Thank you for the MANY that joined Marc Reguera’s Dashboard Makeover: Learn how to make your data shine. If you missed that webinar you can view the recording here.
If was clear from the questions during Marc’s webinar there is a pent up demand for information on the best way to get started using Power BI. Next week’s webinar is custom designed for for those people as noted author Matt Allington will be holding a webinar titled:
Getting started with Power BI for the Excel User by Matt Allington
In this session, Matt Allington, co-founder of the Sydney Power BI user group and noted Author will join Microsoft’s Power BI program manager, Charles Sterling to host a webinar May 17th on how to get started with Power BI for the Excel User. In this session Matt will cover the differences between Excel and Power BI, how to transferring your existing workbooks, and tips that will help you understand the differences and get the most value from Power BI.
If you are an Excel professional starting with Power BI this is definitely a webinar you will not want to miss!
Matt delivered this very popular session to the Sydney Power BI User Group and with comments like:
“Excellent meetup tonight with smooth presentations, and I really loved Matt’s demo of the customisable cross-filtering.”
If you happen to be in Sydney you can find out more about the Power BI User group here: http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Sydney-Modern-Excel-Power-BI/gp-p/SMEPUG or http://exceleratorbi.com.au/sydney-modern-excel-power-bi-user-group-growing/
If you are starting with Power BI this is definitely a webinar you will not want to miss!
To register please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinar
About the Matt Allington
Noted author, blogger and conference presenter, Matt Allington, is a career expert in BI and has 30+ years’ experience in using data to deliver business value. Matt is the former BI Director for Coca-Cola Asia Pacific and has been working full time with Power Pivot, Power Query and Power BI since early 2014. Matt brings his business and IT experience to the table to get fast and effective results in training, consulting and problem solving. Matt is the author of the book “Learn to DAX – A Practical Guide to Learning Power Pivot for Excel and Power BI”.
| Date | Title | Speaker | Registration Link |
| 5/17/2016 | Getting started with Power BI for the Excel user | Matt Allington | https://aka.ms/communitywebinar |
| 5/19/2016 | Integrating Power BI with your application | https://info.microsoft.com/CO-PowerBI-WBNR-FY16-05May-19-Integrating-PowerBI-with-your-Application-Registration.html | |
| 5/24/2016 | Data Preparation is the Keystone by Reza Rad | Reza Rad | https://info.microsoft.com/CO-PowerBI-WBNR-FY16-05May-19-Integrating-PowerBI-with-your-Application-Registration.html |
| 5/25/2016 | CRM template and Power BI | Justyna Lucznik | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 5/26/2016 | Q&A , best practices and on premises Power BI | Patrick Baumgartner | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 5/31/2016 | DAX best practices from the field by Paul Turley | Paul Turley | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/7/2016 | Advanced Power BI: Solving the Hard Problems | Devin Knight | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/7/2016 | Tell data stories with Power BI publish to web | lukasz Pawlowski | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/9/2016 | Power BI Security/Administration/Governance | Lorrissa Horton | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/16/2016 | Power BI & Pyramid | Lance Delano | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/21/2016 | Introduction To Power BI Reports by Chris Webb | Chris Webb | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/23/2016 | Best practices | Siva Harinath | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/28/2016 | DAX in Power BI: why you need to learn it by Marco Russo | Marco Russo | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/30/2016 | Power Apps/integration | Saurabh Pant | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 7/7/2016 | Power BI Embedded deep dive | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars | |
| 7/12/2016 | What’s New in Power BI | Siva Harinath | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 7/14/2016 | Power BI Data Modeling – repeat with new features | Romi Koifman | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 7/19/2016 | Using Power BI to Track Development | Simon Sabin | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 7/21/2016 | Power BI Mobile – repeat with key new features | Romi Koifman | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 7/26/2016 | Predictive Analytics in Education and Consumer Goods Using Power BI with Machine Learning. | David Brown | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 8/11/2016 | Data Connectors and Transformations (including/highlight SAP) | Miguel Martinez | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 8/16/2016 | Finding and transforming data with Power Query in Excel and Power BI Desktop | Greg Low | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |