Using Power BI with Enterprise, On-premises Data
I just finished posting a 4-part series demonstrating how to use Power BI with on-premises data. The running time for…
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I just finished posting a 4-part series demonstrating how to use Power BI with on-premises data. The running time for…
A new ground-breaking feature in SQL Server 2016 allows report user context to be passed through shared data sources, enabling…
So, you just installed SQL Server 2016 and you’re pretty sure you chose the options to install the client tools…
A few weeks ago, the Power BI team gave us the ability to freely embed Power BI reports, dashboards and…
Color coordination is important in report and dashboard design. We’ve seen theming and color pallet options in the prior iteration…
This is a reminder to compete the annual Business Intelligence product survey conducted by BARC Research. I’ve been participating in…
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 DAX function documentation in MSDN can be found on separate pages, organized by function categories and then details for…
How does the official end of support for SQL Server 2005 affect companies using Reporting Services, Analysis Services and other…
Spending the past two weeks at the annual PASS Global Summit and the Microsoft MVP Summit, I’ve consumed a literal…
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.
What! NO? Get with it, my friend. Power BI is for everyone. All the kids are doing it… not to…