Comparison · Workflow

Nova vs dashboard Q&A

Dashboards remain essential for curated reporting. Nova is for the next question in the meeting: ask against the same governed semantic models inside Microsoft Teams, without another filter hunt.

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Nova governed Power BI Q&A in Teams with breakdowns by country and actionable follow-up insights — Follow-up questions stay in the Teams thread

Two ways to get to the same governed numbers

Nova does not replace Power BI. It reduces the cost of ad-hoc questions that today stall in chat while someone digs through a report.

How users get an answer

Dashboard / report Q&A

Open Power BI, find the report, apply filters, interpret visuals

Nova in Teams

Ask in Microsoft Teams; get tables, trends, and narrative

Follow-up questions

Dashboard / report Q&A

Often another report, bookmark, or export to Excel

Nova in Teams

Same Teams thread with governed drill-downs

Source of truth

Dashboard / report Q&A

Approved dashboards and semantic models

Nova in Teams

Same approved semantic models (Nova does not replace them)

Permissions and RLS

Dashboard / report Q&A

Nova in Teams

Best for building curated visuals

Dashboard / report Q&A

Nova in Teams

Complements dashboards; not a canvas designer

Best for ad-hoc KPI asks in collaboration chat

Dashboard / report Q&A

Nova in Teams

Proactive delivery

Dashboard / report Q&A

Subscriptions and alerts inside Power BI / email

Nova in Teams

Scheduled insights delivered into Teams

Shared-chat audience safeguards

Dashboard / report Q&A

N/A (answers are not posted as Teams channel replies)

Nova in Teams

Fail-closed channel audience policy

Capability	Dashboard / report Q&A	Nova in Teams
How users get an answer	Open Power BI, find the report, apply filters, interpret visuals	Ask in Microsoft Teams; get tables, trends, and narrative
Follow-up questions	Often another report, bookmark, or export to Excel	Same Teams thread with governed drill-downs
Source of truth	Approved dashboards and semantic models	Same approved semantic models (Nova does not replace them)
Permissions and RLS
Best for building curated visuals		Complements dashboards; not a canvas designer
Best for ad-hoc KPI asks in collaboration chat
Proactive delivery	Subscriptions and alerts inside Power BI / email	Scheduled insights delivered into Teams
Shared-chat audience safeguards	N/A (answers are not posted as Teams channel replies)	Fail-closed channel audience policy

Dashboard capabilities vary by your Power BI and Fabric configuration. Nova queries approved semantic models within the signed-in user's permissions.

Use both on purpose

Keep dashboards for

Board packs and recurring executive packs
Curated visuals and page layouts
Deep exploration by analysts in Power BI

Use Nova for

KPI asks that appear in Teams meetings and channels
Follow-ups that should not wait for a new report
Scheduled insights delivered where the team already works

Try Nova free in Microsoft Teams today

Nova is available now in Microsoft Marketplace. Activate with $69 free usage credit. No card required. Same feature set on every plan: semantic Q&A, board packs, document intelligence, channel safeguards, and portal governance.

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