For readers familiar with Microsoft’s Power BI suite of tools for Excel, but not clear as to how Power Pivot, and Power Query interact within a Power BI project, a webcast from TechEd Europe 2014, titled Overview of Business Intelligence in Office and Office 265 may be worth watching. The webcast is led by Peter […]
Data Visualization is a popular requirement for Office 365 computing built on Business Intelligence components
Microsoft’s TechEd Europe 2014 event, which was held in October, 2014, included a presentation on the Business Intelligence (BI) opportunities presented by Microsoft Office and Office 365 products. The title of this presentation, which is now available for public viewing as a webcast on Microsoft’s MSDN Channel 9 web site, is Overview of Business Intelligence […]
Some limitations on building dynamic diagrams with Visio Services for SharePoint 2013 on-premises and SharePoint Online, Office 365 should be kept in mind
This a second and final post on a webcast published on Microsoft’s Channel 9 web site titled Interactive Visual Dashboard Solutions with Visio Services. There are some important caveats about using Visio Services to produce data visualizations like the “interactive dashboards” Ian White presents in this presentation. Data sources are limited. Visio Service currently provides […]
The agenda at TechEd Europe 2014 included a presentation on dynamic diagrams and SharePoint on-premises or online
Visio is usually seen as the successor to SharePoint Designer. The common understanding is Visio represents the “next generation” of workflow design tools. But it’s very important not to forget Visio is, if nothing else, a diagram tool. During Microsoft’s TechEd Europe 2014 event, last month, Ian White, EPM and Visio Technical Lead at Microsoft […]
Just how does Power BI bolt together with Office 365?
In a webcast titled Power BI for Office 365 Overview, Michael Tejedor, a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft provided his audience with some information about this data analytics tool, including: design features for business analysts a demonstration of likely benefits for organizations implementing Power BI today and a preview of new features to be […]
A Practical, Hands On Demonstration of How to Visualize Excel 2013 Data with Power View and Store It with SharePoint Server 2013
In a short, six minute and 39 second video tutorial titled Visualize your Excel data in SharePoint using Power View, Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP, MCT, and CEO of SharePoint-Videos demonstrates how to transform numbers on an Excel 2013 spreadsheet into a useful visual presentation — in chart form –via the Power View feature of Excel. […]
Using Power BI with SharePoint Online, Office 365
Organizations looking to maximize the impact of the data visualization features of MS Excel 2013 should think about leveraging team sites in SharePoint Online, Office 365, to provide users with a unique method of consuming this information. An Office 365 enterprise subscription is required. The Power BI Sites app can be added to any Office […]
Is Power BI the ‘Must Have’ Feature Organizations need to Hasten their Pace of Signing Up for SharePoint Online, Office 365 Computing?
Microsoft’s promotional materials for Office 365 include the phrase ‘self service business intelligence’. This phrase was actually coined by Forrester Research, for The Forrester Wave™: Self-Service Business Intelligence Platforms, Q2 2012. To provide a summary of this concept, one result of the consumerization of IT and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomena of the […]
Using Reporting Services to Collect Business Intelligence with SharePoint Online, Office 365
A combination of an implementation of SQL Server Reporting Services for SharePoint, successful creation of external content type; and, finally, building a set of useful tags for SharePoint’s Managed Metadata Service (MMS), can deliver substantial returns for communities of SharePoint users subscribing to SharePoint Online, Office 365. We offer specialized training sets on each of […]
Transform On Premises SharePoint Into a Business Critical Solution with Curated Sets of Video Training Content
Microsoft’s Business Critical SharePoint web site presents a series of high value solutions presented along with supporting success stories. SharePoint stakeholders may benefit from reviewing some of the information on this web site before commencing work on an implementation plan for SharePoint. Many of the examples presented illustrate how valuable features of SharePoint, for example, […]