Have you ever found yourself staring at a sprawling Excel workbook, wondering if you’re using the right tool for the job? Between Power Query, Power Pivot, and VBA, it’s easy to feel like you’re ...

In July, Microsoft announced plans for a public preview of a new suite of business intelligence tools, known as Power BI for Office 365. On September 25, Microsoft added a few new capabilities to that ...

Microsoft released Power BI for Office 365 today, indicating it's ready for production environments. The product has hit its "general availability" milestone, meaning that organizations can purchase ...

Have you ever stared at a tangled web of paired columns in your dataset—”Size 1/Value 1,” “Size 2/Value 2,” and so on, wondering how to make sense of it all? It’s a common frustration for anyone ...

I've been working with Microsoft BI since its inception, in the late 1990s. I served on Microsoft's BI Partner Advisory Council for about 5 years. I've run, or helped run, consulting shops that ...