Under Microsoft’s legacy Gold & Silver partner program, DMC earned special recognition for achieving 9 competencies. With Microsoft’s new Solution Partner Designation Program, there are only six possible designations. To earn a designation, DMC had to pass a series of all-new Microsoft certification exams, achieve strict customer success measurements, and meet new sales performance targets. DMC now holds two of the six designations through this new program.

A Solutions Partner for Digital & App Innovation (Azure) demonstrates broad capability to help customers build, run, and manage applications across multiple clouds, on-premises, and at the edge, with the tools and frameworks of a customer’s choice.

Becoming a Solutions Partner for Digital & App Innovation (Azure) gives organizations an easy way to identify partners that have the commitment to training, accreditation, and have delivered solutions that enabled customer success. Examples include:

• Migrating and deploying production web application workloads, applying DevOps, and managing app services in Azure
• Managing production workloads in the cloud using containers and managing hosted Kubernetes environments in Azure
• Implementing secure DevOps practices and driving DevOps adoption while using Azure and GitHub

DMC held the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status for 19 consecutive years prior to the launch of the new Microsoft Solution Partner Designation Program, and DMC earned nine of the 18 possible Microsoft competencies during this time. We are so proud to have earned our first designation for Data and AI (Azure) in the first few months of the new program’s launch, and our second designation shortly following.

Learn more about DMC’s Digital Workplace Solutions & Application Development offerings, and please contact us if you need assistance with your next project.

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Under Microsoft’s legacy Gold & Silver partner program, DMC earned special recognition for achieving 9 competencies. With Microsoft’s new Solution Partner Designation Program, there are only six possible designations. To earn a designation, DMC had to pass a series of all-new Microsoft certification exams, achieve strict customer success measurements, and meet new sales performance targets.

The Data and AI (Azure) designation recognizes DMC’s success in delivering solutions for clients in the areas of:

• Modernization of Web Applications
• Analytics
• AI and Machine Learning
• Kubernetes
• Windows Server/SQL Server Migration to Microsoft Azure.

DMC held the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status for 19 consecutive years prior to the launch of the new Microsoft Solution Partner Designation Program, and DMC earned nine of the 18 possible Microsoft competencies during this time. We are so proud to have earned our first designation in the first few months of the new program’s launch, and our team is already well on their way to earning a second designation.

Learn more about DMC’s Digital Workplace Solutions & Application Development offerings, and please contact us if you need assistance with your next project.

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In partnership with Microsoft, DMC has led more than a dozen Dashboard in a Day workshops. The goal of these events is to help business users and IT professionals understand the capabilities of Power BI and teach them how to effectively analyze their company data.

This Power BI training class provides participants with a better understanding of how to:

• Connect to, import, and transform data from a variety of sources
• Define business rules and KPIs
• Explore data with powerful visualization tools
• Build stunning reports
• Share their dashboards with their team and/or the world

This training is a great opportunity to grow skills and experience working with the Power BI platform. Individuals who are brand new or relatively new to the Power BI platform will benefit the most from attending this workshop. 

Event Registration and Logistics

January 20, 2021
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This workshop will be conducted virtually using Microsoft Teams. Further details and instructions will be sent once your registration has been confirmed.

About Power BI

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources. It’s a business analytics service that gives you a single view of your business data, with the ability to monitor the health of your business using live dashboards, create rich interactive reports and access your data on the go, from your mobile devices.

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources

Learn more about DMC’s Power BI expertise and Business Intelligence solutions. 

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DMC, in partnership with Microsoft, has led more than a dozen Dashboard in a Day events. The goal of these workshops is to help business users and IT professionals understand the capabilities of Power BI and teach them how to effectively analyze their company data.

This Power BI training class provides participants with a better understanding of how to:

• Connect to, import, and transform data from a variety of sources
• Define business rules and KPIs
• Explore data with powerful visualization tools
• Build stunning reports
• Share their dashboards with their team and/or the world

This training is a great opportunity to grow skills and experience working with the Power BI platform. Individuals who are brand new or relatively new to the Power BI platform will benefit the most from attending this workshop. 

Event Registration and Logistics

September 3, 2020
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This workshop will be conducted virtually using Microsoft Teams. Further details and instructions will be sent once your registration has been confirmed.

About Power BI

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources. It’s a business analytics service that gives you a single view of your business data, with the ability to monitor the health of your business using live dashboards, create rich interactive reports and access your data on the go, from your mobile devices.

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources

Learn more about DMC’s Power BI expertise and Business Intelligence solutions. 

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In partnership with Microsoft, DMC’s Digital Workplace Solutions team has led more than a dozen Dashboard in a Day events. The goal of these workshops is to help you understand the capabilities of Power BI and the ways you can effectively analyze your company data.

This Power BI training class provides participants with a better understanding of how to:

• Connect to, import, and transform data from a variety of sources
• Define business rules and KPIs
• Explore data with powerful visualization tools
• Build stunning reports
• Share their dashboards with their team and/or the world

You are encouraged to bring your own data in a CSV or Excel format to the workshop. There will be a self-paced, hands-on lab as well as dedicated time enabling you to build reports and dashboards with your data. The DMC instructors are there for support and assistance.

This training is a great opportunity to grow skills and experience working with the Power BI platform. Individuals who are brand new or relatively new to the Power BI platform will benefit the most from attending this workshop. 

Logistics

June 12, 2020
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This workshop will take place over virtually Microsoft Teams. Further instructions will be sent once you are registered.

About Power BI

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources. It’s a business analytics service that gives you a single view of your business data, with the ability to monitor the health of your business using live dashboards, create rich interactive reports and access your data on the go, from your mobile devices.

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources

Learn more about DMC’s Power BI expertise and Business Intelligence solutions. 

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• January 30, 2020
• February 13, 2020
• February 26, 2020

In partnership with Microsoft, DMC is proud to lead these workshops and excited to bring our skills back to Chicago in the new year. The goal of these workshops is to help you understand the capabilities of Power BI and the ways you can effectively analyze your company data.

This Power BI training class provides participants with a better understanding of how to:

• Connect to, import, and transform data from a variety of sources
• Define business rules and KPIs
• Explore data with powerful visualization tools
• Build stunning reports
• Share their dashboards with their team and/or the world

You are encouraged to bring your own data in a CSV or Excel format, along with a laptop, to the workshop. There will be a self-paced, hands-on lab as well as dedicated time enabling you to build reports and dashboards with your data. The DMC instructors are there for support and assistance.

This training is a great opportunity to grow skills and experience working with the Power BI platform. Individuals who are brand new or relatively new to the Power BI platform will benefit the most from attending this workshop. Our instructors will guide you on how to evaluate Power BI’s ability to meet organizational requirements around data visualization and analysis, as well as how Power BI can help you be more efficient and make a greater impact on the work you do every day.

Event Logistics

Please note that these events cover the exact same content, so attending only one is recommended.

January 30, 2020
9 a.m. to 5.pm

February 13, 2020
9 a.m. to 5.pm

February 26, 2020
9 a.m. to 5.pm

Event Location:

Microsoft Technology Center Chicago (AON Center)
200 East Randolph Drive, Suite 200
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 920-5600

These events are complimentary. Lunch will be provided for participants.

About Power BI

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources. It’s a business analytics service that gives you a single view of your business data, with the ability to monitor the health of your business using live dashboards, create rich interactive reports and access your data on the go, from your mobile devices.

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources

Learn more about DMC’s Power BI solutions.

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Recently, I was developing a Flow to create a new folder in a certain SharePoint library when a SharePoint list item was created. Then, the Flow would send an email to the creator of the list item saying that the folder has been created.

I found that the easiest way to do this is by using a REST API. 

If you’re like me, you may go through a lot of troubleshooting and trial and error. By following these steps, your Flow will be very easy to accomplish and up and running in no time. 

Creating the Flow

1. Navigate to the left side of the Microsoft Flow home page and click "create" 
   • Create a blank, Automated Flow
     
2. Name your flow and pick your trigger
   • In this case, we will connect to SharePoint and our trigger will be "when an item is created." 
     
3. Enter your SharePoint site address and your list name
   • For the purposes of this example, the site is called "YourSite" and the list name is called "Testing" 
     
4. Add a step to your Flow by clicking "new step" 
   
5. Choose an action. Search "SharePoint" within the search box
   • Our first action is going to be "Send an HTTP request to SharePoint." 
     
   • This is where our REST API comes into play. 
6. Below is how we set up our HTTP request: 
   
   • The JSON headers can be copied and pasted: 

     
     {
       "accept": "application/json; odata=verbose",
       "content-type": "application/json; odata=verbose"
     }
     

7. Add your next step by again inserting a new step, and searching SharePoint again
8. This step is called "Create sharing link for a file or folder"
   • This will create the link to your new folder that will be used in the email notifying the user that created the SharePoint list item
     
9. Add your next step: "Send an email"
   • This step is connected to Outlook, rather than SharePoint. 
     • If you use another email service, such as Google, you can still complete this step but you will need to use a different action.
   • This step will send the person who created the list item in the original SharePoint list an email with a link to the newly created folder in the SharePoint library
     

And that’s it! It’s rather simple, right? This is a great way to automate some of your daily SharePoint business processes. 

Learn more about DMC’s expertise with Microsoft’s Power Platform and contact us with any project inquiries. 

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On December 13, 2019, members of DMC’s Digital Workplace Solutions team will lead this Power BI hands-on training workshop at the Microsoft Office in Milwaukee from 9 am to 5 pm.

Microsoft, in partnership with DMC, is pleased to offer this one-day workshop covering the capabilities and basics of Power BI. The goal of this workshop is to help you build powerful dashboards to understand and analyze data in a rich and compelling way.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own data in a CSV or Excel format, along with their own laptop, to the workshop. There will be hands-on lab activities, and the last two hours are dedicated to enabling you to build reports and dashboards using your own data with the support of DMC instructors. 

This workshop is recommended for individuals ranging from no experience with Power BI to those who are looking to add to existing knowledge and experience. DMC’s Power BI experts will be available to answer questions and help you find solutions to your real-world data management and visualization challenges.

Event Registration and Logistics

December 13, 2019
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Microsoft – Milwaukee
833 East Michigan Ave, Suite 860
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

This event is complimentary. Lunch will be provided for participants.

About Power BI

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources. It’s a business analytics service that gives you a single view of your business data, with the ability to monitor the health of your business using live dashboards, create rich interactive reports and access your data on the go, from your mobile devices.

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources

Learn more about DMC’s DMC’s Power BI solutions.

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Microsoft, in partnership with DMC, is pleased to offer this one-day workshop covering the capabilities and functions of Power BI. The goal of the workshop is to familiarize yourself with the features of Power BI and how it can help you understand your data in a rich and compelling way. 

You are encouraged to bring your own data in a CSV or Excel format, along with your own laptop, to the workshop. There will be self-guided, hands-on lab activities supported by a team of Power BI experts. The last two hours are dedicated to enabling you to build reports and dashboards with your own data and the support of members from DMC’s Digital Workplace Solutions Team. 

This workshop is ideal for individuals looking to grow their hands-on experience with Microsoft’s Power BI platform.  

DMC has hosted many Dashboard in a Day events over the last year, with each being more successful than the last. 

Event Registration and Logistics 

November 1, 2019
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

November 14, 2019
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location:

Microsoft Technology Center Chicago (AON Center) 
200 East Randolph Drive, Suite 200
(312) 920-5600

These events are complimentary. Lunch will be provided for participants. 

About Power BI

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources. It’s a business analytics service that gives you a single view of your business data, with the ability to monitor the health of your business using live dashboards, create rich interactive reports and access your data on the go, from your mobile devices.

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources

Learn more about DMC’s DMC’s Power BI solutions.

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In partnership with Microsoft, DMC has now led workshops in Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee. We are excited to bring our skills back to the Chicago MTC this fall. The goal of this workshop is to help you understand the capabilities of Power BI and all of the ways you can effectively analyze your data.

You are encouraged to bring your own data in a CSV or Excel format, along with a laptop, to the workshop. There will be a self-paced, hands-on lab as well as dedicated time enabling you to build reports and dashboards with your data. The DMC instructors are there for support and assistance.

This Power BI training will provide participants with a better understanding of how to:

• Connect to, import, and transform data from a variety of sources
• Define business rules and KPIs
• Explore data with powerful visualization tools
• Build stunning reports
• Share their dashboards with their team and/or the world

Whether you are advanced in using Power BI or just starting off, this training is a great opportunity for all Power BI users. Our instructors will guide you on how to evaluate Power BI’s ability to meet organizational requirements around data visualization and analysis, and also how it can help you be more efficient and make a greater impact on the work you do every day.

Event Registration and Logistics

September 19, 2019
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Microsoft Technology Center Chicago (AON Center)
200 East Randolph Drive, Suite 200
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 920-5600

This event is complimentary. Lunch will be provided for participants.

About Power BI

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources. It’s a business analytics service that gives you a single view of your business data, with the ability to monitor the health of your business using live dashboards, create rich interactive reports and access your data on the go, from your mobile devices.

Power BI makes it easy to connect your reports and dashboards to disparate data sources

Learn more about DMC’s DMC’s Power BI solutions.

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