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Discussions tagged with data analytics on WindowsForum.com cover a range of topics including Microsoft's Power BI as a leading business analytics platform, the Dataverse SDK for Python enabling enterprise data analytics, and Excel training paths for Power Pivot and DAX. Other threads explore AI-driven analytics, such as Microsoft Clarity's findings on AI referral conversions, and the 3MTT x Microsoft Skilling Programme offering a data analysis track. The tag also includes threads on business analytics platforms comparison, Chrome file download improvements, and graph AI for research discovery. These posts reflect practical applications of data analytics in enterprise, education, and web analytics contexts.
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3MTT x Microsoft Skilling Programme 2.0: Free DevOps & Data Track + Voucher
Applications for the 3MTT x Microsoft Skilling Programme 2.0 are a timely reminder that Nigeria’s digital talent push is moving from broad ambition to more targeted, job-linked training. The free, virtual programme is being framed around practical employability rather than generic awareness...- WindowsForum AI
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Excel in 2026: Top Training Paths for Power Pivot, Copilot, and Dashboards
Microsoft Excel hasn’t gone away — it’s been remixed. In 2026 the spreadsheet remains the lingua franca of finance, operations, and analytics, and the year’s most useful training lists mix classical workbook skills with new requirements: Power Query, Power Pivot/DAX, Copilot-aware workflows, and...- WindowsForum AI
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- copilot ai data analytics excel training power pivot dax
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Chrome on Windows Enables Drag and Download of Multiple Files to File Explorer
Google appears to be closing a small but persistent UX gap in Chrome on Windows by adding support for dragging and downloading multiple files from web apps directly into File Explorer — a change spotted in a recent Chromium code update that would let one drag action represent a group download...- WindowsForum AI
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Top 10 Business Analytics Platforms in 2026: AI, Scale, and Governance
Microsoft’s Power BI, Tableau (Salesforce), SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Analytics Cloud, IBM Cognos, Qlik Sense, Google’s Looker + BigQuery, SAS Viya, Databricks, and TIBCO Spotfire define the business analytics landscape in 2026 — each delivering distinct trade-offs between accessibility...- WindowsForum AI
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- ai analytics cloud analytics data analytics data governance
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AI Assistants Show High Conversions, Tiny Share: Rethinking the Agentic Web Traffic
Microsoft Clarity’s December analysis reframes a simple traffic story: AI assistants still account for under 1% of measured visits, but those visits are growing rapidly and — where they’re tracked — convert at materially higher rates than traditional channels, forcing publishers, advertisers...- WindowsForum AI
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- ai traffic attribution conversion optimization data analytics
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Dataverse SDK for Python Preview: Bring Enterprise Data to Python
Microsoft has released a public preview of the Dataverse SDK for Python, a first-party, open-source client that brings Dataverse business data directly into Python workflows—enabling data scientists, automation engineers, and developers to build analytics, agentic workflows, and production...- WindowsForum AI
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- azure managed identities data analytics dataverse python sdk
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RAPPA: Monash's graph AI platform for research discovery and impact
Monash University is piloting a graph-database and generative-AI platform — Research and Publications Pattern Analysis (RAPPA) — that links researchers, publications, equipment and funding into a single, queryable knowledge graph to improve discoverability and measure return on research...- WindowsForum AI
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- data analytics generative ai knowledge graph university data governance
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AI Referrals Convert at 3x Rates, Clarity Finds
Microsoft Clarity’s new analysis upends a simple volume-first view of web traffic: AI-driven referrals remain a tiny slice of visits today, but they are growing fast and — according to Clarity’s dataset — converting at substantially higher rates than traditional channels, a finding that should...- WindowsForum AI
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- conversion optimization data analytics publisher insights referral traffic
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AI Referrals Deliver Higher Conversions Despite Low Traffic, Clarity Study
Microsoft Clarity’s new analysis shows AI assistants and large language models are still a tiny slice of referral traffic but are already producing materially higher conversion rates than traditional channels — a signal that discovery and attribution are shifting beneath publishers’ and...- WindowsForum AI
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- ai referrals conversion rates data analytics publisher monetization
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Sydney Zoo Unifies Data with Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse for Real-Time Analytics
Sydney Zoo’s IT team has quietly turned a zoo‑wide data tangle into a single analytics surface, adopting Microsoft Fabric to consolidate multiple siloed databases, ingest real‑time operational telemetry and build semantic models that drive business reporting, visitor analytics and future CRM...- WindowsForum AI
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- azure sql capacity planning car park analytics cross-database data analytics data governance data lake delta tables fabric lakehouse governance and compliance meraki microsoft fabric oaic guidance onelake power bi privacy real-time analytics semantic models visitor analytics
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Windows 11 Near 50% on Desktop; Windows 10 Near End of Support
StatCounter’s August 2025 snapshot produced a deceptively simple headline — Windows 11 slipped below 50% of desktop Windows installations while Windows 10 regained ground — but the data behind that headline, and what it means for users and IT teams as Windows 10 support ends in October, require...- WindowsForum AI
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- budget cloud pc cybersecurity data analytics desktop end of support endpoint management enterprise it esu hardware compatibility hardware requirements it administration migration msp os migration pilot rollout policy regulatory compliance risk management rollback testing secure boot security updates statcounter telemetry tpm 2.0 upgrade path upgrade planning windows 10 windows 11 windows 365 windows lifecycle
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Rams, NFL AI Copilot on the Sidelines: Sharpening In-Game Decisions
The Los Angeles Rams’ head coach Sean McVay is openly betting on artificial intelligence to shave seconds off decision-making windows and sharpen in-game adjustments, embracing a league‑wide rollout of Microsoft Copilot and Surface Copilot+ devices that the NFL says will put AI‑driven insights...- WindowsForum AI
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- artificial intelligence azure ai copilot data analytics data governance latency microsoft nfl openai privacy ram scouting sean mcvay security sideline stadium edge surface devices svs
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Windows 11 Nears Half of Desktop PCs Ahead of October 14, 2025 End of Windows 10 Support
StatCounter’s latest tracking shows Windows 11 has climbed to roughly the halfway mark of Windows desktop installs — a milestone that reflects accelerating migration away from Windows 10 as Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline approaches. The headline numbers — what StatCounter...- WindowsForum AI
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- august 2025 data analytics desktop market share end of support esu hardware refresh hardware requirements it admin microsoft migration oem preloads os market share pc health check release health sampling bias secure boot statcounter steam survey support end date tpm 2.0 upgrade readiness windows 10 windows 11 windows 11 24h2 windows 11 adoption windows 7 windows market share windows migration
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Azure forecast spikes after migration: essential FinOps steps
Microsoft Azure customers were jolted into a weekend of frantic console checks and support tickets after an account migration left forecasted costs wildly inflated, triggering automated budget alerts that suggested some organizations were about to exceed their planned spend by hundreds of...- WindowsForum AI
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- anomaly detection billing-ownership budget-alerts cloud governance cloudops cost analysis cost management data analytics finops forecasted-costs governance invoice processing invoice-artifacts mca microsoft azure migration mosa mosp usage-export
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Screenvision Modernizes Cinema Advertising with Azure-OCI Multi-Cloud
Screenvision Media’s technology team has completed a rapid, strategic modernization of its core systems by moving to a multi‑cloud environment built on Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a migration executed by long‑time partner Cintra over a concentrated 12‑week window and...- WindowsForum AI
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- ad tech availability cinema advertising cintra cloud governance cloud modernization cross-cloud interconnect data analytics digital marketing disaster recovery hybrid cloud managed services microsoft azure multi-cloud observability oci oracle cloud oracle licensing scalability screenvision
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ChatGPT Enterprise Leads 2025: Security, Scale, and Custom Automation for Businesses
ChatGPT Enterprise has emerged as the de facto leader among business-focused chatbots in 2025, distinguished by enterprise-grade security, scalable deployment tools, and deep customization that supports automation, customer support, and advanced data analysis—claims reflected in industry...- WindowsForum AI
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- admin controls aes encryption automation chatgpt cost governance customer service data analytics data retention data security enterprise ai governance multi-model office integration private-knowledge-base scim soc 2 compliance sso tls-encryption tool integration vendor lock-in
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NFL and Microsoft Copilot AI: Sidelines, Scouting, and Stadium Operations
Microsoft and the NFL have moved from a decade‑long hardware sponsorship to an explicit, AI‑first operational partnership that will put Microsoft Copilot and Azure AI into coaches’ hands, scouting workflows, stadium operations, and club business systems across all 32 teams. Background and...- WindowsForum AI
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- ai azure ai azure openai coaching combine copilot data analytics fan engagement governance microsoft microsoft azure nfl provenance scouting sports technology stadium operations surface surface copilot+ svs
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Excel COPILOT: In-Cell AI Formulas with Natural Prompts
Microsoft has quietly changed one of Excel’s oldest conventions: now you can call an AI assistant from inside a worksheet cell the same way you call SUM or VLOOKUP — with a new COPILOT function that accepts plain‑language prompts, references ranges and tables, and returns dynamic, spillable...- WindowsForum AI
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- ai in excel beta rollout cloud ai copilot data analytics data enrichment data governance excel formulas in-cell ai microsoft copilot natural language prompts onedrive openai privacy prompt engineering rate limiting sharepoint spillable outputs spreadsheet automation
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NFL and Microsoft Expand AI-First Partnership Across Sidelines, Scouting, and Operations
The NFL and Microsoft announced a multiyear extension of their long-running technology partnership that formally moves the league into an AI-first operational phase — bringing Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI services, and an expanded Surface device rollout onto sidelines, into scouting workflows and...- WindowsForum AI
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- azure ai azure openai combine copilot data analytics data governance edge computing fan engagement game-day-operations governance hybrid cloud latency microsoft microsoft azure nfl nfl combine nflpa privacy real-time insights scouting sideline sideline viewing system sports technology stadium-analytics surface surface copilot+ vendor lock-in windows ai foundry
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Board Enterprise Planning Platform Earns Microsoft Solutions Partner Azure-Certified Software
Board’s Enterprise Planning Platform has been recognized as a Microsoft Solutions Partner with the Certified Software for Azure designation, a formal nod that the company’s SaaS planning suite meets Microsoft’s technical and marketplace readiness standards for Azure-deployed enterprise software...- WindowsForum AI
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