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https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Power BI Community Times in South Florida 2022 welcomes back Reza Rad to talk about RLS! # Row-Level Security Patterns in Power BI Security is different from Sharing; Sharing is about sharing the entire content with others; security is about authorizing different views of the content to others. In this session, we will go through many different Row Level Security patterns. Patterns such as Static Row Level Security, Dynamic Row Level Security, and many variations of the dynamic RLS, such as giving manager access as well as employee access, you will learn about user profile security scenarios and hierarchical access levels. This session shows you how DAX and Power BI security comes together to play an important part in a Power BI project lifecycle: Row Level Security. ## Presenter: Reza Rad Reza Rad is a Microsoft Regional Director, an Author, Trainer, Speaker, and Consultant. He has a BSc in Computer engineering; he has more than 20 years of experience in data analysis, BI, databases, programming, and development mostly on Microsoft technologies. He is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP for 12 continuous years (from 2011 till now) for his dedication to Microsoft BI. Reza is an active blogger and co-founder of RADACAD. Reza is also co-founder and co-organizer of the Difinity conference in New Zealand, the Power BI Summit (the biggest Power BI conference), and Data Insight Summit (Chicago, USA) CEO at RADACAD Chairman, and Director at Power BI Summit Chairman, and Director at Difinity conference (Since 2017) Microsoft Regional Director (Since 2018) Microsoft Data Platform MVP (Since 2011) Leader of Data, Insights, and Power BI user group in Auckland, New Zealand (Since 2013) Microsoft Fast Track Recognized Solution Architect – Power Platform Power BI All-Star award winner Dynamic Communities Emerald award winner Best-selling author of more than 12 books on BI, analytics, and Power BI Speaker at many conferences such as Ignite, Microsoft Business Applications Summit, PASS, etc. Blogger, and content creator Consultant, and trainer Microsoft Certified trainer Microsoft Certified professional His articles on different aspects of technologies, especially on BI, can be found on his blog: https://radacad.com/blog. He wrote some books on Microsoft BI and also is writing some others, He was also an active member on online technical forums such as MSDN and Experts-Exchange, and was a moderator of MSDN SQL Server forums, and is an MCP, MCSE, and MCITP of BI. He is the leader of the New Zealand Business Intelligence users group. He is also the author of very popular book Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star, which is free with more than 1700 pages of content and the Power BI Pro Architecture published by Apress. He is an International Speaker in Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Business Applications Summit, Data Insight Summit, PASS Summit, SQL Saturday and user groups. And He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Follow Reza: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rezarad/ https://twitter.com/Rad_Reza https://radacad.com/reza #PowerBI #businessintelligence #dataanalytics #datadriven #data #analytics #businessanalytics #security #cloud

For more events: https://magnadatasolutions.com/events/ (Followup video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsZLrJQLyDc) “Introduction Azure Purview” Understand and Govern Your Data Microsoft Purview provides a unified data governance solution to help manage and govern your on-premises, multicloud, and software as a service (SaaS) data. Easily create a holistic, up-to-date map of your data landscape with automated data discovery, sensitive data classification, and end-to-end data lineage. Enable data consumers to access valuable, trustworthy data management. (https://azure.microsoft.com/) Presenter: Sunetra Virdi – Azure Purview Product Manager @ Microsoft Microsoft Purview Data Governance PM focused on building a scalable and delighting customer experience around data governance and insights for the Chief Data Officer and Data Steward. A coach, mentor and a strong advocate of Women in Tech and girls in STEM education. Follow Sunetra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunetravirdi/ ****** Contact Magna Data to implement your Data, Analytics and AI Solutions info@magnadatasolutions.com www.MagnaDataSolutions.com #datagovernance #microsoftpurview #CloudData #MicrosoftAzure #Cloud #PowerBI #DataAnalytics #businessintelligence #datadriven

For more events: https://magnadatasolutions.com/events/ “Snowflake + Streamlit” This is an introductory webinar about using Snowflake and Streamlit together to create Data Apps with Python. Snowflake is a fully managed service that’s simple to use but can power a near-unlimited number of concurrent workloads. Snowflake is your solution for data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, data application development, and securely sharing and consuming shared data. Streamlit, recently acquired by Snowflake, turns data scripts into shareable web apps in minutes. All in pure Python. No front‑end experience required. "Streamlit takes minutes to learn yet gives you immense power to transform Python scripts into beautiful apps." Presenter: Carlos Serrano- Senior Solutions Architect @ Snowflake Carlos is an Experienced Data Professional with extensive knowledge in Agile Development environments. He has been working with data for 10+ years and his experience spans across multiple roles including Administration, Development, Engineering and Architecture across many fields including Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing, among others. He loves mentoring and helping other data professional and enthusiasts grow in this interesting world. Huge fan of CI/CD and Automation for data and avid supporter of simplified workflows. Follow Carlos: https://sqlinsights.info https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosdse... https://www.instagram.com/sqlinsights/ https://www.youtube.com/c/CarlosDSerrano ****** Contact Magna Data for your Data, Analytics and AI Solutions info@magnadatasolutions.com www.MagnaDataSolutions.com #snowflake #streamlit #python #datawarehouse #CloudData #AWS #ETL #Cloud #PowerBI #DataAnalytics #businessintelligence #microsoftazure

For more events: https://magnadatasolutions.com/events/ This is an Introductory session about ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) and ELT (Extract-Load-Transform) in Snowflake. Snowflake is a fully managed service that’s simple to use but can power a near-unlimited number of concurrent workloads. Snowflake is your solution for data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, data application development, and securely sharing and consuming shared data. Presenter: Carlos Serrano- Senior Solutions Architect @ Snowflake Carlos is an Experienced Data Professional with extensive knowledge in Agile Development environments. He has been working with data for 10+ years and his experience spans across multiple roles including Administration, Development, Engineering and Architecture across many fields including Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing, among others. He loves mentoring and helping other data professional and enthusiasts grow in this interesting world. Huge fan of CI/CD and Automation for data and avid supporter of simplified workflows. Follow Carlos: https://sqlinsights.info https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosdserrano https://www.instagram.com/sqlinsights/ https://www.youtube.com/c/CarlosDSerrano ******** Contact Magna Data for your Data, Analytics and AI Solutions info@magnadatasolutions.com www.MagnaDataSolutions.com #Snowflake #datawarehouse #CloudData #AWS #ETL #Cloud #PowerBI #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times/ Power BI Talks Series: Versioning Reports and CI/CD with Chris Power BI Talk Series are meant to be a space where the featured speaker will cover a short presentation and host a discussion around the topic. Attendees will have the opportunity to actively engage and participate. The Data God is coming to our group! we welcome Chris Wagner, to talk and discuss about Power BI Report Versioning and CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Delivery). About Christopher Wagner: Analytics Architect, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Data God, and Power BI Boss Chris has been working in the Data and Analytics space for nearly 20 years. Chris has dedicated his professional career to making data and information accessible to the masses. A significant component in making data available is continually learning new things and teaching others from these experiences. To help people keep up with this ever-changing landscape, Chris frequently posts on LinkedIn and to this blog. Find Chris: https://www.kratosbi.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/wagnerchris https://twitter.com/KratosBi #powerbi #dataanalytics #businessintelligence #analytics #businessanalytics #datavisualization #dataviz #versioning #cicd #development #continuousdelivery

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times/ Power BI Talks Series: Designing Professional and Beautiful Reports with Miguel Power BI Talk Series are meant to be a space where the featured speaker will cover a short presentation and host a discussion around the topic. Attendees will have the opportunity to actively engage and participate. The Guru of Design is coming to our group! we welcome Miguel Myers, to talk and discuss about Power BI Report Design process, best practices, tips. About Miguel Myers: Senior Program Manager on the legendary Power BI CAT Team @ Microsoft Highly regarded and accomplished Business Intelligence Professional, Graphic Designer, and Data Scientist with a demonstrated history of success in the computer software industry. Skilled in Business Intelligence, Data Science, Marketing Strategy, Business Strategy, Social Media Marketing, and Graphic Design. A strong Leader, Team Player, and Operations Professional with Degrees in Computer Engineering, Graphic Design, Marketing, and International Relations. Find Miguel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguelmyers/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwfIR1yeBCmNSP0soX4Hb_g #PowerBI #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #Analytics #BusinessAnalytics #datavisualization #Datavi

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Power BI Talks Series: Data Modelling with the Dutch Data Dude Power BI Talk Series are meant to be a space where the featured speaker will cover a short presentation and host a discussion around the topic. Attendees will have the opportunity to actively engage and participate. It is always a pleasure having Jay coming back to our group! we welcome Jeroen ter Heerdt from the Pacific Coast, to talk and discuss one of the biggest pain points for Power BI Developers, Data Modelling. About Jeroen (Jay) ter Heerdt: Dutch Data Dude. Program Manager at Microsoft. Jeroen ter Heerdt is a Program Manager with Microsoft. He works on Power BI and is passionate about "all things data"; whether it is about databases, data warehousing, BI, big data, data visualizations, self-service BI, advanced analytics, real-time BI or anything even remotely related to data or insight. He strives to apply these concepts in his life as much as possible. Jeroen combines enthusiasm, vision, and hands-on experience into his talks. His blog is http://www.dutchdatadude.com and he can be found on twitter at @jeroenterheerdt. Follow Jay: https://twitter.com/jeroenterheerdt https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroenterheerdt http://www.dutchdatadude.com #PowerBI #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #Analytics #BusinessAnalytics

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Power BI Talks Series: Power BI Administration with Benni Power BI Talk Series are meant to be a space where the featured speaker will cover a short presentation and host a discussion around the topic. Attendees will have the opportunity to actively engaged and participate. For our first Talk we welcome Benni De Jagere from Belgium, to discuss what you need to know about Power BI Administration, Tenant Configurations, Licensing, and related. About Benni De Jagere: Benni is a Program Manager in the Power BI Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft. Aspiring to be top notch in his field, through continuous personal development, on both technical and soft skills. He strives for maximum results in his projects using team play, communication, thinking outside of the box, and (endless) motivation. Benni is always ready to tackle the unknown, or pick up fresh ideas to broaden his range. Building on past experiences, he continuously tries to find new, more efficient ways of obtaining results, and improving the process along the way. Loving (almost) every day of it, he’s fascinated by the value of data, sometimes flabbergasted by the lack of awareness, and intrigued by the endless possibilities whilst discovering new ways of looking at data. He thrives on unfolding new insights for customers whilst using an open and transparent communication. On a daily basis he turns (large amounts) of coffee into insights for customers, and references witty British comedy, lame dad jokes, and obscure facts way too often. Overly enthusiastic about anything data related, he’s trying hard to keep up with all things new and shiny. When not working, blogging or reading, you’ll likely find him out and about being his weird self. Rumour has it that he’s also involved with a ragtag band of data enthusiasts, enjoying themselves whilst organising cool community things. They go by the name of .. dataMinds! Follow Benni: https://twitter.com/BenniDeJagere https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennidejagere/ https://bennidejagere.com/ #PowerBI #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #Analytics #BusinessAnalytics

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Power BI Community Times in South Florida 2022 welcomes Alex Powers to unleash the Power of Power Query! (that's a lot of Power in one sentence). Power Query is a data transformation and data preparation engine, if you want to learn more and explore this fantastic tool, this introductory session is for you! The Power of the Platform is Power Query Speaker: Alex Powers From financial services to felines, the World Wide Web to professional wrestling - Alex Powers has an affinity for the conventional and unconventional when it comes to information. A self-proclaimed Excel and Power BI Enthusiast Alex Powers enjoys contributing to online forums and sharing his passion for empowering others using Microsoft technologies. Follow Alex: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmpowers/ https://twitter.com/notaboutthecell #PowerBI #PowerQuery #MsExcel #PowerPlatform #DataAnalytics #BusinessAnalytics #Analytics #BusinessIntelligence #ETL

For more events: https://magnadatasolutions.com/events/ Azure Synapse Analytics is a limitless analytics service that brings together data integration, enterprise data warehousing, and big data analytics. It gives you the freedom to query data on your terms, using either serverless or dedicated options—at scale. Azure Synapse brings these worlds together with a unified experience to ingest, explore, prepare, transform, manage, and serve data for immediate BI and machine learning needs. Presenter: Andrea Benedetti, Senior Cloud Architect Data & AI @ Microsoft. Fascinated by data and all the things we can do with it. Empower every byte of data to achieve its full potential. Follow Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abenedetti/ https://twitter.com/anBenedetti ******** Contact Magna Data for your Data, Analytics and AI Solutions Microsoft Certified Partner in Data Analytics and Power BI info@magnadatasolutions.com www.MagnaDataSolutions.com #MicrosoftAzure #AzureSynapseAnalytics #SQLOnDemand #beginner #Cloud #PowerBI #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #SynapseAnalytics

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Power BI Community Times in South Florida 2021 welcomes Pablo Moreno to teach us all about how to use Python and R in Power BI in the real world! About Pablo Moreno: Business Data Scientist Business Data Scientist with experience in Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning within multiple business fields -Financial Markets, Corporate Finance, Digital Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, Risk Management and Internal Controls / Internal Audit-, gained within global environments over the last 20 years. Data Project Managers (Waterfall & Agile) gained within multiple industries worldwide with strategic outlook and proven leadership ability. Follow Pablo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/power-platform-panama-user-group-363188150/ Book: https://mlbi.io/

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times/ Power BI Community Times in South Florida 2021 welcomes Yana Berkovich with an incredible presentation to guide us through visualizations and designs principles, UI/UX rules, how to pick visuals and all the magic to address properly our Reports Audience. Session: Visual Guidance in Power BI Description: During our session, we will go through some of the UI/UX design principles and how to apply them to build visually appealing Power BI reports that will enable the most important functionality of a report - Data-Driven Decision Support in a glance. We will pick visuals together, after reviewing different options. Additionally, we will review the importance of accessibility and what to look for when we are building our reports to be precise, optimal, and inclusive. About Yana Berkovich: Program Manager Power Platform @ Microsoft Program Manager, Power Platform training in Microsoft. Former Data Platform MVP, consultant and BI dev. Specialize in integrated solutions and enabling data driven decisions making for organizations and the people who lead them. Community events speaker worldwide. Follow Yana https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanaberkovich/ https://twitter.com/Yana_Berkovich

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Join us to learn how the Power BI REST API can help you and your organization automate the management of the Power BI Service, publishing of your reports and more. Speaker: Darius Liktorius, Cloud Solution Architect Darius has over twenty years of hands-on, technical and managerial experience in Solutions Architecture, Performance Optimization, Database Administration & Optimization, Infrastructure Engineering, Software Development and Cloud Solutions (both Azure and AWS). He has advanced numerous organizations from startups to non-profits and Fortune 100 enterprises through the use of technology, and mentored hundreds of developers, DBAs and engineers. Follow Darius: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariusliktorius/ https://twitter.com/dliktorius https://Liktorius.com

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Chris Finlan and PaginatedReportBear visited us for a discussion and "Ask Me Anything (AMA) " to answer all your questions about Power BI Premium Per User & Paginated Reports! Speaker: Christopher Finlan - Principal Program Manager - Power BI @ Microsoft Chris Finlan is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft on the Power BI team, leading the efforts around Paginated Reports, Power BI Report Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, not to mention everything around exporting and subscriptions in Power BI. He’s been working in the software industry in various roles, from the product team to pre-sales, technical training, database administration and sales operations. He also holds a B.A. from Temple University in Philadelphia. Follow Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherfinlan/ https://twitter.com/cmfinlan

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Power BI Community Times in South Florida 2021 receives the DAX Guru Marco Russo visit from Italy to help us understand DAX Filter Context! DAX Filter Context in 1 hour Understanding evaluation contexts is the key to understand DAX and to start thinking in DAX. In this session we will start from the basics of evaluation context and explain in depth the role of filter context and row context in DAX expressions, providing several examples of formulas where following the flow of contexts in the correct way is mandatory to make a sense out of the numbers computed. At the end of the session you will have a clearer idea of the importance of evaluation context and you will probably look at your DAX code in a different way. Speaker: Marco Russo Marco is a business intelligence consultant and mentor. He first started working on Analysis Services in 1998, back when Analysis Services was known as OLAP Services. A veteran of end-to-end projects, Marco wrote several books with Alberto Ferrari about Power BI, Analysis Service, and Power Pivot. They also regularly write articles and white papers that are available on sqlbi.com. Marco is a Microsoft MVP and an SSAS Maestro, the highest level of certification on Microsoft Analysis Services. Today, Marco focuses his time with SQLBI customers, traveling extensively to train and consult on DAX and data modeling for Power BI and Analysis Services. Marco also teaches public classes worldwide. Connect & Follow Marco Russo: https://twitter.com/marcorus https://sqlbi.com/blog/marco/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sqlbi #PowerBI #DAX #DataModel #FilterContext #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Power BI Community Times kicked off 2021 in South Florida with Jeroen ter Heerdt a.k.a. "Jay" visiting us one more time with a fantastic topic about the Roles in a Data Driven Organization. Session: Roles in a Data Driven Organization We have all heard buzzwords like “Big Data”, “Machine Learning” and “Artificial Intelligence”. Maybe you even have heard some more. However, nobody really knows what they mean, how they relate and what you would need to do to make the best use of all the data and related technology available. In this session we will explore how to build a data-driven organization. We will also touch upon guidelines for building a data-driven organization. Speaker: Jeroen ter Heerdt Dutch Data Dude. Jeroen ter Heerdt is a Program Manager with Microsoft. He works on Power BI and is passionate about "all things data"; whether it is about databases, data warehousing, BI, big data, data visualizations, self-service BI, advanced analytics, real-time BI or anything even remotely related to data or insight. He strives to apply these concepts in his life as much as possible. Jeroen combines enthusiasm, vision, and hands-on experience into his talks. His blog is http://www.dutchdatadude.com and he can be found on twitter at @jeroenterheerdt. #DataDriven #BigData #DataAnalytics #DataScience #ArtificialIntelligence

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Power BI Community Times in South Florida continues the excitement with Ruth Pozuelo visiting all the way from Sweden ( by midnight!! ) to get beginners on the right foot when starting with Power BI. Session: The Seven Deadly Sins of a Power BI Beginner Speaker: Ruth Pozuelo Ruth Pozuelo Martinez is the owner of Curbal AB, a BI consultant company based in Sweden. She is also a Microsoft Data Platform MVP mainly for her contributions to the Power BI community. She delivers Power BI solutions to international and local customers and she teaches Power BI on her YouTube channel where we are over 39,700 subscribers (at the time of writing). She is also the instructor of the online courses offered here at curbal.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurbalEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ7UhloHSA4wAqPzyi6TOkw https://curbal.com/ #PowerBI #Data #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #Excel #MsExcel

“Building AI-powered Solutions with Microsoft Azure” Do you understand what does it take to build end-to-end Cloud solutions that leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to empower users and customers to achieve more? Which AI technologies to choose and when? Which skills does a traditional DBA or developer need to learn in order to work with AI? Come and join this session to find the answer to these questions. On this session, Eumar Assis, Microsoft Cloud Strategist will review and demo the different technology options to create Intelligent applications that are powered by Microsoft Azure. Attendees will learn how to use state-of-the-art Azure services such as Power BI Embedded, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Cognitive Search, and Azure Machine Learning Service that help augment human capabilities. At the end of this presentation, attendees will understand the Azure AI portfolio and what to use when. Attendees will also learn about some real-world applications that have been built using AI on Azure. Presenter: Eumar AssisSenior Cloud Solutions Strategist at Microsoft. Contact Magna Data for your Data, Analytics and AI Solutions Microsoft Certified Partner in Data Analytics and Power BI info@magnadatasolutions.com www.MagnaDataSolutions.com #MicrosoftAzure #AzureML #CognitiveServices #beginner #Cloud #DataScience #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Find the Practice Power BI Report mentioned here: https://magnadatasolutions.com/practice-da100-exam/ Are you looking into taking the DA-100 Microsoft Certification? Not sure how to start? Can't stay committed over the time? Looking into ways to learn that could work for you? Maybe thinking you would like to form a Study Group with others? Come and learn the journey of the Study Group members who passed the exam recently and hear what worked for them. The amazing group: Mike Ford - Business Intelligence Leader https://www.linkedin.com/in/mfordprofile/ George Squillace - Microsoft Certified Trainer https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgesquillace/ Gregory Petrossian - Business Transformation Consultant at CSG Pro https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregpetrossian/ Mark Wheeler - R&D Portfolio (Data) Analyst https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-wheeler/ Kevin Mason - Senior Business Intelligence Analyst https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-mason-12a5b449/ Ed English - Senior Programmer/Developer, Power BI https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-english-05290058/

Mission: Special Agent PBIGW ( Power BI Gateway ) Power BI Community Times in South Florida welcomes Diana Betancourt visiting us on a Special Mission to unveil the Power BI Gateways big mysteries! "The on-premises data gateway acts as a bridge to provide quick and secure data transfer between on-premises data (data that isn't in the cloud) and several Microsoft cloud services. These cloud services include Power BI, PowerApps, Power Automate, Azure Analysis Services, and Azure Logic Apps. By using a gateway, organizations can keep databases and other data sources on their on-premises networks, yet securely use that on-premises data in cloud services." -Ms Docs Speaker Diana Betancourt Bio: Diana M. Betancourt has 25+ years of technology experience and since then has been working with many OS platforms, scripting and development languages and databases, among them Unix, Oracle, SUN, Informix, Visual FoxPro, Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL Server, just to mention a few. Diana has been actively working with the Microsoft SQL Server stack for the last 21 years. Diana is an active member of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), and is also involved with the South Florida SQL Server User group (SFSSUG) community for almost 10 years, where she helps organize and also evangelize the community about the latest developments in the DB and the Azure Cloud. Diana is also part of the team who organize the South Florida SQL Saturday conference, which attracts around 900+ attendees from the tri-county area on a yearly basis. She also organized the SQL Saturday conference in Panama city, Panama for the first time in the country back in 2015. This event attracted 200+ attendees. She did her debut as a speaker at the local South FL Code Camp conference and since then has been speaking at many events in the US as well as in Latin America. She is passionate about helping people, coach and evangelize the technical community about the Microsoft SQL Server Data platform. A while back, Diana started a SQL Certification study group class free to the community and since then has helped many to achieve their Microsoft certification goals. Diana joined Microsoft corporation as a Data Insights Consultant in 2017 and in 2019 as a Premier Field Engineer. She was formerly a Corporate Senior Database Administrator at Carnival Corporation in Miami, Florida.

Power BI Report Design Best Practices Presenter: Miguel Myers - Sr Program Manager Power BI CAT at Microsoft Join Power BI Cafe Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Cafe

Power BI Community Times in South Florida continues the excitement with Reza Rad visiting us from the future (New Zealand) with an amazing session on Power BI Connection Types. If you're looking for Power BI learning resources, and you haven't come across Radacad blog yet, you should definitely look into it! From Radacad.com/blog: Every Connection type has some advantages and disadvantages. One connection type is suitable for smaller datasets, one for big, one connection type is useful for better flexibility, the other for not needing the scheduled refresh, etc. Choosing the connection type is one of the decisions that should be made at the beginning. Otherwise, you might end up with a lot of re-work. Speaker: Reza Rad Reza Rad is a Microsoft Regional Director, an Author, Trainer, Speaker and Consultant. He has a BSc in Computer engineering; he has more than 20 years’ experience in data analysis, BI, databases, programming, and development mostly on Microsoft technologies. He is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP for nine continuous years (from 2011 till now) for his dedication in Microsoft BI. Reza is an active blogger and co-founder of RADACAD. Reza is also co-founder and co-organizer of Difinity conference in New Zealand. His articles on different aspects of technologies, especially on MS BI, can be found on his blog: https://radacad.com/blog. He wrote some books on MS SQL BI and also is writing some others, He was also an active member on online technical forums such as MSDN and Experts-Exchange, and was a moderator of MSDN SQL Server forums, and is an MCP, MCSE, and MCITP of BI. He is the leader of the New Zealand Business Intelligence users group. He is also the author of very popular book Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star, which is free with more than 1700 pages of content and the Power BI Pro Architecture published by Apress. He is an International Speaker in Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Business Applications Summit, Data Insight Summit, PASS Summit, SQL Saturday and user groups. And He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer.

Introduction to Snowflake on Microsoft Azure Speaker: Warner Chaves Details: Snowflake is the only fully managed petabyte scale data platform solution that is compatible across the main three cloud providers: Amazon Web Services. Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. With a laser focus on user friendliness and a cloud-first development approach, the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform can fit transparently into your business data strategy and leverage already existing and familiar development and management skills. All this while providing massive scale, zero maintenance and one single source of truth. Azure is a great place to run Snowflake with full integration of Azure Active Directory, seamless data movement with Azure Data Lake Storage and even ways to integrate with services like Azure Data Factory and Synapse Analytics! In this session we will introduce Snowflake and its value proposition, why it makes sense to run it on Azure and demos to give the attendees a tour of the products main capabilities. Speaker Bio: Warner is a SQL Server Certified Master, Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Principal Consultant at Pythian. He started his career with a brief stint in .NET programming that led to working for enterprise customers in Hewlett-Packard ITO organization. From there he transitioned to his current position at Pythian, building and managing data solutions for some of the biggest names across many industry verticals. Throughout the years Warner has frequently shared knowledge and lessons learned both online and in events such as SQL Satudays and the PASS Summit. He loves building data solutions and sharing that knowledge with the widest audience possible. Find Warner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warnerchaves https://twitter.com/warchav https://sqlturbo.com

Power BI Community Times in South Florida welcomes Phil Seamark visiting us to introduce us to DAX language. Have you checked the games he has created with DAX?? https://dax.tips/dax-games Join us for a learning & sharing knowledge experience in a warm+friendly environment. https://www.meetup.com/Power-BI-Community-Times Session: Phil Seamark from Microsoft Team will be introducing us to DAX. Phil works on the Power BI customer advisory team (CAT) at Microsoft and spends his days tuning very large and complex Analysis Services data models.