Power BI vs MSBI

Power BI Consists of:

1.     Power BI Desktop

2.     Power BI Service

3.     Report Server

MSBI Consists of:

1.     SSRS - SQL Server Reporting Service

2.     SSIS - SQL Server Integration Service

3.     SSAS - SQL Server Analytic Service

So as it shows, the only common part in Power BI and MSBI is the reporting services. However, Data manipulation and modeling is far more superior in Power BI compared to in SSRS. Also Power BI uses an SSAS model behind the picture for whatever modeling capacities it provides.

Definition

SSRS or SQL Server Reporting Service is a BI Service for data analysis and generating reports on Server Based Data. It was developed in 2004 by Microsoft, along with its Data Analytics(SSAS/SQL Server Analysis Service) and Data Integrating(SSIS/SQL Server Integration Service) counterparts.

It is a comprehensive extensible reporting platform and includes an integrated set of processing component and programmatic interfaces. It is used to design test and deploy the report.

Power BI, which is also developed by Microsoft in the year 2017, is a data analysis tool, which can be used for reporting and data analysis from the wide range of data source. Power BI desktop allows its users to create and publish reports on the fly, which the end-users can view using any browser.

It is simple and user-friendly, which helps business analyst skills and empowers users to work easily on it. It is very useful for the analysis of complex and huge data-sets. It is widely used for modeling and structuring of unshaped data.

Implementation: MSBI vs Power BI

The biggest difference between these two systems is the way in which they are deployed.

Power BI is a cloud-based software and is hosted on the vendor’s servers and accessed through a web browser, whereas, MSBI is an on-premise software is installed locally, on a company’s own computers and servers. The fact that both of these services are equally promising, has led to an ongoing discussion about the superiority and the security concerns of one over the other.

he fundamental point is that not all solutions work equally well on the Cloud or in an on-premise hosted solution. There are benefits and disadvantages to both platforms. Your choice between these platforms will depend a lot on the type of need, service or software you’re considering.