(Livestream Replay) How the Microsoft Power BI Team Evolves the Platform (with Will Thompson)

Hang out with us as Will Thompson (Microsoft Program Manager) discusses how the Power BI team plans their products evolution! We'll chat about everything from: what it's like being a Microsoft Product Manager (PM), Power BI personas and customer feedback, planning semester roadmaps, integration with other Microsoft products and platforms, integrating Power BI ideas feedback, and more!

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Will is a self-confessed data geek, working his way through sysadmin and DBA roles before joining Microsoft. He spent 5 years helping customers in the UK implement and get value out of Microsoft’s BI solution. When an opportunity arose to move into product engineering in 2012, he jumped at it and to help translate customer and market requirements into new features as a Program Manager in the Power BI team. Since January 2020 he has led a team of program managers, owning the overall experience for creators of Power BI reports.

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(Livestream Replay) ALM Toolkit External Tool - Christian Wade

Hang out with us as Christian Wade walks us through the ALM Toolkit external tool for Power BI desktop. This schema compare tool for Power BI datasets is a fantastic application for lifecycle management (ALM) scenarios.

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(Livestream Replay) Power BI Mapping Masterclass - with Allice Drummond

Join us as Alice Drummond and myself discuss everything maps in Power BI! Decisions like "which maps should I use?" will be discussed, plus we'll also have some deep dive demos on some of Alice's favorite maps (MapBox, Icon Map).

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Alice is Co-Founder of DiscoverEI and an MVP for the Data Platform, and her passion is combining Power BI and design to bring environmental data to life! Drawing on her background in environmental engineering, Alice works collaboratively with government organizations to turn mountains of environmental data decisions, and runs tailored Power BI training courses for the environmental and water industries. Alice is a regular speaker at Power Platform community events and conferences, and co-hosts the ANZ Power BI for Enviro’s Meetup.

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(Livestream Replay) Elements of DAX - With Brian Grant

Join us as Brian will be talking about his "Elements of DAX", which is both a YouTube video series as well as an underlying conceptual framework aimed at making learning DAX simpler by breaking all of its main functions down into just three simple categories. Allegedly, once you learn these you can put them together like Legos to solve common DAX problems. He likes to teach visually, so don't be surprised if some demos pop up in the conversation.

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Hailing from the East side of beautiful Portland OR, Brian is a Senior Business Analytics consultant with local data heroes CSG Pro. Having spent his early years deep in the study of acting and screenwriting, he finally graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Economics. His driving belief is that the biggest barrier most people face when learning technology isn't technology at all, but language. Taught the right way, most people can learn most things; helping people learn skills that are "too technical" for them is his greatest joy.

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