Gaining insights - MS Power BI by Stefan Roland

1. With MS Power BI
Gaining Insights

2. About Me
Stefan Roland
• SharePoint Technology Consultant
• Functional ECM/Portal and Collaboration
• With a strong BI interest
Contact
stefan.roland@xylos.com
@Webstef74
StefanRoland

3. • Introducing Power BI
• Common BI Issues
• Why use Power BI
• Demo
• Power BI Licensing
• Q&A
Agenda

4. • Introducing Power BI
• Common BI Issues
• Why use Power BI
• Demo
• Power BI Licensing
• Q&A
Agenda

5. W. Edwards Deming
Master of continual quality improvement
“You can’t manage what you don’t measure”
“Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion”

6. Data -> Information – Knowlegde -> Decisions

7. Common (End User) BI Issues....
• IT, I need my figures and I need them now

8. Why Power BI – Get Started Quickly

9. Common (End User) BI Issues....
• IT, I need my figures and I need them now
• My data is all over the place
• My data is not report ready

10. Why Power BI – Connect to multiple data sources
Windows Azure
Marketplace
Azure SQL
Database

11. Why Power BI – Transform your data

12. Common (End User) BI Issues....
• IT, I need my figures and I need them now
• My data is all over the place
• My data is not report ready
• It takes me a lot of time to design interactive reports &
dashboards

13. Why Power BI – Experience your data in new ways
• Create highly interactive reports & dashboards with just a
few clicks
• Build streaming dashboards to monitor performance in
real time
• Use Quick Insights to auto discover patterns and (hidden)
insights
• Use Q&A to build new visualizations on the fly
• “What were total sales last year”

14. Common (End User) BI Issues....
• IT, I need my figures and I need them now
• My data is all over the place
• My data is not report ready
• It takes me a lot of time to design interactive reports &
dashboards
• I need to repeat these same steps every week / month
(f.ex. refresh data, share with colleagues)

15. Why Power BI – Integration with Office (365)
• Configure auto data refresh
• Easy to share via Dashboard / O365 Groups for enhanced
team collaboration
• Embed Power BI in SharePoint Online
• Use Flow to integrate into biz processes

16. Common (End User) BI Issues....
• IT, I need my figures and I need them now
• My data is all over the place
• My data is not report ready
• It takes me a lot of time to design interactive reports &
dashboards
• I need to repeat these same steps every week / month
(f.ex. refresh data, share with colleagues)
• I need to access my reports on my smartphone / tablet

17. Why Power BI – Power BI Mobile
• Native apps for iPad, iPhone, Android and Windows devices
• Annotate & share and collaborate with colleagues and take
action

18. • Introducing Power BI
• Common BI Issues
• Why use Power BI
• Demo
• Power BI Licensing
• Q&A
Agenda

19. Power BI Licensing (as of 1/6/2017)

20. Simplifying the Power BI Free Service
• Intended for personal use
• No more functional differences with Pro
• Augmented data capacity (10GB/user)
• Connect to hundreds of data sources
• Clean and prepare data using Power BI Desktop
• Use custom visualizations to analyze and build stunning reports
• Publish to the Power BI service
• Enable multiple auto data refreshes / day (on prem & cloud)
• Embed in public websites

21. Sharing & Collaborating with the Power BI Pro Service
• Allowing sharing & collaboration
• Share dashboards
• Use of Office 365 Groups
• Embed in SP Online
• Publish content to users (self service) with Content
Packs / Power BI Apps

22. Extend Power BI to Everyone: Power BI Premium
• Distribute content to everyone without purchasing
per-user licensed
• Get supercharged performance
• Gain dedicated capacity you allocate, scale, and control
• Deploy Power BI your way
• Power BI Report Server vs Power BI Cloud

23. • Introducing Power BI
• Common BI Issues
• Why use Power BI
• Demo
• Power BI Licensing
• Q&A
Agenda

24. Thank you!