Paul Turley's SQL Server BI Blog
sharing my experiences with the Microsoft data platform, Fabric, enterprise Power BI, SQL Server BI, Data Modeling, SSAS Design, SSRS, Dashboards & Visualization since 2009
NEWS FLASH: Power BI reports can be deployed to SQL Server Reporting Services web portal. The production-ready release is targeted…
Today marks the first anniversary of Power BI Desktop and the Power BI Service. The effort to achieve this milestone…
I just finished posting a 4-part series demonstrating how to use Power BI with on-premises data. The running time for…
I’m jumping on a plane bound for San Jose, California today headed to the PASS Business Analytics Conference (BAC). If…
I’m working on a series of articles about creating enterprise solutions with Power BI and the first article was published…
History clearly confirms that good things come in threes. As far as I know this is the first time that…
Self-service data modeling tools like Power BI Desktop, Power Pivot and SSAS Tabular promote the advantage of using data from…
The proliferation of Power BI across the Microsoft ecosystem is astounding and Power BI keeps popping up in the most…
Spending the past two weeks at the annual PASS Global Summit and the Microsoft MVP Summit, I’ve consumed a literal…
This post is a teaser for an article I just published to SQL Server Pro Magazine. This is the third…
This year we are honored to have a particularly special guest kicking off our SQL Saturday event on October 24th. …
It’s really exciting to see the first round of entries into the Power BI Best Visuals Contest, which has been running for about two weeks and wraps up on October 1. The first people’s choice award winner is Daniele Perilli from Rome who submitted a nice horizontal bullet chart. The contest is a catalyst to get the community developing custom visuals for Power BI using Java Script libraries and an open development environment. What a great way to get the community involved and to fast track onward development of this great product! See the complete list of entries and more contest information here. Check back to this post for contest updates.
On Friday, James Phillips, Microsoft VP of Business Intelligence, announced the general availability of the new Power BI Business Analytics…
In an amazing application of visualization techniques, this production is a depiction of the casualties and affects of war. Starting…
Last month Microsoft announced that they had acquired the DataZen mobile BI platform and were adding it to their enterprise BI product suite. This is very exciting news that rounds out the Microsoft BI capabilities of their entire product portfolio. What’s more, is that they plan to make if free for SQL Server Enterprise customers who have Software Assurance agreements.
Watch for a series of articles about getting started with DataZen in SQL Server Pro Magazine online.
I presented a session at the PASS Global Summit in 2013 showcasing DataZen called “New York, London, Paris Munich; Everybody’s Talking About Mobile BI”.