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Power BI November 2024 Feature Summary

Welcome to the November 2024 update. We’re thrilled to introduce Copilot in Power BI Mobile apps, bringing AI to your fingertips for a smarter, faster way to explore data on the go. This month’s update also includes a new Path layer for the Azure Map visual, making geospatial analysis even more powerful by helping you easily map connections between multiple locations. We’re also introducing the OneLake catalog, the latest evolution of the OneLake data hub, offers a unified platform for data engineers, data scientists, analysts, and decision-makers to browse, manage, and govern data seamlessly—all from one intuitive interface.

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Hôpital Montfort builds a case for better healthcare with Power BI

If one set of lab tests is good, then two should be twice as good, right? It turns out the answer is no. More healthcare is not necessarily better healthcare. Choosing Wisely Canada, a campaign organized by a team of leading physicians in partnership with dozens of Canadian medical organizations, is offering guidance to help clinicians decide which tests, treatments, and prescriptions are unnecessary. Hôpital Montfort, in Ottawa, Ontario, is using Power BI to help provide its physicians with the evidence to help them make some of those wise choices.

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Making It Easier To Administer Power BI

The Power BI Admin Portal gives organizations the ability to view usage data and set controls and limits on how Power BI is used throughout the organization.  We have heard from many administrators that these capabilities are critical, but sometimes getting the right person access to the Portal was hard because it was only available to Office 365 Global Administrators. We are introducing Power BI Admin role where you can give users Power BI Admin privileges without giving them full Office 365 administrative access. We are also making it easier for Cloud Solutions Providers easier to manage Power BI Admin Portal on your behalf.

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Explore your MYOB Advanced Data with Power BI

MYOB Advanced is a cloud based ERP software that allows you to manage financials and inventory. The Power BI content pack for MYOB Advanced turns on insightful sales reporting out-of-the-box. With limited expertise needed, managers and stakeholders can access a set of sales dashboards and reports and view KPIs, such as monitoring opportunity pipelines to see progress versus sales goals. It allows users to understand the volume of won and lost opportunities, and determine performance over time, such as month-over-month or year-over-year.

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[Webinar 10/27] Overcome Key Marketing Analytics Challenges with Microsoft Power BI and Alteryx

With more digital work being done than ever before, the sheer volume of data that marketing departments collect is growing each and every day. As a result of this influx of data, marketers now have more opportunity to drive better outcomes for their organizations. So, how can you, as an analyst, combat these challenges and get more value from your marketing data at the point of impact? Join this webinar on Thursday, October 27 and find out!

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