Unlocking Power BI Developer Mode with PBIP: A Practical Guide

Are you a Power BI self-service developer and fear PBIP, Git, source control and VS Code?

In this session, you will learn why PBIP and PBIR is a gamechanger for report development and how we can utilize VS Code and Git to assist. There will be practical examples and guides to learn from.

① Fundamentals of PBIP, PBIR and TMDL
② Setup of Git and VS Code
③ Working with JSON Report Theme in VS Code
④ Tracking changes with Git
⑤ Copy-paste template of TMDL and report pages files (Model documentation example)
⑥ Agentic Power BI Development with GitHub Copilot and Power BI Modeling MCP Server
⑦ Considerations for single vs. multiple developers setup
⑧ Inspiration on automation in Semantic Link Labs in Fabric

This session will be told by self-service developer for the self-service developers to be empowered for Git and to be ready for a new workflow and process for Power BI report and model development

A thorough guide with required installations and tools will be provided beforehand.

Source Control in Power BI
AI empowered development
PBIP all the way

Power BI Desktop
Free or paid user on GitHub

Install Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ and download for Windows

Install Git https://git-scm.com/downloads

Configure user and email on Git C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe https://git-scm.com/book/ms/v2/Getting-Started-First-Time-Git-Setup

In Power BI Desktop settings enable preview feature "Power BI Project (pbip) save option"

Extensions in Visual Studio Code:
The Power BI Modeling MCP Server
Color Highlight
TMDL Language
Git Graph View
Open in Application
GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot Chat
VS Code Speech