Create interactive reports with data modeling tools in Power BI Desktop. Connect to multiple data sources and extract actionable insights. It's easy and completely free.

Power BI Desktop lets you extract insights from your data to make informed decisions

Create compelling, interactive reports with visual analytics – always at your fingertips, and free of charge.

Connect to your data wherever it is

Access data from hundreds of supported on-premises and cloud sources such as Dynamics 365, Salesforce, Azure SQL DB, Excel, and SharePoint. Keep your data up-to-date with automated incremental updates. Get actionable insights and insights for a variety of scenarios with Power BI Desktop.

Easily prepare and model your data

Save time and simplify data preparation with data modeling tools. Save hours with the power of the Power Query module, an interface familiar to millions of Excel users. Ingest, transform, integrate, and enrich your data in Power BI.

Advanced analytics with familiar Office interface

Carefully analyze data and look for patterns to uncover useful insights that might otherwise go unnoticed. Functions such as quick measures, grouping, forecasting, and clustering will help you with this. Advanced users have full control over their models with the powerful DAX formula language. If you're familiar with Office, then Power BI shouldn't be a problem.

Explore your data even further with AI-powered advanced analytics

Explore information, automatically spot patterns, understand data, and predict results to help your business succeed. New AI capabilities that were first used in Azure and are now available in Power BI do not require writing any code. This enables all Power BI users to discover actionable insights in their data and achieve strategic business results.

Create interactive reports tailored to your business

Create compelling reports with interactive data visualizations. Shape your data with a drag-and-drop canvas and hundreds of modern visualizations from Microsoft and its partners, or bring your ideas to life with the open-source Power BI custom visualization platform. Design your reports with theme customization, formatting, and layout tools.

Create reports with flexible viewing options

Showcase visual insights to those who need them.Create mobile-optimized reports so users can view them anywhere. Publish reports from Power BI Desktop to the cloud or on-premises. Embed reports created in Power BI Desktop into existing apps or websites.

Publish and share reports with Power BI Pro

Share and access insights from anywhere by combining the power of Power BI Desktop and Power BI Pro. Collaborate and create reports with colleagues, then publish and share those reports anytime, on any device.

1. OSIsoft
2. Fordham University

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Director of Global IoT Engagement, OSIsoft

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