Power BI tools and services--including Power BI Desktop, the Power BI Service, and Power BI Mobile applications--form a modern, robust business intelligence and analytics platform by themselves. Power BI Premium further extends the scalability and deployment options of Power BI, enabling organizations to deliver Power BI content to large groups of users via apps in the Power BI Service, the on-premises Power BI Report Server, embeds within custom applications, or some combination of these distribution methods.

However, many organizations either already have extensive self-service and corporate BI assets and skills in other applications such as Excel, SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), or are interested in utilizing the unique features of these tools as part of their Power BI solutions. As one example, an organization may...