BTA member Impact Networking has announced it has been named a Microsoft Power BI Solutions Partner. This certification recognizes Impact Networking for its technical capabilities and promificiency in creating business intelligence solutions that power digital transformation and accelerate growth for its customers.

Microsoft Power BI offers an easy-to-use, secure and scalable solution with data, analysis and business intelligence capabilities amplified with artificial intelligence (AI). The flexible data visualization, analytics and reporting platform can transform nearly any type of data into powerful insights for businesses and their teams to consume on the web via desktop or mobile devices. It is recognized as one of the best platforms in the industry and has been named a Gartner magic quadrant leader among analytics and business intelligence platforms for 14 consecutive years.

With robust integration capabilities and data connectors with third-party sources, it is easy to import data into the Power BI platform. All Microsoft products are natively integrated, meaning users can pull data from Microsoft Azure, Business Central, Office 365, SharePoint, Excel and the Power Platform. Along with Microsoft products, there are hundreds of other data source options from online programs like Salesforce, Google Analytics and Facebook.

Impact Networking offers a wide range of BI services to help customers create a data-centric culture in which people at every level of an organization can make confident decisions with up-to-the-minute analytics.

To become a certified Microsoft Power BI Solutions Partner, Impact had to undergo specific trainings and pass rigorous examinations. Upon successful completion of all relevant certifications, in addition to maintaining a high number of Microsoft Certified Data Analysts on staff, the MSP was awarded the recognition and joins the partner network as a solution provider.

Impact has been part of the Microsoft Partner Network for more than a decade, essentially collaborating with businesses in leveraging Microsoft solutions. The Microsoft Gold certification is the highest certification a Microsoft partner can obtain and is only awarded to firms that demonstrate exceptional proficiency in specific competency areas. Impact has attained eight Microsoft Gold competencies: Application Integration, Cloud Platform, Cloud Productivity, Collaboration and Content, Datacenter, Data Analytics, Messaging, and Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions. Together, these competencies demonstrate Impact's expertise and experience in building custom applications, deploying highly scalable solutions both on premise and in the cloud, as well as delivering managed services via Microsoft technologies and platforms.

"We are honored to be a certified Power BI Solution Provider offering the best Microsoft solutions and services in the market today," said Frank Cucco, CEO, Impact Networking. "This recognition demonstrates our proficiency in enabling digitization, innovation and efficiency for businesses of all sizes and across various industries."