# Pragmatic Works

> Pragmatic Works is a Florida-based Microsoft technology training company that turns fast-moving products such as Power BI, Power Platform, Fabric, Azure and Copilot into courses, bootcamps, mentoring and enterprise programs. Its unusual advantage is historical: founder Brian Knight first built software and consulting businesses around the same problems, sold those divisions, then concentrated on teaching customers to do the work themselves.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** Green Cove Springs, United States
- **Founders:** Brian Knight (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** 51-200 employees on LinkedIn; the supplied company record lists 74 employees.
- **Products:** Community Plan, Stream Pro, Season Learning Pass, Live Bootcamps, Enterprise Enablement
- **Notable:** Built a free-to-paid workshop funnel that a 2024 Microsoft case study credited with 17,000 attendees across 320 In a Day events and more than 1,000 paid-training opportunities since early 2023., Reports more than 200,000 YouTube subscribers in a 2024 Microsoft case study., Offers hundreds of courses, more than 1,000 hours of on-demand learning and 150-plus live events annually.

## Products & services

- **Community Plan** — Free lifetime access to more than 70 courses plus previews of premium material and entry-level CertXP content.
- **Stream Pro** — Subscription access to hundreds of in-depth courses, guided paths, certification preparation, team tools and instructor Q&A.
- **Season Learning Pass** — Annual package combining the on-demand library, unlimited public bootcamps and three hours of virtual mentoring.
- **Live Bootcamps** — Two- to three-day instructor-led programs delivered virtually on Power BI, Power Platform, Fabric, Azure, SQL and related subjects.
- **Enterprise Enablement** — Custom learning plans mixing private classes, mentoring, hackathons, role-based content and site licensing.
- **CertXP** — A game-like Microsoft technical certification preparation tool included in paid plans, with limited free access.
- **In a Day Workshops** — Microsoft-aligned, short-format workshops that let organizations sample training before buying deeper programs.

## Achievements

- Built a free-to-paid workshop funnel that a 2024 Microsoft case study credited with 17,000 attendees across 320 In a Day events and more than 1,000 paid-training opportunities since early 2023.
- Reports more than 200,000 YouTube subscribers in a 2024 Microsoft case study.
- Offers hundreds of courses, more than 1,000 hours of on-demand learning and 150-plus live events annually.
- Reports customers in more than 55 countries and usage by 97% of Fortune 100 companies.
- Helped a national sports organization reduce its reporting estate from 20,000 reports to 1,000 and save a reported $40,000 annually in licensing after a Power BI migration.
- Helped Forsyth County Schools build Power BI and Azure reporting that the company says saved more than $300,000 in staff resources and time.
- Founder Brian Knight has authored more than 15 technical books and received Florida's Business Ambassador Award and a Jacksonville Magazine Top CEO recognition.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Pragmatic Works promoted new certification-preparation journeys in CertXP and continued publishing frequent tutorials on Power BI, Power Platform, Copilot and Fabric.
- **2026-07** — The training blog expanded into Snowflake basics while maintaining a steady run of Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Excel and Copilot lessons.
- **2026-04** — Published new Microsoft Fabric administration and capacity explainers, reflecting its strategy of converting product changes into short-form instruction.
- **2024** — A Microsoft partner case study reported 17,000 In a Day attendees across 320 events since early 2023 and more than 1,000 paid-training opportunities generated by the format.
- **2020-09** — 3Cloud acquired the Pragmatic Works consulting division; the remaining Pragmatic Works business focused on training.
- **2018-04** — SentryOne acquired the Pragmatic Works software division, including Task Factory, BI xPress, DOC xPress and related tools; Pragmatic Works retained training and consulting.

## Links

- Website: https://prag.works
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pragmaticworks
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/pragmaticworks
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PragmaticWorks
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pragmaticworks

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/pragmatic-works
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-08-20