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Tech Tip Thursday: RS, AS, and Power BI announcement recap

Microsoft's Guy in a Cube has been providing tips and tricks for Power BI and Business Intelligence on his YouTube channel since 2014. Every Thursday we highlight a different helpful video from his collection.

PASS Summit 2016 happened a couple of weeks ago in Seattle, Washington, and the Power BI team made a lot of exciting announcements! This week, Guy in a Cube has a round-up of the big news, and gives some additional context to product updates for Power BI together with Reporting Services and Analysis Services.

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