Next week, world class BI expert and presenter Peter Myers will be covering his favorite topic, BI Features for developers, in a webinar on September 6. On September 8, the product team will walking through “What is new and exciting in Power BI” in the August updates to Desktop, Mobile, and the service.
» Read moreToday we are announcing two features to assist organizations meet their security and compliance requirements as they deploy Power BI. First, Power BI now supports Azure AD Conditional Access to…
» Read moreAs part of the Power BI Desktop August Update we are very excited to announce a preview of a new data connector for Snowflake. Snowflake is a cloud-native elastic data warehouse service that makes it easy to bring together data from disparate data sources and make it available to all users and systems that need to analyze it. With the new Power BI Desktop connector, users can import data from Snowflake, combine it with data from other sources and build rich data visualizations as part of their Power BI reports.
» Read moreWe’re releasing today the August Power BI Desktop update, which is filled with many new features and improvements! Today we are excited to share several new reporting features, new data connectors, and our new analytics pane, which is one centralized place for you to find all the analytical capabilities in Power BI and help in your data exploration.
» Read moreWhether you’re presenting a budget, analyzing inventory, or projecting sales figures, it can be difficult to effectively present your data. How do you tell a story and guide your listener trough the multiple data points? We can help! The new presentation mode in the Power BI Mobile app is specifically designed for the Surface Hub and other big touch screens, so you can bring data presentation to the next level.
» Read moreAll post-secondary institutions receiving federal funds are required to meet federal retention and graduation reporting requirements as mandated by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) and outlined in the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC)’s “Information Required to Be Disclosed Under the Higher Education Act of 1965: Suggestions for Dissemination”. Meeting these requirements can be an arduous and tedious task for many institutions — that is, prior to Power BI.
» Read moreWith this month’s release of Power BI publisher for Excel, we’ve improved the experience of connecting to Power BI data from Excel, allowing you to connect to data in read-only groups and connect to reports and datasets that were shared with you.
» Read moreOn September 26–27, the Microsoft Data Science Summit will host an interactive event on the disruptive technologies and innovative solutions in big data, advanced analytics, and machine learning.
» Read moreWhen a business owner first considers incorporating dynamic data-driven analysis into their routine management, the prospect can sometimes seem overwhelming. Technology infrastructure, mobile app development, real-time updates – where do you start first? It’s easy to forget that all you really need to begin on a small scale are a computer, a phone, and tools such as Power BI and Power Apps.
» Read moreThis week, Guy in a Cube addresses some of the confusion around Azure Active Directory and how it differs from local Active Directory. He reviews three Power BI scenarios where Azure Active Directory can be used, particularly relating to gateways, and explains why it’s important.
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