Today, I am excited to announce the availability of usage metrics in the Power BI service for dashboard and report authors. This feature gives you one-click access to key usage metrics for your dashboards and reports, allowing you to pinpoint how your end users are interacting with your content. We hope these metrics can help you justify your investments and prioritize your efforts on the most impactful, widely used content.
» Read more Important stories about complex industries such as oil & gas can be difficult to tell. Thankfully, they often are also very rich in data – data which can be used to interactively illustrate the story for readers, making it more engaging and meaningful. Come hear how data visualization and industries expert Dallas Salazar, collaborating with Power BI MVP Greg Deckler, recently used data and Power BI to draw readers into a complicated story and leave them wanting more. Join us on Wednesday, May 31 at 10 a.m. PT to learn more.
» Read more This month’s Power BI Mobile release includes new updates to help you find your most interesting assets faster, and creating a more consistent experience when using Power BI between computers and…
» Read more If you’re new to Power BI, or want to introduce the rest of your team to ways they can go quickly from data to insight to action, you won’t want to miss Wednesday’s Dashboard in an Hour webinar! Dashboard In An Hour is a high-level introduction to Power BI in just 60 minutes. It’s being presented this week by Reid Havens, Founder & CEO of Havens Consulting Inc. Join us at 10:00 a.m. PT on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.
» Read more The Public Preview of the Office 365 Adoption Content Pack combines the intelligence of the Office 365 usage reports that are available for you in the admin center with the interactive analysis capabilities of Power BI, providing rich usage and adoption insights.
» Read more On May 3, Microsoft announced Power BI Premium, a capacity-based licensing model that increases flexibility for how users access, share and distribute content. The new offering also introduces the ability to manage Power BI reports on-premises with the included Power BI Report Server.
» Read more Join us this morning at 10 a.m. PT for the webinar, Simply Compelling – Seven Tips to Better Visualization Design, presented by Miranda Li. Today she’ll be presenting an introduction to visualization design, concepts, and basic factors. If you’ve been looking for a way to give more visual punch to your reports and dashboards, you won’t want to miss this free webinar!
» Read more As of today, all Microsoft Power BI users can start using dynamic and cool-looking ZoomCharts in reports and dashboards. With ZoomCharts, you can easier than ever before, explore, present and analyze your data. Full multi-touch support makes interaction seamless across all your devices. See it for yourself and learn more!
» Read more We’ve got a great lineup of webinars planned for May and June! Attend these free sessions to gain expertise in Power BI, and learn more about how PowerApps and Microsoft Flow can help improve your organization’s processes without a lot of overhead. Most of our webinars are delivered through YouTube, and you can subscribe to my channel to get notifications about all of these events. These webinars can also be viewed on-demand on YouTube after the event, if you’re not able to be a part of the live presentation. Check out what we’ve got planned!
» Read more We put out the call to you a couple of months ago to create fantastic reports for the Data Stories Gallery, and we were amazed by your submissions! Congratulations to the grand winner and runners-up from March and April. The theme for May is data storytelling. We’re putting together some special guest judges for May, so if you haven’t submitted a report yet — or have submitted in the past — this is an exciting month to participate. Tell us a story with your data!
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