Preface

Microsoft Power BI is a leading business intelligence and analytics platform that supports both self-service data visualization and exploration as well as enterprise BI deployments. Power BI consists of cloud services, mobile applications, a data modeling and report authoring application, and other utilities, including the on-premises data gateway. Additionally, organizations can deploy Power BI reports on-premises via the Power BI Report Server and scale their deployments with Power BI Premium capacity.

This revised and expanded edition provides an end-to-end analysis of the latest Power BI tools and features, from planning a Power BI project to distributing Power BI apps to large groups of users. You’ll be familiarized with all the fundamental concepts and see how Power BI datasets, reports, and dashboards can be designed to deliver insights and rich, interactive experiences. You’ll also become knowledgeable about management and administration topics such as the allocation of Power BI Premium capacities, Azure Active Directory security groups, conditional access policies, and staged deployments of Power BI content. This book will encourage you to take advantage of these powerful features and follow thoughtful, consistent practices in deploying Power BI for your organization.