Yesterday, we were fortunate to have a customer, Heidi Rozmiarek, Assistant Director of IT Development for UnityPoint Health, speak alongside our Microsoft BI team for the webinar, “Hybrid Analytics in Healthcare: Leveraging Power BI and Office 365 to Make Smarter Business Decisions.” It was an informative session that began by covering architectural components and functions, […]
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Webinar: Hybrid Analytics in Healthcare with O365 & Power BI
The healthcare industry has experienced significant change in recent years, with reform efforts, increased competition and evolving patient demands all top-of-mind for many healthcare executives. Because of this, the ability to access and analyze data in real-time as a means to improving the quality of patient care and managing costs has gone from a “nice […]
Power BI Primer – 4 part series
In previous posts we’ve discussed how to introduce advanced analytics into your BI platform and along the way we introduced several new technologies. These technologies range from self-service query tools to cloud-based visualizations. Even though the previous scenario was based on the Healthcare industry, the concepts and technologies can be applied across all industries. But […]
Surprise! Microsoft Future Is Dependent on Data
In his July 10th email to employees, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella mentions the word “data” no fewer than 15 times. This simple fact serves to highlight how dealing with data is a foundational part of Microsoft’s future strategy. When he describes a “mobile-first and cloud-first world”, Mr. Nadella is describing a world where data is ubiquitous in “the […]
Leverage Power BI with SQL Server 2014 & Azure: Webinar Recap
Earlier in the year, we held a popular webinar on utilizing Power BI, a new Microsoft offering (then in preview). Of course, much has changed since that previous webinar, with Power BI being available to the general public and the release of SQL Server 2014. In light of those changes, my colleague, Andy Tegethoff, a […]
Webinar: Make the Most of Power BI with SQL Server 2014 & Azure
Within the last few months, you’ve probably heard about about Power BI for Office 365, the new cloud-centric BI front end tool set from Microsoft. You may have even attended one of our webinars on the topic, while Power BI was still in preview – it has since moved to general availability. (If you missed […]
Power View Differences between Excel 2013 and SharePoint 2013
I knew that there were differences between Power View in desktop Excel and Power View as run from SharePoint. But I recently felt the impact of this for the first time. The first confusing point I found was, the Export to Power Point function only works for reports created in Power View in SharePoint Server. […]
Power BI Update
“Power BI is a compelling new offering with advanced collaborative BI capabilities –including mobile cross-platform reporting– to Office 365 SharePoint Online users. But that’s not all. Power BI also encompasses new tools in Excel 2013 that support streamlined self-service reporting and analytics. Find out how you can leverage the hot new self-service BI features coming […]
Webinar Recap & Replay: Building a Better Healthcare Dashboard
Yesterday, Perficient and Microsoft teamed up for the webinar, “Building the Better Healthcare Dashboard.” Joseph Paranteau, Principal Platform Solution Specialist at Microsoft, and Martin Sizemore, Healthcare Principal at Perficient, joined together to take a look at the business side of key performance indicators, and show attendees how Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and Sharepoint 2013 deliver […]
Power BI for Office 365: Self-Service BI Webinar Recap
Yesterday, we hosted a webinar on Power BI for Office 365: Using SharePoint Online to Deliver Self-Service Business Intelligence. During the well attended session, Andy Tegethoff, Microsoft BI architect at Perficient, first reviewed what Power BI is all about, who is likely to be a user, and the components of it. He then dug deeper […]
Webinar – Office 365’s Power BI: Self-Service BI Using SharePoint
In recent months, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about Power BI, the new cloud-centric BI front end tool set from Microsoft. Available to Office 365 SharePoint Online users, Power BI is a compelling new offering with advanced collaborative BI capabilities. Power BI includes PowerPivot, PowerView, Power Map, and Power Query. While these tools […]
Office 365; Beyond email, Innovating for the Future (infographic)
This interesting Office 365 infograpic was recently shared with me. It contains some pretty impressive numbers 1 billion people on the planet are using Microsoft Word 2 out of 3 information workers are using SharePoint 90 out of 100 Fortune 100 companies are using Lync One in four of Microsoft’s Enterprise customers – Microsoft’s largest […]