Business Intelligence and Analytics
Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a combination of enterprise-grade SQL Server magnified with the processing architecture of the Analytics Platform System. This allows the SQL Data warehouse service to scale across vast datasets. It integrates seamlessly with existing Azure data tools such as:
Build Your Business on Secure Data Analytics
Achieve powerful results by listening to your data. Create data dashboards and visualizations in minutes.
Apply sensitivity labels to Power BI data using Microsoft Information Protection in the familiar Microsoft 365 experience.
Extend data loss prevention and governance to Power BI users—including report sharing—with Microsoft Cloud App Security.
Better meet privacy and regulatory requirements with oversight of sensitive data through BYOK (bring your own key).
Better protect your organizational data by using Power BI security with service tags, Azure Private Link, and (coming soon) Azure Virtual Network.
Business Intelligence and Analytics Capabilities
Get self-service analytics at enterprise scale.
Reduce the added cost, complexity, and security risks of multiple solutions with an analytics platform that scales from individuals to the organization.
Use smart tools for strong results.
Find and share meaningful insights with hundreds of data visualizations, built-in AI capabilities, tight Excel integration, and prebuilt and custom data connectors.
Help protect your analytics data.
Keep your data secure with industry-leading data security capabilities including sensitivity labeling, end-to-end encryption, and real-time access monitoring.
Unify self-service and enterprise analytics.
Meet both self-service and enterprise data analytics need on a single platform. Access powerful semantic models, an application lifecycle management (ALM) toolkit, an open connectivity framework, and fixed-layout, pixel-perfect paginated reports.
Accelerate big data prep with Azure.
Simplify analysis and share large volumes of data. By using a no-limits Azure data lake, reduce the time it takes to get insights and increase collaboration between business analysts, data engineers, and data scientists.
Find answers fast with industry-leading AI.
Take advantage of the latest advances in Microsoft AI to help non-data scientists prepare data, build machine learning models, and find insights quickly from both structured and unstructured data, including text and images.
Improve publishing efficiency and accuracy of BI content.
Quickly identify differences and move content from development and testing to production with confidence using the simple visual cues in deployment pipelines.
Get unparalleled Excel integration.
Anyone familiar with Microsoft 365 can easily connect Excel queries, data models, and reports to Power BI Dashboards—helping to quickly gather, analyze, publish, and share Excel business data in new ways.
Turn insights into action.
Go from data to insights and insights to action with Microsoft Power Platform—combining Power BI with Power Apps and Power Automate to easily build business applications and automate workflows.
Stream analytics in real time.
From factory sensors to social media sources, get access to real-time analytics and always be ready to make timely decisions.
