SQLBits 2020

Power BI Governance overview

Governance of your Power BI environment is very important. Setting up structure around it will allow developers (IT or business) to develop Power BI content the right way, first time as well as aid administrators

In this session we will hear about a method to govern your Power BI environment. This method is built upon my experience as a Power BI lead for a multinational company as well as my work with various customers of different sizes. 

In my experience many organizations start thinking Power BI governance too late. Users are already working with Power BI and used to be in the Power BI Wild West. No matter if you are starting your Power BI journey or already in the Power BI Wild West this session will help you start with Power BI governance or enhance your existing one.

The method has four main pillars:

Process
Training
Monitoring
Roles

All these pillars are equally important but with different complexity. We will dive into each pillar and look at examples on documents and implementation methods. We will then bind it all together into a cohesive method and suggest how to approach the implementation.

Ásgeir Gunnarsson's other proposed sessions for 2026

Best Practices for Sharing Power BI Content with External Users - 2026

Data Quality Validations in Fabric Spark - 2026

Find the Spark as a SQL data warehouse developer - 2026

From Chaos to Control: Orchestrating Lakehouse Workloads in Microsoft Fabric - 2026

From Chaos to Control: Orchestrating Lakehouse Workloads in Microsoft Fabric Part 1 - 2026

From Chaos to Control: Orchestrating Lakehouse Workloads in Microsoft Fabric Part 2 - 2026

Workspace strategy for Lakehouse/Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric - 2026

Panel Debate: Real-World Microsoft Fabric Administration - Lessons from the Trenches - 2026

Ásgeir Gunnarsson's previous sessions

Power BI Governance quick start

For many the mention of governance gives them images of massive effort and inconvenience for themselves and end-users. It´s a hindrance and waste of time. But it doesn´t have to be that way. In this session we will talk about how we can start to tackle Power BI governance. We will look at few things you can get started with very quickly that will get you far in setting up your governance strategy. We will look at things such as documentation, roles and monitoring. The hope is that you go back to your organization with a clear picture of where to start and a better feeling on governance.

5 Power Automate flows that could give immediate value in your organization

In this session we will demonstrate how to create value fast with Power Automate. We will do this by showing 5 types of flows that can give value with little development effort

Managing Power BI workspaces

This session will help you find the best strategy for managing your Power BI workspaces. Should you go for as much automation as possible or do careful manual process? Should you have few people controlling everything or should everyone do as they want? All this and more you will find in this session.

Whats Going On in My Power BI Environment?

As Power BI is a self-service tool, it can be hard for administrators to monitor it. Power BI is fast improving in this context but there still isn’t a consistent way of monitoring it.

Power BI Governance overview

Governance of your Power BI environment is very important. Setting up structure around it will allow developers (IT or business) to develop Power BI content the right way, first time as well as aid administrators

Impact of weather on English Premier League in Power BI

By using open data and web scraping in Power BI we will examine if weather has an impact on games in the English Premier League. We will look at the advantages and disadvantages of using open data and web page data how Power BI works with it.