(Livestream Replay) Report/Dataset Lifecycle Management for Power BI with Greg Baldini

ABSTRACT 📄

Everyone is familiar with the NASA countdown. T-minus-10, 9, 8... Anyone who has ever built a Power BI report knows how to publish that report. But ground control has a lot of work to do after liftoff. And a Power BI pro's work does not stop after they hit the 'Publish' button. The name for that work is operations. As Power BI matures, it is critical that we spend time and effort on operations. This work comprises monitoring, maintenance, user support, ongoing development, and change management among other things. Let's kick start the conversation around Power BI operations:
• What to do
• Out of the box features
• Tools you can build and buy to support operations in your organization

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He slices! He dices! When it comes to Power BI, Greg Baldini does it all, and he is here to show you how to, too!
Co-founder of Argus PBI, Greg has a decade of experience with DAX, Tabular, and the Power BI family of tools. His career has been spent in solving hard problems for clients and seeking deep understanding of the fundamentals of data analysis.

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(Livestream Replay) Lessons learned After Two Years With a Large Model - with Alex Dupler

ABSTRACT 📄

For the past two years, my team has been working on a premium Power BI model that has grown significantly in size, from 50 GB to over 100 GB. During this time, we have gained valuable insights and lessons that we would like to share with you. These include the importance of conducting systematic testing, determining which features and columns will have the most impact on performance, and managing the ongoing refresh of a model of this size. We hope that these tips will be helpful for those looking to optimize and improve their Power BI models.

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Alex Dupler is a Power BI developer and architect at Microsoft, where he currently serves as the lead Program Manager for a data warehouse platform supporting the company's advertising business. In this role, Alex is responsible for a Power BI import dataset with 90 GB of data. He is also one half of "Two Alex's," a YouTube channel that features live discussions on Power BI topics without one correct answer. Prior to joining Microsoft, Alex worked as a chemist. He is a member of the PBICAT team and has been inactive for a while.

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(Livestream Replay) Don't Panic! I'm Power BI Admin - with Kathrin Borchert

ABSTRACT 📄

The session will focus on the topic of administration in Power BI. Sounds boring? No! Because when you decide on a tool, no matter which one, it is important to set it up and look after it properly.

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🦄 Kathrin Borchert
💬 Nothing is impossible if you only believe in it
💗 Passion for Data, #PowerBI, UI/UX, ReportDesign, REST API, Governance and Teaching
🌟Logo creator for PowerBIDays, Power Break, PPHHUG

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(Livestream Replay) PowerShell Hacks for Power BI - with James Bartlett

ABSTRACT 📝

There's never a dull moment in the life of a Power BI Administrator. In order to protect our time and sanity, it's important to automate as many of our usual tasks and processes as possible. Additionally, since the top priority of the Power BI development team is the end user experience, there are many edge cases and "power user" type activities that cannot yet be accomplished using only Power BI Desktop and the Power BI web service.

Fortunately, Microsoft has provided two priceless tools that allow us to automate and add functionality to Power BI: The Power BI REST APIs and the MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt module for PowerShell. This presentation will demonstrate several techniques for harnessing these powerful tools to make your job as a Power BI Administrator less time-consuming and more fun!

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James D. Bartlett III is a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst and Power BI Administrator at Des Moines University in Iowa, USA. He started working in IT way back in 2002, while he was a student in the Business Administration program at Colorado State University. After graduation, James dabbled in banking, real estate, healthcare, and even had a short stint as a resident DJ at Denver's top nightclub, before finally stumbling upon his true calling in the Business Intelligence field in 2018. James is a blogger and co-developer of the Business Ops app on PowerBI.tips, co-leader of the Iowa Power BI User Group, and recently completed his Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification. In his spare time, James enjoys longboarding, playing the guitar, and producing electronic music in his home studio.

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