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How do you measure the success of your organizations data culture? We dive deep into define measure for success.

I’ve been thinking about problem domains and solution domains a lot lately. I’ve posted on this topic before, but the more I think about it, the more I think I should explore it more. S…

There are some really interesting things on the Power BI release plan. I'd like to call out a few of the top things that I’m most excited about. In this post, I’m focusing on a few release plan items that I think Power BI administrators in particular should be aware of as we head into 2022.

To successfully implement managed self-service business intelligence at any non-trivial scale, you need data governance. To build and nurture a successful data culture, data governance is an essent…

In a recent post I mused about problem domains and solution domains, how they’re context-dependent, and how interesting things tend to happen at the intersection of a problem domain and a sol…

Let’s be clear — we do not intend to bury data governance, but rather to place it within the context of a more comprehensive approach…

Dread of data misuse has spread through all kinds of organizations since the General Data Protection Regulation went live in May. The legislation hasn't done much to lighten the already drab image of

If you’re reading a Power BI-focused blog[1] you’re probably someone who builds solutions. As a BI and data practitioner, you may build reports, datasets, dataflows, databases, or any n…

My recent posts have focused on the importance of understanding both the problem domain and solution domain in which you’re working, the value of operating in both the problem domain and the …

Unless you’re building a solution for your exclusive personal use, you are not the customer. If you are not the customer, you need to invest in understanding the customer’s motivations,…

After Power BI Workspace setup – part 1, which was mainly about creating your workspace, giving it the right name etcetera, this blog will elaborate on workspace permissions. If you did not r…

Back in 2020 I wrote a post titled “Successfully measuring / measuring success” that talked about a problem without meaningfully describing it, because at the time I didn’t believ…

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An introduction to the Power BI implementation planning series of articles.

My last post focused primarily on a problem that can arise when there’s a central team that sits between a team responsible for delivering solutions, and teams that have problems to be solved…

When I began my software career back in the 90s, one of the software-adjacent skills I discovered I needed was risk management. When you’re building anything non-trivial, it’s likely th…

If you are designing solutions with Power BI, or using Power BI along with other data platform components, to be used in a large organization; how should you get started and what are the best pract…

Part of the the series: Doing Power BI the Right Way When you sign-up for the Power BI service at PowerBI.com (this address redirects to App.PowerBI.com), use establish a tenant for your organ…

The importance of empathy in stimulating a data culture, one where others want to participate.

A big data visualization solution in Microsoft Power BI summarizes and tracks performance against business objectives while Microsoft Core Services Engineering and Operations drives results. This solution refines large amounts of data into accurate and actionable insights for the entire organization. It improves satisfaction, enables growth, and drives operational effectiveness on Microsoft’s road to digital transformation.

In this digital age, data is a strategic asset, and creating a modern data catalog is key to finding and connecting siloed enterprise data, which enables people to ask important questions and gain business insights. Microsoft used feedback from end users to develop an intuitive data catalog that incorporates discoverability, traceability, and access management. To gain adoption for the catalog, the team generated excitement through a structured marketing campaign that used internal social channels, posters and digital signage.

Microsoft’s drive to make more and better data-driven decisions is fueled by analyzing data with Microsoft Power BI.But how is it getting employees to analyze their data and build their own …

Discover how Microsoft created new training methods on analyzing data with Microsoft Power BI to help them make data-driven decisions.

A Center of Excellence can be tool or topic-specific. In this blog, we apply a CoE framework to focus on Power BI and collaboration in an organization.

Here we’ll lay out a common framework (which we’ll refer to as “C-Frame”) for managing Power Platform solution development. This approach is best suited for solutions that classify as important or critical according to the Environmental Architecture Model found in the Power Platform Adoption Framewo

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