Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on July 30

MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, July 30th at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta (our regular venue room is being renovated). If you haven’t been at the new MS office, prepare to be impressed! Scott Fairbanks from CCG will show you how to create a tailored user experience with Power BI. Your humble correspondent will demonstrate Power BI killer features that will be announced at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit tomorrow. CCG will sponsor the meeting.  For more details, visit our group page and don’t forget to RSVP (use the RSVP survey on the main page) if you’re planning to attend.

Presentation:How to Create a Tailored End User Experience with Power BI
Level: Intermediate
Date:July 30th, 2018
Time6:30 – 8:30 PM ET
Place:Microsoft Office (Alpharetta)

8000 Avalon Boulevard Suite 900
Alpharetta, GA 30009

Overview:Power BI can deliver value in a variety of ways. With its ease of use, high levels of adoption, and growing market share, Power BI is being integrated into Analytics Solutions all over the world. In this session, attendees will see the power in leveraging Workspaces and Apps within Power BI to create a packaged, custom solution tailored to meet the needs of the consumer. With the end user experience in mind, this session will discuss the development process, design considerations, and the Power BI Service deployment of a collection of customized dashboards in a single App.

Discussion Points Include:

• Power BI Desktop

• Power BI Service

• Workspaces

• Apps

• Visualizations

• Interactions

• Formatting

• Mobile View

• Row level security

• Publishing

• Consuming

Speaker:Scott Fairbanks is a consultant that has been involved in Data and Analytics for 12+ years. Scott has always been interested in computing technology, and fell naturally into the role of helping others get value out of their analytics investment as a consultant with CCG. Over the course of his career, Scott has worked with many of the various BI product suites, including IBM’s Cognos, SAP’s Webi, and Tableau. In recent years, he has been swept up in the demands of the changing analytics environment and has been diving into the Microsoft Azure and Power BI space along with so many companies making the move to the cloud.
Sponsor:CCG is an award-winning consulting firm with a passion for helping clients solve their operational and strategic challenges through innovative Business Intelligence (BI) services. We believe business intelligence is more than a technical solution; it’s an opportunity to create lasting cultural change across an organization. Our experts focus on quickly gaining a big-picture understanding of your business to develop optimized, tailored BI solutions that empower you to drive greater decision-making at the speed of your data.
Prototypes with PizzaPower BI killer features in the July 2018 release.


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