What’s New and What’s Next for Power BI Visuals

FabCon Poland 2025 showcased the direction in which Power BI is evolving as part of Microsoft’s broader data ecosystem. The platform is ceasing to be solely a reporting tool, and is increasingly becoming a central component of an organization’s entire data ecosystem. Combined with Microsoft Fabric, OneLake and AI-based solutions, Microsoft is consistently building an […]

Taking AI-powered action at the speed of business with Real-Time Intelligence

The growing gap between data and decisions The conclusions presented at FabCon Poland 2025 show how large a gap still exists between the pace of data emergence and an organization’s ability to respond to it in real time. Today’s organizations operate in a world where data is created in real time, and the market situation […]

Unify Your Data Estate With OneLake — the OneDrive for Data

During FabCon Poland 2025, the Microsoft Fabric conference organised by Onex Group, one of the most important architectural topics was the role of OneLake as the foundation of the entire Fabric platform. Microsoft often refers to OneLake as “OneDrive for data” and this comparison goes far beyond a catchy metaphor. In practice, OneLake is the […]

Microsoft Fabric: The Data Platform for the AI Frontier

During FabCon Poland 2025, Microsoft presented a wide range of updates and new capabilities in Microsoft Fabric, including the latest announcements unveiled at Microsoft Ignite in November. The material focused on the evolution of the platform’s architecture, new database services, data integration mechanisms, AI capabilities, and the ongoing development of the security and governance layer. […]

Google has lifted its ban on the use of AI for military purposes

Developers of artificial intelligence, such as Microsoft, often express the belief that it it should serve the good of humanity from the outset. It is debatable whether the military’s use of AI meets this criterion – especially when it comes to so-called lethal technologies. Google has also taken its clear stance on this issue, and […]

New COPILOT feature in Excel, or AI prompts in the cell. AI News #37

Copilot w Excel

In this issue of AI News: Excel’s new COPILOT feature, or AI prompts in the cell Microsoft is introducing a new COPILOT feature to Excel for Windows and Mac. This is different from Copilot in Excel. The feature is a major step forward in using large language models directly in spreadsheet cells. It makes it […]

Microsoft has released Muse, a unique AI model for game developers.

Microsoft’s artificial intelligence is taking no prisoners. This currently most rapidly developing technology is reaching all departments and products of the Redmond giant, including the Xbox. The company has announced a new generative AI model called Muse, which is being promoted as a breakthrough for game developers. According to the manufacturer, it is the world’s […]

Meta invests 65 billion in AI, and China’s DeepSeek comes out on top

Mark Zuckerberg believes that 2025 will be the year of artificial intelligence, and in a recent Facebook post he writes that Meta intends to invest $60-65 billion in AI in 2025. This is a significant increase from 2024, when the budget was about $38-40 billion. This is not the only such large investment, and in […]

Changing the EA contract to CSP for Microsoft 365 products – will it be necessary?

This year, Microsoft is introducing changes to its Enterprise Agreement (EA) model that could prove to be very significant for customers using EA. The changes affect companies using Azure and Microsoft 365 licensing. In this article, we will examine the implications of the new licensing rules and the opportunities they open up for customers. Who […]

Trends in cybersecurity in 2025

Cyber security threats in 2024 can be boiled down to the 2 most popular letters of our alphabet lately: “A”, “I”. Despite the presence of threats already known in previous years, it is the new AI-related attacks that have evolved enough to dominate the online space and the discussion of cyber threats. Organizations are still […]