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Archives for July 2018

Atlanta Microsoft BI Group – July Meeting

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Please note the new meeting location below.

Topic: How to Create a Tailored End User Experience with Power BI

Speaker: Scott Fairbanks (CCG)

Summary: Power BI can deliver value in a variety of ways. With its ease of use, high levels of adoption, and growing market share, Power BI is being integrated into Analytics Solutions all over the world. In this session, attendees will see the power in leveraging Workspaces and Apps within Power BI to create a packaged, custom solution tailored to meet the needs of the consumer. With the end user experience in mind, this session will discuss the development process, design considerations, and the Power BI Service deployment of a collection of customized dashboards in a single App.

Discussion Points Include:

  • Power BI Desktop
  • Power BI Service
  • Workspaces
  • Apps
  • Visualizations
  • Interactions
  • Formatting
  • Mobile View
  • Row level security
  • Publishing
  • Consuming

RSVP at http://atlantabi.pass.org/

When: Monday, July 30, 2018 6:30 -8:30 ET

Where: Microsoft Technology Center, 8000 Avalon Boulevard, Suite 900, Alpharetta, GA 30009 (https://binged.it/2KQLAPw)

MDM & Data Governance Chicago 2018

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Last week I was in Chicago for the MDM & Data Governance conference. I was able to attend last fall in New York and felt it helped me expand my understanding of several MDM related topics. Most importantly, I was able to get a clear picture of the future of MDM with Big Data, GDPR, and the cloud.

This event is a little different than the ones I’ve been to before in that its focused only on MDM and DG. The advantage is multiple sessions can go into detail on topics that are often overlooked by other conferences. There was a wide range of topics covered, and it was difficult to choose between sessions.

This time I again enjoyed hearing and learning about the case studies. It’s always helpful to review what others have done and the issues they’ve faced. The conference overall was excellent, and the focus seemed to be on companies facing challenges with multi-domain MDM and data lakes. I’ll try to attend again in the fall.