28 Nov

Academy- Power BI 4-Day Boot Camp Nov 2017

Academy- Power BI 4-Day Boot Camp Nov 2017

Tuesday, November 28, 2017 (9:00 AM) to Friday, December 1, 2017 (5:00 PM) (Eastern Time)

GoToMeeting OR Onsite in Tampa
Ted Pattison

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This class will be offered Distance Learning as well as onsite in Tampa, Florida (DCE Productions, 5415 W Sligh Ave. Suite 102). During the registration process, you will be asked if you wish to take the class onsite.

Class dates: Nov 28 - Dec 1, 9am- 5pm Eastern

This class is designed for Data Analysts and BI Professionals.

Power BI Bootcamp is fast-paced 4-day training course designed to teach students how to build and deploy custom solutions using Power BI and Microsoft’s rapidly evolving Business Application Platform. The course provides in-depth, hands-on lab exercises the reinforce the skills required to use Power BI Desktop and a project-based approach to create custom solutions with insightful data analytics and powerful visualizations.

This course includes coverage of the query and data modeling tools in Power BI Desktop and students will learn how to write advanced DAX expressions to calculate rankings, rolling averages and year-to-year comparisons. Students will also learn how to design interactive reports and mobile-friendly dashboards. The course discusses the essential differences between working with imported datasets versus working with DirectQuery-mode datasets. The course teaches students how to configure row-level security (RLS) and how and why you might need to install an on-premises gateway.

This course examines Power BI apps and demonstrates how to leverage the new Power BI app model to deploy and update custom Power BI solutions in a production Office 365 environment. Along the way, students will also learn how to extend Power BI using other Business Application Platform technologies and services including R data analytics, Microsoft Flow and PowerApps.

Learning Objectives:
Provides in-depth coverage of query and data modeling techniques
 Learn the differences between imported dataset and DirectQuery-mode datasets
Learn to write and integrate R scripts into Power BI Desktop projects
Learn How to Extend Power BI with Microsoft Flow and PowerApps

Student Prerequisites

All students will require a Windows PC for lab exercises running Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. Students should be familiar with Microsoft Excel, Office 365 and Power BI environment. It is recommended that students have experience working with databases, Power BI Desktop and other related BI technologies.

Ted Pattison
Ted Pattison is an author, instructor and owner of Critical Path Training, a company dedicated to education on Microsoft technologies including SharePoint, Office 365, Windows Azure and Power BI. Ted is a 11-time recipient of Microsoft’s MVP award for SharePoint Server development and for Office 365 development. Since 2014, Ted has worked extensively with the Power BI platform and he teaches technical classes such as Power BI Bootcamp to get business users and analysts up to speed on self-service BI technologies such as Power BI Desktop, Power Query and Power Pivot.