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  • Power BI Palooza

    June 2, 2019 / No Comments »

    May was a hectic month but June is even busier… I'm presenting and sponsoring the tomorrow's Power BI Group meeting and teaching a class on Tue and Wed. Then, on Saturday Guys in the Cube and I are kicking off the Power BI Palooza event at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta at 8:30 AM. I'm presenting "10 Ways to Empower Your BI Strategy with Power BI". Then the week after I'm teaching another class… The Palooza organizers said the event...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on June 3rd

    May 27, 2019 / No Comments »

    MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on June 3, Monday, at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta. I'll show you how to bridge the analytical and developer worlds by integrating Power BI with PowerApps. Eric Flamm will demonstrate SQL Notebooks in Azure Data Studio. Prologika will sponsor the event. For more details, visit our group page and don't forget to RSVP (fill in the RSVP survey if you're planning to attend). Presentation: Bridge Analytics and Developer...

  • “Applied DAX with Power BI” Book Available

    May 12, 2019 / No Comments »

    I'm excited to announce my latest book: "Applied DAX with Power BI: From zero to hero with 15-minute lessons". This book was born out of necessity. In my consulting practice, I had been teaching and implementing Power BI and Analysis Services Tabular, and people were constantly asking for DAX book recommendations. Indeed, DAX is not an easy topic and has its ways to humble even experienced practitioners. There are a few good reference books out there, but they could be...

  • Presenting at SQL Saturday Atlanta on May 18

    May 10, 2019 / No Comments »

    SQL Saturday Atlanta next Saturday might break the attendance record with over 900+ people registered! Kudos to the organizers. It's not easy to organize an event of this size with a modest budget. I'll present "What's New for BI in SQL Server 2019" at 1 PM. "SQL Server 2019 delivers important data analytics features and enhancements. Join this session to discover what BI features are coming up in Database Engine, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS (Power BI Report Server), and MDS, and...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on May 6th

    April 29, 2019 / No Comments »

    MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on May 6, Monday, at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta. Patrick LeBlanc, a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, will show us how to integrate Power BI and Flow for geospatial analytics. I'll showcase Power BI Report Builder.  TEKSystems will sponsor the event. For more details, visit our group page and don't forget to RSVP (use the RSVP survey on http://atlantabi.pass.org if you're planning to attend). Presentation: Using the...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on April 1st

    March 26, 2019 / No Comments »

    MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on April 1, Monday, at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta. Considering all the the momentum behind machine learning, the main presentation will be "Microsoft Citizen Data Science with Power BI" by Stacey Jones, a Principal Data Solution Architect at Microsoft. I'll do a brief overview of the brand new Modeling tab in Power BI Desktop.  Vacation Express will sponsor the event. For more details, visit...

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

    February 26, 2019 / No Comments »

    MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on March 4th, Monday, at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta. The main presentation will be "Power BI Architecture" by Paco Gonzalez  from SolidQ. Eric Flamm will do us Prototypes with Pizza on configuring a Power BI visual for mobile layout. SolidQ will sponsor the event. For more details, visit our group page and don't forget to RSVP (use the RSVP survey on the group page) if you're...

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

    January 30, 2019 / No Comments »

    MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on February 4th, Monday at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta. The main presentation will be "Azure Data Lake for First Time Swimmers" by Samara Soucy  from Innovative Architects. Julies Smith will do us Prototypes with Pizza on "Python Fuzzy Wuzzy for Master Data Identity Mapping". Innovative Architects will sponsor the event. For more details, visit our group page and don't forget to RSVP (use the...

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

    January 2, 2019 / No Comments »

    MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on January 7th, Monday at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta. The main presentation will be "Predictive Analytics with Power BI". I'll walk you through the existing Power BI features for predictive analytics. Mark Tabladillo will show you exiting AI features that are coming up soon. CDATA will sponsor the event and do us a 15-min demo of their Power BI connector. For more details,...

  • Applied Power BI Book (4th Edition)

    December 31, 2018 / No Comments »

    I'm excited to announce the fourth edition of my Applied Microsoft Power BI book! When the original book 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 matured over time. As a result, the...