🎙️ Fabric Insider Ep. 6 — Real-Time Intelligence & Fabric IQ | Yitzhak Kessleman | Microsoft Fabric

What is Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric — and what is Fabric IQ? And why should every data professional care about both right now? In this episode of Fabric Insider, I sit down with Yitzhak Kessleman — CVP for Real-Time Intelligence at Microsoft Fabric — for one of the most forward-looking conversations in this series yet. We cover what RTI is, why real-time matters now more than ever, what Fabric IQ is and how it changes the way organisations work, and where all of this is heading. This episode is for anyone working with Microsoft Fabric — whether you use RTI today or not. 📌 What we cover in this episode: ⚡ What is Real-Time Intelligence — a simple definition for businesses 🏢 Why real-time? Which businesses benefit most and what are the key use cases? 🕰️ Why real-time NOW? Didn't we have this requirement 20 years ago? 💎 What unique value does Fabric RTI provide that nothing else does? 🔄 Is RTI replacing traditional BI — or do both coexist? When to use which? 🌍 Customer success stories with RTI in production ❓ Myth vs. reality — does RTI only work well on higher F SKUs? 🧠 What is Fabric IQ? 🚀 How Fabric IQ changes the way organisations work in the future 🔗 How Fabric IQ relates to Work IQ and Foundry IQ across the Microsoft IQ ecosystem 🔔 If you are not using RTI — can Activator or Ontology still benefit you? 🏁 What companies should start using IQ and why 🤖 RTI in the agentic era — MCP servers, APIs, Copilot and what's been done 🎓 Career path for RTI professionals — DP-700 and what certifications are on the roadmap 🔮 We had Fabric, then RTI, now IQ — what is coming next? Yitzhak's vision 🎙️ Fabric Insider Series — direct conversations with Microsoft product team members on what is new, what is coming, and what matters most in Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. 📺 Full Fabric Insider Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMXQvYI7QV6f8vUxtlFuGzQk-tYj3uOTn 🎧 Fabric Insider on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4eJrCr5UOWZ7ggmrVUce6l?si=Jx18sgdaScCgR3P1oDz-dw 📚 Fabric Insider Blog Series: https://radacad.com/category/fabric-insider-2026/ 🔗 Yitzhak Kessleman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yitzhak-kesselman/💡 Share your feedback and ideas: 💡 Power BI Ideas: https://ideas.fabric.microsoft.com 💬 Microsoft Fabric Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftFabric/📌 Previous Fabric Insider Episodes: 🎙️ Ep. 1 — Wilson Lee: Fabric Mirroring, Copy Job & SAP Integration 🎙️ Ep. 2 — Zoe Douglas: Power BI Visualization Updates & Roadmap 🎙️ Ep. 3 — Miguel Escobar: Power Query, Dataflows & What's Next 🎙️ Ep. 4 — Santhosh Kumar Ravindran: Fabric Spark Performance & Custom Live Pools 🎙️ Ep. 5 — Christian Wade: What's Hot and New for Power BI Semantic Models 📖 Related resources on RADACAD: 🔗 What is Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric: https://radacad.com/blog/ 🔗 Microsoft Fabric Blog: https://radacad.com/blog/ 🔗 Microsoft Fabric Glossary: https://radacad.com/microsoft-fabric-glossary/ 🌐 RADACAD Website: https://radacad.com 📧 Training & Courses: https://radacad.com/what-we-do-at-radacad/ #MicrosoftFabric #RealTimeIntelligence #FabricIQ #FabricInsider #PowerBI #DataEngineering #RTI #Eventhouse #Activator #KQL #BusinessIntelligence #DataAnalytics #AgenticAI #MicrosoftFabricRTI #FabricAnalytics