Author: John White

January 26, 2018Uncategorized

Power BI Reporting on a Multi-value SharePoint Column

Hey all – John here. One of the things that we get asked frequently is how to report on SharePoint data. The answer is of course, “well, it’s easy, but […]
January 3, 2018Uncategorized

Episode 30 – New Years News

This is episode 30 recorded in January 1st 2018… where John & Jason talk about the news from the past few weeks in Power BI, Office 365, and Azure. […]
November 2, 2017Uncategorized

Episode 21 – Miguel Llopis, PM for On-Prem Data Gateway and Power Query

This is episode 21 recorded at Microsoft Ignite on September 26th, 2017. This is the last of our Ignite interviews. We had the privilege of sitting down at length with […]
October 23, 2017Business Intelligence, Office 365 Reporting, Power BI

Episode 20 – Ignite recap and Office 365 Reporting with the tyGraph Team

This is episode 20 recorded on October 3rd, 2017 where John & Jason talk to John’s colleagues, Ed Senez & Dean Swann from tyGraph to debrief on Microsoft Ignite from […]
October 5, 2017Business Intelligence, Power BI Report Server, SQL Server

Episode 17 – Live from Ignite with Chris Finlan

This is episode 17 recorded on September 26th, 2017 where John & Jason interview Chris Finlan, Program Manager on the SQL Server Reporting Services/Power BI Reporting Server team live at […]
October 3, 2017Business Intelligence, Power BI

Episode 16 – Live from Ignite with Sirui Sun

This is episode 16 recorded on September 13th, 2017 where John & Jason interview Sirui Sun, Program Manager on the Power BI team live at Ignite 2017, and talked at […]
September 22, 2017Business Intelligence, Power BI, Power BI Report Server

Episode 15 – Microsoft Ignite 2017 Bonus Episode

This is episode 15 recorded on September 13th, 2017 where John & Jason talk about the September 2017 updates to Power BI Desktop, interview Treb Gatte, and share our session […]
September 22, 2017Uncategorized

Jason’s Session Picks for Microsoft Ignite 2017

During Episode 15 of the podcast Jason made his session picks for Microsoft Ignite 2017. Here are his picks: Office 365, SharePoint, & OneDrive: Accelerate your digital transformation with SharePoint […]
September 22, 2017Uncategorized

John’s Session Picks for MS Ignite 2017

BI In General Self-service BI and enterprise reporting on-premises with Power BI Report Server https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/53403 Chris Finlan Session code: BRK2156 Love Power BI but need an on-premises solution today? […]
September 22, 2017Uncategorized

Treb Gatte’s Session Picks for MS Ignite 2017

Dive into effective report authoring using Microsoft Power BI Desktop https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/53124 Miguel Llopis and Will Thompson Session code: BRK2111 Microsoft Power BI Desktop is a tool that allows data analysts, […]
August 23, 2017Uncategorized

Power BI Licensing and the Power BI Web Part in SharePoint

John White recently published a couple of posts to help clarify the licensing requirements around the Power BI web part for SharePoint. The first, “What License is Needed to Use […]
August 1, 2017Uncategorized

Episode 8 – Back Into it

Recorded July 14, 2017 In this episode, John and Jason look specifically the July 2017 updates to Power BI in the Desktop, the service, and to the On-Premises Data Gateway. […]
August 1, 2017Uncategorized

Episode 7 – Live from Johannesburg

Recorded June 13, 2017 After a long hiatus, Jason and John are back with the podcast! The format has changed, and now it’s audio-only (for the moment at least) and […]
July 20, 2017Uncategorized

Episode 6 – Select * from Reports

Recorded August 11, 2016 Power BI has been getting a lot of attention recently, but it represents only the cloud platform of Microsoft’s BI strategy. As clearly announced last fall, […]
July 20, 2017Uncategorized

Episode 5 – The Data Model

Recorded May 19, 2016 In this episode, we were fortunate enough to have Kasper De Jonge as our guest. Kasper is Senior Program Manager on the Analysis Services team, and […]
July 20, 2017Uncategorized

Episode 4 – The Power BI Development Story

Recorded April 28, 2016 The excitement for Power BI continues to build. The driving force behind this is its ease of use, the from zero to insight speed. It’s easy […]
July 20, 2017Uncategorized

Episode 3 – Select * from On-Prem Where Version=’2016′

Recorded March 24, 2016 SharePoint 2016 is now generally available!!! Jason and John welcome guests Kay Unkroth and Gregory Appel from Microsoft to discuss the BI changes in SharePoint 2016. […]
July 20, 2017Uncategorized

Episode 2 – Select * from Stack

Recorded February 25, 2016 After the monthly News Update, Tips & Tricks, and What’s New in Power BI, John & Jason explain the Microsoft BI stack & it’s related technologies. […]
July 20, 2017Uncategorized

Episode 1 – Select * From Hosts

Recorded January 28, 2016 In this first episode of BIFocal, John & Jason kick off by introducing themselves, the topics, and the show format. During the course of the hour […]