Power BI and Azure Synapse Analytics

Power BI is a very flexible platform that can work with multiple data sources. It could be a source as simple as an Excel file, a database on-premises or in the cloud, or a data warehouse. One of the best practices for having a modern data warehouse is separating the duty of processing data from data visualization. That is where Azure Synapse Analytics comes in.

Azure Synapse Analytics, with the use of a dedicated SQL Pool, can perform complex queries for all data sources and create a semantic model for Power BI. A semantic data model is a structured data format that Power BI can easily interpret for data visualization. This approach is scalable and eases a lot of the complexities of managing data across various teams.

Features and benefits

There are a lot of benefits to combining Power BI and Azure Synapse Analytics. Although there is no one-size that fits all, nor one tool to solve all of your data problems, the combination of Azure...