London Power BI & Fabric User Group - April - Spatial Analytics in Power BI

For our April user group, we will kick off with our own James Dales presenting the latest in maps in Power BI, including the very first preview of a new visual he's creating.

Following that, we have a panel of Program Managers from the Fabric product group, who can take any questions you may have following the announcements of the previous couple of weeks at Fabric Conference in Las Vegas.

Spatial Analytics in Power BI
Spatial Analytics and creating maps has never been one of Power BI's strong points, but with some of the older visuals being retired and more investment happening in Azure Maps, we can do more than ever before.

In the session James will cover the capabilities of Azure Maps, showing some of the more advanced features. He will then show some of the new capabilities he is developing in a new map visual for Power BI, that unlocks even more use cases.

About James

Having previously led the Power BI and Microsoft Fabric capabilities at both UK and global level for a large multi-national Microsoft consultancy, James has recently established a new, ambitious Data & AI consultancy, Tekantis.

James is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and is the co-leader of the London Fabric and Power BI user group. In 2019 he became the first member of the Power BI Contributors Program, working alongside the Microsoft engineering team to build new functionality into the Power BI product codebase. He has a keen interest in spatial and real-time analytics and is the author of the Icon Map and Icon Map Pro custom visuals.

AGENDA:
1830 - 18:40 : Introduction, networking, pizza & drinks
18:40 - 19:35 : Spatial Analytics in Power BI
19:40 - 20:30 : Microsoft Panel

VENUE:
We will meet at the Nigel Frank Offices at 60 Great Tower Street. If you've not been there before, it's just a little further up the street from Brewdog. Google Maps link to help you find the building: https://goo.gl/maps/GRZWr5LfScZhApu6A