(Livestream Replay) Using Power BI to Monitor your Azure Data Platform - with Dave Ruijter

Hang out with us as Dave Ruijter explains and demonstrates how to develop a Power BI monitoring solution for your Azure Data Platform. You can configure your Azure resources to send tons of metrics and logs to Azure Log Analytics, but how do you get that data in Power BI and transform it into a useful report? Let’s see how!

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Dave Ruijter is a Data Platform MVP from the Netherlands, and he is a public speaker and consultant. His aim is to help organizations realize the full potential of the Azure cloud and the Microsoft Power Platform. He brings a decade’s worth of experience to the table and is a passionate Power BI evangelist, eager to share his knowledge and experiences from the field.

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(Livestream Replay) How to Start Your Power BI Career on the Right Foot (By Specializing!)

Your Grandma was right! You cannot please everyone. When you go out there and wave your flag as a Power BI Professional, that's exactly what you are trying to do. And it doesn't work. Either you get no results or have to work really hard for every inch of progress. The problem is that most professionals either miss or mess-up the first crucial step of their Power BI Career - niching down! In this session we'd talk about:

• Why niching down is the crucial first step towards a successful Power BI Career

• How you can come up with the niche that you should focus on

• Address some of the fears you may have about niching down (a classic one is: "Oh, but I don't want to miss out on all the other opportunities out there by niching down")

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If you are searching for a more meaningful work life as a Power BI Consultant ➔ Where you do what you love, create an impact by helping others and create a life of freedom for yourself ➔ Then Avi is dedicated in helping you achieve those goals. Hint: The classic wisdom of "Learning More" and "Working Hard" actually does NOT help you get to these goals. Avi leads a five-step program to creating successful Power BI Consultants, starting with the first step...you guessed it ;-) "Niching Down"

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(Livestream Replay) Identify, Build & Represent Your Power BI Skills (with Seth Bauer)

Join us for an in depth discussion with Seth Bauer as we explore ways to identify, build, and represent your Power BI Skills. There are so many different areas within Power BI that require different skillsets. Do you know what those are? Do you know how to raise your professional bar and which direction to take? After you set the stage, and learn new things, do you know how to represent your skills to potential new employers or people you meet?

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Seth is passionate about discovering insights from data while solving data related business problems. His experience working with all areas of business and IT have given him a unique perspective and ability to communicate and drive change effectively within organizations related to Data & Analytics solutions and initiatives. He has had the opportunity to architect and implement many different data solutions using Microsoft tools covering a wide variety of industries and companies.

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(Livestream Replay) Pro User Excel Add-In - MonkeyTools (with Ken Puls)

Come hang out as Ken Puls (Excel Guru) showcases his fantastic pro user Excel plug-in [Monkey Tools]! This tool is fantastic for helping users build better BI models for use in both Excel AND Power BI. Just SOME of the features include many "sleuthing" features to investigate and optimize parts of your model or report. One of my favorites honestly is the Dynamic Calendar Creator! Watch the stream to learn about all this and more.

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Ken Puls is the president of Excelguru Consulting Inc, a company dedicated to helping users get the most from their data. A blogger, software developer, author and trainer with over 20 years of accounting and IT experience, Ken's passion lies in exploring tools to turn data into information, and teaching others how to benefit from them. Learn more about Ken at the links below!

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