Apps, this is handled for you 🙂

The advanced options are indeed "extra", so for viewing you don't need them.
For build permissions you need to check that box. You can also do it later via the permissions in the workspace, or update the app.

a goat with balloons and party horns around its neck says happy birthday . Alt: a goat with balloons and party horns around its neck says happy birthday .

A happy birthday to @oliviervs.bsky.social!