Power BI was released In March 2016 by Microsoft on its Azure cloud platform.

Power BI is a business analytics service by Microsoft which enables its users to find and visualize data, share discoveries, and collaborate in new ways.

Its advantage is that it can connect multiple data sources and bring to life valuable information through interactive dashboards and reports in a quick way. It also enables its users to create dashboards, share reports, and directly connect to and incorporate all the data that’s important to them. They also introduced the Power BI Desktop, a dedicated report authoring tool that enables the transforming of data, creating reports and visualizations, and easily publishing to Power BI.

The key components of Power BI are: Power BI Desktop; Power BI Service; Power BI Mobile Apps; Power BI Gateway; Power BI Embedded; Power BI Report Server; Power BI Premium and Power BI Visuals Marketplace.

For additional information, visit their official webpage and you can also download the app from the App Store or Google Play.