Summary

This chapter diverged from the step-by-step, hands-on learning of Power BI to encompass the larger topics of the overall deployment, usage, governance, administration, and adoption of Power BI within an organization. This chapter explored various strengths and weaknesses of different usage models representing the big picture of how Power BI is deployed and used within an organization. When Power BI is deployed and used by an organization, the topics of governance and administration naturally come to the fore and thus this chapter also covered important governance and administrative topics such as tenant settings and the process of deploying Power BI content. Finally, Power BI used by a single individual is powerful but when used by an entire organization can create a data culture that makes the entire organization more efficient and effective and thus we covered the topic of adoption and proposed adoption strategies that can assist in diffusing the disruptive technology of...