In this webinar, our special guest panelist, Chris Wagner, the Director of Data Solutions at Baker Tilly, a Microsoft MVP, and founder of KratosBI.com discussed how Power BI capabilities can help your organization visualize your data and showcase your impact.
You will also learn what Microsoft Fabric is all about, best practices, tips, and tricks from one of the most popular YouTubers in the data world!
5. Meet the Customer Success Team
Ja'Rod Morris
Director, Customer Success
Kevin Mulhall
Sr. Technical Customer
Success Manager
Chemierra McNeil
Customer Success Manager
Tony Phipps
Technical Customer
Success Manager
Ashley Hendershott
Customer Success Lead,
MMD
Jonathan Mules
Customer Success
Operations Associate
Vanessa Jimenez
Program Manager, Digital
Customer Success
We are excited to help you achieve your goals faster!
6. Meet Chris Wagner!
Our special guest
Chris Wagner is a Director of Data Solutions at Baker Tilly, a
Microsoft MVP, and founder of KratosBI.com. He has over two
decades of experience in helping organizations transform their
data and analytics capabilities across various industries. He is
a dynamic speaker, a popular YouTuber, and a passionate
educator on all things data. He believes that data is the
ultimate driver of value and action and that everyone can
become a data hero.
Contact information:
Email: chris.wagner@bakertilly.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wagnerchris/
Website: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisWagnerDataGod
7. Power BI
Pricing
License
Name
Features Who should get it? Price How do I get it?
Power
BI Pro
• Create
dashboards
• Share and
publish
dashboards with
others
• Collaborate with
other Power BI
Pro users
• The team/user that
builds reports for your
organization
• A user that needs to
visualize their data
• Someone that needs to
share their reports
$3.00 per
user /
monthly
TechSoup Catalog Page Link
If you need assistance placing
your order, contact us at
CSPSupport@techsoup.org
Power
BI (free)
• Create personal
dashboards
without the option
of sharing
• View-only shared
dashboards
• A user that needs to see
the shared data
• A user that wants to
create personal reports
that do not need sharing
$0.00 per
user
Microsoft Power BI Page
8. Power BI Overview
Power BI is a unified, scalable platform for self-service and enterprise business intelligence (BI).
You can visualize any data and share the visuals into the apps you use every day.
9. Why getting
Power BI?
• Easy to create dashboards
• Integrates with your frequently
used apps
• Tons of available training online
• TechSoup's Power BI courses
made for Nonprofits
• Reliable Microsoft product
• Cheaper than other visualization
tools
12. Introducing
Microsoft
Fabric
Fabric brings together existing offerings
like Data Factory, Synapse, and Power BI
into a single unified product for all your
data and analytics workloads:
Data Factory (data integration)
Synapse Data Engineering
Synapse Data Warehouse
Synapse Data Science
Synapse Real-Time Analytics
Power BI (Business Intelligence)
Data Activator
13. Fabric Next Steps
Fabric Pathfinder – Jump Start Creation
Data Analyst Data Scientist
Data Engineering
Data Science
Data Analyst
Data Engineering
OneLake
OneLake
Data
Warehouse
Data Factory Real-Time
Analytics
Real-Time
Analytics
Azure ML
Data Flow Dataset Measure
Workspace Tabular Editor
14. 15
Fabric as a Product
FABRIC OVERVIEW
Enterprise
Department
Team
Individual
Tighter Controls
Looser Controls
IT
–
developed
and
maintained
Fewer
creators,
more
consumers
More
creators,
fewer
consumers
Business
developed
and
maintained
Push down content
Reporting platforms
Knowledge Management
Information sharing
Permanent record
Subject to compliance
Change Management
Push up content
Power BI Desktop &
Excel
Personal / private views
Data science exploration
Certified
Promoted