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Instead of having to go through the Power BI apps, though, they can now build virtually the same functionality right into their own apps with the help of Power BI’s new SDK.

Microsoft's Power BI suite, a collection of Excel features and add-ins, as well as corresponding SharePoint and Windows 8 viewer clients, has been released to general availability (GA).

The new multi-geo support for the application, which was unveiled in a preview version, was announced in an Aug. 22 post on the Microsoft Power BI Blog by Nimrod Shalit, a Microsoft program manager.

Other new additions to the Power BI preview include two preview add-ins for Excel with 3D mapping visualizations through Power Map and improved data search in Power Query. Power BI is a suite of ...