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Mastering Microsoft Power BI

By : Brett Powell
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Book Image

Mastering Microsoft Power BI

5 (1)
By: Brett Powell

Overview of this book

This book is intended for business intelligence professionals responsible for the design and development of Power BI content as well as managers, architects and administrators who oversee Power BI projects and deployments. The chapters flow from the planning of a Power BI project through the development and distribution of content to the administration of Power BI for an organization. BI developers will learn how to create sustainable and impactful Power BI datasets, reports, and dashboards. This includes connecting to data sources, shaping and enhancing source data, and developing an analytical data model. Additionally, top report and dashboard design practices are described using features such as Bookmarks and the Power KPI visual. BI managers will learn how Power BI’s tools work together such as with the On-premises data gateway and how content can be staged and securely distributed via Apps. Additionally, both the Power BI Report Server and Power BI Premium are reviewed. By the end of this book, you will be confident in creating effective charts, tables, reports or dashboards for any kind of data using the tools and techniques in Microsoft Power BI.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Azure Active Directory

As with other Microsoft Azure services, Power BI relies on Azure AD to authenticate and authorize users. Therefore, even if Power BI is the only service being utilized, organization's can leverage Azure AD's rich set of identity management and governance features, such as conditional access policies, multi-factor authentication (MFA) and business-to-business collaboration. For example, a conditional access policy can be defined within the Azure Portal which blocks access to Power BI based on the user's network location, or which requires MFA given the location and the security group of the user. Additionally, organizations can invite external users as guest users withing their Azure AD tenant to allow for seamless distribution of Power BI content to external parties, such as suppliers or customers.

Guidance on configuring Azure AD security...