Power BI Survival Guide and Learning Resources

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Power BI Ecosystem:

• Power BI Desktop - A Windows desktop application
• Power BI Services - An online SaaS (Software as a Service) service (formerly Power BI for Office 365, now PowerBI.com )
• Power BI Apps - Mobile apps for Windows phones and tablets, as well as for iOS and Android devices
• Power BI Gateways - To sync external files with Power BI, you need to install Gateway on your machine, and sign-in to authenticate the data refresh
• Power BI Embedded - Using the REST APIs to create apps that integrate with a Power BI dashboard in real-time using REST calls. Also serves non-Power BI users.
• Power BI Report Server - Provides a localized ways for storing and managing Power BI reports.
• Power BI Visual Gallery - A gallery of pre-created custom visuals and R-powered visual.

Introduction and Overview

• Microsoft Power BI - Official Home Page
• Power BI - basic concepts
• Get started with Power BI services
• Get Started with Power BI Desktop
• Power BI apps for mobile devices
• Power BI API for Developers 
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Pricing and Licensing 
• SQLBI eBook - Introducing Microsoft Power BI
• Power BI Governance and deployment approaches

Tutorials

• Power BI Guided Learning
• Data Insights Summit On-Demand Sessions
• Power BI Desktop - YouTube Channel
• Tutorial: Facebook analytics using Power BI Desktop
• edX Tutorial- Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI
• Hands On Tutorials on variety of relevant topics - via businessintelligist
• Ebooks, Articles, courses and videos on Power BI - via sqlbi
• Using Custom Visuals - Series of Tutorials by Devin Knight https://devinknightsql.com/

Events

• Past Events
• Upcoming Events
• PowerBI Webinars 

Communities

• Power BI Community
• Power BI Community Blogs
• Power BI User Groups

Case Studies, Samples and Galleries

• Data Stories Gallery
• Samples for Power BI service
  • Customer Profitability sample
  • Human Resources sample
  • IT Spend Analysis sample 
  • Opportunity Analysis sample
  • Procurement Analysis sample
  • Retail Analysis sample
  • Sales & Marketing sample 
  • Supplier Quality Analysis sample 

• Metro Bank - Building a bank that can surprise and delight with Power BI (Nov 2015)
• Boys & Girls Clubs - How Power BI helps Fort Worth Boys & Girls Clubs care for kids 
• Metro Bank - Metro Bank Reinvents Customer Service with Microsoft (Sept 2016)
• Wash Multifamily Laundry - Laundry Innovator Manages Growing Business Using Cloud BI and Collaboration Tools (March 2015)

See Also

Another important place to find an extensive amount of Cortana Intelligence Suite related articles is the TechNet Wiki itself. The best entry point is Cortana Intelligence Suite Resources on the TechNet Wiki.