Scenario
Power BI on live data, from any system.
Power BI is one of many ways people consume enterprise data. Point it at the platform and it reports on the source — no warehouse in between.
- Any system, one connection
- Report on the source
- No warehouse copy
Our legacy system has no Power BI connector and never will.
With Virtual Data Platform, the Universal Connector's virtual SQL endpoint makes it look like a SQL Server; Power BI connects natively while an Agent Handler reaches the legacy system.
Any system in Power BI, no custom connectors to build or maintain.
- Universal Connector
- Power BI
- Agents
See it in Power BI
Power BI connects to the virtual SQL endpoint like any SQL Server; the query reads a governed dataset live.
Sql.Database(
"yourtenant.eu01.virtualdataplatform.com",
"MyCompany",
[Query = "SELECT * FROM Sales.OpenOrders WHERE Plant = ''Graz''"]
)One connection; every system the platform reaches sits behind it.
What teams do with it
One connection for the whole company — a new source is a new Virtual Dataset, not a new gateway.
Reach systems with no native Power BI connector, through an Agent Handler.
Row-level security you don't maintain — queries run under the user's translated identity.
See your own data live in 30 minutes.
Start with a live demo — we'll show your use case in Excel, Power BI, R, or through an AI assistant. Then take it further with a free trial in your own isolated tenant.