Microsoft POWER BI FAQs
Is Power BI included in Office 365?
Power BI has been positioned as a Leader in Gartner’s 2021 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms for the 14th consecutive year. Power BI is included in many Microsoft 365 (or Office 365) plans and packages.
What is Microsoft Power BI used for?
Our Microsoft Power BI consulting services include apps, and connectors that work together to turn your unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights. Not matter where your data is located, Power BI easily connects to your data sources to visualize and discover what's important. And with dashboards and Power BI Mobile, you can share those findings with anyone you want.
Will Power BI replace Excel?
Power BI is not a replacement for Excel, but an alternative solution that makes it easy to create dashboards, visualize data, and collaborate with other users. Power BI is tightly integrated to Excel – and as much of the same functionality can be found in both Power BI and Excel, Power BI adoption is easy.
Will Power BI replace SQL Reporting Services (SSRS)?
Power BI can work in tandem with your SQL Reporting Services depending on your reporting needs. Power BI is an interactive visualization reporting tool and not a transactional reporting tool. SSRS focuses on delivering paginated reports; however, Power BI Premium does offer the ability to create paginated reports that can replace many types of SQL Reporting Services reports.
