Which platform is more popular: Power BI or Fabric? | Lets find out!

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[@barttrudeau9237]

That's a fascinating analysis! I had no idea how you would compare but your method makes perfect sense.

[@CurbalEN]

Thanks! It was a fun project to do also :)

[@adrianjliu]

Hi Ruth, thanks so much for this very interesting analysis. I was lucky to have been able to meet Patrick, Phil, and other members of the Fabric CAT team (formerly Power BI CAT) in person here in Australia in April. My key takeaway is that Power BI is part of Fabric and Fabric is nothing without Power BI. Patrick said a few times that Power BI is Fabric. I think you can see from all of the recent content in Microsoft's official (and not so official) KZbin channels where the future of data and BI at Microsoft is headed. Again, thank you for posting this as it does show the level of interest and discussion amongst the community.

[@CurbalEN]

Thanks for sharing!

[@annapilipczuk926]

Hi, thanks for the analysis, but I have a question, what visualization did you use?

[@songkaitan6949]

i think it's a matter of preference....still more comfortable creating reports in the desktop app

[@songkaitan6949]

fabric still useful for other things though, preparing for the DP-600 exam gave me some insights into what you can really do with fabric

[@CurbalEN]

Yes, not comparing them technically, just the popularity :)

[@songkaitan6949]

@@CurbalEN ok my bad, i misunderstood. i think it depends on the user population, both are popular in their own ways

[@CurbalEN]

That is true :)

[@Srivatsa224]

Hi, thank you for this video. I'm interested in getting to know more about the trending playback feature and how you've built that visual, could you please upload the PBI file in the Google cloud link in the description? I was not able to find it 😅

[@antique-bs8bb]

So 3200 days for Power BI takes us back to late 2015. But Power Query, the Data Model and Power View had been around a couple of years already then. Power BI was essentially a re-branding so a quick take off is not surprising. Also a usable version of Power BI was available for all whether you were working for a big company, small company or on your own. So adoptions was feasible for absolutely everyone. Fabric can only practically be used by those in large organisations that have already made the switch. So a subset of those using Azure with a switched on IT department to have moved to Fabric already. Many just aren't ready to make that change and many smaller organisations will never be ready. Sure I can register for a trial version of fabric but there isn't much I can do with it outside an organisation. In other words not a fair contest.

[@CurbalEN]

Fabric is a rebranding of synapse and synapse a rebranding of Azure Data Warehouse and ADH is a rebranding of … I can keep going. The innovation for Power BI was on the service and all the features launched on every monthly update. I think it is a fair comparison.

[@Milhouse77BS]

Like the animated Days after launch visual.

[@CurbalEN]

Thanks!

[@VenkatesanVenkat-fd4hg]

I think, Microsoft fabric hav powerBI service within for practicing/data analytics.....and it is the only way we can do PowerBI functions in the browser......?

[@CurbalEN]

Where fabric ends, power bi starts :)

[@VenkatesanVenkat-fd4hg]

@@CurbalEN I think, we cannot do powerBI experimentation in the browser other than fabric. If there any way, I can do powerBI on the browser rather than desktop? Kindly educate me on this?

[@CurbalEN]

@VenkatesanVenkat-fd4hg It is limited what you can do. The desktop version is a better option.

[@MrSlurrpy]

I dont understand, isnt Power BI one of the tools/part of Fabric?

[@CurbalEN]

It is!

[@Phoenixspin]

I still don't understand Fabric and whether I, a mere mortal, can actually access it in my shop.

[@CurbalEN]

It depends if IT has enabled it for you

[@DataHacker]

Ok, I do not agree with the whole comparrison :D You are comparing apples and oranges here. Power Bi is part of Fabric package, and it is matchure. Even if PBi is on fabric capacity, people will not suddenly switch to fabric forum to ask questions. The same goes with Python workbooks. Most likely you would ask Python related questions on Python forums anyway. So you are left with Fabric only questions to be asked on Fabric forums. But even then, most of Fabric features are old features repackaged underone name. So naturely people would already know a lot by now and ask fewer questions. Nice looking report though!

[@CurbalEN]

Power BI was also a repackage from Excel and users could equally have turned into excel forums to ask, so I still think it is a fairly similar case. But the most important thing of all, it was a fun exercise to do. Oh and thanks! :)

[@OneNI83]

Does Fabric is slowly killing the Powerbi Super Star?

[@CurbalEN]

Hopefully not!