Ask your data in Teams — with governance built in.
Nova connects to approved Power BI semantic models inside Microsoft Teams. Ask KPIs, explore model metadata, schedule insights, review board packs, and audit workspace access — with fail-closed channel audience checks and Entra permissions on every answer.
$69 free usage credit
On activation · usage-based · not per-seat
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- Microsoft Entra SSO — no separate Nova passwords
- Power BI permissions preserved — users only see approved models
- Channel audience safeguards for shared Teams conversations
- Start free — $69 credit, no card required
Built on the Microsoft cloud & analytics stack
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Dashboards are useful. But they cannot answer follow-up questions.
A dashboard shows a snapshot. It does not explain variance, compare to prior year, break down by customer, or adapt when the conversation moves on. Finance and BI teams still field the same requests — every month-end, every board pack, every leadership meeting.
What the dashboard gives you
One view. Fixed filters. Pre-built charts. Users still leave with unanswered questions.
What users actually ask next
Six follow-ups before they have what they need — each one another ticket to finance or BI.
“Can you send me this by customer?”
The dashboard shows totals — not the cut they need.
“Why is this different to last month?”
Static reports do not explain movement.
“Can you compare it to PY?”
Every comparison means another export or request.
“Which region is driving the change?”
Follow-ups pile up after every board review.
“Can I get this in Teams?”
Leaders will not log into another portal mid-meeting.
“Can you just explain the variance?”
Numbers without narrative still need a human analyst.
Ask better questions. Get clearer answers.
Nova sits inside Microsoft Teams and connects to approved Power BI semantic models. Ask KPIs, audit model health, generate BA packs, upload board packs, search documents, and generate reports — with channel-safe audience policy and Microsoft Entra permissions built in.
Nova does not replace Power BI. It helps people interact with governed Power BI models more naturally — without building a new dashboard for every follow-up question.
How it works
Three steps from sign-up to governed answers in Teams.
Start free in minutes
Sign in with Microsoft at nova.datanovalabs.com or install Nova in Teams. Activate your organisation with $69 free usage credit — no card required.
Connect Power BI & ask in Teams
Run the connect command in Teams, pick your semantic model, and ask KPIs in personal chat or @Nova in channels.
Get governed answers — and more
Receive KPIs, trends, model audits, BA packs, board pack reviews, document search, and optional report drafts — all within your Microsoft permissions.
See Nova in Teams
From first question to governed rollout
Ask KPIs, audit model health, generate BA packs, explore model metadata, schedule proactive insights, build reports, and audit access — without leaving Microsoft Teams or your Power BI permissions.
Core · Teams-native
Talk to Nova where work happens.
Ask in plain English, drill into drivers, and keep insight in the conversation — channels, group chats, and meetings.
- Teams-native conversations in channels and 1:1 chat
- Go beyond the top line with driver analysis
- Collaborative follow-ups without leaving Teams
Premium · Admin visibility
Explore models without opening Power BI.
Admins and power users review measures, tables, columns, relationships, refresh health, and semantic models — governed self-service from Teams.
- Model structure, fields, and relationship maps
- Refresh status and history at a glance
- Browse semantic models and reports you can access
Premium · Model trust
Audit models before you roll them out.
Nova runs read-only health checks on Power BI semantic models — health score, prioritised findings, and exportable reports — so your BI team fixes issues once, not after every support ticket.
- Health score with relationship, measure, and governance checks
- Prioritised findings — know what to fix first
- Exportable audit report for COE and rollout sign-off
Premium · Requirements & delivery
Turn discovery into delivery artefacts.
Upload workshop notes, transcripts, or RFPs and Nova produces structured BA packs — requirements, user stories, sign-off documents, and delivery readiness — saving hours of manual documentation.
- 37 BA artefact types from discovery to sign-off
- Upload documents or paste notes directly in Teams
- Export to Word, CSV, Jira, and Azure DevOps
Premium · Proactive
Start every day with scheduled insights.
Set the metrics you want and have Nova deliver key KPIs straight into Microsoft Teams — daily, weekly, or on a custom schedule.
- Wake up to the metrics that matter
- Daily, weekly, monthly, or multiple times a day
- Manage schedules in natural language
Premium · Report creation
Build reports from conversation to Power BI.
Configure measures, dimensions, and visuals in Teams — preview the chart, then publish a governed report to your workspace in one flow.
- Guided report builder with your semantic model
- Instant preview before anything is published
- One-click publish to Power BI with governance intact
Enterprise · Tenant admins
Govern access, adoption, and unused reports.
Nova tenant owners and admins audit workspaces, check entitlements, find unused reports, and export governance packs for IT reviews.
- Who has access — workspace and report level
- Report usage, adoption, and unused content
- Scan all workspaces and export governance reports
Everything included — on every plan
Semantic model Q&A, model health audits, BA artefact generation, model exploration, scheduled insights, channel-safe collaboration, board pack review, workspace governance, report generation, and portal controls. Plans differ only by Nova credits.
Explore all features →Teams-native semantic analyst
Ask KPIs, trends, breakdowns, and follow-ups in personal chat or channels — grounded in your Power BI models.
Model exploration & metadata
Review fields, relationships, refresh status, semantic models, and reports — without leaving Teams.
Power BI model health audit
Read-only health checks with health score and prioritised findings — catch issues before rollout and reduce BI rework.
BA analyst & delivery artefacts
Turn workshops, transcripts, and RFPs into requirements packs, user stories, and sign-off documents in minutes.
Scheduled insights
Deliver key KPIs into Teams on daily, weekly, or custom schedules — manage with natural language.
Workspace governance & access audit
Tenant admins audit access, adoption, unused reports, and export governance packs across workspaces.
Channel-safe audience policy
Fail-closed checks verify every channel member's Power BI access before Nova posts analytical answers in shared Teams threads.
Board pack & document review
Upload PDFs, Office files, and spreadsheets in Teams for structured review — with optional cross-check against your Power BI semantic model.
Document intelligence & memory
Search prior uploads, compare reporting cycles, and query document memory across board packs.
Power BI report generation
Describe a report in natural language, approve the plan, and publish governed drafts to Power BI.
Report exports & subscriptions
Schedule PDF, PowerPoint, and PNG delivery from Power BI reports in Teams — on supported Microsoft capacity.
Measure-aware DAX orchestration
Nova interprets governed measures, dimensions, date roles, and relationships — not generic chat logic.
Portal, billing & governance
Admin controls, directory sync, usage ledger, Stripe top-ups, and support tickets in one portal.
Permission-aware model access
Queries run as the signed-in user. Nova never bypasses Power BI or Microsoft Entra permissions.
Usage-based credits
Shared tenant balance with transparent consumption — start with $69 free credit, no card required.
One portal for the whole organisation
Usage, billing, and governance in one place
Nova credits, Power BI connections, directory sync, and support tickets — so IT and finance can roll out Teams analytics with clear controls from day one.
Usage & credits
View organisation credit balance, consumption history, and billing period.
Open usage →Billing & top-ups
Stripe subscriptions, one-time top-ups, and invoices from $35 packs upward.
Open billing →User & directory governance
Enable or disable users, promote admins, and sync Microsoft Entra directory.
Manage users →Support tickets
Create and track support requests for billing, Power BI, Teams, and product issues.
Get support →Workspace governance
Audit access, report usage, adoption, unused reports, and export governance packs from Teams.
Governance features →Ready to stop answering the same follow-up questions? Start free with $69 usage credit on activation — no card required. $69 activation credit = 30,000 Nova credits — enough to run real questions against an approved semantic model before you subscribe.
Built for the Microsoft reporting stack.
Nova is not a standalone analytics tool. It extends the Microsoft investments you already have — Teams for collaboration, Power BI for governed models, Fabric for unified data, Azure for hosting — without creating uncontrolled exports or disconnected spreadsheets.
Microsoft Teams
Nova lives where your team already collaborates — no new portal to learn.
Power BI semantic models
Query approved datasets with governed measures, dimensions, and relationships.
Microsoft Fabric
Designed for organisations building on Fabric's unified analytics platform.
Microsoft Azure
Azure-hosted architecture designed for enterprise deployment patterns.
Existing Microsoft identity
Uses your organisation's Microsoft sign-in — no separate credentials.
Governed reporting workflows
Keeps analysis centred on approved models rather than uncontrolled exports.
If your organisation runs on Microsoft Teams and Power BI, Nova fits your existing workflow — not a parallel reporting environment.
Built for the teams that ask the most questions
Finance, operations, sales, BI, and leadership — get governed answers in Teams without waiting on manual report cuts.
Finance
Example question
“Explain the month-on-month movement in gross margin.”
Business outcome
Reduce manual variance explanations during month-end.
Why Nova
Finance teams get governed answers in Teams without waiting for another report cut or export.
- Management reporting
- Board pack analysis
- Variance explanations
- PY comparisons
- Month-end support
Nova is not a generic chatbot.
Purpose-built for governed Power BI semantic models inside Microsoft Teams — not a standalone AI tool or another dashboard login.
Where it lives
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Understands your semantic model
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Channel audience safety
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Board pack & document review
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Uses governed measures
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Can answer follow-up questions
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Report generation from NL
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Scheduled Power BI export-to-file (PDF/PPT/PNG)
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Model exploration & refresh visibility in Teams
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Model health audit with prioritised findings
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BA artefact generation from documents
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Workspace access audit & governance export
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Built around Power BI
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Usage-based — not per seat
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Comparison reflects Nova's intended product design. Features may vary by deployment configuration.
Built for IT, finance & analytics leaders
Governance your managers can stand behind
Nova is designed for organisations that need governed self-service — not another shadow reporting layer in Teams.
Microsoft Entra sign-in
Work-account SSO and your existing MFA — no parallel identity or shadow passwords for Nova.
Power BI permissions respected
Answers stay within each user's delegated Power BI access. Nova does not bulk-download semantic models.
Channel audience policy
Fail-closed safeguards in shared Teams channels so governed answers are not broadcast to the wrong audience.
Usage & billing visibility
Organisation credit balance, usage history, audit logging, and admin controls in one portal.
Tenant isolation
Customer data is scoped by Microsoft Entra tenant with Azure-hosted storage and configurable retention.
Enterprise-ready stack
Built on Microsoft Teams, Power BI, Entra ID, and Azure — the stack your IT and security teams already trust.
Simple, usage-based pricing
All prices in USD. Every plan includes the same Nova features — plans differ only by included Nova credits and price.
Start Free
30,000 Nova credits on activation
No card required
Start free to prove value with your team, then choose Starter, Business, or Enterprise as usage grows. Same Nova capabilities on every plan — only included credits and monthly price change.
All plans include
- Nova AI Analyst in Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft sign-in
- Power BI delegated connection
- Governed Power BI semantic model Q&A
- KPI questions, breakdowns, comparisons, and time-intelligence answers
- KPI watchlists and threshold alerts
- Scheduled insights
- Report builder / report creation
- Report discovery and report subscriptionsRequires Fabric, Embedded, or Premium capacity (PPU not supported for automated export-to-file). CSV table export is not affected.
- Secure report export deliveryRequires Fabric, Embedded, or Premium capacity (PPU not supported for automated export-to-file). CSV table export is not affected.
- CSV export of table results
- Board pack and document intelligence
- Admin portal
- User management
- Usage and billing visibility
- Shared organisation credit balance
- Top-ups
- Audit/usage logging
- Permission-aware access checks
- Channel/group delivery safeguards
- Support tickets
Top-up Nova credits
Any active user can top up. Credits are added to your organisation balance — shared across your tenant, not per user.
- $3515,000 Nova credits
- $6930,000 Nova credits
- $349150,000 Nova credits
- $699300,000 Nova credits
Built for governed Microsoft data environments.
Nova works with approved models and existing access patterns — not a second uncontrolled reporting layer.
How a governed answer flows
- 1
User in Microsoft Teams
Personal chat or @Nova in a channel.
- 2
Microsoft Entra identity
Work-account SSO — permissions checked before any answer.
- 3
Approved Power BI semantic model
Governed measures and dimensions — no shadow data layer.
- 4
Optional document upload (Azure Blob)
OptionalBoard packs and document intelligence only — skipped for semantic Q&A.
- 5
Governed answer in Teams
KPIs, tables, narrative, and follow-ups — within the user's access.
Will Nova create another uncontrolled data layer?
No. Nova queries approved Power BI semantic models within existing permissions. It does not copy data into spreadsheets or shadow databases.
Can users access data they shouldn't see?
Nova is designed to respect Power BI access controls. Users only query models they are authorised to access, under their Microsoft identity.
Does this bypass our governance model?
Nova keeps governance centred on the semantic model — the same measures, dimensions, and access rules your BI team already manages.
Enterprise controls
- Microsoft Entra SSO — no separate Nova passwords
- Power BI delegated access within each user's permissions
- Channel audience policy — fail-closed in shared Teams conversations
- Tenant isolation by Microsoft Entra organisation
- No bulk model download — queries run against approved semantic models
- Uploaded files stored in Azure Blob with configurable retention
- Audit trail for usage, billing, and document processing events
- Admin controls — disable users, directory sync, workspace allowlists
- Support tickets with tenant-scoped visibility
- Azure-hosted architecture — OpenAI, Document Intelligence, AI Search
Frequently asked questions
Getting started, governance, credits, and what is included on every plan.
Can I start using it today?
Yes. Click Start free, sign in with your work Microsoft account, and activate your organisation workspace. External Microsoft tenants are supported when multitenant sign-in is enabled.
Is a credit card required?
No card is required to start. When your account is activated, you receive $69 free usage credit (30,000 Nova credits).
How does the $69 free credit work?
Start Free includes $69 of usage credit (30,000 Nova credits) when your organisation is activated — enough to try Nova against an approved semantic model without a card. Top up online from the portal when you need more.
Does Nova replace Power BI?
No. Nova complements Power BI by helping business users ask questions against approved semantic models inside Microsoft Teams. Dashboards and reports remain your source of governed truth — Nova makes that data more accessible through conversation.
Can we run a pilot first?
Yes — and we recommend it. Start with one approved semantic model for finance or operations, prove adoption in Teams, then expand. Book a demo or email the Nova team to discuss pilot onboarding.
What is Nova's channel audience policy?
In Teams channels and group chats, Nova checks that every visible member has appropriate Power BI access before posting analytical answers. If access cannot be verified for all members, Nova fails closed — using private replies or safe guidance instead of posting data to the thread.
Can I upload board packs and documents in Teams?
Yes. Nova supports file upload in Teams for board pack review, summarisation, follow-up Q&A, and document search. Supported formats include PDF, Office files, spreadsheets, CSV, and common image formats. See /features/board-pack-review and /data-retention.
How is pricing calculated?
Nova uses credit-based, usage-driven pricing — not per-seat licences. Every plan includes the same features. Start Free includes $69 usage credit (30,000 Nova credits). Starter ($69/mo) includes 30,000 Nova credits per month; Business ($349/mo) includes 150,000; Enterprise ($699/mo) includes 300,000. Top up anytime ($35–$699 packs) as consumption grows.
Try Nova on your semantic model this week
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.
$69 free usage credit on activation · Microsoft sign-in · No card required · Or book a demo