Power BI and Azure Analytics help businesses build a data-driven culture and drive analytics proficiency. This has been seen in recent findings from the commissioned Forrester Consulting study, The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Azure Analytics With Power BI. The study specifies that together, Azure Analytics and Power BI can provide value to customers by delivering an ROI of 271% over three years.
» Read moreWe’re excited to announce the preview of Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) for Dataflows in Power BI. AutoML enables business analysts to build machine learning models with clicks, not code, using just their Power BI skills. Power BI Dataflows offer a simple and powerful ETL tool that enables analysts to prepare data for further analytics. You … Continue reading “Creating Machine Learning models in Power BI”
» Read moreWith our February update of Power BI, you can now share, publish and view Python visuals in your reports and dashboards. This update extends the support for Python in the Power BI Desktop to the Power BI service. This ability completes the support for Python in Power BI, enabling you to use Python scripts to … Continue reading “Python visualizations in Power BI Service”
» Read moreToday, we want to highlight one of the newest solution templates available on AppSource, the new Power BI Usage Metrics Solution Template, built by our partner Neal Analytics.
» Read moreAnnouncing Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) Solution Template Blue Margin, Inc., Microsoft Gold Partner in Data Analytics and Data Platform just released a VSTS solution template to provide project…
» Read moreToday we are excited to announce the release of the Power BI solution template for Azure Activity Logs. This template provides analytics on top of your Activity Log in the Azure Portal. Gain insight into the activities performed by various resources and people in your subscription. Get started with historical analysis on your last 90 days of Activity Log data, and let an Azure SQL database accumulate these historical events in addition to incoming events.
» Read moreGartner has recognized our vision and execution for the tenth consecutive year, positioning Microsoft as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. Also, for second year in row, Microsoft is placed furthest in vision within the Leaders quadrant.
» Read more2016 has been quite the year for the Power BI Desktop. Over the course of our 11 releases this year, we’ve released over 190 features and improvements based on the feedback that you’ve given us throughout the year. For December, we are taking a break from our monthly releases to focus on quality and we’ll be back early in the new year with a brand-new Desktop release. So instead of our typical monthly blog post, we’re looking back at the past year, recapping several of our favorite features, and taking a look at our big focus areas from this past year.
» Read moreToday we’re releasing the October Power BI Desktop update, which is filled with several exciting new features! We’ve added several new reporting features, including the much asked for date slicer and snap to grid. We also are releasing several new analytical features including grouping and a top N filter.
» Read moreThe September Power BI Desktop update is out now and packed with many new features and improvements! We are excited to announce our Esri map integration, DirectQuery support for the Snowflake Connector, new forecasting features, and the ability to create a mobile report layout.
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