Microsoft offers a variety of different products to the BI industry, mainly SQL Server, which is their proprietary database platform, and Power BI, which is a visualization platform like Tableau. The close integration between these two products helps make complex data organization and storing processes even easier.
At Align BI, we use these products to both build data warehouses and create executive dashboards to extrapolate and visualize that data. In particular, we use Microsoft’s BI-related products to build OLAP cubes, so that our clients get a diversified array of data and ways to view that data, to provide analysis services, and for SQL server integration services (SSIQ).
Here are some key benefits that SQL Server provides:
- Built-in AI options that enables machine learning capabilities.
- Can be migrated to a cloud-spaced storage.
- Integrates with a variety of apps, or allows you to build your own.
- Is an excellent option for on-premise storage.
Learn more about Microsoft’s SQL Server here.