Post last updated: March 2, 2021
I had a great chat with John White & Jason Himmelstein on their BIFOCAL podcast.
These guys have been at this a long time! I was episode #180 which we recorded on February 19, 2021.
Here’s a quick rundown of what we talked about:
5:30 Introductions
7:58 Overview of my Power BI Deployment & Governance Training Course
12:10 Viral growth of Power BI
12:50 Power BI can be used a few different ways
14:00 Donald Farmer’s metaphor of physical data warehouse vs. fulfillment center (data warehousing vs. self-service BI)
15:10 Governance planning for Power BI
17:55 Sensitivity labels with Power BI
19:25 Uses of Power BI auditing data
20:05 DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Analysis Services
21:50 Dependencies when changes occur
23:00 Challenges with implementing governance before/after using Power BI
23:30 Flexibility with Power BI governance planning
25:20 Starting with a simple Power BI governance plan
27:35 Constant changes to Power BI
28:15 Reusing data in Power BI
30:00 Importance of helping people get things done with requisite guardrails
31:20 Expected Ignite announcements
33:00 Power BI PPU (Premium Per User)
34:20 Sharing changes coming per the Power BI release plan
36:00 Ease of use vs. governance
You can check out the podcast here: https://bifocal.show/2021/02/23/episode-180-governance-with-melissa-coates/ or on your favorite podcast app.
Happy listening!