It's common that we need to integrate Power BI alongside Dataverse and our model-driven apps (hey, that's the beauty of the Power Platform, right?), to help present our key business data in the most effective manner. But confusion can sometime arise when it comes to the best storage mode to use. Real-time reports sounds great in theory, but if approached in the incorrect manner, those spinning wheels will drive your users crazy. Import mode can get around these issues, but what if our users are impatient or if we need to refresh more than 8 or 48 times a day? For a poor person working with all of this for the first time, it's a true minefield to navigate.

To help you through this or the preserve your sanity (maybe both!), join our two Dataverse and Power BI experts for a deep-dive session on how to build the most effective, highly performant reports, that surface your Dataverse data, while also dealing with those pesky end-user requirements for having everything real-time. In this session, you'll learn:

- The key differences between Import, Direct Query and composite storage modes.
- How both the underlying model and visualization layer impact the performance of your reports.
- The steps involved to build a highly performant underlying model when using DirectQuery mode.
- What tools are available to help us benchmark performance, identify potential problems and resolve them.

If you're a functional consultant or system customizer who works frequently with Power BI, then this is the ideal session for you!