Posts filed under Admin & Management

(Livestream Replay) Managing Power BI, to Prepare for Fabric - with Alex Whittles

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Power BI is in place in almost all organizations, with varying degrees of effectiveness in its implementation. The introduction of Fabric introduces a transformative shift, amplifying both the opportunities and complexities associated with Power BI. Consequently, it becomes imperative to proactively manage your Power BI ecosystem, focusing on key aspects such as structure, security, processes, and monitoring. This not only establishes a solid foundation for Power BI governance, but also paves the way for migrating your data engineering workloads into Fabric, while retaining full control, transparency, and governance over your data environment.

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Alex is a 9 year Data Platform MVP, and is the owner and principle consultant at Purple Frog Systems, a Microsoft Data Analytics consultancy in the UK with multinational clients in a variety of sectors. He specialises in the architecture and design of all aspects of data warehousing, ETL, cubes, Power BI and Machine Learning. He’s also the creator of Power BI Sentinel. Alex is on the organizing committee for the SQL Bits conference, and is a regular speaker at many data events around the world including SQL Bits, Data Relay, SQL Saturdays, Data Grillen, 24 HOP and the PASS Summit, and has a Masters degree in Business Intelligence.

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Power BI Sentinel Website

Introducing PowerOps! (A NEW Productivity Tool for Power BI Developers)

Video by: Reid Havens

A True Game Changer! Introducing a New Tool (PowerOps), which brings a single platform to seamlessly analyze, Compare, Optimize, Version Control and Deploy the PowerBI Reports. Current Features:

Analyze - Get the instant insights of Both Report and Model including Bookmarks, Filters, Dependencies(Lineage) and many more.

Compare - Compare between different version of Report or Model and easily identify the Changes in both tabular and Visual formats.

Best Practices - Effortlessly assess the Report and Model against best practices,, identifying the areas of concern. Additionally, you have the option to create or edit rules.

Zero-touch - Version Control with Azure Devops/GITHUB, Workspace Sync Ready and More..

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Vijay Hemantha is the founder of Truviz Inc, Located in USA. With over two decades of hands-on experience in the data and analytics arena, he has navigated a multitude of technologies, platforms, and tools. He is passionate about Business intelligence and AI. He has helped many organizations transform their data into valuable insights and actionable outcomes. He is actively engaged with various industry leaders and BI experts to improve the productivity of MS Fabric professionals worldwide.

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(Livestream Replay) Supercharge your Power BI Monitoring with Argus PBI - with Greg Baldini

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You need to know what's going on in your Power BI tenant. There is a wealth of information available in the Power BI Admin APIs, data to support all sorts of operational monitoring and analytics: unified refresh monitoring, cross-workspace report usage, end-to-end security lineage (who can see what sources, who has actually viewed data from those), datasource refresh utilization (are you slamming one database with dozens of refreshes at 8am every day?), and so much more. Busy Power BI Administrators and Operators need this information, and they can't wait for it. Argus PBI provides turnkey whole-tenant monitoring.

Join Argus cofounder Greg Baldini as he shows off the insights available when you combine data available from those APIs.

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He slices! He dices! When it comes to Power BI, Greg Baldini does it all. And he is here to show you how to, too! Cofounder of Argus PBI, cofounder and editor at Power BI Ops, and Senior Analytics Consultant at FirstLight Analytics, I keep myself busy advancing the conversation and practice of operating Power BI effectively at scale. My career has been spent in data and consulting, spanning industries and business domains. Of particular note and pride this year: 2023 is my decade of DAX, which seems a fun anniversary to celebrate.

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https://www.arguspbi.com
https://www.powerbiops.com
https://firstlightanalytics.com
https://twitter.com/GregBaldini
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregbaldini

Posted on October 13, 2023 and filed under Livestreams, Admin & Management, Power BI Service.

Starter Extensions for Visual Studio Code and Power BI (with Štěpán Rešl)

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn about a good starter pack list of extensions (plug-ins) for Visual Studio Code (VS Code). These extensions will be useful for: data modelling (DAX, Power Query), Git Management, Power BI administration, SVG/XML/Java scripting, custom visual development, and more! Tune in to find out.

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"Don't say something cannot be done, or someone who doesn't know will come and do it.". This motto describes me very well. I would say because I am trying to find a path even on fields where paths shouldn't be. I'm the MVP of Data Platform (Power BI) and a co-founder of a company called DataBrothers, where I work as a Lead technical consultant. Primarily I am working with Microsoft Power Platform Technologies (Power BI, Flow / Automate, and PowerApps) and am the Author of the Czech PBI blog Jakna Power BI (translated "How to Power BI").

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Štěpán's LinkedIn
reporTee (Power BI guided learning)