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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)

Summary

This chapter reviewed Power BI Premium and Analysis Services as the primary means to deploy Power BI at scale and with enterprise BI tools and controls. The current and future features of Power BI Premium were described, as well as the factors to account for inefficiently provisioning and allocating premium capacity. Additionally, Analysis Services was contrasted with Power BI Desktop-based datasets to expose the features and benefits exclusive to Microsoft's enterprise BI modeling tool. Moreover, details were provided in comparing Azure Analysis Services with SSAS and in migrating a Power BI Desktop model to Analysis Services.

Power BI Premium and Analysis Services further Microsoft's goal of providing organizations with the flexibility to deploy Power BI on their terms. Organizations can quickly scale up a self-service solution to support many users and they...