SQLBits 2023

The Power BI secret sauce: Security and governance

Learn how to convince your security team that Power BI's security and governance features are secure. It's baked in features that allow your org to upload your upload your data to the cloud and enable self-service in a safe and managable way.

When Power BI is used increasingly in your organization it is important to understand how Power BI can secure your data and how we keep your data safe. In this deep dive session, we will look at all the aspects of security of Power BI, from users authenticating, where and how your data is stored. We even look at how to leverage AAD security and data loss prevention features to add additional security and hopefully make your security team happy!

Kasper de Jonge's other proposed sessions for 2026

Unlocking AI Potential: Leveraging Your Data with Microsoft Fabric - 2026

The Ultimate Fabric Security Deep Dive You Didn’t Know You Needed - 2026

Kasper de Jonge's previous sessions

Fabric security: everything you need to know!

Learn how Microsoft Fabric makes sure your data is secure. Did you know for example that all data is encrypted by default? Or that you can configure MFA for all your users? Fabric offers many of these possibilities and more out of the box without most of us knowing! In this session you will learn everything to convince your security team

Understanding Zero Trust security

In this session we will look at what Zero Trust principles are. Zero Trust is the modern way to apply security. It assumes a breach, verifies every user, and enforces least privilege, giving users access only to the private applications and resources they need. It no longer secures the perimeter (the network boundaries) which doesn't scale in the modern world. We will see how it applies to your Microsoft services like Microsoft Fabric too.

The Power BI Engine in 20 minutes

In this action-packed session we will investigate how the Power BI engine works. From loading the data through M to its fast vertipaq engine.

The Power BI secret sauce: Security and governance

Learn how to convince your security team that Power BI's security and governance features are secure. It's baked in features that allow your org to upload your upload your data to the cloud and enable self-service in a safe and managable way.

Debugging common DAX and Model performance issues

In this session, we will explore real world DAX and Model performance scenario's. These scenarios range from memory pressure to high CPU load. Watch as we will dive into the model and improve performance by going through concrete examples.

Microsoft Power BI Premium: Building enterprise-grade models

Power BI Premium enables you to build comprehensive, enterprise-scale analytic solutions that deliver actionable insights through Microsoft Power BI. The session will focus on performance, scalability, and application lifecycle management (ALM).

Power BI security deep dive

One hot topic with Power BI is security, in this deep dive session we will look at all the aspects of security of Power BI, from users, logging to where and how your data is stored andleverage additional Azure services to secure it even more.

Understanding the Power BI data model

In this session we will look at all the important topics that are needed to get your Power BI modelling skills to the next level. We will cover the in memory engine, relationships, DAX filter context, DAX vs M and DirectQuery.

Developing For PowerBI

The Power BI Preview service offers developers a rich API service for anyone to interact with Power BI programmatically and create applications for Power BI. In this session we will introduce you to the Power BI developer story

Building Great Models for Crescent

SQL Server Code Name Denali Reporting Services will include Project Crescent for visualizing, interacting with and presenting data. Project Crescent. Come to this session to see how to make the most of this new tool.