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The purpose of this post is to identify a number of behaviors and assumptions which may contribute to suboptimal Power BI projects and overall Power BI environments. A few symptoms resulting from t…

In this video, Manu and Paul provide details on various support scenarios and options for Power BI. This series provides a structured approach for developing...

Gateway Performance Monitoring is a frequently overlooked but important part of Power BI governance. Review technical considerations for implementation.

Have you ever looked at a problem and immediately known how to solve it? Have you ever seen that there’s already a group of people who are responsible for solving this problem this problem, a…

I’m running behind on my own YouTube publishing duties[1], but that doesn’t keep me from watching[2] the occasional data culture YouTube video produced by others. Like this one: Ok&#823…

In case you missed it, Microsoft has published the “2020 release wave 1” release plan for the Power Platform, including Power BI. You can find the goodness here: Power Platform: 2020 re…

On-premises data gateways allow users to connect online services like Power BI service, Power Automate (formerly Microsoft Flow), and Power Apps to their on-premises data sources such as SharePoint…

In my previous post, I pointed out a lot of ways things could go wrong and the necessity to control what users of a service can do because if you don’t, be sure they will abuse every right th…

And here's a link to "The Human Impact of Data Literacy" report that's mentioned in the above article: https://t.co/xeFCOiNM1t— Melissa Coates (@SQLChick) February 19, 2020

A common topic I have been discussing recently with customers is the security around Power BI. Basically, how to prevent users seeing data they shouldn’t. So I’ll discuss the various &#…

Explore the options when implementing Row Level Security in your tabular model.

In 2008 I was hired to solve a problem. At this point almost 12 years later, the problem itself is no longer relevant[1]. While digging around on an unrelated task today I found this chart, which i…

Learn how to automate and elevate data curation, provenance, and protection for improved data governance. Read the report: An Evolution in Data Governance.

Here are seven tried-and-true tips from other successful Business intelligence adoptions you can’t miss.

Power BI is taking off, and it’s fast becoming the most popular business intelligence platform on the market. It’s easy to engage with and get professional results quickly, making it the perfect tool for organisations looking to beef up their BI prowess and make data driven decisions through-out the organisation. In this post we’re going … Continue reading Power BI Governance, Good Practices, Part 1: Multiple Environments, Data Source Certification and Documentation

PowerShell 7.0 was made generally available last month and one of it’s new features is pipeline parallelization for the ForEach-Object cmdlet. Scripts running on PowerShell 7 or higher can si…

Imagine that you are building a Power BI dataset for corporate reporting, that will also be reused for self-service purposes by many others. It is up to you, as dataset author, to make it as simple…

How Rockwell Automation drives a data culture using Power BI and Azure

A common topic I have been discussing recently with customers is the security around Power BI. Basically, how to prevent users seeing data they shouldn’t. So I’ll discuss the various &#…

Govern for maximum impact. Agility balanced with structure.

Navigating organizational change through Power BI in the turbulent landscape of 2020.

Today our great friend Alex Powers is walking us through how to use the Open Broadcaster Software OBS to increase our brand via video streams. Alex is a Micr...

The digital transformation has already begun. By 2020, 60% of all enterprises will have fully articulated an organisation- wide digital platform strategy. Where will your business be by 2020? Don’t fall behind. Bring your enterprise up to speed with Microsoft Azure. Contact us to learn more on how we can help you adopt this transformative […]

Companies are generating an amazing amount of data, but do they know how to use it? Often, the answer is ‘not really.’ You need to leverage a solution that can help your employees understand what your data is telling them. With Microsoft Power BI, you have access to manipulate, learn from and act on your […]

Today we’re releasing the second edition of the Power Platform Adoption Framework. We're introducing some new ideas—and new ways of thinking about existing concepts—as we enter the Power Platform Adoption Framework's second year. As a "framework", we're committed to broadly applicable best

Cerner Corporation implements a single source of truth for data

My family is a foster family for cats and kittens from the cat shelter where we’ve adopted some of our own cats. Usually a litter will stay with us for a month or two, but it depends on the k…

Welcome to the all-digital Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2020! As we kick off the event, we are excited to announce and showcase new capabilities to help our customers drive a data culture in their organizations.