MS BI fans, join me for the next must-attend Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on September 26th at 6:30 PM. The Microsoft Ignite conference takes place this year in Atlanta, starting on Sep 26th. Kamal Hathi (General Manager for Power BI at Microsoft) and Pratap Ladhani (Sr. Program Manager at Microsoft) will be in town for Ignite and we will present at our meeting! This…
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Are you looking for an agile self-service platform that doesn't require reporting and query skills to get basic analytics done without reliance on IT? Or, perhaps you've heard or evaluating Power BI but not sure where to start or how to take the most out of it? If so, this workshop is for you. A year ago Microsoft unveiled the new Power BI platform consisting of…
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A year ago Microsoft unveiled the new Power BI platform consisting of the PowerBI.com cloud service, Power BI Desktop, and Power BI Mobile. Since then, Prologika has helped organizations of all sizes to plan and adopt Power BI. Packed with features, Power BI supports a dizzying variety of features and integration scenarios but it might be difficult to understand how Power BI fits in your data analytics ecosystem.…
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MS BI fans, join me for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on July 25th at 6:30 PM. Shabnam Watson will teach you MDX fundamentals. Pyramid Analytics, our sponsor, will show us why they are Microsoft Power BI preferred vendor. And I'll demo the Power BI Publisher for Excel. Rate this meeting http://aka.ms/PUGSurvey, PUG ID: 104 Presentation: A SQL Developer’s Guide to MDX Basics…
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SQL Saturday Chattanooga will take place on June 25st at UT Chattanooga EMC Building, 784 Vine Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37403, United States. Your humble correspondent will sponsor the event and present "What's New for BI in SQL Server 2016" scheduled to start at 3:45 PM (the organizers decided to keep the best for last J). Join me for an hour of coverage of my favorite…
Read article MS BI fans, join me for the next Atlanta MS BI Group meeting on May 23th and 6:30 PM. I'll present the self-service data shaping and transformation capabilities in Power BI. Then Alteryx, who is also sponsoring the event, will show us how to bring Power BI data transformation and analytics even further with their products. I'll also showcase two interesting Power BI new features:…
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SQL Saturday Atlanta will take place on May 21st. Your humble correspondent will present "What's New for BI in SQL Server 2016" scheduled to start at 8:15 AM. Join me for an hour of coverage of my favorite SQL Server 2016 new BI features. Get your questions answered. SQL Server 2016 delivers many data analytics and information management new features and enhancements. Join this session…
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MS BI fans, join me for the next Atlanta MS BI Group meeting on Apr 25th and 6:30 PM. Paco Gonzalez will present the Azure Internet of Things(IoT) and I'll show you Power BI Embedded Azure cloud service. SolidQ will sponsor the event. Don't forget to RSVP at atlantabi.sqlpass.org so we can't an accurate headcount. Rate this meeting http://aka.ms/PUGSurvey, PUG ID: 104 Presentation: Introduction to…
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Atlanta MS BI fans, join me for the next Atlanta MS BI Group meeting on Mar 28th and 6:30 PM. Luis Figueroa will show us how to do cloud ETL with Azure Data Factory. Allegient will sponsor the event. Don't forget to register at atlantabi.sqlpass.org. ate this meeting http://aka.ms/PUGSurvey, PUG ID: 104 Presentation: A Closer Look at Azure Data Factory Level: Intermediate Date: Monday, March…
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Call/email us if you have any questions about the class. Registration closes on January 31st. Join Teo Lachev as he presents his online Applied Power BI class. Power BI is a Microsoft cloud-hosted BI platform that opens BI to everyone without reliance on IT. And most of it is free! This class is designed for business users and data analysts. You'll learn: What is Power BI and why it'll disrupt…
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