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Gartner® recognizes Microsoft as a Leader for the fourteenth consecutive year in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.1
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1Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, February 15, 2021, James Richardson, Kurt Schlegel, Rita Sallam, Austin Kronz, Julian Sun
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