Presenter: Brian Larson - http://sqlmag.com/author/brian-larson

Brian Larson is Chief Creative Officer/Partner at Superior Consulting Services and has presented at SQL Server Connections, PASS Summit, and the Microsoft BI Conference. As a consultant to Microsoft, Brian contributed to the original code base of Reporting Services. Brian is the author of “Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services: 5th Edition” and “Delivering Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2016: 4th Edition” as well as the forthcoming “Data Analysis with Microsoft Power BI.”

Summary:

Technology author Brian Larson brings his experience architecting and implementing Power BI solutions across multiple industries, including insurance, manufacturing, and financial, to provide a day-long instructional session covering each aspect of Power BI. We will cover:

• Data collection using the Query Editor and the M language
• Data modeling
• Measures using basic and intermediate DAX formulas
• Visualizations with an emphasis on user interactivity including the latest interactive and drill through features
• Deployment and management in a secure, shared environment

Along the way we will look at tips and tricks as well as best practices for each of these facets of Power BI. Participants will leave with an understanding of the full range of capabilities of Power BI along with the confidence to use Power BI to create and securely share meaningful analytics.