By Eamon McCarthy Earls –

Microsoft has continued a steady stream of new and enhanced features for Power BI in 2019. The changes have broadened its accessibility both to end users and to experts like data scientists, security and governance chiefs, and finance executives.

The audience for Power BI is growing, says Microsoft MVP Matt Allington, and that includes end-users in search of education. Allington, who is based in Sydney, provides Power BI training in Australia and beyond. He spoke with MSDW about some of the recent updates to Power BI and how users with different levels of expertise are adapting.

Over the past two years, the number of people interested in training has increased. [And] there are people who are more end-users rather than professional data analysts. I think that’s driven by awareness, and the fact that it’s being deployed as a meaningful part of reporting.

While he offers public training for prospective users from companies of any size, many of the trainings are two day, in-house events for larger organizations—or online. When he works in-house, Allington interacts directly with organizational data or standard content to help make examples more relevant. Read On: