(Livestream Replay) Making The Most Out of The Power Platform - with Nicky van Vroenhoven

ABSTRACT 📄

Have you always wanted to edit your data in Power BI, like in Excel?
Do you want (some of) your users to be able to refresh the Power BI dataset behind a report?
Do you want to refresh your Power BI dataset as soon as the connected dataflow is refreshed?
Now you can! With a combination of Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate.
In this live demo session I will demonstrate the Microsoft Power Platform products working together to create easy, usable, and interactive data solutions.

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Nicky van Vroenhoven is a BI professional focused at the Microsoft stack and a Data Platform MVP. He mainly works with Power BI, Power Platform and T-SQL. Nicky started working with SQL Server and SSIS 2005 in the DWH space, and later moved from Power Pivot to Power BI. After working 10 years in BI-consultancy jobs in several industries and companies, he worked for 5 years as a Power BI Administrator at a wealth management bank, and he is currently working as Unit Lead Power BI at Powerdobs in The Netherlands.

Nicky has spoken at several User Groups, SQL Saturday Events, the Power BI World Tour and SQLBits. In addition he enjoys tweeting and blogging about topics like Power BI and Power Platform at his website below.

In his spare time Nicky like's to go running, play chess or try to improve his Rubik's cube record. He is also a husband, father of 3 and a (former) ballroom dancer!

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(Livestream Replay) PowerShell Hacks for Power BI - with James Bartlett

ABSTRACT 📝

There's never a dull moment in the life of a Power BI Administrator. In order to protect our time and sanity, it's important to automate as many of our usual tasks and processes as possible. Additionally, since the top priority of the Power BI development team is the end user experience, there are many edge cases and "power user" type activities that cannot yet be accomplished using only Power BI Desktop and the Power BI web service.

Fortunately, Microsoft has provided two priceless tools that allow us to automate and add functionality to Power BI: The Power BI REST APIs and the MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt module for PowerShell. This presentation will demonstrate several techniques for harnessing these powerful tools to make your job as a Power BI Administrator less time-consuming and more fun!

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James D. Bartlett III is a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst and Power BI Administrator at Des Moines University in Iowa, USA. He started working in IT way back in 2002, while he was a student in the Business Administration program at Colorado State University. After graduation, James dabbled in banking, real estate, healthcare, and even had a short stint as a resident DJ at Denver's top nightclub, before finally stumbling upon his true calling in the Business Intelligence field in 2018. James is a blogger and co-developer of the Business Ops app on PowerBI.tips, co-leader of the Iowa Power BI User Group, and recently completed his Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification. In his spare time, James enjoys longboarding, playing the guitar, and producing electronic music in his home studio.

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(Livestream Replay) Sharing Power BI Content with Multiple Audiences - with Tom Martens

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Supporting multiple audiences with Power BI Apps has finally arrived! Now it’s possible to provide content to different audiences from within a single app. An audience is a group of consumers, that now can be provided the information in need without creating multiple apps, duplicating data, and various versions of the same report. Solution design will become more simple, and information will travel faster. An introduction into this feature is provided, plus how it will be configured, and why Azure security groups are so important, and how this feature will impact our report design.

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Thomas "Tom" Martens has been awarded as an MSFT Data Platform MVP and works as Solution Architect at Munich Re (www.munichre.com). For 20+ years, Tom delivers Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Analytics solutions. His current interest is in data visualization and applying analytical methods to small and large amounts of data, next to providing the Power BI Platform to users for tackling analytical challenges. Tom is a regular speaker at international conferences and user meetings. Tom is the co-author of the book "Pro DAX with Power BI."

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(Livestream Replay) Enterprise-Grade Planning at Scale using Acterys in Power BI - with Martin Kratky

In this session, Martin will talk about how Acterys makes Power BI “planning-enabled” in its own unique way. He will demonstrate how you can:

• Automate the integration process for nearly any data source (ERP/ accounting / SaaS solutions) with “One-Click” Apps and Acterys’ revolutionary "Instant Link" technology.

• Leverage the Acterys planning engine that adds unparalleled planning and forecasting capabilities to the standard SQL Server platform in the cloud or on-premise

• Profit from best practice finance/operations planning, forecasting as well as legal consolidation processes tailored exactly to your needs.

• Get instant reports with a variety of proven templates for cost center planning, HR, CAPEX, Cash flow forecasting and others.

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After finishing his Master’s Degree in Business Administration at the University of Economics in Vienna, Martin has worked for more than 20 years in the business intelligence space. Martin serves as the Group CEO of Acterys and the consulting arm, Managility. He is also a renowned expert for Power BI, working with the application since its inception among others on the initial Power BI demo models and 9 showcase solutions. Martin is an avid mountaineer culminating in the successful ascent of Ama Dablam in 2014 and surfer.

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