PowerShell and Power BI are both powerful Microsoft tools, but they serve different purposes.

1. PowerShell: PowerShell is a command-line scripting language and automation framework developed by Microsoft. It is used primarily for administrative tasks and automation on Windows-based systems. PowerShell allows you to manage and control various aspects of your system, such as files, services, registry, users, and more.

2. Power BI: Power BI is a business analytics service provided by Microsoft. It enables users to connect to various data sources, transform and visualize the data, and create interactive reports and dashboards. Power BI is widely used for data analysis, data visualization, and business intelligence.

While PowerShell and Power BI have different functions, they can be used together to automate certain Power BI-related tasks, such as deploying reports, managing datasets, refreshing data, and more.

For example, you can use PowerShell to:

• Automate the process of refreshing Power BI datasets on a schedule.
• Create and manage Power BI workspaces programmatically.
• Deploy or update Power BI reports and dashboards to a workspace.
• Extract data from Power BI reports for further processing.

To work with Power BI using PowerShell, you would typically use the “Power BI PowerShell module,” which provides cmdlets (PowerShell commands) specifically designed for Power BI operations.

Before running PowerShell scripts for Power BI, you need to install the Power BI PowerShell module and connect to your Power BI service.