🎙️ Fabric Insider Ep. 10 — AI & The Next Evolution of Power BI | Mohammad Ali | Microsoft Fabric

Where is Power BI heading? What is the next evolution of BI? And will Power BI Desktop ever become prompt-first? In this episode of Fabric Insider, I sit down with Mohammad Ali — Director of Product Management on the Power BI team at Microsoft — for one of the most comprehensive conversations about the future direction of Power BI I have had on this series. We cover the biggest recent updates, Semantic Views, the Fabric web app experience, Copilot in Power BI, AI-powered visualization generation, version history with OneDrive, Power BI Desktop updates, and what a prompt-first UI for Power BI could actually look like. If you work with Power BI — this episode is essential viewing. 📌 What we cover in this episode: 🏆 Top bits — the most important recent updates in Power BI 🔮 What is the next evolution of BI? 👁️ Semantic Views — what they are and why they matter 🌐 Fabric Web App — the new browser-first Power BI experience 🤖 Copilot in Power BI — the conversational AI experience explained 🎨 Copilot for visualization generation vs Skills for PBIR — what is the difference? 🖥️ Power BI Desktop updates — what is changing and what is coming ⌨️ Will Power BI Desktop ever become a prompt-first UI? 🕐 Version history in Power BI using OneDrive ☁️ Power BI Service updates — what is new and what is coming 🎙️ 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. 🔗 Mohammad Ali on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohaali45/ 📺 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/ 💡 Power BI / Fabric 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 🎙️ Ep. 6 — Yitzhak Kesselman: Real-Time Intelligence & Fabric IQ 🎙️ Ep. 7 — Rie Merritt: Everything About the Microsoft MVP Program 🎙️ Ep. 8 — Hasan Abo-Shally: Fabric MCP Servers, CLI & AI Agents 🎙️ Ep. 9 — Wee Hyong Tok: Data Integration, Migration & Future of ETL 📖 Related resources on RADACAD: 🔗 What's Hot and New for Power BI Semantic Models — Fabric Insider Ep. 5: https://radacad.com/whats-hot-and-new-for-power-bi-semantic-models-in-2026-a-conversation-with-christian-wade-fabric-insider-ep-5/ 🔗 Power BI Visualization Updates — Fabric Insider Ep. 2: https://radacad.com/the-updates-and-future-of-visualization-in-power-bi-interview-with-zoe-douglas-fabric-insider-ep-2/ 🔗 RADACAD Blog: https://radacad.com/blog/ 🔗 Microsoft Fabric Glossary: https://radacad.com/microsoft-fabric-glossary/ 🌐 RADACAD Website: https://radacad.com 🔗 Corporate Training: https://radacad.com/corporate-training/ 🔗 Power BI Training: https://radacad.com/power-bi-training/ 🔗 Microsoft Fabric Training: https://radacad.com/microsoft-fabric-training/ #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #FabricInsider #MohammadAli #SemanticViews #CopilotPowerBI #PowerBIDesktop #PowerBIService #AIAgents #FabricWebApp #VersionHistory #PowerBIUpdates #FabricAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #FutureOfPowerBI