>> [MUSIC] Module 1, Part 1, Power BI Overview.
Hello, I'm Peter Myers, the course developer.
>> I am Alon Baram, Senior Product Manager.
>> In this video, we'll introduce Power BI,
describe Power BI roles,
and briefly describe Power BI licensing.
In essence, Power BI is
an analytic service designed to visualize data.
Because it's an online service,
if your data resides on-premises,
you'll need to use gateways to access the data.
Gateways provide a secure channel for
data to move from on-premises to the cloud.
With Power BI, you can connect to many of the services
that you use to run your business such as Salesforce,
Microsoft Dynamics, and Google Analytics.
Power BI supports over 200 apps.
Solutions can be authored using
Power BI Desktop and Power BI Report Builder.
Power BI Desktop is used to create
data models and Power BI reports,
and Power BI Report Builder is a tool
for creating a different type of report;
a paginated report that can render over many pages.
Lastly, Power BI content
can be accessed in the web browser,
on a mobile device,
or in a custom app,
and of course, the custom app
is the focus of this course.
>> Let me introduce the product portfolio.
Using Power BI Desktop is for authoring.
It's a free data analysis and report authoring tool.
For sharing and collaborating,
you can use the Power BI service.
It's a cloud-based modern business analytics service.
For large-scale deployment,
you need to use a Power BI Premium capacity for
increased performance and this
will be highly relevant for embedding Power BI content.
You can also share and collaborate
on-premises using Power BI Report Server.
This is the most relevant part of this course:
Using Power BI Embedded for app developers,
visual analytics embedded in your applications.
>> In this course we'll focus on four of these,
Power BI Desktop to author,
the Power BI service to publish content,
Power BI Premium as
a licensing model to support our embedding,
and of course, Power BI embedded.
Let's take a closer look then at Power BI Desktop:
This tool easily allows us to connect to
a broad array of data connectors.
We can analyze using
powerful modeling techniques and measures.
We can visualize using
stunning visualizations in our report
designs and then we can publish and share
insights to others in the Power BI service.
Lastly, once published, you can empower
your organization with
self-service analytics in collaboration.
>> Now let's take
a close look at Power BI Report Builder:
Get data from Power BI or cloud and on-prem sources.
Create pixel-perfect report layouts.
Use mature and rich data regions.
Share insights with others.
Perhaps most importantly for this report type
is the ability to produce multi-page report documents.
>> Now let's take a closer look at the Power BI service:
You can get started quickly, establishing
secure live connections to
on-premises data using gateways.
You can leverage AI to discover
patterns and incorporate predictions in your reports,
including the use of natural language querying.
You can also work with pre-built dashboards and
reports for popular SaaS solutions.
This is my favorite; delivering
real-time dashboard updates.
And you can easily deliver insights to your colleagues
or customers through other services like Teams,
SharePoint, and Power Apps.
>> Let's talk about Power BI Premium:
It allows flexibility to license by capacity.
It allows greater scale and
performance, and embedded analytics,
which is very relevant to this course as well,
and extending on-premises capabilities.
We will be discussing more about Power BI Premium
later in this course;
it's covered in Module 8.
Power BI Embedded is the focus of this course,
so now let's provide you with
a high-level understanding of what this product can do:
Spend time focusing on your product instead of
building visual analytics features from scratch.
Connect to countless data sources so
you can expose insights to your customers.
Visualize data your way with
our rich library of fully customizable,
open-source data visualizations, or develop your own.
Embed consistent,
easy-to-navigate visualization experiences
across any device.
Lastly, leverage other familiar tools
and services like Visual Studio,
Azure Web Apps, and other Azure services.
>> Great, let's now introduce Power BI roles.
There are five roles that we'll consider:
Firstly, the business user.
These are the consumers of
Power BI content and in the Power BI service,
they do this using a mobile or custom developed app.
There are business analysts that are
the solution authors and they'll typically
use a tool like Power BI Desktop
to create models and reports.
The BI developers typically belong to the IT group.
They are usually more concerned with
enterprise solution development. And developers,
the focus of this course,
they develop programmatic solutions
including apps or custom visuals.
Lastly, administrators are concerned with setup,
licensing, data access, governance,
support, and training.
With a closer focus on the developer,
they can embed and integrate Power BI content in apps.
They can automate Power BI solution management.
They can develop custom visuals,
they can develop custom data connectors,
and they can also develop real-time dashboards.
Note that in this course we'll be focusing
only on embedding and integrating Power BI content.
>> Let's now introduce Power BI licensing.
Three licenses are available for you.
Power BI Free for personal self-service BI,
Power BI Pro for sharing and collaboration,
and Power BI Premium Per User,
also known as PPU for
Premium features on a per-user basis.
There are two products that can be licensed and
those are highly relevant for embedding content.
They are Azure Power BI Embedded,
which is a product available for external embedding,
and Power BI Premium,
which is a subscription for
scale large deployments and embedding.
Know that licensing for Power BI embedded analytics
is covered in Module 8.
>> Let's now compare the Power BI licenses.
Power BI Free,
licensed by user for quick,
easy to use, self-service analytics.
This is a personal focus.
Power BI Pro, again, licensed by user.
The self-service analytics and collaboration
enabling the sharing of dashboards and content.
We've just introduce the Power BI Premium Per User,
which provides the same as Power BI Pro,
but in addition, access to Premium features.
Lastly, Power BI Premium,
which is licensed by capacity.
It's an add-on to Power BI Pro for projects requiring
scale and demanding performance, and as already mentioned,
this is an important product for
licensing when we talk about embedding Power BI content.
Again, more on that later in this course.
In the next video, we'll introduce you
to the Power BI core concepts.