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  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on September 12th (Incremental Refresh and Hybrid Tables in Power BI)

    September 5, 2022 / No Comments »

    Please join us online for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, September 12th, at 6:30 PM ET.  Shabnam Watson (Microsoft MVP) will discuss how to reduce the dataset refresh time with incremental refresh policies and how to implement tables with hybrid storage. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: Incremental Refresh and Hybrid Tables in Power BI Date: September 12th Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET Place: Click here to...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on August 1st (Power BI Automation)

    July 25, 2022 / No Comments »

    Please join us online for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, August 1st, at 6:30 PM ET.  We'll have two presentations by 3Cloud. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: 1.   “Power BI Meets Programmability – TOM, XMLA, and C#” by Kristyna Hughes 2.  “Automation Using Tabular Editor Advanced Scripting” by Tim Keeler Date: August 1st Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET Place: Click here to join the meeting Overview:...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on July 11th (Pushing the Query Folding limits with Power Query)

    July 2, 2022 / No Comments »

    Please join us online for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, July 11th, at 6:30 PM ET.  For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: Pushing the Query Folding limits with Power Query Date: July 11th Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET Place: Click here to join the meeting Overview: One of Power Query’s most powerful features is its ability to translate the Power Query formula language (M) back to a...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on June 6th (How Power Query Thinks)

    June 2, 2022 / No Comments »

    Please join us online for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, June 6th, at 6:30 PM ET.  For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: How Power Query Thinks: Taking the Mystery Out of Streaming and Query Folding Date: June 6th Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET Place: Click here to join the meeting Overview: How does Power Query produce the table data your expressions ask it to output? Query folding...

  • FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect 2022

    April 7, 2022 / No Comments »

    Microsoft re-awarded me as a FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect - Power BI for 2022! This prestigious recognition is conferred by the Power Platform product engineering team for consistently exhibiting deep architecture expertise and creating high quality solutions for customers during project engagements. I'm one of the 36 individuals worldwide who met the following criteria: Must have a minimum of 2 years of experience with Power BI and a minimum of 5 years of experience with Enterprise BI solutions Must have a...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on April 4th

    March 26, 2022 / No Comments »

    Please join us online for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, April 4th, at 6:30 PM ET.  Michael Carlo (Power BI MVP) will show how to speed up your data modeling experience by using DAX templates. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: World's Fastest DAX - Using Quick DAX Templates Date: April 4th Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET Place: Click here to join the meeting Overview: DAX is...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on March 7th

    February 28, 2022 / No Comments »

    Please join us online for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, March 7th, at 6:30 PM ET.  Elayne Jones (Consultant with BlueGranite) will cover the pros and cons of migrating semantic models from Azure Analysis Services to Power BI. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: Migrating Azure Analysis Services Models to PBI Premium Date: March 7th Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET Place: Click here to join the meeting...

  • Azure Data Engineer Badge Acquired

    February 5, 2022 / No Comments »

    Just passed the Microsoft DP-203 exam and added yet another badge to my certification portfolio. This certification is one of the requirements for partners to maintain Microsoft Gold Data Analytics Competency, so I'm glad to take this off my list.

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on February 7th

    January 26, 2022 / No Comments »

    Please join us online for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, February 7th, at 6:30 PM ET.  Your humble correspondent will show you different techniques to implement scorecards with Power BI. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Download the presentation assets here. Presentation: Implementing Scorecards Date: February 7th Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET Place: Click here to join the meeting Overview: Join this session to learn how to create...

  • Applied Power BI Book (7th Edition)

    January 2, 2022 / No Comments »

    Happy New Year! I'm excited to announce the availability of the seventh edition of my Applied Microsoft Power BI book! When the first edition was published  in January 2016, it was the first Power BI book at that time and it had less than 300 pages. Since then, I helped many companies adopt or transition to Power BI and taught hundreds of students. It's been a great experience to witness the momentum surrounding Power BI and how the tool has...