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Atlanta Modern Excel – April Meeting

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And…we’re back.

Topic: 7 Ways to Integrate Excel with Power BI

Summary: Power BI is gaining a momentum but Excel still rules the corporate world. Fortunately, Power BI and Excel are not exclusive choices. Join me to learn how you can preserve your Excel investment in Power BI. I’ll start by explaining the value Power BI brings to different types of users in your organization. Then, I’ll discuss and demo seven options for integrating Excel with Power BI:

  • Import Excel files in Power BI Service
  • Build self-service data models from Excel data
  • Deploy Excel models to Power BI
  • Convert Excel models to Power BI
  • Connect to Excel reports
  • Analyze Power BI datasets in Excel
  • Add Excel reports to Power BI dashboards

Speaker: Teo Lachev, Microsoft MVP, Prologika

When: Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Where: Microsoft Alpharetta Office, 1125 Sanctuary Pkwy #300, Alpharetta, GA 30009 (https://binged.it/2nYkfyz)

Presenting at Atlanta Microsoft Business Intelligence Group

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I’m presenting Master Data Management with SQL Server 2016 MDS at the Atlanta Microsoft Business Intelligence Group on Monday, January 30th. Pizza and networking starts at 6:30 and the presentation should start about 7:00. Here is the address:

115 Perimeter Center Place
Atlanta, GA 30346
South Terraces Building
The Auditorium room (first floor)

Here is the abstract:

Organizations that invest in master data management and improving the quality of their informational assets will be best positioned to reap the huge data dividend! Join this presentation to learn how you can manage your master data and reference data with SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS). Learn about the new MDS features in SQL Server 2016.

Data at Dusk – September 28!

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The Atlanta Modern Excel User Group is organizing this Data At Dusk event with three sessions delivered by MVPs. You don’t want to miss these sessions. For this event, please get a ticket at this link on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-at-dusk-tickets-27320208479

Speakers:

Marco Russo, MVP (https://twitter.com/marcorus) (SQLBI)
Consultant, speaker, book writer, mentor. Business Intelligence with Analysis Services, Power BI, and PowerPivot.

Jen Stirrup, MVP (https://twitter.com/jenstirrup)
Jen Stirrup, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, and PASS Director-At-Large, is a well-known Business Intelligence and Data Visualization expert, author, data strategist, and community advocate who has been peer-recognized as one of the top 100 most global influential tweeters on Big Data topics. Jen is a PluralSight author.

Jen has presented in Africa, India, Europe and North America. Some examples: Jen has presented at TechEd North America and Europe, PASS Summit, SQLBits, and SQLSaturday events in Europe and the US. She also delivers the MAPA Azure Architects course worldwide with Microsoft team members. Jen was also featured on the ‘Best of PASS Summit 2015′ DVD. Jen also was awarded PASS’ prestigious PASSion Award in 2012.

Boris Hristov, MVP (https://twitter.com/BorisHristov)
Founder of Presentation Design & Training Agency http://356labs.com | Top Rated International Speaker | Trainer and Author

Session Topics will be announced soon. Stay tuned. Limited Seats. Please get your tickets.