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You're reading from Mastering Microsoft Power BI Expert techniques for effective data analytics and business intelligence

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788297233

Length 638 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

Power BI

Concepts

Business Intelligence

Author (1):

Brett Powell

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Planning Power BI Projects FREE CHAPTER

2. Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M

3. Designing Import and DirectQuery Data Models

4. Developing DAX Measures and Security Roles

5. Creating and Formatting Power BI Reports

6. Applying Custom Visuals, Animation, and Analytics

7. Designing Power BI Dashboards and Architectures

8. Managing Application Workspaces and Content

9. Managing the On-Premises Data Gateway

10. Deploying the Power BI Report Server

11. Creating Power BI Apps and Content Distribution

12. Administering Power BI for an Organization

13. Scaling with Premium and Analysis Services

14. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Installation

Once capacity (cores) to deploy the Power BI Report Server has been obtained, teams can prepare to install and configure the environment by downloading the report server software and the version of Power BI Desktop optimized for the Power BI Report Server.

Both the report server installation software and the report server version of Power BI Desktop can be downloaded from the Microsoft download center (http://bit.ly/2As4E4w), as shown in the following screenshot:

Power BI Report Server installation files

Here, the Details menu exposes the version of the software associated with the given release. In this example, the version 14.0.600.442 corresponds to the October 2017 version of the Power BI Report Server. The Advanced download options link at the top of the Power BI Report Server site (https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/report-server) also links to the MS download...

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Authors (1)

Powell

Brett Powell is the owner of and business intelligence consultant at Frontline Analytics LLC, a data and analytics research and consulting firm and Microsoft Power BI partner. He has worked with Power BI technologies since they were first introduced as the PowerPivot add-in for Excel 2010 and has been a Power BI architect and lead BI consultant for organizations across the retail, manufacturing, and financial services industries. Additionally, Brett has led Boston's Power BI User Group, delivered presentations at technology events such as Power BI World Tour, and maintains the popular Insight Quest Microsoft BI blog.

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