Note: This information is good as of 8/11/2015 and is subject to change! I had discussed part of this topic as it related to Excel Workbooks with the old Power BI service, but I wanted to refresh that and talk about the concept of the Data Model and highlight…
» Les merNOTE: Information good as of 7/31/2015 and is subject to change! The display of Power BI under the ADMIN area within the Office 365 Navigation bar is based on the licenses you have assigned to your user account. If you have either Power BI (Free) or Power…
» Les merNOTE: This information is good as of 7/24/2015 and is subject to change! Your organization may be taking advantage of the Power BI Free offering, but it may be hard for you to tell exactly how many have signed up. Most of the dialogs within Office 365…
» Les merNOTE: This information is good as of 7/22/2015 and is subject to change. *** Update *** I had posted earlier that this was specific to Free users, but it has nothing to do with Free or Pro. Reposted to reflect the accurate behavior. *** UPDATE – 9/2/2015…
» Les merNOTE: Information good as of 7/21/2015 and is subject to change! With the upcoming Power BI General Availability , you may be in a situation, with your Tenants, to assign a license to a bunch of licenses to your users. This may be for the Free or Pro…
» Les merWe currently have two different Power BI Apps within the Windows Store. I wanted to point out the difference between them and to indicate what will be happening. Microsoft Power BI Preview This Microsoft Power BI Preview app is for the new experience…
» Les merNOTE: This information good as of 7/7/2015 and is subject to change You can have multiple domains tied to your Office 365 Tenant. Also, you may have a domain that you own that isn’t a part of your tenant. When you sign up for something that makes uses…
» Les merWithin Power BI, you have the option of either setting up a Scheduled Data Refresh, or doing a Refresh Now. Refresh Now is considered on demand. When performing a refresh, you may encounter one of the following errors. Both of these messages do indicate…
» Les merNOTE: Information good as of 6/30/2015 and is subject to change. Do you know what lurks in the shadows??? I hear from a lot of different people that the new Power BI doesn’t use Office 365. That is a little misleading. For some users, you may use Power…
» Les merNOTE: Information good as of 6/24/2015 and is subject to change. I still get questions on how to do this. Especially with the existing Power BI service not having a “Create Trial” option readily available. Trial tenants can be good for kicking the tires…
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