Last month we put out the call for education-themed submissions — along with other topics that interest you — to the Data Stories Gallery, and we got some fantastic entries! Congratulations to the grand winner and six runners-up. The inspiration topic for this month is “mystery”: show us your best data story about haunted houses, Sasquatch sightings, and other spooky data!
» Read moreBack in May we held one of our most popular webinars ever: a live Dashboard Makeover to review, revise, and improve entries from our Community. This month, we’re doing it again! Ask the experts at Microsoft and find out if the visual design of your work is helping to project your data story, or just creating confusion. Attend the live webinar on October 13, 2016 to see how our Power BI pros turn dashboards and reports from standard to shiny, sharing insights more efficiently and making a bigger impact on your audience.
» Read moreAs Power BI has grown, so has the Power BI Community. Today, more than 50,000 people visit the community weekly. Contributions come from a wide variety of individuals, including users, seasoned…
» Read moreWe are constantly using feedback from the community to improve Power BI Desktop. This helps us understand how we’re doing and what we can do to make your experience even better. Once a quarter, we run a survey to get insight into your level of satisfaction with Power BI and to get feedback on how to make the Desktop experience even better. This is a great chance to provide direct feedback to the product team and help shape future releases of Power BI Desktop. In addition, you’ll have the chance to win some prizes.
» Read moreWith the most recent update to Power BI Mobile, we are excited to announce our preview of phone reports. Much like with our previous feature, phone optimization for dashboards, you can now create report views that are optimized for your phone.
» Read moreWe have some cool features to announce this month for the Power BI mobile apps, including the preview for phone-optimized reports, new UI functionality, and new navigation capabilities.
» Read moreThe September Power BI Desktop update is out now and packed with many new features and improvements! We are excited to announce our Esri map integration, DirectQuery support for the Snowflake Connector, new forecasting features, and the ability to create a mobile report layout.
» Read moreWe have two great webinars coming up! On October 4, learn how to get started with R Script and Power BI with a detailed step-by-step walkthrough. On October 6, discover how to create mobile applications using PowerApps and SharePoint data.
» Read moreLearn more about the collaboration between Microsoft Power BI and Narrative Science and how it is driving customer success.
» Read moreWe’re excited to share at Microsoft Ignite that soon Power BI users can use ArcGIS Maps for Power BI (preview) created by Esri. This preview will bring new capabilities to all Power BI users. The ArcGIS Maps for Power BI visual is provided by Esri. ArcGIS Maps for Power BI visual goes a step beyond. Not only can you plot data points from Power BI, but you can also add reference layers. Layers include a selection of demographic layers provided by Esri and public web maps or those published into Esri’s Living Atlas. You will be able to create a compelling analysis that also provides reference information to get more context from the data you have in Power BI. Hover over a block group in the Median Household Income layer to find out who your customers are in a specific area.
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