Publish to web from Power BI now available

https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiMGQ3YWU4ZWMtZDAwYi00NTZlLThkNjYtMGJlOTU3MjRhNTlkIiwidCI6IjUyNDNkNjNkLTc2MzItNGQwNy1hNzdlLWRlMGZlYTFiNzdhNCIsImMiOjN9

Microsoft has just announced the availability of ‘publish to web’ from Power BI. You can read more about this at:

Announcing power BI embedded and publish to web general availability

As you can see above I have taken something from my Power BI and embedded it in this post. Here’s how I did that.

Firstly, I logged into my Power BI Dashboard and selected a report that I wish to publish.

Then from the File menu at the top of the report I select Publish to web.

I then receive an embed code for email that I can then paste into a web page.

That’s it. Pretty simple eh?

The great thing is the Publish to web features is available for all Power BI plans, including the free version. This reinforces how there is really no excuse to be using Power BI in your business and the product just keep getting better.

Beyond the license

One of the major limitations I find with many who have an Office 365 Suite is that they are only using it for email, and basic email at that! This means they are failing to make use of get services like OneDrive for Business, SharePoint, Yammer and more!

In many cases this is because they are no aware of the products and services that are available to them as part of their Office 365 package. A while back I did a webinar with Greg Plum from plumuc.com where we focused on helping attendees understand the value that the Office 365 suite contained that they were most likely not taking advantage of.

We recorded that webinar and I’ve now posted it up on my Youtube channel as you can see above. The slides are also available at:

https://doc.co/gpEx8r/qcihGm

Hopefully, this webinar gives you a better idea of many of these ‘undiscovered’ Office 365 features and how they can be used to solve business problems. If you have Office 365 I’d urge you to take a deeper dive into the product and understand everything that you are paying for. Once you’ve done that you may be surprised at how many of the features within Office 365 can be used to make your business and users more productive. Investing a little bit of time up front to gain the knowledge pays big dividends down the track.

CIAOPS Need to Know webinar–July 2016

I am happy to announce the inaugural CIAOPS Need to Know webinar which will be held next Thursday the 21st of July at 11am Sydney Australia time. You can register for the event here:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/547641828883643908

To kick things off I’ll look at the differences between OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online and how you can make the most of each one of these technologies.

Not only will we cover this topic but I’ll bring you the latest Office 365 and Microsoft Cloud news as well as open up the floor for an open Q & A session at the end. The main session will take no more than 30 minutes but I’ll hang around as long as required afterwards to answer any questions people may have.

The CIAOPS Need to Know Webinars are free to attend but if you want to receive the recording of the session you need to sign up as a CIAOPS patron (for only USD$10 per month) which you can do here:

https://www.patreon.com/ciaops

I’m now aiming to run these webinars once a month and cover a specific topic as well as news and events from the Microsoft cloud to keep you up to date with the fast changing world of products like Office 365. Come along to the inaugural event and let me know what topics you’d like to see covered. Also feel free at any stage to email me directly at director@ciaops.com with your webinar topic suggestions.

I’d also appreciate you sharing information about this webinar with anyone you feel may benefit from the session.

I look forward to seeing everyone on the webinar.

Power BI content pack for Xero now available

Microsoft has just announced the ability to connect Xero accounting systems to Power BI:

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/explore-and-analyze-your-xero-data-with-power-bi/

This means you can easily view and report on your business accounting analytics using Microsoft’s free Power BI dashboard reporting tool.

More and more software vendors are moving to using Power BI as their reporting tool rather than attempting to building their own reporting engine. Why? First, because Power BI is such a great analytics tool and secondly because Microsoft have made the base Power BI offering free.

That therefore means there is little reason not be using Power BI to analyse your accounts but there is also the massive opportunity for IT resellers to sell services to customers using Xero now thanks to Power BI.

If you haven’t see Power BI then check out my tutorial here:

and then start getting into the opportunity Power BI provides!

Delve Windows 10 app preview now available

I’m a big fan of Delve and have written previously about how important I believe Delve is in changing the way you look at being productive in a business:

Why Delve should be the centre of you Office 365 universe

Microsoft have just released a Windows 10 app (in preview) which you can find here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/delve/9nblggh4n0bv

It is free and allows you to connect your desktop Windows 10 directly to your Delve.

Don’t forget that this Windows 10 Delve app is still in preview, so expect to see plenty of new improvements and enhancements coming soon.

Need to Know Podcast–Episode 107

In this episode Marc is joined by Steve Hosko to talk about the latest with System Center. You’ll also get the latest news om Azure.

Listen to this episode at:

http://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-107-steve-hosko/

or subscribe to this and all episodes in iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

The podcast is also available on Stitcher at:

http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ciaops/need-to-know-podcast?refid=stpr

Don’t forget to give the show a rating as well as send me any feedback or suggestions you may have for the show.

Resources

Marc Kean – @marckean

Azure News:

https://marckean.com/2016/06/30/azure-news-2016-week-26/

Reddit (SCCM):

https://www.reddit.com/r/SCCM/comments/4qhcwg/amawe_are_the_configmgr_team_here_to_talk_about

Facebook pages about SCCM:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConfigMgr2012

https://www.facebook.com/groups/techkonnect

https://www.facebook.com/groups/mssccm

https://www.facebook.com/groups/windowsnoob

Guest Twitter:

@Steve_Hosko

Other:

Azure Stack user group meet-up, hear all about Azure Stack Vs Azure Public

http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-System-Center-and-Infrastructure-User-Group/events/232103039

Need to Know Podcast–Episode 106

In this episode we talk with Stephane Budo from Vigilant IT all about Azure stack and how Microsoft is bringing what it has learned from running the public cloud and making that available to people who want to run their own private cloud. Azure stack provides a consistent way of managing datacentre resources no matter where they may be. Allowing management via a single consistent interface provides a lot of benefits as Stephane explains.

Of course you’ll get the latest Azure and Office 365 news from Marc and myself as well as plenty of opinions as to what’s happening with Microsoft and the Cloud. We appreciate you taking the time to listen and look forward to your feedback.

Listen to this episode at:

http://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-106-stephane-budo/

or subscribe to this and all episodes in iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

The podcast is also available on Stitcher at:

http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ciaops/need-to-know-podcast?refid=stpr

Don’t forget to give the show a rating as well as send me any feedback or suggestions you may have for the show.

Resources

Stephane Budo from Vigilant.IT, +61 2 8925 1800, sales@vigilant.it

Marc Kean – @marckean

Robert Crane – @directorcia

Microsoft buys Linkedin

Azure updates from Marc Kean

Hybrid architecture for IT Pros

Office 365 Planner is generally available

GigJam preview now available to all

All about E5

I presented on a webinar yesterday with Ingram Micro around the Office 365 E5 license. I did a quick dive into some of the major additions that E5 bring to the tables as well as the business benefits these can provide for both customers and resellers.

The features, I believe, that are the most exciting are the improvements that are coming with Skype for Business, including the connectivity to landlines via the PSTN connectivity feature. I wrote about these details here:

I’m totally blown away with what’s coming with Skype for Business

and encourage those interested to check out the video that is there, especially from around the 28 minute mark.

I’ve also posted up the slides for the E5 presentation at:

https://doc.co/2VRHMh/qcihGm

which you can download and review.

E5 has lots of features for customers and lots of opportunities for resellers to provide services and configuration around these. For information on the full feature set visit:

https://products.office.com/en-au/business/office-365-enterprise-e5-business-software