As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

In July, Microsoft announced plans for a public preview of a new suite of business intelligence tools, known as Power BI for Office 365. On September 25, Microsoft added a few new capabilities to that ...

Microsoft released Power BI for Office 365 today, indicating it's ready for production environments. The product has hit its "general availability" milestone, meaning that organizations can purchase ...

Did you know that data analysts spend up to 80% of their time cleaning and preparing data? If you’re nodding in agreement, you’re not alone. The good news is that tools like Power Query in Excel and ...

Microsoft's business intelligence (BI) strategy for years has been all over the place. No one can argue the sheer number of BI tools Microsoft offers -- from SQL Server and SharePoint on the back-end, ...

Power Query in Excel is a powerful tool designed to streamline the process of importing, cleaning, and transforming external data. It enables you to prepare datasets for analysis efficiently, saving ...