
Common Challenges for BI IT Professionals


Management of BI systems
Time spent on setup and management of BI systems. Ongoing hardware acquisitions and maintenance to meet SLAs

Variety of data sources
Complexity of connecting to on-premise and cloud (SaaS) data sources

Managing data in the cloud
Security, privacy and data refresh concerns for moving data into the cloud

Existing environment intergration
Cost and time involved in integration of solution into existing environment. Extensibility of system

Keeping data current
Complexity of refreshing data from variety of data sources, increased demand for real-time data

Ease of use and adoption
Ease of adoption by business and IT orgs. Time spent on creating reports and visualizations
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Power BI is a cloud-based business analytics service that enables:
Key benefits and differentiators of Power BI for IT

Fast deployment with a hybrid solution, ease of maintenance and 99.9% uptime SLA

Live connection to your data sources, on-premises and in the cloud

Keep your data secure, use groups to manage access and sharing

Integrated with familiar Microsoft products, utilizes infrastructure, scale & availability in Azure & O365

Open APIs for integration and new scenarios, e.g. real-time insights from devices

Content delivery (dashboards, reports, models) for ease of consumption across your organizations