Microsoft BI (MSBI) Reliability & Availability 2022

Microsoft BI (MSBI)

Starting at $9.99 per user/per month

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Overview

Recent Reviews

"Microsoft BI is a powerful analytic tool for large data sets."

9 out of 10

December 06, 2021

Microsoft Power BI is a beautiful and powerful data visualization tool that we use. It is a robust business analytics tool with excellent …

In the world of data visualization, this is one of the best virtualization tools

9 out of 10

November 13, 2021

With Microsoft BI (MSBI), we can create our own data sets, goals, and records with no difficulty. We have a wide range of options and …

Multiple tools in single package.

9 out of 10

November 02, 2021

In my organization, we are using MSBI to create, maintain and deploy reposts. We use all three component of MSBI like SSIS, SSRS, SSAS. We …

"Easy To Use BI Platform With Effective Reporting"

9 out of 10

November 01, 2021

I can connect to Oracle, Snowflake, SQL Server, Excel, CSV, text files, and create custom visualizations with Microsoft Power BI Desktop. …

Microsoft BI

9 out of 10

June 03, 2021

Microsoft BI being used by Master Data Management team like Vendors data, Customers data, Sites data, Bank, Bank Accounts, Customer …

Microsoft BI: The only data analysis tool you will ever need

8 out of 10

May 16, 2021

We use Microsoft Power BI for the data management of our projects. Some of our projects include collecting data of users who signup for …

MSBI - Bang for the Buck

8 out of 10

April 26, 2021

The Microsoft BI stack is being used as the enterprise BI software by our organization. The full stack of BI tools (SSAS, SSRS, and SSIS) …

A smart tool for data analysts to generate awesome reports

10 out of 10

April 24, 2021

I dont use it right now but , I used it during my research assistantship to generate beautiful visualizations for big data. At the time I …

Excellent BI Stack for an all-in-one solution architecture, however may need specialized platforms for non-traditional datasets

8 out of 10

April 22, 2021

We implement Microsoft BI solutions to clients across North America. Clients are constantly coming to us having issues gathering their …

Powerful tool for data visualization

9 out of 10

March 05, 2021

We are using Microsoft BI (MSBI) to visualize our data better and provide detailed insights on KPI. It also helps in building dashboards, …

Best when used by larger companies in a predominantly Microsoft environment

8 out of 10

April 26, 2020

We currently use Microsoft BI to power the dashboard and analytics behind our performance management platform. Previously, this was done …

Microsoft PowerBI unleashes the power of your data

9 out of 10

April 22, 2020

We use Microsoft PowerBI to analyze data from our CRM and invoicing system (Connectwise with a SQL backend). Connectwise has a large …

Microsoft BI the killer data analytics and visualization tool

8 out of 10

March 14, 2020

We have deployed the Microsoft BI tool company-wide now. It is very simple to use and better than other tools available. You can easily …

Great, easy to use product - provided you are an Office365 organization.

8 out of 10

February 11, 2020

We use Microsoft BI to display and analyze admissions-related data in a user-friendly format. It is currently only being used by one …

Casual User’s POC

8 out of 10

February 08, 2020

Microsoft BI is being used for report generation to monitor ongoing technology projects and business initiatives. We have two users who …

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Popular Features

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Formatting capabilities (51)
8.4
84%
Report sharing and collaboration (51)
8.3
83%
Customizable dashboards (51)
8.2
82%
Report Formatting Templates (49)
7.9
79%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Easy report generation and data attribute comparison across applications. Perfect for data-only devices.
Costs are high compared to the competition, and it could be more user-friendly.

Al Mubassir Muin

Software Engineer

Prime Tech Solutions Ltd. (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)

An end-to-end solution that connects multiple data sources and a single vendor is ideal.
It has limited visual options, and Microsoft BI (MSBI) isn't the best for advanced modeling and analysis.

Aononna Tazin

Customer Relationship Management Specialist

Green Light Ltd (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)

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Pricing

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Power BI Pro

$9.99

Cloud

per user/per month

Power BI Premium

4,995

Cloud

per month

Entry-level set up fee?

No setup fee

For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://powerbi.microsoft.com/pricing

Offerings

Free Trial
Free/Freemium Version
Premium Consulting / Integration Services

Features Scorecard

BI Standard Reporting

8.2

82%

Ad-hoc Reporting

8.3

83%

Report Output and Scheduling

8.3

83%

Data Discovery and Visualization

8.2

82%

Access Control and Security

8.5

85%

Mobile Capabilities

8.5

85%

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

8.1

81%

Product Details

What is Microsoft BI (MSBI)?

Microsoft BI (MSBI) benefits from the ubiquity of SQL server and the set of tools built around the database, including an ETL layer, master data management, data cleansing, report and reporting.

The reporting engine is SQL Server Reporting Services which does not have the visualization capabilities of visualization tools like Tableau or Qlik. Excel has historically been the platform visualization tool. Power BI for Office 365 has done much to improve the discovery and visualization capabilities of Excel.

Microsoft now offers Power BI cloud as the visualization platform with geospatial 3D, natural-language query generation, and self-service ETL along with charting and other data visualizations that can be uploaded and shared through the Power BI service.

The Power BI platform also provides live access to on-premises Microsoft SQL Server instances, and self-service access to third-party cloud sources including Salesforce, Marketo, Zendesk, and GitHub. Mobility is supported through a native iPad app, an iPhone app.

This new platform is viewed by Microsoft as a visualization layer sitting on top of their earlier generation of installed SQL-based technology.

Microsoft BI (MSBI) Competitors

Microsoft BI (MSBI) Technical Details

Deployment Types	SaaS
Operating Systems	Unspecified
Mobile Application	No

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft BI is a business intelligence product used for data analysis and generating reports on server-based data. It features unlimited data analysis capacity with its reporting engine, SQL Server Reporting Services alongside ETL, master data management, and data cleansing.

Oracle Analytics Server and Spoom are common alternatives for Microsoft BI (MSBI).

Reviewers rate Single Sign-On (SSO) highest, with a score of 8.9.

The most common users of Microsoft BI (MSBI) are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees) and the Information Technology & Services industry.