Alex Powers
Sr Program Manager
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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 Microsoft Evangelist Alex Powers enjoys contributing to online forums and sharing his passion for empowering others using Microsoft products and services.
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Data Factory in an Hour with Microsoft Fabric
In this session, we’ll showcase how Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric brings together the best of Power Query and Azure Data Factory into a modern data integration experience to ingest, prepare and transform data from a rich set of data sources (ex. Excel workbooks, SharePoint lists, databases, data warehouses, Lakehouses, and more) at any level and scale.
Whether you’re a citizen or professional developer, Data Factory has everything you need to create next-generation dataflows and data pipelines that can transform your business.
Building your first Power Query connector for Microsoft Fabric
In this session, we’ll dive into the world of developing custom connectors for Microsoft Fabric. Exploring how you can create your own connectors using the Power Query SDK to seamlessly integrate external data sources into Power BI, and other applications. This session will guide attendees through a step-by-step guide to creating a basic custom connector from scratch including defining the data source, establishing metadata, and setting up authentication options.
Microsoft Fabric for Power BI users
In this session, you’ll learn how to bring your existing talents with Power BI into the age of data analytics for the era of AI. You’ll explore Data Factory for ingesting data, Lakehouses for flexibility with data warehousing analytics, and the groundbreaking Direct Lake dataset mode for analyzing very large data volumes in Power BI reports.
By the end, you’ll understand how to use Microsoft Fabric to create end-to-end solutions at limitless scales.
Query Folding in an Hour
Did you know you can drastically improve your Power BI dataset refresh times by leveraging Query Folding in Power Query? In this session you'll learn how to take your refresh times from minutes down to seconds for some huge wins and learn some of the "gotchas" that can happen along the way.
Calculated Columns: A Love-Hate Relationship
When transitioning from Excel to Power BI, it can be tempting to go all-in with calculated columns - in this session we'll cover all the do's, don'ts and pitfalls in Power BI and empower you with the design decisions that you should be considering.
A "M"ind Bending Experience. Power Query Across the Platform and Beyond.
Power Query is quickly becoming the number one skill employees NEED TO HAVE working in a modern workplace. Join Alex Powers as he demystifies the Power Query M Language, writing your own custom solutions and how to approach the language in a way that makes sense to both technical and non-technical users.
Day after Dashboard in a Day
5 seconds to sign-up and 5 minutes to WOW! with Power BI - and now that you’ve learned the basics of Power BI and created your first report. Now what? How can you take your skills to the next level and create stunning reports that tell compelling stories with your data?
Join us for this session where we’ll dive deeper into data preparation, data modeling and data visualization - incorporating the best practices, patterns, and customer stories that we’ve learned along the way.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
• Use dataflows and Power Query Online to transform and enrich your data sources
• Apply performance optimization techniques to your datasets using connection modes and DAX
• Design effective and engaging visuals that communicate your insights clearly and persuasively
And much more…
This session is delivered by the Power BI Customer Advisory Team (CAT) who are members of the Power BI product team and work with some of the largest enterprise customers in the world.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to take your Power BI talents to the next level. Register now!
Power BI Summit 2023 Sessionize Event
SQL Saturday Atlanta 2023 - BI & Data Analytics Sessionize Event
Power Platform Conference (Microsoft Content) Sessionize Event
Data Insight Summit Sessionize Event
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