spb/tools-spboucher-ai

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Power BI Desktop, a free Windows application, imports or connects to data through Power Query (M), builds a tabular model with relationships and DAX measures, and composes interactive reports; the Power BI service publishes those reports to the cloud for sharing, scheduled refresh, dashboards, row-level security and mobile access, and is now part of the Microsoft Fabric analytics platform alongside lakehouses, warehouses and real-time analytics. Licensing is sold as individual Free, Pro and Premium licenses or as Fabric capacity, with the Free tier limited to personal use in the service; Power BI Report Server is the on-premises option for organizations with specific agreements.\n\nPower BI is pervasive in organizations standardized on Microsoft 365, and its DAX and tabular engine are strong for financial modeling and KPI reporting. Constraints for researchers are the Windows-only Desktop (no native macOS version), dependence on the Microsoft cloud for collaboration, and a proprietary ecosystem.",99  "capabilities": [100    "Power Query (M) data connectors and transformations",101    "Tabular data model with DAX measures",102    "Interactive reports and dashboards",103    "Scheduled refresh, sharing and row-level security in the service",104    "Integration with Microsoft Fabric, Excel and Teams",105    "Paginated reports and mobile apps"106  ],107  "categories": [108    {109      "slug": "bi-dashboards",110      "primary": true111    },112    {113      "slug": "data-visualization"114    }115  ],116  "execution_modes": [117    "local",118    "cloud"119  ],120  "interfaces": [121    "desktop",122    "web",123    "mobile",124    "api"125  ],126  "source_model": "proprietary",127  "pricing_model": [128    "freemium",129    "paid",130    "enterprise"131  ],132  "sources": [133    {134      "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/products/power-bi",135      "type": "official_site",136      "supports": [137        "name",138        "summary"139      ],140      "checked_at": "2026-11-02",141      "title": "Power BI | Microsoft Power Platform"142    },143    {144      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/",145      "type": "official_docs",146      "supports": [147        "capabilities",148        "operating_systems"149      ],150      "checked_at": "2026-11-02",151      "title": "Power BI documentation | Microsoft Learn"152    },153    {154      "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/products/power-bi/pricing",155      "type": "pricing_page",156      "supports": [157        "pricing_model"158      ],159      "checked_at": "2026-11-02",160      "title": "Power BI pricing"161    }162  ],163  "confidence": "high"164}165