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Power GI: Empowering government with analytics and insights

Welcome to the Power GI blog! Power GI is not a misspelling, but rather a recognition that insights and analytics in the private sector (i.e. business intelligence or “BI”) are very different in the Public Sector. While much of the content in this site may be applicable to both commercial…Continue reading “Power GI: Empowering government with analytics and insights”

Announcements…

FABRIC IN GCC – WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO SKILL UP

2 Jun 202320 Oct 2023

For those who have seen the most recent announcements regarding our new platform Fabric, we wanted to clear up things and set expectations. https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-au/blog/introducing-microsoft-fabric-and-copilot-in-microsoft-power-bi/ As most people already know, preview…

Feature Available…

New Power BI Feature Availability in GCC

27 Jan 202110 Jun 2021

NEW Licensing Premium Per User – allows for Premium features at the user level. Availability and pricing will be announced at Ignite. Because of this new license, customers can take…

Community Calls

Purview Data Protection and Security for Power BI for GCC(5/29/25)

2 May 202529 May 2025

Power BI plays a crucial role in delivering data insights throughout an organization. However, as data becomes more accessible for decision-making, the risk of accidental oversharing or misuse of business-critical…

Community Calls

Power BI Admin Monitoring Deep Dive in GCC (3/27/25)

27 Mar 202528 Mar 2025

This Community Call on Power BI Admin monitoring and logging will cover an introduction to the topic, an overview of key concepts, and a detailed look at the features and…

Community Calls…

Paginated Reports.. When to use and how to create (2/20/25)

26 Mar 202527 Mar 2025

Paginated Reports.. When to use and how to create February 20, 2025 — 11 am pst/2 pm estPresented by Microsoft Description: This session will focus on the creation of Paginated reports. Paginated…

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Streamline Your Data Workflows: Power BI Meets OneDrive for Business (1/30/25)

31 Jan 202527 Mar 2025

Streamline Your Data Workflows: Power BI Meets OneDrive for Business January 30, 2025 — Presented by Microsoft – Danni OlsonDescription: Join us for an in-depth exploration of how Power BI integrates with…

Fabric Capacity Metrics App

20 Oct 202313 Nov 2023

UPDATE: 11/13/2023 The Fabric Capacity App is no longer considered a third-party app and can be installed WITHOUT the need to enable the previous mentioned setting to be installed. The…

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Dataverse and Power BI: How Governments Unlock Their Data

5 Jun 20235 Jun 2023

Session overview Please join your State and Local Government colleagues and Microsoft for a digital event on Thu, June 8th, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT–Dataverse and PowerBI: How Governments Unlock Data …

Community Calls

March 23rd – Demystify and Explain Power BI Gateways

21 Mar 202313 Jun 2023

During this GCC Community Call we reviewed using Power BI Gateways to keep your data up-to-date with scheduled refreshes and/or DirectQuery/Live Connection. We demonstrated how to install and set-up a…

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Power BI – All things Embedded

27 Feb 202320 Mar 2023

Looking to know all the options for embedding content? Knowing the differences between embedding Power BI content can be somewhat complex and nuanced. In this session we reviewed the following…

Community Calls

Live Power BI Examples – Feb 23rd Government Community Call

10 Feb 20235 Dec 2024

Session - “Think Bold with Business Intelligence” with dannio@microsoft.comThis 30 min presentation is for business/agency resources to get an overview of how other government agencies within the USA are using…