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Definitive Guide to Power BI Personal Gateway

If you’ve followed my Power BI from Rookie to Rockstar book so far, you know that Power BI can reach on-premises data sources as well as cloud based. With Power BI Desktop you simply connect to on-premises data stores, however when the report published into Power BI website there should be a bus connection between Read more about Definitive Guide to Power BI Personal Gateway[…]

Power BI Get Data: From Azure SQL Database

Power BI and Power Query can connect to files such as Excel, CSV, text files and on-premises databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL. Power BI can connect to many data sources on cloud such as Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse and etc. In this part you will learn how to connect from Read more about Power BI Get Data: From Azure SQL Database[…]

SSIS 2016; What’s New in CTP 2.3

SQL Server 2016 is under a heavy improvement plan, The latest CTP version (Community Test Preview) of it is 2.3 which released as preview three days ago. CTP 2.3 has some new features across all components of SQL Server, such as SSRS, SSAS, SSIS, MDS and etc. Previously I wrote about some new changes in Read more about SSIS 2016; What’s New in CTP 2.3[…]

Power BI Get Data From Excel: Everything You Need to Know

In Previous section you learned about Power Query through an example of data mash-up of movies. Also prior than that you’ve learned about Power BI and its components in Power BI online book from rookie to rockstar. In this section I would like to start exploration of different data sources in Power BI, and I Read more about Power BI Get Data From Excel: Everything You Need to Know[…]

Get Started with Power Query: Movies Data Mash-Up

As another section of the Power BI online book: from Rookie to Rockstar, I would like to get start working with Power Query. From my point of view learning through an example is the best way to learn new technology. For this post I have decided to use movie’s data to be mashed up. I Read more about Get Started with Power Query: Movies Data Mash-Up[…]

Power BI Mission Possible; Webinar Q&A, Recording, and Materials

In this post you will find materials for the Power BI Mission Possible! session that I speak today in PASS BA Virtual Chapter. Thanks to all attendees of my session in PASS Business Analytics Virtual Chapter today. Unfortunately I hadn’t chance to respond all questions, So here in this blog post I write answers to Read more about Power BI Mission Possible; Webinar Q&A, Recording, and Materials[…]

What’s New In Power BI August 2015 Update

Almost one month ago Power BI has been released for general availability with shiny new features, and I’ve wrote a blog post about new features in Power BI 2.0 General Availability. at 20th of August Microsoft released an August 2015 update version of Power BI Desktop with some new features. In this post I’ll go Read more about What’s New In Power BI August 2015 Update[…]

Azure Data Factory Templates for Visual Studio

Azure Data Factory has been released as general availability 10 days ago. There has been also an extension for Visual Studio published a little earlier for Data Factory. The good news is that now you can create Azure Data Factory projects from Visual Studio. This is a great step forward in development of Data Factory Read more about Azure Data Factory Templates for Visual Studio[…]

What Is Power Query? Introduction to Data Mash-up Engine of Power BI

When you get data in Power BI you actually use Power Query Component. In this chapter you will learn about What Power Query is, and what are different types of sources that Power Query can connect. Power Query has also great list of transformations that can be applied on the data set as well (which Read more about What Is Power Query? Introduction to Data Mash-up Engine of Power BI[…]

Power BI Website: You’ll Need Just A Web Browser

In previous section (from the Power BI from Rookie to Rockstar book) you’ve learned about Power BI Desktop, and you’ve developed a sample report with that and published it to Power BI website. In this section I’ll explain some of Power BI website’s functionality. You will understand at the end of this section that Power Read more about Power BI Website: You’ll Need Just A Web Browser[…]