Product Information
What is Microsoft power bi?
Power BI is a collection of software services, applications, and connectors that work together to turn unrelated data sources into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights. Your data could be an Excel spreadsheet or a hybrid collection of cloud-based and on-premises data warehouses. Power BI enables you to easily connect to data sources, visualize and discover what's important, and share it with anyone or everyone you choose.
Power BI consists of multiple elements working in harmony, starting with these three foundational components:
- **Power BI Desktop**, a Windows desktop application.
- **Power BI Service**, an online software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering.
- **Power BI Mobile Apps**, available for Windows, iOS, and Android devices.
These three elements—Power BI Desktop, the Service, and the Mobile Apps—are designed to help you create, share, and consume business insights in the way that best serves you and your role.
Beyond these three core elements, Power BI also includes two additional components:
- **Power BI Report Builder**, used to create paginated reports for sharing in the Power BI Service. Learn more about paginated reports later in this article.
- **Power BI Report Server**, an on-premises report server where you can publish reports after creating them in Power BI Desktop.
How to use Microsoft power bi?
Microsoft Power BI transforms data sources into coherent, interactive visual insights for discovering and sharing critical information.
Core Functions of Microsoft power bi
Import CSV data
Ad-Free
No Coding Required
Extensible via plugins/extensions
Cloud Sync
Integrated ETL
Usage Scenarios of Microsoft power bi
- Transform unrelated data sources into coherent, visual, and interactive insights
- Connect and visualize data to uncover key information and share it with others
- Create, share, and use business insights
- Create paginated reports and share them in Power BI service
- Publish Power BI reports on an on-premises report server
- Support self-service and IT-managed enterprise BI projects
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