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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_single_image media="88067" media_width_percent="100"][vc_column_text]In this Power BI tutorial, you'll learn how to lock down your data model using Object-Level Security […]

Launching the anticipated autoscale add-on preview for Premium gen2 capacity

Today’s post builds on top of Power BI Admin Scripts Part I by describing five additional PowerShell scripts that Power BI service administrators can utilize to address relatively common scen…

Object-Level security exists for a while in some Microsoft's products. But, this is a brand new feature in Power BI! Still in preview, so let's put it in the spotlight and check all its Pros and Cons

After four months in public preview, we’re pleased to announce that the ability to purchase Power BI Premium on a per user basis is now generally available. 

Here I will describe how to buy a brand new SKU, namely the Power BI Premium Per User Add-on. This SKU can be used to upgrade existing Power BI Pro licenses, either if you purchased a Pro license separately or together with an M365 E5 subscription, if you want to unlock new capabilities. The purchase is rather simple, just go to the M365 Admin portal purchase the necessary number of licenses and assign the Add-on to existing users that already have a Power BI Pro license assigned. BE AWARE (1), after upgrading an existing workspace (V2) to a Premium Per User workspace, content can be access...

With Power BI becoming more and more popular, it can be observed that organizations are trying to move their current reporting platform in to Power BI based solutions. However, success of this migr…

An introduction to deployment pipelines the Power BI Application lifecycle management (ALM) tool

Going forward, there will be two major changes to the Power BI Deployment & Governance training course. Video content will be consumed by participants on-demand Group Q&A sessions, will be held independently, will be live at multiple times to accommodate global time zones

CSG ProCustom Software, Business Intelligence and Cloud Servicespower bi implementationsWhat to Expect When You’re Expecting a Power BI ImplementationThe implementation of a tool is even more …

When you hear someone say that governance and self-service BI don’t go together, or some variation on the tired old “Power BI doesn’t do data governance” trope, you should i…

Learn how a Center of Excellence helped Microsoft create a standardized analytics and data platform to unlock insights with the right operating model, stakeholder engagement, and shared and dedicated investments.

Last month I wrote the first part of this blog post, which is intended for users that are in the beginning of their Power BI journey. After a long wait, I finally had some time to finish the second part of the post! If you don't remember what we discussed in the first post, have a look in the link below: Power BI Report Development 101 - Part 1 (datapears.com) Review of the Part 1 finished? Amazing!! So, let's go back to our diagram: Colours legend: Blue Squares - These steps are usually mandato

There were several interesting Data & AI announcements that came out of Microsoft Build 2021. I put together this summary of 11 interesting and includes links to both the announcements and other follow-on information.

Enterprise Service Management (ESM) Performance Dashboard built on Microsoft Power BI for the BMC Helix Remedyforce platform

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This is part 2 of the Analysis Services DevOps blog series. Go to part 1 Branching strategy and workflow The first thing we need to align before getting started, is what branching strategy to use. While this sounds boring, it’s actually quite important, because it will dictate what the daily development workflow will be

What are release pipelines in Azure Pipelines?

This is part 5 of the Analysis Services DevOps blog series. Go to part 4 Release Pipelines In the previous chapter, we saw how to set up a complete build pipeline, that loads our Tabular model from source control, performs a schema check, runs the Best Practice Analyzer and even performs a validation deployment. At the

Most of what I do in my day job involves listening. Specifically, I spend a lot of time listening to people who use Power BI[1] talk about why they use it, how they use it, and where they struggle …

Important updates for workspace admins and Power BI admins, we are extending the timeline for upgrading classic workspaces to new workspaces.

Do you ever get the feeling that you you’re participating in a completely different conversation than the person you’re talking to? Maybe you are. Back in December[1], Power BI MVP Lars…

Our intake form is opinionated. Years of designing and carrying out analyses has taught me that the more context I have up-front, the better my analysis will be. So, our intake form is designed to …

This blog post shows configuring and refreshing data using incremental refresh when comparing Azure Analysis Services & Power BI Premium Per User

An overview of the Power BI adoption roadmap series of articles.

CSG ProCustom Software, Business Intelligence and Cloud Servicesdata governance frameworkWhat to Include in Your Power BI Data Governance FrameworkData governance is one of the main pillars of …

Building a data strategy roadmap will help you solve many challenges while using data to its fullest potential. Make sure to include these key components.