Microsoft is finally giving businesses what they really want: data types based on their own customer data.

You can publish an Excel file to Power BI to share with others, analyze a Power BI dataset in Excel, or import Excel data or an entire workbook into Power BI for powerful visualizations.

The Data Analysis with Excel + Power BI Bundle is on sale for £19.25 as of Oct. 7, saving you 95% on list price.

Excel isn't going away, but it's going to stop accumulating extra tools like barnacles. Instead Power BI Desktop will become the self-service analytics hub.

You can now import data from Google Sheets into Microsoft Power BI in just a few easy steps. Find out how in this step-by-step guide.

Learn to create custom security and threat dashboards for an overview of multiple data sources in Power BI with this guide.