Today we’re announcing for the 13th consecutive year, Microsoft has been positioned as a leader in the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms. For the second year, Microsoft is positioned furthest to the right for completeness of vision and furthest up in the ability to execute within the leaders’ quadrant.
Through community driven innovation and decades of enterprise BI excellence, Microsoft delivers amazing data exploration experiences and enterprise grade capabilities in Power BI. Today at Microsoft Ignite, we’re announcing the next wave of innovation that will allow organizations around the world to bring analytics to everybody through trusted, actionable new experiences.
Power BI and Azure Analytics help businesses build a data-driven culture and drive analytics proficiency. This has been seen in recent findings from the commissioned Forrester Consulting study, The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Azure Analytics With Power BI. The study specifies that together, Azure Analytics and Power BI can provide value to customers by delivering an ROI of 271% over three years.
We are thrilled to announce that Forrester has recognized Microsoft as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise BI Platforms (Vendor-Managed), Q3 2019 tied for the highest score in strategy and market presence. We are honored and humbled by this new recognition from both customers and the industry.
As we kick off the Microsoft Business Application Summit with our amazing community at Atlanta, I wanted to share some exciting Power BI news as part of the event, including the June release of Power BI Desktop and the general availability of Paginated Reports in the service.
