Microsoft Power BI Administration

Overview

🕮 Off the shelf (OTS)

Target audience
This course is ideal for:

• Power BI administrators managing enterprise-scale deployments
• IT professionals overseeing access, security, and governance in Power BI
• Business intelligence professionals responsible for monitoring and optimising Power BI usage
• Compliance officers and data stewards ensuring adherence to regulatory standards

Prerequisites

This course is designed for individuals responsible for the governance, compliance, and technical administration of Power BI environments. While prior completion of Power BI foundational training is recommended, it is not required.
Participants should ideally have:

• Experience using Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service
• Understanding of dashboards, reports, datasets, and data sources such as SQL or Excel
• Familiarity with IT concepts including user permissions and security governance
• Awareness of Power BI licensing models (Pro, Premium, Fabric)

Recommended but not required:

• Knowledge equivalent to Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300)
• Experience with DAX, semantic models, and Power BI deployments

Overview

This one-day course equips IT professionals and Power BI administrators with the expertise to manage, secure, and optimise Power BI environments effectively. It introduces learners to the core responsibilities of Power BI administration, including workspace governance, data security, performance monitoring, and licensing strategies.

Participants will gain practical experience through hands-on labs, exploring how to implement row-level security (RLS), configure data gateways, manage semantic models, and automate alerts and subscriptions. The course also covers advanced topics such as deployment pipelines, Microsoft Purview integration, and auditing tools to ensure compliance at scale. By the end of the course, learners will be well-prepared to support enterprise-grade Power BI deployments.

Outline

• Introduction to Power BI administration
• Governance
• Licensing
• Managing administrator accounts
• Workspaces, apps and security
• Sharing Power BI data objects
• Configuring semantic model settings
• Auditing and monitoring Power BI
• Alerts and subscriptions
• Deployment pipelines
• Power BI gateways

Hands-on learning
Participants will benefit from a practical, scenario-driven approach, including:

• Interactive labs for real-world administrative tasks
• Guided exercises on workspace setup, security implementation, and monitoring
• Instructor-led demonstrations on configuring alerts, subscriptions, and gateways