Power BI projects often start very small, with a single person quickly creating impressive results using Power BI Desktop and a project that is fully contained in a single file. When those early successes are then expected to scale in an enterprise context and to be replicated by a larger team, things get more complicated.

Model developers have had advanced tooling available for a while, for instance the XMLA endpoint, Tabular Editor, and TMDL. However, for report developers only the new Power BI Developer Mode (released in public preview in 2023) has delivered the foundations for better tooling and workflows.

This session demonstrates what Developer Mode (as well as other external tools) means for practical report development in a professional environment. You'll learn from Mathias, who pioneered similar workflows with his open-source pbi-tools, and hence has many years of experience developing and maintaining Power BI reports in a collaborative manner.