I am not surprised by this news. I was wondering when they would announce the end of datamarts. It didn't seem to get much love from anyone

@Jazmine Alexia My first suggestion is to download Power BI desktop and create some basic reports locally. Key to using Power BI is dimensional modelling and star schemas so google those 2 terms and get some fundamental understanding of those 2 concepts. The naming conventions in Fabric is very confusing for first time users. 'Microsoft Office' includes Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook etc. Similarly Fabric includes Notebooks, Pipelines, Lakehouses, Warehouses and Power BI. Just like Excel or Word can be used on their own without any other Office software that is the same with Power BI and Fabric. So think of Power BI as a component of Fabric and is the visualisation element for all the data that has been processed by the other components in Fabric. Not sure if you are trying to use the Online Service to learn Power BI or Power BI desktop so there are some differences between the 2. Another thing is that Power BI desktop has gone through a few different colour changes since 2015 as well as bringing out a feature called On-Object Interaction which has a layout similar to Excel. Many videos may have been recorded with this setting turned off whereas your version of Power BI desktop has it turned on. See the link below for further info https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/power-bi-on-object-interaction

@Jazmine Alexia I suggest you start with the MS Learn modules to get an overview and basics https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/powerplatform/power-bi

@Will Needham yep I will be

@Will Needham to me this suggests that the capacity based pricing model is not working and has annoyed many big customers