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Power BI Post-Course Resources

This is a short-list of a few Power BI learning resources that I can highly recommend.

I run a YouTube channel, London Business Analytics Group - YouTube, that has many short Power BI tutorials.
LBAG YouTube

Ruth Pozuelo Martinez, produces weekly videos on Power BI, M and DAX. See https://curbal.com/ and her YouTube channel.

It is worth watching the monthly video of the latest Power BI Desktop at the official Power BI blog.

SQL BI (Alberto Ferrari and Marco Russo) produce great tutorial videos, articles and more. Start at Videos - SQLBI. They also offer free introductions to data modelling (using Power BI) and DAX courses.

Adam Saxton and Patrick Leblanc are the “Guys in a Cube”, and produce YouTube videos from a more technical perspective https://guyinacube.com/

Data Modelling

The Microsoft Learn site has a great article on power BI data modelling here

The Star Schema book by Christopher Adamson here describes well the deign of dimension models - I can highly recommend this book.

There is a series of nine videos about data modelling by Chris Barber on the London Business Analytics Group YouTube channel. Here is the link to the playlist. Start with Basic Relationships in Power BI then Data Modelling: From Single Table To Star Schema.

Real Life Meetings

The London Business Analytics Group, which I run, has a varied set of talks and events.
LBAG YouTube

Other UK Power BI user groups, now renamed Fabric, that have regular meetings in London, Manchester and online are:

The sqlbits conferences happens about once a year - each time in a different part of the UK. It is a very popular conference, community run and very cheaply priced compared to commercial training. Despite its name, which is a hangover from its roots as a conference for databases, it hosts quite a few talks on analytics and Power BI.

A very good book on DAX is Beginning DAX with Power BI by Philip Seamark