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Power BI Production Offering

Power BI for Office 365 is available at www.microsoft.com/powerbi/default.aspx.

Pricing models for Power BI are at www.microsoft.com/en-us/powerBI/pricing.aspx.

The Data Management Gateway is discussed at https://support.office.microsoft.com/article/Create-a-Data-Management-Gateway-2ddfe0c0-bdb3-42e9-b179-aa5e39e7eab9.

Power BI REST API is covered at https://msdn.microsoft.com/powerbi.

Power BI recent improvements are covered in “Power BI Updates Expand On-Premises Data Access” on page 13 of the Sept. 2014 Update.

Power Query and SQL Server

The Excel 2013 Power Query add-in is available at www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=39379.

The SQL Server roadmap is discussed in the “Application Platform” chapter in the Enterprise Software Roadmap.

An evaluation of SQL Server 2014 is available in the July 2014 Research Report, “SQL Server 2014 Evaluation Guide.”

Power BI Preview Features

Power BI preview features are covered at https://www.powerbi.com.

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