Dynamic Communities Launches Power BI User Group, Plans First Focus Event

Dynamic Communities Inc. has formed the Power BI User Group (PBIUG), specifically for Microsoft Dynamics customers who use Microsoft's suite of business analytics tools to analyze data and share insights.

"For our Dynamics user groups, business intelligence is critical," says Andy Hafer, Dynamic Communities CEO. Dynamic Communities is the umbrella organization for the independent CRMUG, AXUG, NAVUG and GPUG, each dedicated to Microsoft ERP or CRM solutions.

Hafer explains that "Microsoft has tried to fill some space and some void in their offerings by creating Power BI, which is meant to provide business intelligence tool sets across not only the Dynamics data sets but any data source you would want to report on. But it is definitely not inside Dynamics."

For DCI, many members of the different user groups focus on business intelligence and reporting - and a lot of Power BI-specific discussion topics are happening in each of the user groups. But because a user of one group may not necessarily belong to another group, program planners found themselves replicating Power BI content multiple times, he says.

"Power BI has gotten so popular that some of the members thought it might make sense to pull this one out as its own group," Hafer says. "So we've created the Power BI User Group to allow exclusive Power BI user topics ...