What is Microsoft Power BI?
Microsoft Power BI is a data visualization tool used to analyze data, create interactive reports and dashboards, and gain insights that will help you make decisions for your business.
It integrates with a variety of data sources — like Excel, SQL databases and cloud services — so you can bring all your data together. This will help you govern and protect your data, and ensure you’re meeting any governance, security and compliance requirements.
Once your data is in Power BI, it’ll update in real time, giving you a look at the performance of your business operations, customer behavior and market trends. It works with the other Office apps, like Teams, PowerPoint and Excel, so you can embed and share insights and reports with your team.
Related steps
- To add Power BI to your Microsoft 365 plan, purchase it in the Email & Office Dashboard. (If you aren’t taken directly to the Microsoft Apps page, on the leftmost side, under Apps & Addons, select Microsoft Apps.)
More info
- Find out more about Power BI from Microsoft.
- Check out the Power BI get started guide from Microsoft.
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