Microsoft Power BI Analytics

Power BI is a business analytics and data visualization service by Microsoft. Part of the Microsoft Power Platform (alongside Power Apps, Power Automate), first released in 2015. Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Serves over 300,000 organizations including 97 percent of Fortune 500. Key features: data connectivity: connect to 500+ sources including Excel, CSV, SQL databases (SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery), cloud services (Salesforce, Google Analytics, Azure), REST APIs. DirectQuery for real-time. Power Query: built-in data preparation. Clean, transform, combine data with visual, step-by-step interface, 350+ transformations. No-code ETL. DAX: formula language for custom calculations, measures, calculated columns. 200+ functions for aggregations and time intelligence. Visualizations: 30+ built-in chart types (bar, line, pie, scatter, map, treemap, funnel, gauge, waterfall, matrix). Custom visuals from marketplace. AI-powered visuals including Key Influencers, Decomposition Tree, Q&A natural language. Reports: multi-page reports with interactive filters, slicers, drill-throughs, bookmarks. Pin visuals to dashboards. Paginated reports for pixel-perfect printing. Service: cloud-based sharing and collaboration. Workspaces, row-level security, scheduled refresh, dataflows. Report Server: on-premises option. Mobile: native apps for iOS, Android, Windows. Real-time streaming. Embedded analytics: embed dashboards into custom apps. AI: automated ML, cognitive services (text analytics, image tagging), anomaly detection. C#/DAX. Proprietary.