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  • Atlanta Microsoft BI Group Meeting on March 4th (Navigating Microsoft Fabric – Choosing the Right Workload for Your Needs)

    February 27, 2024 / No Comments »

    Atlanta BI fans, please join us in person for the next meeting on Monday, March 4th at 6:30 PM ET. The famous Patrick LeBlanc (Guy in the Cube) will take a deep dive into the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem, from Lakehouse to Warehouses and Power BI, ensuring you can make informed decisions about your data processing needs. Your humble correspondent will help you catch up on Microsoft BI latest. CloudStaff.ai will sponsor the event. For more details and sign up, visit...

  • Atlanta Microsoft BI Group Meeting on February 5th (Power BI – Time to Git CI/CD)

    January 29, 2024 / No Comments »

    Atlanta BI fans, please join us for the next meeting on Monday, February 5th at 6:30 PM ET. Note that this will be an online meeting via MS Teams and non-Atlanta BI fans are also welcome. Kristyna Hughes (Senior Consultant with 3Cloud) will show us how to implement source control for Power BI reports. Your humble correspondent will help you catch up on Microsoft BI latest. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: Power BI -...

  • Atlanta Microsoft BI Group Meeting on January 9th (Getting Started with Power BI Paginated Reports)

    January 2, 2024 / No Comments »

    Atlanta BI fans, please join us for the next meeting on Monday, January 8th, at 6:30 PM ET. Eric Flamm will review paginated (SSRS) reports in Power BI. Your humble correspondent will help you catch up on Microsoft BI latest. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: Getting Started with Power BI Paginated Reports Delivery: In-person Date: January 9 Time: 18:30 – 20:30 ET Level: Beginner Food: TBD   Agenda: 18:15-18:30 Registration and networking 18:30-19:00 Organizer...

  • Atlanta Microsoft BI Group Meeting on December 4th (Financial Modelling in Microsoft Fabric)

    November 28, 2023 / No Comments »

    Atlanta BI fans, please join us for the next meeting on Monday, December 4th, at 6:30 PM ET. William Rodriguez will review the key Fabric components whilst walking through a full Financial deployment: data engineering with a tiered medallion architecture, data science with forecasting and other advanced analytics, and data analysis with Power BI. Your humble correspondent will help you catch up on Microsoft BI latest. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. PLEASE NOTE A CHANGE...

  • Atlanta Microsoft BI Group Meeting on November 6th (Exploring Bravo for Power BI)

    October 31, 2023 / No Comments »

    Atlanta BI fans, please join us for the next meeting on Monday, November 6th, at 6:30 PM ET. Macro Russo will introduce us to the community tool Bravo for Power BI. Your humble correspondent will help you catch up on Microsoft BI latest. I'll sponsor the event. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. PLEASE NOTE A CHANGE TO OUR MEETING POLICY. WE HAVE DISCONTINUED ONLINE MEETINGS VIA TEAMS. THIS GROUP MEETS ONLY IN PERSON. WE WON’T...

  • Atlanta Microsoft BI Group Meeting on October 2nd (30 Power BI Tips and Tricks)

    September 26, 2023 / No Comments »

    Atlanta BI fans, please join us for the next meeting on Monday, October 2nd, at 6:30 PM ET.  Michael Hewitt will share 30 tips to make you more productive with everything Power BI. Your humble correspondent will help you catch up on Microsoft BI latest. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. PLEASE NOTE A CHANGE TO OUR MEETING POLICY. WE HAVE DISCONTINUED ONLINE MEETINGS VIA TEAMS. THIS GROUP MEETS ONLY IN PERSON. WE WON’T RECORD MEETINGS...

  • Atlanta Microsoft BI Group Meeting on September 11th (Introducing Lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric)

    September 5, 2023 / No Comments »

    Atlanta BI fans, please join us for the next meeting on Monday, September 11th, at 6:30 PM ET.  Shabnam Waston (BI Consultant and Microsoft MVP) will introduce us to the Lakehouse engine in Microsoft Fabric. Shabnam will also sponsor the meeting. Your humble correspondent will help you catch up on Microsoft BI latest. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. PLEASE NOTE A CHANGE TO OUR MEETING POLICY. WE HAVE DISCONTINUED ONLINE MEETINGS VIA TEAMS. THIS GROUP...

  • Atlanta Microsoft BI Group Meeting on August 7th (Introducing Microsoft Fabric)

    August 1, 2023 / No Comments »

    Atlanta BI fans, please join us for the next meeting on Monday, August 7th, at 6:30 PM ET.  James Serra (Data & AI Solution Architect at Microsoft) will join us remotely to introduce us to Microsoft Fabric. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. PLEASE NOTE A CHANGE TO OUR MEETING POLICY. WE HAVE DISCONTINUED ONLINE MEETINGS VIA TEAMS. THIS GROUP MEETS ONLY IN PERSON. WE WON’T RECORD MEETINGS ANYMORE. THEREFORE, AS DURING THE PRE-PANDEMIC TIMES, PLEASE...

  • Atlanta Microsoft BI Group Meeting on July 11th (Azure OpenAI – Answers to Your Natural Language Questions)

    July 5, 2023 / No Comments »

    Atlanta BI fans, please join us for the next meeting on Tuesday, July 11th, at 6:30 PM ET.  Stacey Jones (Cross Solution Architect at Microsoft) will join us in person to present OpenAI and Copilot. Your humble correspondent will demo the newly released PBI Desktop project format. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. PLEASE NOTE A CHANGE TO OUR MEETING POLICY. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, WE ARE DISCONTINUING ONLINE MEETINGS VIA TEAMS. THIS GROUP MEETS ONLY IN PERSON....

  • Atlanta Microsoft BI Group Meeting on June 5th (How to Fix an Inherited Power BI Report)

    May 29, 2023 / No Comments »

    Please join us for the next meeting on Monday, June 5th, at 6:30 PM ET.  Kristyna Hughes (Senior data & analytics consultant at 3Cloud will join us remotely and share best practices for dissecting a complicated and broken Power BI report and a checklist of how to fix it. Improving will sponsor the meeting. Your humble correspondent will demonstrate how Power BI can integrate better with SharePoint and OneDrive. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. WE...