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Power BI Health Check
Fixed-scope review of your current reporting stack.
- Model, DAX and performance audit
- Governance, refresh and security review
- Prioritised roadmap with quick wins
Power BI + Fabric consultant · Trusted reporting
Your business already has the data. What it's missing is a reporting layer leaders actually trust.
I partner with data and finance teams to turn a tangle of ERPs, CRMs and spreadsheets into a governed Power BI and Microsoft Fabric platform - one that answers the questions leadership is actually asking, without the month-end firefight.
Watch: scattered data → one clear picture
The problem
The problem is not a lack of reports. It's a lack of trusted, usable reporting.
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Every team has its own version of the truth.
Data lives in finance systems, CRMs, ERPs, SQL databases and spreadsheets. Different teams pull different numbers, and month-end turns into a debate about whose figure is right.
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Reports that are really just data dumps.
Manual to produce, hard to audit and overloaded with numbers. Many are little more than a SQL extract with a few charts on top. Nobody wants to open them, so nobody does.
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Leaders can't see what actually matters.
What changed since last month? What is at risk? Which number should you trust? If the answers take a week of digging, decisions stall and confidence drops.
How I help
A reporting system your teams want to use.
Well-modelled data, traceable logic, trusted measures and proper design thinking - across finance, operations, customer and leadership reporting.
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Power BI Implementation
Enterprise dashboards leaders actually trust.
- Semantic model design (star schema, calc groups)
- Row-level and object-level security
- Performance tuning and refresh strategy
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Microsoft Fabric Platform
Lakehouse to report on one unified stack.
- OneLake, Lakehouse and Warehouse setup
- Dataflows Gen2, pipelines and Direct Lake
- Workspace, capacity and cost governance
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Team Enablement
Your analysts stop depending on external help.
- Hands-on internal training
- Runbooks, templates and review rituals
- Optional retained advisory
The phased approach
Six phases. One clear path from scattered reports to a governed platform.
Each phase has a defined outcome and a go / no-go decision. You are never locked into a giant fixed-price contract. Start with assessment, expand only if it makes sense.
Phase 01Week 1
Discovery & Assessment
Understand the business questions, current stack, data sources and pain points. Deliverable: a scored maturity report with clear next steps.
Phase 02Week 2-3
Architecture & Roadmap
Design the target architecture on Power BI or Fabric, define workspaces, capacities, environments and a phased delivery roadmap with budget guardrails.
Phase 03Week 3-5
Data Platform Build
Set up OneLake / Lakehouse, ingestion pipelines and the raw-to-curated flow. Establish security, naming and folder standards from day one.
Phase 04Week 5-7
Semantic Model & Reports
Build the enterprise semantic layer, KPI definitions, calc groups, RLS and the first set of executive and operational reports.
Phase 05Week 7-8
Governance & Rollout
Deployment pipelines, workspace roles, refresh monitoring, cost dashboards and a rollout plan across teams and regions.
Phase 06Ongoing
Enablement & Handover
Train the internal team, hand over documentation and templates, and stay on optional retainer for reviews, hiring support and Fabric upgrades.
You get a working, governed slice of the platform within the first 6-8 weeks - not at the end of a year-long program.
What clients get
60%+
faster refresh on redesigned models
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trusted semantic layer across teams
4-8 wks
typical time to first governed release
0
surprise capacity bills after governance setup
Industries served
SaaS & TechFinancial ServicesRetail & E-commerceManufacturingHealthcareProfessional Services
About
Deepesh Vashistha
Power BI + Fabric · Enterprise BI
I've spent the last decade inside enterprise data teams - shipping Power BI at scale, cleaning up broken semantic models, and more recently rolling out Microsoft Fabric for organizations moving beyond classic Power BI.
My work sits at the intersection of architecture, delivery and governance. The platform I hand over doesn't just work - your team can run it, extend it and defend it in front of leadership.
I also run a live cohort where analytics professionals learn how senior BI folks actually think. Visit the War Room.
Let's talk
Ready to make your BI stack enterprise-grade?
A 30-minute discovery call is free. We'll look at where you are today, what's actually blocking value, and whether a phased Power BI or Fabric engagement is the right fit.
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