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Russel Loski

Data Engineer

Russ is a data engineer with over 25 years of experience. He has worked with a variety of tools from DTS to SSIS to Azure Data Factory to Power BI. He has worked in industry as varied as sports and health care.

Russ current lives with his wife in North Texas very close to his daughter and grandkids

Jumpstart Your Power BI Skills: A Hands on Workshop

Power BI is a powerful tool for building analytical solutions. But like any tool, getting started can be tough. In this one-day hands-on workshop, we’ll work through sample datasets and reports to help you get comfortable using Power Query, DAX, relationships, and modeling—the building blocks of solid Power BI reports.

A laptop is a must. More than half of this workshop will be hands-on, where you’ll build a report from scratch. You’ll pull in data from a source I’ll provide, clean and correct the data, and step through the process of creating a functional Power BI report. By the end of the session, you’ll have built something tangible that you can take with you and apply to your own work.

This practical, no-fluff session will cover:

Getting Data into Power BI – Connecting to different data sources and cleaning messy data with Power Query
Building a Data Model – Setting up relationships, calculated columns, and learning basic DAX
Creating Reports & Dashboards – Designing clear, interactive visuals that actually help people make decisions
Publishing & Sharing – Understanding how to refresh and share your reports with others

Who Should Attend?

Data Professionals – SQL Developers, Data Engineers, BI Analysts
Business Analysts – Excel users who want to move beyond static spreadsheets
Anyone looking for a practical way to start using Power BI

What You’ll Need:

Bring Your Laptop! This is a hands-on session. Please have Power BI Desktop (latest version) installed. No prior Power BI experience required, but basic familiarity with data concepts (like tables and filters) will help.

By the end of the day, you’ll have:

Built your first Power BI report using real-world data
A better understanding of Power Query, DAX, and modeling
Resources to keep learning after the session

Sean Wheeler

Principal Content Developer - PowerShell

Since 2017, I have been the lead documentarian for PowerShell. I ensure that users have the content they need. I also support and encourage the PowerShell Community to add value via open-source contributions to the documentation. In my 25+ years at Microsoft, I have taught many workshops on scripting, debugging, and advanced troubleshooting. Using my scripting expertise, I created tools to help customers collect and analyze data used to support and optimize their environments.

Become immediately effective with PowerShell

IT pros, admins, and help desk staff, come learn ways to automate redundant tasks and manage your environment at scale. Do you keep hearing how all your IT problems can be solved with PowerShell, but don't know where to start or how to use the solutions already available?

This workshop teaches you how to become immediately effective in PowerShell.

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