Visual Studio Subscribers Get Bold BI Cloud for 6 Months

TL;DR: Visual Studio Enterprise and Professional subscribers can access Bold BI® Cloud Edition for six months for free through the Visual Studio Subscriber Benefits portal. This offer allows you to create interactive dashboards, connect to multiple data sources, explore AI-derived insights, and embed analytics into applications.

Introduction

Many development teams need dashboards and analytics inside their applications, but building a full system from scratch can take significant time and engineering effort. To make analytics more accessible, Syncfusion is offering Visual Studio Enterprise and Professional subscribers free access to Bold BI Cloud Edition for six months through the Visual Studio Subscriber Benefits portal. 

This benefit allows subscribers to explore and implement a complete analytics platform without additional licensing costs during the offer period. 

With this access, you can: 

• Create interactive dashboards using a web-based designer. 
• Connect to 140+ supported data sources. 
• Use AI-derived insights to analyze data faster. 
• Embed dashboards directly into applications. 
• Share dashboards with teams and stakeholders. 
• Automate dashboard delivery through scheduled exports. 

What is Bold BI cloud edition?

Bold BI Cloud Edition is a cloud-hosted analytics platform that enables organizations to create, manage, and share interactive dashboards through a web browser. The platform helps organizations transform data into visuals, so teams can monitor performance, track KPIs, and make informed business decisions. 

Because Bold BI’s analytics platform runs in the cloud, users can access the dashboard designer without installing additional software. Dashboards can be created, updated, and shared through the browser. 

Bold BI supports self-service analytics, allowing business users to create, analyze, and modify dashboards without relying on developers. For development teams, the platform offers embedded analytics capabilities, enabling dashboards to be integrated directly into applications. 

What do Visual Studio enterprise and professional subscribers get for six months? 

Visual Studio Enterprise and Professional subscribers can activate a six-month subscription of Bold BI Cloud Edition through the Subscriber Benefits portal. During this period, subscribers can explore the core capabilities of the platform and put them to use. Subscribers who activate the benefit can: 

• Build dashboards with a rich dashboard editor. 
• Access Bold BI directly from the browser without installing any software. 
• Connect to 140+ data sources and combine them to visualize relevant data. 
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders on shared dashboards. 
• Turn complex data into clear, actionable business insights. 

Why this matters for Visual Studio subscribers

For Visual Studio Enterprise and Professional subscribers, this benefit makes it easier to bring analytics and data visualization into development workflows and applications without initial licensing costs. With Bold BI Cloud Edition, Visual Studio subscribers can: 

• Add dashboards to applications using embedded analytics. 
• Connect application data to external data sources. 
• Deliver interactive reports to internal users or customers. 
• Enable business users to explore data independently. 
• Analyze trends using AI-assisted insights. 

This benefit allows development teams to explore Bold BI’s analytics capabilities quickly, evaluate its data visualization features, and see how dashboards can improve their application workflows. 

What security and data protection does Bold BI provide?

Bold BI includes several security capabilities to help safeguard data and control access, including: 

• Single sign-on integration with identity providers such as Azure AD, Okta, and Auth0. 
• Role-based access control to manage user permissions. 
• Row-level security to restrict data visibility for specific users or tenants. 
• SSL encryption for data in transit. 
• Domain restrictions and secure tokens for embedded dashboards. 
• Compliance with major security standards, including GDPR, SOC 2, and ISO 27001. 

Ready to unlock powerful insights in your data? Activate your benefit through the Visual Studio Subscriber Benefits portal now and start building dashboards that help teams make better decisions. 

How to activate the Bold BI benefit

1. Log in to your Visual Studio subscriber benefits portal.  
2. Locate the Bold BI® benefit.  
3. Click Activate.  
4. Complete the registration process.  
5. Start building dashboards.  

The activation takes only a few minutes.