MS Ignite Updates

Microsoft Ignite Announcements

Microsoft Ignite is on now and there are so many fabulous sessions to choose from. I'm co-hosting a Power BI table talk in a few hours and enjoying all the other presentations in the meantime. 

Check out the Ignite Book of News for the latest announcements. 

Teams

Teams Presenter controls and flexibility are improving, giving you options for how to view video and attendees, and making it possible to see the presenter view of PowerPoint while sharing on Teams - all with just one screen! Yay!

As someone who does a lot of webinars, I'm really keen to see how the attendee registration will work - this could make a few of my flows in Power Automate redundant!

Cool Outlook Updates

I'm so excited that Outlook is getting a face lift. I feel like Outlook has been neglected in feature updates over the past many years. Why fix what isn't broken? Well, modern work is changing and we need to be more dynamic, flexible and agile in our work approach. 

The new Outlook board view experience will make it easier for you to keep exactly what you need at your fingertips and customize your Outlook Productivity Platform to meet your needs. 

Power Platform

Power Fx

The Power Automate language, Power Fx, is being rolled out across the Power Platform. You may have heard this previously called 'Excel Speak' because many of the functions are based on or borrowed from Excel. It is designed as a low code coding language and making that transition from Excel to Power Fx is easy if you start with the basic, similar functions. 

I am so excited to have some consistency across the Power Platform and can't wait to see how Power Fx evolves now that it's open source.

Power BI Premium Per User

Woohoo! It's finally here - a Power BI Premium that's accessible to small companies. 

Power BI Premium Per User is really well priced at only $20 USD per month per user and comes packed with all the greatest features that you didn't have with pro, including:

• Paginated reports
• Improved email subscription functionality
• Machine learning and AI integration

Register for MS Ignite 2021

It's not too late to register for MS Ignite - many of the sessions are available on demand and there's lots of good networking opportunities too. See you there!

Power BI Webinar: Survey Says

 If you missed the webinar this week, you can still catch it on Youtube for a limited time. This webinar covers how to handle working with data that is not ready in a database format. Commonly this data will come from a survey or questionnaire, where you're collecting information people. This happens in almost every industry and I get asked a lot about the best way to model this type of data in Power BI. This webinar gives an introduction on what you can do.

Power BI Webinar: Opportunity Analysis

View Power BI Webinar

If you missed the webinar last Friday, you can still tune in via the link above. See how using unrelated tables can help you gain insights into your customers and their habits. Who is your target market? What customers have NOT bought a specific product? Analyze your opportunities with Power BI.