We will provide you with a free, 1-hour briefing on how you can derive tremendous value from Power BI Premium.

You can transform the future of Retail and Consumer Goods with real-time insights

Retail and consumer goods businesses generate plenty of data, from POS systems and inventory to social media and e-commerce. Due to dynamic competition and customer expectations, manual tracking and siloed systems are insufficient. Power BI combats these barriers by enabling real-time, centralized insights that drive smarter decisions across the value chain.

Your organization can make a measurable impact in the following areas.

Customer-Centric Insights

Segment customers by behavior, region, or product interest
Combine data from CRM, e-commerce, and loyalty systems
Create personalized campaigns and recommendations

Inventory and Supply Chain Optimization

Track stock levels and supplier performance in real time
Forecast demand to avoid overstock and stockouts
Spot supply chain delays and respond faster

Store Performance Analytics

Analyze foot traffic, conversion rates, and sales by category
Compare store performance and replicate success
Use heat maps to optimize layout and engagement zones

Dynamic Pricing and Promotions

Monitor competitor pricing and promotion impact
Adjust campaigns based on real-time sales lift
Identify which offers drive lasting results

Executive-Level Dashboards

View sales, margins, and returns in one place
Enable quick decisions during busy seasons
Align teams with centralized KPIs and trends

Power BI Premium Features

Power BI Premium supports larger data volumes (you can publish datasets up to 10GB) and supports greater performance (refresh data up to 48x per day). With Power BI Premium you can share your content with individuals outside of your organization to view all Power BI content including paginated and interactive reports.

There are several reasons why customers want, and even need, a Power BI Premium solution:

Per user and per capacity licensing options so organizations can choose the best package for their needs and automatically add capacity when needed (per capacity only)
The ability to scale beyond resource capacity with auto scale and pay-as-you-go pricing without experiencing drops in performance
Enables individuals to author, engage in advanced self-service BI and take advantage of all capabilities of premium without unlimited distribution
Huge dataset storage and no user quota: 100 TB of storage for each capacity provisioned
Higher dataset refresh rates: query performance of your reports and dashboards is protected from activity of other users in Power BI
Noisy neighbors isolation: 48 per day
Supports cloud architecture and on-premises. Get dedicated capacity nodes in cloud and Power BI Report Server (PBIRS) to be used On-Premises

Agenda

We will discuss and understand your current business insight goals in an open and collaborative conversation that will cover:

Review of current BI state: you will quickly describe us the current state, where you want to go and constraints
Business questions that compel you and the lack of answers you get from your current BI setup

Audience

Business/IT decision makers
Business Analysts
Business Intelligence Managers

Meeting Deliverables

During this briefing we will:

Explore Power BI Premium benefits
Compare reporting options: SSRS, Power BI Premium, Power BI Embedded and Hybrid scenarios
Power BI Premium licensing and capacity options
Assess if licensed Microsoft technologies are available and evaluate the best Power BI Premium implementation approach

Microsoft Cloud for Retail

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