Microsoft Power BI: the business intelligence software to manage your data
In the age of big data, data volumes are becoming ever larger. That's why Absys Cyborg offers you the Microsoft Power BI suite for analyzing and visualizing data from a variety of sources.
What is Microsoft Power BI?
Power BI is a business intelligence application from Microsoft. Available on desktop or mobile, it lets companies to analyze, visualize, and transmit their data.
Get in-depth analyses and make better decisions for the successful development of your projects and organization.
Power BI gives you an overview of your company's data, accessible to your staff anywhere, anytime. As a data visualization tool, Power BI connects to Excel to create reports and dashboards. This Microsoft application is divided into four parts:
- Data sources
- ETL (Extract - Transform - Load)
- Data Warehouse
- Reporting
Benefits of Microsoft Power BI
Designed to meet the needs of all types of organizations, Power BI software offers numerous benefits for the development of your business.
Adopt one of the world's largest decision-making software
Microsoft Power BI gives you the ability to create and share data visualization reports from different data centers, including national clouds, while ensuring GDPR compliance.
Create powerful reports with Copilot
With Copilot, Microsoft's next-generation AI, simply transform data into actionable information! Just ask Copilot a question or describe your needs, and it will analyze and extract the relevant data in a report.
Simple accessibility
Native applications available on Windows, iOS, and Android let you access and track your data wherever you are (local databases, Excel spreadsheets, etc.). Your application is available on desktop, tablet, or mobile.
Optimizing big data
Thanks to the Azure Data Lake BI service, hosted in the Microsoft public cloud, you can optimize the analysis and sharing of large volumes of data. As a result, you can improve collaboration between stakeholders.
A multi-source, multi-format solution
You can integrate all types of internal and external data. You can also distribute information in any format (dashboards with KPIs, analysis, or reporting).
Secure your data
Benefit from the latest features to guarantee a high level of security for your analysis data. Your IT department can manage user access to all relevant data. User management functions let you easily monitor all activities.
Power BI tools
The solution is made up of several tools to meet the specific needs of your organization:
Power BI Desktop
Explore data visually and create easy-to-use reports. This tool consists of three modules.
- Power Query: transform data and build data models.
- A data modeling module
- A report design module
Power BI Service
Allows you to publish and consult your reports.
Power BI Mobile
Designed for users on the move, this tool gives access to dashboards at any time from any type of mobile device.
With its native features, Power Query and DAX (Data Analysis Expressions), the library of functions and operators used to build formulas and expressions, Power BI can operate as an ETL process.
Data can be cleaned, standardized, free of duplicates, and sorted. You can then build a data model to bring it all together. This crucial step will let you create your dashboards or reports.
This interface allows you to keep an eye on dashboards and reports in real time. As for analysts, they can transform the information into concrete solution proposals for informed decisions.
Power BI key features
- Interactive reporting
- Create reports from different data sources
- Advanced data analysis with AI Copilot
- Creation of shareable data models
- Publish and centralize reports on the Power BI Service portal
- Application available on mobile, tablet, or desktop
Compatible with your Microsoft ERP and CRM
Power BI is compatible with Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP and CRM applications. Your data is integrated into Power BI in real time. You benefit from a view of your company's financial and economic health for simplified decision-making.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Microsoft Business Central is designed to simplify and automate a variety of your company's business tasks, including finance, inventory management, sales, and much more.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Microsoft Sales offers a complete, integrated platform to help you better understand, manage, and interact with your customers.
Absys Cyborg: Microsoft Power BI integrator and reseller
Also involved in business intelligence projects, Absys Cyborg is an integrator that will help you implement your Power BI business intelligence solution, based on Microsoft technology. Our mission is to help you make the most of your data!
Our expertise ensures a high level of quality to meet your organization's needs and requirements. Contact our experts to benefit from our services!
Connect Power BI to go even further!
To benefit from the full range of services offered by the Power Platform, connect Power BI to other applications!
Power Apps
Quickly create customized applications to automate your business processes and improve operational efficiency.
Power Virtual Agents
Design chatbots to interact with your customers and employees, without requiring any coding skills.
Power Pages
Create and publish professional, customized websites with no coding skills required.
FAQ Microsoft Power BI
Frequently asked questions on Microsoft Power BI.
- Which browsers are compatible with Power BI?
The following browsers allow you to use Power BI: Microsoft Edge Chromium, Chrome Deskop (latest version), Safari on Mac (latest version), and Firefox (latest version).
- What's the difference between Microsoft Power BI and Excel?
Excel and Power BI are two tools that can work together. Excel can be used to explore data, while Power BI is better suited to creating dashboards and reports.
- What is Microsoft Power BI?
Among Microsoft's software products, Power BI is a tool used by many companies. This software lets users to explore, analyze, and synthesize data to create a wide range of content, including tables, reports, and visuals.
- What can you do with Power BI?
Microsoft Power BI offers its users a number of services: dashboard creation services, data visualization services, cloud services, and many more.
- Why is Power BI the best choice over Excel?
Microsoft Power BI is more flexible and efficient than Excel. It's one of the easiest reporting programs to use.
- What are the different Power BI licenses available?
Four alternative Power BI licenses are available at different prices: Free license, Pro license, PPU license, and Premium license.