Microsoft Power BI

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About Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft Power BI is a suite of analytics tools for analyzing business data and sharing insights via rich visualizations. Customizable and pre-built dashboards unify important metrics into single views, showing real time updates to every device. The centralized, web-based Power BI service interfaces Power BI gateways to connect to and unify organizational data while Power BI Desktop for Windows provides local data mashup and report authoring features. Live dashboards offer an instant 360-view on business health, leveraging 59 out-of-the-box connections for apps or services such as Salesforce, Google Analytics, Azure, Facebook, Github, QuickBooks Online, Twilio and Zendesk. Power BI brings all that data, wherever it resides, together to form a complete picture of key metrics that can then be queried using natural language.

With Power BI Desktop, users can author reports using intuitive drag-and-drop tools and share amongst colleagues through the online Power BI Service. Integrating with Microsoft’s established Query engine, data modeling and visualization technologies, Power BI Desktop connects, shapes and reports to centralize a typically disjointed process of reporting. Outputting to .pbix format, these report files can then be manually shared like any other or uploaded to the shared service. In addition, this ability to keep all users on the same page at all times extends to a suite of optimized mobile support. Power BI Mobile keeps remote connectivity consistent across native apps for Windows Mobile, iOS and Android devices, adding intuitive gesture-based operation. Live dashboards can be viewed on the fly, alongside full report sharing capabilities and data-driven alerts.


Key benefits of Microsoft Power BI

  • Microsoft Power BI spans a suite of Business Intelligence tools for creating rich visualizations and sharable reports.

  • Web-based Power BI Service provides a centralized hub for defining live personalized dashboards, harnessing on-premises data via Power BI gateways.

  • Out-of-the-box connections and pre-built dashboards for 59 popular apps and services makes unifying data quick and simple, wherever it resides.

  • Power BI Desktop for Windows provides deeper visual data exploration within a free-form drag-and-drop canvas and a library of powerful visualizations.

  • Author rich reports that can be exported to Power BI’s .pbix format or shared more engagingly among user groups by uploading to the Power BI service.

  • View personalized dashboards and reports from anywhere with Power BI Mobile, offering optimized apps for Windows Mobile, iOS and Google Play.

  • Stay informed of the very latest real-time update with data-driven alerting and full report sharing options while on the move.

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    4.6 /5
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    Value for Money
    4.4/5
    Features
    4.5/5
    Ease of Use
    4.1/5
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    Vanessa
    Vanessa
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    • Industry: Construction
    • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
    • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    Share reports interactively

    Reviewed on 14/08/2024

    As I have used this tool for my work area, it has allowed me to share reports with my team or...

    As I have used this tool for my work area, it has allowed me to share reports with my team or clients, and it helps my clients understand new projects in an interactive and easy way.

    Pros

    Microsoft Power BI has offered me a wide range of visualizations, as it has charts that help present data or information accurately. Additionally, its ease of use has made it easy for me to adopt this tool quickly.

    Cons

    I have found the subscription to be a bit expensive; however, it does have a free version, which I find impressive.

    Verified Reviewer
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    • Industry: Computer Software
    • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
    • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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    • Ease of Use
    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    Good for Charting and Dashboards

    Reviewed on 20/08/2024

    Good, I enjoy using Power BI, it works well, especially for the price of the application

    Good, I enjoy using Power BI, it works well, especially for the price of the application

    Pros

    It's a strong product, it's easy to get started, and pull in data from Excel and SQL DB's (especially Microsoft SQL server)

    Cons

    The pricing structure and licensing understanding is a bit tough to get your head around.

    Shai
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    • Industry: Gambling & Casinos
    • Company size: 201–500 Employees
    • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    Great tool for a data driven company

    Reviewed on 11/11/2024

    Pros

    It allows me and my team to easily visualize data, trends and extract useful insights

    Cons

    It requires some amount of training to go beyond the basic capabilities

    Nicolas
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    • Industry: Government Administration
    • Company size: Self Employed
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

    Probably the worst dataviz software out there

    Reviewed on 18/03/2024

    Go Tableau, only one which deserves my attention

    Go Tableau, only one which deserves my attention

    Pros

    None, it's really everyday just another bad stuff happening

    Cons

    It's slow, buggy, you can't do what you want to do, counter intuitive, no community

    Nicolas
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    • Industry: Consumer Services
    • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
    • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    One of the best tools available for reporting Live Data

    Reviewed on 20/08/2024

    Pros

    Being able to look at everything I need at a quick glance.

    Cons

    The numbers shown are highly sensitive to errors and the raw data must be uploaded carefully to ensure there won't be issues with the reports

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    Microsoft Power BI FAQs

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    Microsoft Power BI offers the following pricing plans:

    • Starting from: US$10.00/month
    • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
    • Free Trial: Not Available

    Free Plan: Free Power BI Pro Plan: Price: $10/user/month Power BI Premium Per User: Price: $20/user/month Power BI Premium in Microsoft Fabric: Variable

    Microsoft Power BI has the following typical customers:

    2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

    Microsoft Power BI supports the following languages:

    Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian

    Microsoft Power BI supports the following devices:

    Android (Mobile)

    Microsoft Power BI integrates with the following applications:

    Microsoft 365, Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks Online, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Twilio

    Microsoft Power BI offers the following support options:

    Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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