A lot of people ask me “How and where can I start with Power BI?” This question is on one hand very easy to answer and at the same time it’s not because everyone learns in a different way, has other preferences to learn, and therefore there is no one right answer. Because of that I would like to give an overview of different ways to get into Power BI and keep up to date with our favorite BI tool. I’ll update the list from time to time if new opportunities appear.
Books
- Reza Rad – Power BI from Rookie to Rockstar (free!)
If you want to learn Power BI from ground zero to sky hero, you would need to read this book! - Andrea Janicijevic – Power Query Cookbook
Andrea’s book gives you a nice intro into Power Query and shows step-by-step how to use Power Query in Power BI Desktop as well as in Power BI Dataflows. - Philip Seamark – Beginning DAX with Power BI
A very good start for DAX in Power BI. - Marco Russo & Alberto Ferrari – The Definitive Guide to DAX – 2nd Edition
This is a must read if you’re working with DAX. The book explains how to write code properly and increase your DAX skills.
Blogs & Forums
- Power BI Community
https://community.powerbi.com/ - Power BI Blog – Updates and News
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/ - Power BI Data Stories Gallery
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Data-Stories-Gallery/bd-p/DataStoriesGallery - Power BI R Script Visuals Showcase
http://community.powerbi.com/t5/R-Script-Showcase/bd-p/RVisuals - Power BI Ideas – Vote for new Features
https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/ - Power BI Issues
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/idb-p/Issues - Microsoft Learn – Power BI
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/browse/?terms=power%20bi - DAX Patterns – Learn new patterns for DAX
https://www.daxpatterns.com/ - Power Query M function references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/power-query-m-function-reference - Microsoft Power BI – Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy–PYvwBwAeuYaR8JLmrfg - Guy in the Cube – Website
https://guyinacube.com/ - Guy in the Cube – Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/GuyinaCube - Chris Webb – BI Blog
https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/ - Kasper on BI – Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40_DLjKbvxkhMc7N4UevkA - Reza Rad
https://radacad.com/ - Power BI Dev Camp
https://www.powerbidevcamp.net/
Learning
- Power BI on Microsoft Learn
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/powerplatform/power-bi?WT.mc_id=powerbi_landingpage-docs-link - DAX basics
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-quickstart-learn-dax-basics
Workshops
- Dashboard in a Day – Workshops
https://aka.ms/nextDIAD - Dashboard in a Day – Content
https://aka.ms/DIAD - More Power BI training content
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Power-BI-Training-Content/ba-p/807161#AdvViz
User Groups
- Power BI User Group Switzerland
https://aka.ms/PBIMeetup
GitHub Repos
- Power BI Desktop Samples including Monthly Blog samples
https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-desktop-samples - Power BI Workshops like ALM Toolkit / DAX Studio / Dataflow in an Hour and many more
https://github.com/microsoft/pbiworkshops - Power BI Dev Camp is a essential resource for any developer that wants to know about developing on the Power BI developer platform.
https://github.com/PowerBiDevCamp
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