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Updated 13th October 2025
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Director, It Security And Risk Managemen
50M - 250M USD, Services (non-Government)FAVORABLE
“Power BI stands out for its seamless integration but faces performance challenges”
My overall experience with Power BI is a positive one, considering it the de facto standard for Business Intelligence in the Microsoft ecosystem and one of the most comprehensive on the market. What works exceptionally well is its seamless integration: from connecting to data in Azure, SQL Server, or Excel, through transformation with Power Query, to secure publishing and sharing via the web service, everything feels like a unified environment.
DATA ANALYTICS MANAGER
50M - 250M USD, RetailCRITICAL
“Similar Features Ease Learning but Sudden Changes and Licensing Remain Challenging”
It's right now not the best but the easiest to understand, the similarities with some other products in the suite help a lot to this product.
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Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.
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Public
Year Founded
1975
Head office location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Number of employees
10000+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
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IT Manager
Is anyone using a central AI to report on project status in realtime highlighting dependencies and bottlenecks. Or are you just connecting project management systems (MS Project, Jira, Primavera) to dashboards with Power BI or Tableau?CIO
See Full DiscussionLeading indicators are super useful because they give you a heads-up about potential problems instead of just telling you what’s already gone wrong. We are using an AI powered tool ( can't be named here, I guess) that gets you insights that help you notice issues before they escalate.
Plus, it really encourages everyone to be transparent about project status so the whole team knows what’s going on from the get-go. This openness motivates everyone to take responsibility and helps build strong teams that tackle problems early on and stay focused on their goals together.
Traditional reporting often comes too late to make necessary changes. By being proactive and embracing transparency with some AI support, teams can adapt and improve on their own. The key is to catch issues early and empower teams to make adjustments as needed.
AI plays a role in all team decisions, like a performance coach, and also helps out at the management level. It identifies risks and suggests improvements for senior executives.
I hope that helps? 🙂
Data Scientist
We are looking to modernize our Data & Analytics landscape. We have SAP BW & BusinessObjects(BO)/Analysis for Office(AO) now and planning to move lake house based technology for DW and Power BI reporting. How was your experience in terms if 1. Analysis for office(AO) replacement? 2.Overall change Management?Data Manager
See Full DiscussionSAP Analysis for Office is not something I would recommend after using it for five years. It is clunky. The Azure storage/ Azure Data Factory/Power BI is perhaps the way to go. You can easily convert your SAP BO SQL to direct query method in PBI.
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- Director, It Security And Risk Managemen50M-1B USDServices (non-Government)Review Source
Power BI stands out for its seamless integration but faces performance challenges
My overall experience with Power BI is a positive one, considering it the de facto standard for Business Intelligence in the Microsoft ecosystem and one of the most comprehensive on the market. What works exceptionally well is its seamless integration: from connecting to data in Azure, SQL Server, or Excel, through transformation with Power Query, to secure publishing and sharing via the web service, everything feels like a unified environment. - BUSINESS ANALYST<50M USDIT ServicesReview Source
Real-Time Dashboards And App Features Enhance Power BI Despite Performance Issues
Overall Experience is overwhelming with Power BI due to its open source platform where you have leverage to use sheet and make dashboard over the sheet and not limited to just sheet they have lot of data source available from where you can pull your data to make dashboard real time which is awesome. - PROCUREMENT ASSOCIATE50M-1B USDConsumer GoodsReview Source
A powerful and intuitive data visualization tool that rewards planning and patience
Microsoft Power BI has become one of my go-to tools for transforming raw data into insightful and interactive dashboards. My overall experience was quite smooth and productive. It feels professional user even I am not a business analyst but setting up data connections, cleaning up sources and visualizing complex numbers into something which actually tells a story has been easier than I expected. - Engineering Manager<50M USDManufacturingReview Source
Data Integration Across Companywide Sources Simplified with Power BI Platform
Power BI surprised our team with how simple it is to connect data across different companywide sources; this compared to our previous legacy analytics platform. - Project Lead<50M USDServices (non-Government)Review Source
Performance May Slow With Large Datasets And Advanced Modeling Requires Learning DAX
I've used Microsoft Power BI to create dashboards and reports, and it's a very good, strong analytics tool. It really helps in connecting data from different sources like excel databases and cloud platforms and brings everything together in one place
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