What is Power BI?
Connect to and visualise any data using the unified, scalable platform for self-service and enterprise business intelligence (BI) that’s easy to use and helps you gain deeper data insight.
Bridge the gap between data and decision making
Gain insight from your largest BI deployments
Make the most of your big data investments by connecting to all your data sources with the scale to analyse, share, and promote insights across your organisation while maintaining data accuracy, consistency, and security.
Make decisions with confidence
Work together easily on the same data, collaborate on reports, and share insights across popular Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Teams and Excel—empowering everyone in your organisation to quickly make data-driven decisions that drive strategic actions.
Optimise your business intelligence with trusted Microsoft technologies
End-to-end data protection
Better protect your data across Power BI reports, dashboards, and data sets with persistent protection that keeps working even when shared outside your organisation or exported to other formats such as Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF.
Better together
Extensive data connectors
With a growing library of 500+ free connectors, everyone gets a complete picture for data-driven decision making. Connect directly to hundreds of on-premises and cloud data sources such as Dynamics 365, Azure SQL Database, Salesforce, Excel, and SharePoint.
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Watch Power BI in action
See how easy it is to create reports, collaborate on dashboards, and share insights—inside and outside your organisation—with user-friendly tools for self-service and enterprise BI.

Explore Power BI
Watch, read, and discover how to turn insights into action and create amazing data experiences in this comprehensive guide to Power BI.

Microsoft is named a Leader in the March 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.
Choose Power BI for self-service and enterprise business intelligence
Begin creating
Get everything you need to create and save unlimited interactive reports—free—with Power BI Desktop.
Share and collaborate
Use Power BI in the cloud for easy report sharing and collaboration through professional and premium versions.
Work on the go
Get the free Power BI mobile app for Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile to view and collaborate on reports and visualisations anywhere.
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