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limcheehang
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9 years ago
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Is Power BI a cloud based BI Tools

Dear all,    We are currently using Qlikview as a BI tools and trying to explore to this Power BI tools. But i would like to find out is Power BI a cloud base tools ? Meaning even our report is con...
  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    9 years ago

    To add to the options, you can use a Pyramid Analytics Server to publish reports as a replacement for publishing to the Power BI Service.

     

    Also, SQL Server 2016 has the ability to present PBIX files (created in Desktop) to present out to users. In the near future, this will not just open up Power BI Desktop when you click on one of these as it does today but actually render the report via SSRS web site.

  • v-micsh-msft's avatar
    v-micsh-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi limcheehang,

     

    Power BI service is cloud based, which is built on Microsoft Azure.

    And security is as always the most important part that Microsoft keep focus on, check the article below for more information regarding Power Bi security:

    Microsoft Power BI Security

    For On-Premises Environment, currently the product team is working on this part, see:

    Power BI & SSRS 2016 in an On-Premises Environment

    Also an idea for reference: PowerBI reports and dashboard on-premise hosting

    Adding Power BI Desktop support for SQL server Reporting Services 2016.

    If you have any further questions, please feel free to post back.

    Regards

     

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ankitpatira
Community Champion
9 years ago

limcheehang Yes Power bi is a cloud-based offering ie you access and share your reports / dashboards via power bi service but good thing about PBI is that it caters for very basic need of organisation to not store its data in the cloud. With Power BI connecting to SQL Server you have option of using DirectQuery feature which means your data is not imported and stored in PBI cloud but it stays on-premise on your servers and you're still able to access that data via reports in power bi service. Find out more about DQ feature here.