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Microsoft Power BI Overview

What is Microsoft Power BI?

Power BI Desktop puts visual analytics at your fingertips. With this powerful authoring tool, you can create interactive data visualizations and reports. Connect, mash up, model, and visualize your data. Place visuals exactly where you want them, analyze and explore your data, and share content with others by publishing to the Power BI web service. Power BI Desktop is part of the Power BI product suite. To monitor key data and share dashboards and reports, use the Power BI web service. To view and interact with your data on any mobile device, get the Power BI Mobile app on the AppStore, Google Play or the Microsoft Store. To embed stunning, fully interactive reports and visuals into your applications use Power BI Embedded.

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Power BI Desktop is part of the Power BI product suite. Use Power BI Desktop to create and distribute BI content. To monitor key data and share dashboards and reports, use the Power BI web service. To view and interact with your data on any mobile device, get the Power BI Mobile app on the AppStore, Google Play or the Microsoft Store. To embed stunning, fully interactive reports and visuals into your applications use Power BI Embedded


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Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately

8,000 passionate employees worldwide.

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"Illustrative and Visual Data presentation"
The available features to create a dashboard with charts and graphs offer a clear and colorful visual presentation of metrics. There are unique vi...
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Anh V.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Effective software for project management"
Very effective for project management and project controlling
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brandon d.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"used daily works well"
all the info i have in one place very vast

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Ashwin R.
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

The ease of use and the options to provide a complete solution for manufacturing. It is easy to implement and can be used in a day to day business. It integrated well with many other microsoft tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

No dislikes currently for the Microsoft power BI tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

Microsoft power BI is helping me to create multiple metric key performances dashboards for visualizing the data for manufacturing projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BD
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

all the info i have in one place very vast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

most of the time the log in screen takes a long time to log in Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

all the metrics of my sales and tem allowes me to have all the info i need to coach people Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Molly  H.
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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

We have our auditing software (HammerTech) and our claims management software (CloudClaims) both feeding into a report templates created in PowerBi. This is an excellent way to analyze and present data from multiple sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

When you are initially setting up the API feed for data source to PBI, this is a fairly technical part. I found a consultant who was able to help get the data connections set up and I was able to build reports from there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating a consistent and professional report template that we are able to present to customers on a monthly basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Veerendra Kumar A.
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Manager / Solution Architect
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Having all phases options starting from Data Gathering, Data Cleansing, Data Transformation, Scemantic Moeel Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

Desktop application some times is very slow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

For connecting to wide variety of data sources, and creating visual story telling dashboards Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bharathi G.
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Senior Data Analyst | Data Visualization, Modeling
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

I like how easy it is to connect to different data sources and create interactive, visually appealing dashboards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

Some features, like DAX formulas and data modeling, can be tricky for beginners to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

Power BI helps turn raw data into clear insights by visualizing trends, patterns, and performance. This helps me make faster, data-driven decisions and share reports easily with others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AJAY T.
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Power Bi Developer
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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

My areas of expertise and interest are Power BI, Data Modeling, AX (Data Analysis Expressions), and Power Query Editor.

I am focusing on developing Paginated Reports for detailed insights and Leveraging Advanced Visualizations for in-depth analytics also, Utilizing Time Intelligence, Table Functions, and Relationship Functions to uncover valuable insights

DAX query expertise enables me to create dynamic and interactive reports, while Power Query streamlines data preparation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

visual calculation errors at the table level are especially problematic, as they can significantly impact data accuracy and decision-making. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have gone through many critical problems-

Manual Reporting, Power BI integrates disparate data sources,Data Complexity, Slow Decision-Making, Inefficient Collaboration

all things are solved for me.

Due to this I got many halping things easy like Enhanced Data Analysis,Increased Productivity,Improved Decision-Making,Better Collaboration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

I like Power BI’s intuitive interface, powerful data visualization capabilities, and seamless integration with various data sources. The ability to use DAX and Power Query for data transformation makes it a versatile tool for in-depth analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

Power BI can be resource-intensive, has limitations in handling very large datasets, and some advanced features require a premium license. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

Power BI helps transform raw data into meaningful insights through interactive dashboards and reports, making data-driven decision-making easier and more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

I love how intutitve and easy power BI is to use. The wide range of import file options and integration with other microsoft tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

Power Bi is very limited when it comes to the number of visualizations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used to aggregate data from different files to generate reports and visualize for tracking and risk management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FD
Business Development Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

It is a great tool for reporting. Helps break down data and put it in a visual format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

It has a very busy interface and can be slow with large files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

Really helps to break down sales and customer results. I use it to track progress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JS
Software Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Is much better than go to the programming and databases than in the past with programming in a computer language, is very intuitive for use. Have good and enough quantity of charts/visualizations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

The way of change the properties of the visualization. Sometimes I can't find some specific property that I want to change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

The company wants to show the production information in displays on the company. Most of the personnel likes the results and use of Power BI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.