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Kevin Chant
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Technology enthusiast and British expat.
Active in Microsoft Data Platform community.

Blogs on www.KevinRChant.com and hosts various GitHub repos on https://github.com/kevchant.

Data Platform MVP in Microsoft fabric tech area.
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For those of you interested in the Fabric Command Line Interface (Fabric CLI), it looks like there were some interesting updates released yesterday:

microsoft.github.io/fabric-cli/r...

#FabricCLI #MicrosoftFabric
Release Notes
⚡ Microsoft Fabric CLI
microsoft.github.io
September 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
kevchant.bsky.social
Post that covers the mystery of the fabric-cicd authentication that never was. To help others who experience similar issues with fabric-cicd.

#MicrosoftFabric #AzureDevOps #fabriccicd #Authentication

tinyurl.com/MysteryOfAuth
Mystery of the fabric-cicd authentication that never was - K Chant
Covers the mystery of the fabric-cicd authentication that never was. To help others who experience similar issues with fabric-cicd.
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September 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
kevchant.bsky.social
Post that shows one way you can deploy a working Direct Lake semantic model with fabric-cicd and Fabric CLI as part of your Microsoft Fabric CI/CD strategy.

#FabricCLI #fabriccicd #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #DirectLake

tinyurl.com/DeployDLSM
Deploy a working Direct Lake semantic model with fabric-cicd and Fabric CLI - K Chant
Shows how to deploy a working Direct Lake semantic model with fabric-cicd and Fabric CLI as part of your Microsoft Fabric CI/CD strategy.
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August 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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#AzureDevOps version of the FUAM deploymenator by Kevin Chant #Azure www.kevinrchant.com/2025/08/04/a...
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August 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
kevchant.bsky.social
Introducing the Azure DevOps version of FUAM deploymenator. #MicrosoftFabric #FUAM #AzureDevOps #monitoring

tinyurl.com/AzDoFUAMDepl...
Azure DevOps version of the FUAM deploymenator - K Chant
In this post I introduce the Azure DevOps version the FUAM deploymenator. Which is a FUAM deployment accelerator that I developed.
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August 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
kevchant.bsky.social
Hi all, I updated the below post to include details about the FUAM deployment accelerator that I developed. That assists with deploying the popular FUAM monitoring solution into Microsoft Fabric.

#MicrosoftFabric #FUAM #Monitoring

tinyurl.com/FUAMtips/
Tips for implementing FUAM in Microsoft Fabric - K Chant
In this post I share some tips for implementing FUAM in Microsoft Fabric. Since I have seen multiple questions relating to FUAM appear.
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July 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
kevchant.bsky.social
Introducing the FUAM deploymenator. #MicrosoftFabric #FUAM #GitHub #Monitoring

tinyurl.com/FUAMDeployme...
Introducing to the FUAM deploymenator - K Chant
Introducing the FUAM deploymenator. Which is a FUAM deployment accelerator that I developed in order to push FUAM deployments.
tinyurl.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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RIP Ozzy
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ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a black shirt is saying rock and roll
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July 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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For those who missed it. If you want to test your prompt engineering skills with this MCP server you can always test using it as a certification coach for the DP-600 and DP-700 #MicrosoftFabric exams

tinyurl.com/MSLearnDocsM...
Initial tests on the Microsoft Learn Docs MCP Server - K Chant
Shares the results of my initial tests on the Microsoft Learn Docs MCP Server. Which is now publicly available.
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July 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
kevchant.bsky.social
Since the FUAM offering to provide monitoring in #MicrosoftFabric was updated yesterday I thought I better share this post again.

Be aware that the main orchestration pipeline now uses different default values.

tinyurl.com/FUAMtips/
Tips for implementing FUAM in Microsoft Fabric - K Chant
In this post I share some tips for implementing FUAM in Microsoft Fabric. Since I have seen multiple questions relating to FUAM appear.
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July 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
kevchant.bsky.social
Published previously. For those looking to automate testing your #MicrosoftFabric Data Pipelines in your YAML Pipelines within #AzureDevOps and view the results.

tinyurl.com/AutomateTest...
Automate testing Microsoft Fabric Data Pipelines with YAML Pipelines - K Chant
In this post I want to cover one way that you can automate testing Microsoft Fabric Data Pipelines with YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps.
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July 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Updated checklist for the DP-700 exam for the new #MicrosoftFabric Data Engineering certification by Kevin Chant https://www.kevinrchant.com/2025/01/15/updated-checklist-for-the-dp-700-exam-for-the-new-microsoft-fabric-data-engineering-certification/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaig…
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January 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Tips for implementing FUAM in #MicrosoftFabric by Kevin Chant #Azure www.kevinrchant.com/2025/07/07/t...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
kevchant.bsky.social
Post where I share some tips for implementing FUAM in Microsoft Fabric. Since I have seen multiple questions relating to FUAM appear online. #FUAM #MicrosoftFabric #Monitoring

www.kevinrchant.com/2025/07/07/t...
Tips for implementing FUAM in Microsoft Fabric - K Chant
In this post I share some tips for implementing FUAM in Microsoft Fabric. Since I have seen multiple questions relating to FUAM appear.
www.kevinrchant.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Reposted by Kevin Chant
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Watch the session Decrease cost and management effort with Fabric SQL DB by @warwickrudd.bsky.social Ginger Grant
Event Date: 12 July 2025
Agenda: bit.ly/DTCR2025-Age...
Register now: bit.ly/DTCR2025-Reg...
#MicrosoftFabric #SynapseAnalytics #DataWarehouse #DataToboggan
July 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
kevchant.bsky.social
Covers my initial tests on the Microsoft Learn Docs MCP Server. Which has recently become publicly available.
#MCP #MicrosoftFabric #MicrosoftLearn #MVPsLoveLearn

www.kevinrchant.com/2025/07/02/i...
Initial tests on the Microsoft Learn Docs MCP Server - K Chant
Shares the results of my initial tests on the Microsoft Learn Docs MCP Server. Which is now publicly available.
www.kevinrchant.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Reposted by Kevin Chant
azureweekly.endj.in
Operationalize Fabric workspaces with #AzureDevOps using Fabric CLI and fabric-cicd by Kevin Chant #Azure www.kevinrchant.com/2025/06/18/o...
www.kevinrchant.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Reposted by Kevin Chant
azureweekly.endj.in
Two ways to check that #PowerBI reports are using the right template with #AzureDevOps by Kevin Chant www.kevinrchant.com/2025/06/09/t...
www.kevinrchant.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Automatically check #PowerBI reports are using the right template with #AzureDevOps by Kevin Chant #Azure www.kevinrchant.com/2025/06/02/a...
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June 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Some of the #MicrosoftFabric CI/CD announcements during FabCon by Kevin Chant #Azure www.kevinrchant.com/2025/04/07/s...
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April 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Another way to check Power BI reports are using the right template with #Azure DevOps by Kevin Chant www.kevinrchant.com/2025/06/05/a...
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June 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Reposted by Kevin Chant
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Thoughts about two ways to check that Power BI reports are using the right template with #Azure DevOps by Kevin Chant www.kevinrchant.com/2025/06/09/t...
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June 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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After a recent discussion, thought better remind folks to give others attribution is you are reusing their material elsewhere
June 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
kevchant.bsky.social
Shows one way you can operationalize Fabric workspaces with Azure DevOps using Fabric CLI and fabric-cicd.

By showing how to create a new workspace and then populate it. #AzureDevOps #MicrosoftFabric #FabricCLI #fabriccicd

www.kevinrchant.com/2025/06/18/o...
Operationalize Fabric workspaces with Azure DevOps using Fabric CLI and fabric-cicd - K Chant
In this post I want to show one way you can operationalize Fabric workspaces with Azure DevOps using Fabric CLI and fabric-cicd.
www.kevinrchant.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Reposted by Kevin Chant
powerbiweekly.endj.in
Automatically check Power BI reports are using the right template with #Azure DevOps by Kevin Chant #PowerBI www.kevinrchant.com/2025/06/02/a...
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June 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM