Microsoft Power BI PoC

Discover how Power BI can benefit your busniess

A tailored Proof of Concept to solve real-world challenges and build actionable insights with minimal risk.

A Power BI Proof of Concept (PoC) is a focused, short-term engagement designed to demonstrate how Power BI can transform your organisation’s data into meaningful, actionable insights. By integrating your existing data sources, the PoC provides a practical evaluation of Power BI’s reporting and analytics capabilities without committing to a full-scale implementation.

Through a structured process, we build a custom Power BI report and semantic model, allowing you to assess the platform’s ability to solve your specific business challenges, enhance decision-making, and support future scalability.

What the Process Includes

Business Problem Assessment and Scope Definition

We collaborate with your team to define the PoC’s objectives, ensuring alignment with key business challenges. This includes identifying relevant data sources, assessing reporting needs, and establishing clear success criteria.

Solution Architecture Design

A tailored solution is designed using Power BI, including:

A structured data model to enable accurate and scalable reporting

Definition of Visualisations to align with business goals

A governance-focused approach ensuring security and accessibility

Deployment and Power BI Environment Setup

We configure Power BI to your organisation’s requirements, including:

Data connectivity to relevant sources

Access controls to manage permissions and security

Integration with existing Microsoft tools (e.g., Excel, SharePoint, SQL server)

Data Orchestration and Transformation

Using Power Query and the Power BI’s Service transformation tools, raw data is cleansed and structured to ensure it is optimised for analytics. This step enhances data quality, consistency, and usability for reporting.

Semantic Model Development

To ensure your Power BI reports are both efficient and scalable, we design a structured semantic model that enhances performance and usability. This includes:

Star Schema design - Fact and Dimensional Modelling

Data Optimisation – Removing unnecessary or redundant data

Calculated Columns and Measures – Creating DAX measures and calculated fields

Hierarchies and Relationships - Defining logical relationships between tables

This structured approach ensures your Power BI solution is scalable, easy to navigate, and efficient, enabling business users to extract insights with minimal technical effort.

Custom Power BI Report

At the end of the PoC, you will receive a fully functional Power BI report tailored to your business needs, including:

Overview Dashboard – A high-level summary of key insights

Drill-through Analysis – A detailed page to explore trends and performance metrics

Custom Styling and Branding – A professional, easy-to-use interface aligned with your company’s design

Why concider a Power BI PoC

Evaluate Power BI’s Capabilities with Minimal Risk

The PoC provides a structured, low-cost, low-risk approach to assess Power BI’s value before a larger investment.

Strengthen Data Governance and Security

The PoC helps assess Power BI’s security model, governance policies, and controlled data access, ensuring compliance and data integrity before scaling to a full enterprise deployment.

Solve a Specific Business Challenge

Rather than a generic demonstration, the PoC is tailored to your organisation’s unique needs, allowing you to explore a real-world application of Power BI.

Demonstrate the Business Value of Data-Driven Decision-Making

By using real business data, the PoC delivers actionable insights that can help stakeholders see the potential ROI of a full Power BI implementation.

Work with Experts in Power BI and Data Strategy

Our consultants bring extensive experience in Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and enterprise data solutions, ensuring the PoC aligns with best practices and long-term strategy.

Accelerate Time-to-Value

With a structured process and expert guidance, results are delivered in weeks, not months, ensuring a rapid understanding of Power BI’s impact.

What You’ll Receive

At the completion of the PoC, your organisation will have the following

Power BI Environment

A fully operational Power BI environment configured to your business requirements

Power BI Report

A custom Power BI report providing meaningful insights from your data

Semantic Model

A structured and refined data model optimised for analytics and reporting

Roadmap

A roadmap for scaling the solution into full production, if desired

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