Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Learn from the best! Meet the four finalists headed to the FINALS of the Power BI Dataviz World Championships! Register now

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

Power BI, Developer and Databases

Hello all,

I am learning Power BI to take over some duties at work.  I have heard conflicting accounts on Power BI "containing" a database.  I didn't anything that indicated it contained one but could connect and pull data from one.  Can anyone confirm?

 

Is there a developer license and what additional features does that provide over regular user Power BI?

 

Is there any comparison between why one would use Power BI over say, Tableau?

 

What is the best way to come up to speed on features? 

 

Thank you in advance!

1 REPLY 1
Covenant-bi
Helper I
Helper I

I sent you a message. You can come Up to speed and learn about power bi here - https://app.powerbi.com/learn?clientSideAuth=0&experience=power-bi Tableau is good but Power BI is more dynamic since it interfaces well with Microsoft products and there is more scalable infrastructure there.

Helpful resources

Announcements
Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

Share feedback directly with Fabric product managers, participate in targeted research studies and influence the Fabric roadmap.

March Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Community Update - March 2026

Check out the March 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.