Active Directory

Windows Server

Dashboards

Reports

Datasets

m - n

1 - n

Power BI Service

Power BI Pro

On-premises Data Gateway

SQL Server Analysis ServicesSQL Server

Power BI Pro

Personal GatewayPower BI

Desktop

Windows 10 Client

Active Directory Office 365 Groups

Power BI

Mobile App

AD

Syn

c

Cloud

on-premises

Power User

Author

End user

View

Interact

Refr

esh

DirectQ

uery

Refresh

DirectQuery

Pub

lish

Power BI Pro

Delegation:

EffectiveUsername

Azure Service Bus Relay

Impersonation

Power BI

REST A

PI

BI for everyone

Technical BI

(1998)

Self-service BI

(2010)

End-User BI

(2015)

CRM Production

FinancePayroll

Source systems

(OLTP)

Datawarehouse

Staging

(Subset)

ERP

ETL

Datamart

Year, Month, Day

Country, City Category, Name

Type, Country, City Type, Name

#Sold, Amount,

Discount

Year, Month, Day

Country, City Category, Name

Type, Country, City Type, Name

#Sold, Amount,

Discount

Year, Month, Day

Country, City Category, Name

Type, Country, City Type, Name

#Sold, Amount,

Discount

ETLETL

Process

Technical BI – Architecture

Database Engine Analysis Services

Import

Multidimensional

(OLAP)

Tabular Model

Inmon/DataVault

Star schemas (Kimball)

MDX

DAX

ETL

Integration Services

Dimension table

Fact table

OLAP (OnLineAnalytical Processing) cube

14

#Sold

Amount

Discount

BI for everyone

Technical BI

(1998)

Self-service BI

(2010)

End-User BI

(2015)

.XSLX

PivotTable

Excel Data Model

PowerQuery

Filter, Merge, Join

PowerView

Excel Data Model (PowerPivot)

DA

X

DA

X

M

Import

T-SQL, MDX, DAX

DAX

Power BI

xVelocity Column Store

Self-Service BI

Microsoft technologies

SQL Server Analysis Services

Tabular ModelPowerPivot for SharePointExcel

PowerPivot

Data Model

Database Engine

Products

Power BI Cloud Service

BI for everyone

Technical BI

(1998)

Self-service BI

(2010)

End-User BI

(2015)