00 Microsoft Fabric knowledge hubPlanning, now native
Planning, now native
to the fabric of your data.
Everything you need to understand, evaluate, and implement Microsoft Fabric Planning. Built by practitioners, for practitioners.
01 Primer
Start here →What, exactly, is Fabric Planning?
The short version, for finance leaders deciding whether to pay attention.
A new capability inside Microsoft Fabric that brings budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning alongside the Power BI reports and data pipelines you already run.
This represents a potential shift away from standalone EPM tools and Excel-based planning toward an integrated, cloud-native approach. Fabric Planning is still evolving, and this knowledge hub exists to help finance and data professionals navigate what it can do today, where the gaps are, and how to get started.
02 Calendar
All events →Events & recordings.
Upcoming sessions, past recordings, and community meetups.
Recordings10 available
RecordingSecuring PowerTable Applications in Fabric Plan
Learn how to secure PowerTable applications in Microsoft Fabric with enterprise-grade governance. Discover Fabric permissions, SQL connection security, audit logging, row- and column-level access controls, approval workflows, and upcoming Fabric Plan security features through live demonstrations.
21 JulWatch →
RecordingFabric Planning: Profitability Planning with 'Optimizer Solver'
Discover how Microsoft Fabric Optimizer Solver automates financial planning, enabling target-based and multi-variable optimization for better business outcomes.
07 JulWatch →
RecordingFabric Planning (PowerTable): Modernize Your Excel-based Processes with Security & Approval Workflows
Discover how PowerTable on Microsoft Fabric enables governed self-service applications for operational workflows such as vendor onboarding, headcount requests, approvals, and status tracking
23 JunWatch →
RecordingFabric Planning: Mastering Multi-Dimensional Planning and Allocations
Move beyond spreadsheets with Microsoft Fabric Planning. Explore no-code allocations, multi-dimensional cubes, and integrated business planning at scale.
09 JunWatch →
RecordingFabric Planning Hands-On: Day 3, Build a Financial Chart of Accounts
Change desc. later
11 MayWatch →
RecordingFabric Planning Hands-On: Day 2, Build One End to End
Fabric Planning
04 MayWatch →
RecordingFabric Planning: Introducing PowerTable for Data Management
Change desc. later
30 AprWatch →
RecordingFabric Planning Hands-On: Day one, getting started
Fabric Planning
27 AprWatch →
RecordingWriteback with Fabric Planning
Join Khaled Chowdhury (The Fabric Whisperer) and host Reid Havens for a deep dive into writeback capabilities in Microsoft Fabric Planning. Hosted by Reid Havens (https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidhavens/).
17 AprWatch →
RecordingFabric Planning: What, So What, and Now What?
Join Khaled Chowdhury (Principal, Data Crafters) and Gopal Krishnamurthy (Founder & CEO, Lumel) for a first look at Microsoft Fabric Planning. We'll cover what it is, why it matters for FP&A teams, and what to do next.
08 AprWatch →
03 The Blog
Archive →From the Blog
Articles from the Fabric Planning Substack.
04 Field reports
All posts →What people are saying.
Discussions, insights, and updates from across social media.
05 Community
Join the Finance Fabric User Group.
A free monthly user group for finance professionals exploring Microsoft Fabric Planning. Hosted by Khaled Chowdhury and Alex McPherson. Each session covers one real-world topic — modeling patterns, migration stories, writeback, security — followed by open Q&A.
Join on Meetup →Free · monthly · virtual
Where finance meets fabric.