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Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft's BI tool: the most widely used, and the default for Microsoft 365 organisations.

  • Business intelligence
  • Typical project: 4–10 weeks
  • Microsoft
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Overview

Power BI connects to hundreds of sources, models data with DAX and publishes interactive reports to the web, Teams and mobile. It is part of Microsoft Fabric and shares its OneLake storage.

Low per-user cost and Microsoft 365 integration make it the most common enterprise BI tool. Copilot can draft report pages and answer questions in plain English.

Names you'll meet

  • Power BI Desktop
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Excel
  • Copilot

What's inside

  1. 1

    Power Query

    Connect to data and shape it.

  2. 2

    Semantic models & DAX

    Measures and relationships in business terms.

  3. 3

    Reports & dashboards

    Interactive visuals on web, Teams and mobile.

  4. 4

    Workspaces & apps

    Publish, share and govern content.

Is it right for you?

Best for

  • Organisations on Microsoft 365
  • Rolling BI out to thousands of users at low cost
  • Finance-style reporting and heavy Excel users

Think twice if…

  • Your report builders are on Macs; Power BI Desktop is Windows-only
  • You have no plan for governance; unmanaged self-service sprawls fast

Typical projects

  1. Executive dashboard pack4–10 weeks
  2. Migration from Tableau, Qlik or SSRS2–6 months
  3. BI centre of excellence and governance6–14 weeks

Typical ranges, not quotes. Scope, data and team size move them most.

Roles you'll hire

  • Power BI developer
  • Data modeller (DAX)
  • BI analyst
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Questions to ask a vendor

  1. 1How will you build shared semantic models instead of one per report?
  2. 2Pro, Premium Per User or Fabric capacity: what fits our users?
  3. 3How will you set up row-level security?
  4. 4What training will our report builders get?

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