Power BI and Excel are powerful Microsoft tools that offer unique features for data analysis and organization. Connecting Power BI to SharePoint Excel files allows users to harness the combined capabilities of both tools, enabling easy automatic refreshing, multiple-user access to datasets, and straightforward connection setup. Five methods are presented to connect Power BI to SharePoint Excel files: using CData Connect Cloud, copying the Excel file path from Excel on the desktop, copying the Excel file path from SharePoint, creating a data source as a SharePoint folder, and getting data from multiple Excel files in a folder into Power BI. CData Connect Cloud is highlighted as a pivotal tool for governed access to cloud apps and databases, offering seamless integration with Excel files in SharePoint.