microsoft power bi for office 365

Microsoft Power BI for Office 365

- A "101" Overview

Intro: Timothy P. McAliley

timothy.mcaliley@microsoft.com

Account Technology Strategist, Washington, DC

CISA, CISM, CISSP, ITIL V3, MCSA, MCSE, MCITP, MCTS, MCT, PMP

Everything I am presenting is accessible to try for yourself for free

Excel is main authoring and consumption tool

The focus is on collaboration and self-service business intelligence

Key Take-Aways

Agenda

• What is Microsoft Power BI for Office 365?

• How Do I Get Started?

• Supported Data Sources

• How Do I Author Reports?

• How Much Does Power BI for Office 365 Cost?

• Resources for More Information

What is Microsoft Power BI for Office 365?

What is Microsoft Power BI for Office 365?

“Well there is Power BI”• Power Query -Excel add-in that enables customers to easily search and access

public data and their organization’s data, all within Excel.

• Power Map - 3D data visualization tool for mapping, exploring and interacting with geographic and temporal data.

• Power Pivot - For creating and customizing flexible data models within Excel.

• Power View - For creating interactive charts, graphs and other visual representations of data.

What is Microsoft Power BI for Office 365?

• Power BI for Office 365 Service /Powered by Azure

• Collaborative - Power BI Sites

• Self-Service BI

• Shared Queries

• Data Q & A

• Data Discovery

• Public Data Catalogs

• Private Data Catalogs

• Data Gateway Manager –supports Hybrid Data Scenarios

• Power BI Designer Tool

• Power BI Windows Application

Connect live to on-premises dataLive Connectivity to SQL Server Analysis Services

Live Query

A powerful new way to work with dataSelf-service business intelligence with familiar Excel and the power of the cloud

Analyzing data with Excel

A powerful new way to work with dataSelf-service business intelligence with familiar Excel and the power of the cloud

Share & Collaborate with Power BI for Office 365

Share & Collaborate with Power BI for Office 365

Share & Collaborate with Power BI for Office 365

Power BI for

Office 365

Data Management Gateway

Installed on-premises

Workbook

Search for:

Public Data

Corporate Data

Shared Queries

Share & Collaborate with Power BI for Office 365

Share & Collaborate with Power BI for Office 365

Share & Collaborate with Power BI for Office 365

How Do I Get Started?

How Do I Get Started?

Simple…..and lots of examples

• www.powerbi.com

Supported Data Sources

Supported Data Sources

Supported Data Sources

Data Management Gateway

Enabling Corporate

OData Feeds

Enabling Excel Workbook

Data Refresh using

SharePoint Online

Enabling

Discovery in

Power Query

capabilities

Power BI Admin CenterData Management Gateway

3

Data Management Gateway - Conceptual

Power BI Admin CenterAllows IT to configure, manage

and monitor access to

corporate data sources.

Data Management Gateway

Connects to corporate data

sources and sends data to

Microsoft cloud services through

a secure channel (Service Bus).

Corporate Data SourcesThe Gateway can connect to

a variety of data sources.

Secure Credential

Store

All credentials used by

the gateway are stored

on-premises.

How Do I Author Reports?

How Do I Author Reports?

Power BI Designer

• Connect to data

• Shape Data

• Author / Publish Reports

How Much Does Power BI for Office 365 Cost?

How Much Does Power BI for Office 365 Cost?

Freemium

• Free Features

• Does not expire

• Helps with new feature experience

• Pay Wall with Paid Features

How Much Does Power BI for Office 365 Cost?

Resources for More Information

Microsoft Power BI Site:

• https://www.powerbi.com/

• Power BI - Getting Started Guide

• Getting Started with Power BI Designer

Power BI YouTube Channel

• https://www.youtube.com/user/mspowerbi/videos

Channel 9 Power BI (Series)

• http://channel9.msdn.com/

• Faster Data Insights with Power BI

• Excel 2013 Power BI Fundamentals

Microsoft Virtual Academy

• http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com

Resources for More Information

Kevin S. Goff:

• http://www.kevinsgoff.net/

James Serra Blog:

• http://www.jamesserra.com

Resources for More Information

Summary• What is Microsoft Power BI for Office 365?

• How Do I Get Started?

• Supported Data Sources

• How Do I Author Reports?

• How Much Does Power BI for Office 365 Cost?

• Resources for More Information

Thank You!!