Essays on business intelligence and data governance that use stories and analogies from architecture, firefighting and magic to make their points. Readers get practical perspective on certified datasets, self-service BI and managing a data team's workload.

Peter Nicholson writes practical commentary on AI, ERP and data, drawing on his experience in manufacturing sales and hands-on system migrations. Readers get opinionated analysis of vendor announcements and process design, along with concrete tips for ERP projects and BI governance.

A newsletter on building governed master data, semantic layers and roadmaps so that business intelligence and AI deliver dependable answers. Each issue answers a practitioner question with a clear opinion, cited sources and a distinction between forecast and recommendation.

Detailed technical articles on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, including a three-part series on fully automated CI/CD with Azure DevOps, service principals and deployment pipelines. It also covers practical admin topics such as Fabric trial capacity rules and limits.