Microsoft Delivers New Features in Preview for Power BI

Dashboards – Power BI customers can now see all their data through a single pane of glass. Live Power BI dashboards show visualizations and KPIs from data that reside both on-premises and in the cloud, providing a consolidated view across your business, regardless of where their data lives. 

New visualizations – Combo charts, fill maps, gauges, tree maps and funnel charts give customers more ways to view their data in Power BI.

Out-of-the-box connectors for popular SaaS services – These connectors help customers get started with Power BI quickly. Supported services include Dynamics CRM Online and Dynamics Marketing, GitHub, Marketo, Salesforce, SendGrid and Zendesk.

A mobile app for iPad – Customers can access their Power BI dashboards, receive alerts regarding important changes in their data, and share and collaborate with colleagues.

Live connectivity to SQL Server Analysis Services – Customers can now benefit from a cloud based BI solution without having to move their data to the cloud. With the new Power BI connector for SQL Server Analysis Services you can create a secure connection to Analysis Services on-premises from Power BI in the cloud.

Power BI Designer – For Power BI customers who don’t have access to Excel 2013, the new Power BI Designer provides a solution expressly designed for Power BI content creation. It can be used to import and model data, then author and publish Power BI reports to the Power BI service.