Power BI is a business solution which provides a wide range of analytics tools that help an organization to get insights from their data, create reports and share dashboards to users.
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In simple words Power BI has three key points :
Power BI is the progression of many solutions that aim at analyzing data.
At the image below we can see the history of Power BI. We can clearly notice that Power BI is a blend of Power Pivot, SSAS, PowerView, Power Query and Power Map.
At the image below we try to make a high-level approach of how Power BI works.
As we have already mentioned, Power BI is a very powerful analytics tool that helps organizations analyze and share data insights. In the image below, we can see the benefits of this tool.
Power BI gives the ability for users to connect to different resources. At the next image, we can see these data sources.
Below are the minimum requirements to install and run Power BI Desktop
The desktop Gateway is responsible for the transfer of the data from the local network to cloud, and must be installed on a local server. Generally, its basic role is to keep local databases safe from internet risks.
There are two types of gateways :
Below are the differences between Personal and On-Premises data.
Below are the feature differences between the most popular of Power BI versions, Free and Pro.
More details about the differences between Free, Pro and Premium versions.
Microsoft Power BI is a great tool that enables data to be processed and presented by a user, from a novice to an expert. It's a tool with huge potentials which still growing up without a top level.