Power BI dashboards are optimized to monitor the status of your business at a glance. Business applications are optimized to manage your business. Wouldn’t it be great if you could monitor your business in the right context of a business application and, for example, see your customer profitability analysis from within your CRM application? You can do that! We have recently enabled embedding Power BI dashboards into your business applications, allowing you to stay focused on your work while still monitoring familiar Power BI dashboards.
» Læs mere Delight customers by carrying the right products on every shelf! To stay competitive, retail and consumer packaged goods companies need to apply complex business intelligence (BI) to their SKU portfolio. For some, this kind of advanced sales analysis is out of reach. Fortunately, new tools are making new sales goals possible. Join this webinar on March 2, 2017 to learn more!
» Læs mere Earlier this month we introduced the preview of Q&A for Power BI iOS app, and while we’ve received amazing feedback so far, we’d still love to hear from you in the Power BI community thread. Speaking of previews, with this release we are happy to announce that the Power BI app for Android tablets is now available globally! Thank you for your feedback during preview. Read on to learn about more new capabilities and improvements to the Power BI mobile app for all platforms.
» Læs mere On June 12th we are going to have a big celebration here in Seattle: our second Data Insights Summit. This is THE user conference for Power BI, Excel and whole of the Microsoft Data and Analytics family of offerings. It is not something you’ll want to miss. We’ve expanded our space and our topics, and encourage you to register now!
» Læs mere Microsoft’s Guy in a Cube has been providing tips and tricks for Power BI and Business Intelligence on his YouTube channel since 2014. On Thursdays we highlight a different helpful video from his collection. This week, Guy in a Cube shows you how to configure Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS) and the Web Application Proxy (WAP) role in Windows 2016, so that you can connect from Power BI mobile to SQL Server Reporting Services using OAuth.
» Læs mere Gartner has recognized our vision and execution for the tenth consecutive year, positioning Microsoft as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. Also, for second year in row, Microsoft is placed furthest in vision within the Leaders quadrant.
» Læs mere If you haven’t attended one of the free Business Application Platform webinars, the intent is to offer world-class best practices, giving you not just insight into your data but also into how to automate your data and save time in a medium that’s easy to consume. Check out these upcoming 11 free webinars on how to action, automate, and gain insight from your data!
» Læs mere Last month we put out the call for submissions using free public datasets — along with other topics that interest you — for the Data Stories Gallery, and we got some fantastic entries! Congratulations to the grand winner and runners-up. The inspiration topic for this month is: mapping! We want to see your best reports that involve maps and geographic data.
» Læs mere We have an exciting release of the Power BI Desktop this month. It includes several formatting features that have been top asks and new Quick Calcs for your measures. We also have several updates to data connectors and two new query editing options.
» Læs mere We have a very special new member to the custom visuals gallery: the Dual KPI. Dual KPI efficiently visualizes two measures over time. It shows their trend based on a joint timeline, while absolute values may use different scales. The reason this visualization is special is because we use it at Microsoft in executive dashboards to monitor usage and user satisfaction for each product, or when an executive wants to keep an eye on two KPIs at the same time (for example Profit and Market share or Sales and Profit).
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