{"id":16027,"date":"2015-11-09T17:33:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T01:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devwww.3cloudsolutions.com\/post\/tour-of-the-power-bi-ecosystem-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T16:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T23:24:50","slug":"tour-of-the-power-bi-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/resources\/tour-of-the-power-bi-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of the Power BI Ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power BI V2, which went into General Availability mid-2015, has evolved significantly in the last several months. With\u00a0an ever-increasing\u00a0number of capabilities and integration points, Power BI has grown to become an ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlchick.com\/presentations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"PowerBIEcosystem.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PowerBIEcosystem.jpg\" alt=\"PowerBIEcosystem.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As with any business intelligence system, a Power BI implementation requires planning and preparation. A few things to consider when you are getting started include:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decision on using <a href=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/resources\/introduction-to-excel-online-in-power-bi-desktop\/\">Power BI Desktop, Excel<\/a>, or both for authoring content<\/li>\n<li>Integration with Office 365 unified groups and Active Directory groups<\/li>\n<li>Options for organizing content by subject area and\/or user security boundaries<\/li>\n<li>Securing access to content via file-level and row-level security<\/li>\n<li>Options for distributing and sharing content<\/li>\n<li>Data source types and usage of embedded datasets\u00a0and\/or direct connectivity<\/li>\n<li>Managing the frequent release cycles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the following\u00a0video tour, we will briefly walk through the concepts and capabilities available in Power BI as of early November 2015. 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text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/wistia.com\/about-wistia?about=331994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">About Wistia<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"w-status-bar\">message<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"big-play-button\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wistia_grid_131_front\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"wistia_grid_131_top_inside\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"wistia_grid_131_bottom_inside\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"wistia_grid_131_left_inside\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"wistia_grid_131_right_inside\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wistia_grid_131_below\" style=\"height: 0px; font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note that the video above was recorded\u00a0November 2015. Power BI\u00a0capabilities, as depicted in the\u00a0end-to-end diagram, have evolved since that point in time. The most current version of the diagram displayed above can be found at the top of this page:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlchick.com\/presentations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.sqlchick.com\/presentations\/<\/a>.<br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"\/get-started\/\">contact us<\/a> for more information about how Power BI can be utilized in your organization.<\/p>\n<h3>Is your organization deploying Microsoft Power BI?<\/h3>\n<p>3Cloud offers hands-on, instructor-led training at your facility to help both business and IT teams adopt Microsoft Power BI for self-service business intelligence and analytics. Up to ten attendees will receive expert-led guidance through a complete set of hands-on labs and training modules. After the training, attendees will be able to acquire data, build data models, and create visualizations quickly and easily with Microsoft Power BI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power BI V2, which went into General Availability mid-2015, has evolved significantly in the last several months. 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