What are the different PowerBI tools?

Power BI Tools

Here are some essential tools of Power BI, as shown below:

Power BI Tools

  • Power BI Desktop: It is a primary authoring and publishing tool. Power BI users and developers use it to create brand new models and reports.
    Power BI Desktop tool is available at free of cost.
  • Power BI Service: The Power BI data modules, dashboards, and reports are hosted in the online software as a service (SaaS). Sharing, administration, and collaboration happen in the cloud.
    Power BI Service tool is available at the pro license, and the user has to pay $10 per month.
  • Power BI Data Gateway: It works as the bridge between the Power BI service on-premises data sources such as Import, Direct Query, and Live Query. BI Admin installs Power BI.
  • Power BI Report Server: It hosts paging reports, mobile reports, KPIs, and Power BI desktop reports. It requires updates in every four months and managed by the IT team.
  • Power BI Mobile Apps: It is available for Android , iOS , and Windows . Microsoft Intune manages it by using this tool. You can view reports and dashboards on the Power BI Service Report Server.