A recording of our monthly Power Platform Webinar that includes news, updates, and a follow-through tutorial as well as open Q and A.

1. Power Platform Community
December 2021

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5. Agenda
-About the Presenters
-Power Platform Update
-Demonstration Power BI
-Q & A

6. “The Power Platform provides me a simple method to be
able to create, automate and analyse business data in
ways which have never been possible.”
Email: andrew@powerassist.com.au
Blog: powerassist.com.au
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gallagher-andrew
Twitter: twitter.com/andrewga11agher
• Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)
• Certifications in Microsoft 365, Azure, Dynamics 365
and Microsoft Power Platform.
About Me
Andrew Gallagher

7. • Helping Small and Medium businesses to modernize their
business systems and processes
• Using our ability to understand a business’ needs and the
Microsoft Power Platform
• By helping businesses to help themselves or carry out the project
tasks for them.
Email: bill@mallit.solutions
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/billmallett
Twitter: twitter.com/BillHammer64
About Me
Bill Mallett

8. “An easier way to provide business solutions that even
my non-technical customers can use? Sign us all up!”
• Master of Commerce (Accounting)
• Certifications in Microsoft 365
Email: yeoman@citisystems.com.au
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yeomanyu
Twitter: twitter.com/yeomany
About Me
Yeoman Yu

10. • Microsoft Certification Expiration Changes for 2021
• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/stay-current-with-in-demand-skills-through-free-certification/ba-
p/1489678
• The CustomData feature is now generally available in Power BI
• https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-customdata-feature-is-now-generally-available-in-power-bi/
• Power Automate Azure Virtual Desktop Starter Kit
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-au/power-automate/desktop-flows/avd-overview
• Power Platform Community User Group
• https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Platform-Community-User/gh-p/PowerPlatformCommunityUserGroup
• Power Automate Collaborative Comments
• https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/collaborative-comments-in-power-automate/
• Case Study: 14 year old uses Power Apps to transform daycare facility
• https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/boy-digitally-transforms-a-child-daycare-facility/
News

11. Power BI:
Intelligent Reports
& Dashboards

12. Demo

13. Take Aways
• Power BI
• is easy to use.
• provides insights to solve business problems.
• can use data from any source or multiple sources at once.
e.g. Dataverse, Excel, Xero, Google Analytics.
• allows you transform/cleanse your data before using it
• display’s data over a time lapse to create visual stories.
• allows plain English interaction with Power BI Dashboards.

14. Resources
• Power Platform Community User Group
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Platform-Community-User/gh-
p/PowerPlatformCommunityUserGroup
• Microsoft Power Platform Learning Resources
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-powerapps-learning-resources/
• Find the right Power BI training for you
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/powerplatform/power-bi
• Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals – Learning Path
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/power-plat-fundamentals/
• Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals – Training Days
https://info.microsoft.com/AU-PowerApps-CATALOG-FY21-03Mar-15-
MicrosoftPowerPlatformVirtualTrainingDayAppMaker-
SRDEM63168_CatalogDisplayPage.html?ocid=eml_pg286001_gdc_comm_ba
January 2022 Dates : Thursday 13th, Thursday 20th

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