Enabling Self-serve Data Prep with Power BI using Dataflows and Azure Data Lake

SESSION OUTLINE:
Joseph Yeates will be kicking off our first meet-up of 2020 with an overview of the newest features and updates in Power BI.

Next, Parv Chana will show us how to use Dataflows and Azure Data Lake to prepare our self-service BI data. Data preparation is considered the most difficult, expensive, and time-consuming task. Some of the challenges in those projects include fragmented and incomplete data, complex system integration, and business data without any structural consistency. With Power BI Dataflows, you can achieve self-service data preparation capabilities into the Power BI online service and model-driven calculation engine, which takes care of all the transformation and dependency logic.

Learn and see live demo on how Power BI Dataflows can help in cutting time, cost, and expertise to a fraction of what’s traditionally been required for those tasks and how companies are taking advantage of these Dataflows.

SPEAKER PROFILE:
Parv Chana is a BI Architect and Consultant with over 20 years of industry experience. He runs a small consulting company, PeryTUS IT Solutions, where he implements Power BI solutions for his clients, which range from small to large enterprises. He has experience working within a wide variety of industries and has deployed many unique solutions to solve his clients' BI needs. He is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and has been working with Power BI ever since it was made available in 2015.

His areas of focus include implementing end to end Power BI solutions (from data modelling to visualization), analyzing existing Power BI solutions, helping organizations follow best practices for scalable BI models, and providing training to help his clients achieve their BI goals.

Parv regularly attends the Vancouver Power BI User Group meetups and is a Power BI Community Super User, where he has provided solutions to hundreds of community problems. You can learn more about Parv at www.linkedin.com/in/parvchana or contact him directly at parvinder@perytus.com. Learn more about PeryTUS IT Solutions at www.perytus.com

PRE-REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY:
Our room size is limited, so we need you to register in advance at our meetup site: https://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Power-BI-User-Group/

TENTATIVE AGENDA (subject to change):
• 5:30pm-6:00pm Networking, Dinner & Soft Drinks
• 6:00pm-6:15pm "What's New in Power BI" with Joseph Yeates
• 6:15pm-7:25pm Feature Presentation