This document provides an overview of the Power Platform suite from Microsoft, including Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents. It outlines the key features and capabilities of each product, as well as pricing and certification information. The Power Platform allows users to analyze and visualize data, build applications, automate workflows, and create conversational bots and virtual agents. It offers self-service options for a variety of users and helps reduce dependency on third parties through integration with Microsoft tools and a common data platform.
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5. • Self Service BI
• Visualization Tool
• Dashboards & Reports
• Big Data prep with Azure
• Offline & Real time
• Data connectors
• Security, RBAC, ABAC
6. Data
Sources
• List of Data Sources /
Connectors -
https://docs.microsoft.co
m/en-us/power-
bi/connect-data/power-
bi-data-sources
8. Editions
• Power BI Desktop – Free
• Power BI Pro
• Live dashboards & Reports
• Share across the organization
• $9.99 / user / month
• Power BI premium
• All features of Pro
• Advanced AI, more features such as self service prep for big data
• $20.0 / user / month
• Power BI Report Server
• Included in Power BI Premium
• Included with SQL Server Enterprise Edition
Ref: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/
9. Learning
• Certification
• Exam DA-100: Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
• Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/da-100
• Learning
• Microsoft Learn Learning Paths & Collections -
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/powerplatform/power-bi
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12. • Low-Code Platform
• Rich Web and Mobile Application
• Power Fx
• Power Apps Studio
14. Editions / Versions
• Power Apps - https://make.powerapps.com/
• Power Apps Studio - Web
• Power Apps – desktop – Microsoft Store
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/power-
apps/9nblggh5z8f3?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab
• Pricing - https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/
• $10 / user / app / month
• $40 / per user / month
22. Impressive
• Self-Service for Easy Adoption and Use
• All kinds of users
• Time savings
• Reducing third party dependency
• Integration with third parties, especially Microsoft tools such as one drive, excel, teams
• Device compatibility (work across devices)
• Rapid prototyping
• All Enterprise Business Processes in a Single Platform
• Compliance, Governance, Scalability, Security, Disaster Recovery
• No software upgrade, patching headaches
• Microsoft Advantage
• Office 365 Integration
• Common Connectors
• Integration with each other (eg. Power BI trigger or sending mail using Automate)
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Business Intelligence, Application Development, Connectivity, Automation
Power Fx language (DAX – Data Analysis Expressions)
Power BI – data analysis through visualizing data, with charts (like Tableau)
Power Apps – custom business applications
Power Automate – formerly Microsoft Flow, for business workflows,
Desktop version RPA for GUI apps
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Power View, Power Query, Power Pivot
ABAC = Attribute Based Access ControlDirect Query
Business Workflow Automation
Microsoft Logic Apps
Microsoft Flow
1. Self-Service for Easy Adoption and Use
All kinds of users
Rapid prototyping
Time savings
Reducing third party dependency
Integration with thirdparties, especially Microsoft tools such as one drive, excel, teams
Device compatibility (work across devices)
All Enterprise Business Processes in a Single Platform
Compliance, Governance, Scalability, Security, Disaster Recovery
No software upgrade, patching headaches
Microsoft Advantage
Office 365 Integration
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2018, just 3 years ago
Business Intelligence, Application Development, Connectivity, Automation
Power Fx language (DAX – Data Analysis Expressions)
Power BI – data analysis through visualizing data, with charts (like Tableau)
Power Apps – custom business applications
Power Automate – formerly Microsoft Flow, for business workflows,
Desktop version RPA for GUI apps
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