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Why Doesn't a View Work in a Direct Lake Model?
A Fabric user builds a semantic model on a lakehouse and gets stuck: views fall back, Power Query is missing and the capacity complains. The community calls it too rigid. The documentation shows it's a design choice, and that part of the criticism is now outdated.
19 September 2026 · 10 min read
How to build an agentic application with Fabric and Foundry
From governed data in Microsoft Fabric to an agent in Microsoft Foundry that answers questions about it, with the decision that shapes the architecture at every step.
28 August 2026 · 9 min read
How Microsoft partners can become a Frontier Partner
Frontier Transformation asks more of a partner than an AI page on the website. This is the route: your own organization first, then a knowledge foundation, agents around real workflows, governance from day one and a business model that holds up.
24 August 2026 · 19 min read
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Threat Protection for AI: Detecting and Responding to Attacks on Copilot and Agents
Episode 1.10 · 22 min · 6 September 2026
Agent Identity and Access: Entra Agent ID, Least Privilege and Conditional Access
Episode 1.9 · 22 min · 3 September 2026
AI Cost Management | From Good Habits to a Real Strategy
Episode 1.10 · 18 min · 2 September 2026
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TechExplained goes beyond product documentation. We explain why architects choose one design over another, when those decisions become expensive, where governance matters and which trade-offs determine long-term success. Every article, Architecture Pattern, podcast and Architecture Lab is built from real customer scenarios and practical implementation experience.