Microsoft relaunches Power BI as freemium, debuts iPad app, and says iPhone, Android, Windows are next

Microsoft today announced its business intelligence tool Power BI is being relaunched as a freemium product. The new version is available today as a free public preview to anyone with a U.S. business email account, and Microsoft plans to expand the scope internationally in the future. The company didn t say when exactly it will bring Power BI out of preview, but when the new version does hit general availability, it will be offered in two flavors. Power BI will be free, and Power BI Pro will be available as a monthly subscription with additional data capacity and features for the enterprise. On February 1, Microsoft will slash the price of its in-market Power BI service to $9.99 per user per month, a 75 percent reduction. That s a big change, especially given that it comes just a year after the first version of Power BI hit general availability. At the same time, Microsoft today also outlined its plans for Power BI mobile apps, which VentureBeat was the first to unveil back in Novembe
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