I'm happy to announce the availability of my latest training course – Applied Power BI Service. I believe that the new version of Power BI, known as Power BI Service or Power BI 2.0, is going to be very successful and it should warrant your serious interest. This one to two-day class is designed to help you become proficient with the Power BI Service and…
Read articleBI solutions typically include a semantic layer. In Microsoft BI, the role of a semantic layer is fulfilled by Multidimensional cubes or Tabular models, whose virtues I extolled in this newsletter. If you invested in an SSAS model already, congratulations! You've done the lion's share. But as you know, the next step is to train your business users and get them all excited about BI.…
Read articleDue to the popular demand, I'm adding a new 5-day Applied BI Semantic Model training course to our training classes. This course reflects the growing need of BI developers to implement both Tabular and Multidimensional semantic models and acquire the necessary knowledge in a compressed educational format. I'm teaching this class for 30 developers next month alone. Targeting BI developers, this intensive 5-day onsite class…
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Just got myself upgraded from MCTIP BI (which retires on January 31st, 2014) to the new MCSE BI certification by passing the three required exams. Over the course of almost 20 years, I've managed to stay current and accumulate a healthy dose of certifications (some of them retired by now), including: 1996: Microsoft Certified Professional 1996: Microsoft Certified Solution Developer 2002: Microsoft Certified Application Developer…
Read articleI am teaching my online Applied PowerPivot class for personal and team business intelligence on Jan 24th and 25th and there are still seats available.
Read articleI am partnering with Data Education to deliver an intensive five-day onsite class on Analysis Services and PowerPivot. The class will be held September 19-23 at the Microsoft Technology Center in Boston. The class doesn't assume any experience with Analysis Services. We'll start from zero and build a multidimensional cube sharing along the way as many as best practices as possible. More information about the…
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Self-service BI is on the rise. Join me this month for the PowerPivot online class. Learn how self-service BI can help your users build their own BI solutions with minimum involvement from IT. No travel, no hotel expenses, just 100% content delivered right to your desktop! Our intensive online classes teach you the skills to master Microsoft BI to its fullest. Use the opportunity to…
Read articleOur online classes for the remainder of 2010: Courses Mentor Date Price Applied SSRS 2008 Teo Lachev 10/26-10/29 12:00-5:00 EDT $799 Register Applied SSAS 2008 Teo Lachev 11/23-11/25 12:00-5:00 EDT $799 Register Applied PowerPivot Teo Lachev 11/29-11/30 12:00-4:00 EDT $599 Register Visit our training page to register and more details.
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I am excited to announce that Prologika has added an Applied PowerPivot course to the list of our training offerings in response to the strong interest for self-service BI. The class can be delivered as two-day online class (4 hours each day) or as one full-day onsite class. The cost for the online version is $599. Applied PowerPivot is designed to help students become proficient…
Read articleI am back from vacation in Florida and I am all rested despite the intensive sun exposure and the appearance of some tar from the oil spill. I have scheduled the next two runs of my online training classes: Applied Reporting Services 2008 Online Training Class Date: June 28 - June 30, 2010 Time: Noon - 4:30 pm EDT; 9 am - 1:30 pm PDT…
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