For the 17th year, Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant 2024 for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. For the sixth consecutive year, Microsoft is again positioned at the top of the quadrant, excelling as a platform in both Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.
This distinction is due to the millions of active Microsoft Power BI users who make up a vibrant community. Their valuable feedback has been instrumental to the continued innovation in the Power BI platform, most notably the recent introduction of Microsoft Fabric and Copilot in Fabric.
How did Microsoft achieve the top position in Gartner's Magic Quadrant?
Power BI innovations in the last year
From Power BI to Fabric
Fabric was launched in 2023 as an evolution of Power BI and a complete analytics platform, transforming the way you work with data. It integrates Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Factory into a single SaaS environment. This enables analysts, business users, data scientists and data engineers to collaborate in a unified data lake, OneLake.
Generative AI integration in Power BI
Cutting-edge AI capabilities have been incorporated into Power BI. Among them is Copilot in Microsoft Fabric. This feature helps users create reports efficiently by suggesting tables, fields and charts to visualize critical data. In addition, it can explain semantic models and suggest topics for reports, making it easier to create dashboards, especially for new users.
Unified Data with OneLake and Direct Lake Mode
With the introduction of Fabric, OneLake has been launched. A multi-cloud data lake that simplifies processing management and reduces data duplication. Moreover, Direct Lake mode offers query performance comparable to import mode, maintaining real-time consistency without moving data.
Empowering Data Analysts
Microsoft has released tools such as Model Explorer and DAX query views to increase analyst efficiency. Integration with Git and Azure DevOps facilitates cooperation and release management. Finally, the web reporting experience has been improved, enabling collaborations and offering new visualizations.
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