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Congratulations to this month’s Featured Data Stories Gallery submissions

Last month we put out the call for spooky-themed submissions — along with other topics that interest you — to the Data Stories Gallery, and we got some fantastic entries! Congratulations to the grand winner and six runners-up. November’s inspiration is “custom visuals”: show us a great data story using your own custom visuals or those in our Visuals Gallery.

Tech Tip Thursday: Get started with R Visuals

There’s been a lot of Power BI news lately around R Visuals, but if you’ve never used them before you may not be sure how to get started. This week, Guy in a Cube shows you how to take advantage of the new R Script showcase to explore possibilities and start interacting with your data through R.

Power BI Community blog highlights for October

Have you visited the Power BI Community blog lately? Blog posts can be anything from opinion pieces on the latest industry trends, to helpful tips and how-tos for your fellow Power BI users, to even “trip reports” from your local User Group meeting or Microsoft event. Check out these great posts from October and learn how you can contribute your own posts!

Hôpital Montfort builds a case for better healthcare with Power BI

If one set of lab tests is good, then two should be twice as good, right? It turns out the answer is no. More healthcare is not necessarily better healthcare. Choosing Wisely Canada, a campaign organized by a team of leading physicians in partnership with dozens of Canadian medical organizations, is offering guidance to help clinicians decide which tests, treatments, and prescriptions are unnecessary. Hôpital Montfort, in Ottawa, Ontario, is using Power BI to help provide its physicians with the evidence to help them make some of those wise choices.