Microsoft Power BI

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4.4
Market Presence: Analytics and Business Intelligence PlatformsData Preparation Tools

Overview

Product Information on Microsoft Power BI

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Microsoft Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI is a software designed for business analytics and data visualization. It enables users to aggregate, analyze, and share data through interactive dashboards and reports. The software supports integration with various data sources including databases, cloud services, and spreadsheets, allowing for real-time insights and data-driven decision making. Power BI provides features such as customizable visualizations, data modeling, and automated data refresh. It addresses business challenges related to data accessibility and analysis by offering tools to simplify complex data sets and present information in an understandable format. The software is suitable for organizations seeking to centralize business intelligence tasks within their workflow.

Overall experience with Microsoft Power BI

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
10B - 30B USD, Insurance (except health)
FAVORABLE

Power BI Enhances Collaboration Yet Presents Advanced Feature and Cost Challenges

4.0
Sep 29, 2025
Microsoft Power BI creates captivating dashboards with interesting visuals and connects to multiple data sources, transforming data with Power Query. Microsoft Power BI integrates with Microsoft365 which makes collaboration more efficient and provides analytical and governance capabilities with low-level security and DAX. Despite the advanced features and certain customization constraints, Power BI is still the best option for businesses seeking continuous, real-time, scalable insights. This is especially the case for businesses working in Microsoft's ecosystem.
VICE PRESIDENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
<50M USD, Insurance (except health)
CRITICAL

Lots of potential, but with big gaps in functionality

2.0
Aug 18, 2025
While there's a lot you can do with Power BI, there's a lot you can't do, as well, and many of the things that you can't do are very important and should be easy to accomplish in the product. It feels like Power BI is a tool that got lots of up front investment by Microsoft and then was just left to flounder without any attention.

About Company

Company Description

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.

Company Details

Company type
Public
Year Founded
1975
Head office location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Number of employees
10000+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD

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Peer Discussions

What Your Peers Are Saying About Microsoft Power BI

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
Leading 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? 🙂
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31 Mar 20252.4k Views2 Comments
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
SAP 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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14 Feb 2025849 Views1 Comment

Microsoft Power BI Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 3197 ratings and reviews for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms market. View all 4010 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.4

(3197 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
44%
4 Star
49%
3 Star
7%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.5

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  • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
    10B+ USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Power BI Enhances Collaboration Yet Presents Advanced Feature and Cost Challenges

    4.0
    Sep 29, 2025
    Microsoft Power BI creates captivating dashboards with interesting visuals and connects to multiple data sources, transforming data with Power Query. Microsoft Power BI integrates with Microsoft365 which makes collaboration more efficient and provides analytical and governance capabilities with low-level security and DAX. Despite the advanced features and certain customization constraints, Power BI is still the best option for businesses seeking continuous, real-time, scalable insights. This is especially the case for businesses working in Microsoft's ecosystem.
  • ITO
    <50M USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Initiate ONE (beginners) to ALL (data experts), powerbi delivers scalable & intuitive analytics insights. .

    5.0
    Sep 29, 2025
    A+. consistent tools to transform datasets into meaningful insights that drive decision making. Microsoft PBI being a comprehensive Business Intelligence solution, empowering me to both my doctoral labs and professional projects with lots of clarity.
  • VICE PRESIDENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
    <50M USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Lots of potential, but with big gaps in functionality

    2.0
    Aug 18, 2025
    While there's a lot you can do with Power BI, there's a lot you can't do, as well, and many of the things that you can't do are very important and should be easy to accomplish in the product. It feels like Power BI is a tool that got lots of up front investment by Microsoft and then was just left to flounder without any attention.
  • Analytics Manager for Operations
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Power BI Centralizes Data and Streamlines Reporting With Strong Microsoft Integration

    5.0
    Aug 12, 2025
    Power BI has helped us to bring all our data in one place, making it much easier to track performance and make informed decisions. It's straightforward to connect to various data sources, prepare reports and share insights across the business. Reporting tools are very strong and the integration with other Microsoft products is outstanding. I've been developing Power BI dashboards and other data objects since 3 years now and it's incredible to see how the tool has grown. Some features like visuals could improve but overall it's a reliable tool and now a crucial part of the powerful Fabric platform.
  • IT ASSOCIATE
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    La integración con Excel y bases de datos mejora la eficiencia analítica

    5.0
    Sep 5, 2025
    Es una herramienta amigable que nos permite unificar información y modelar los datos un graficos mas representativos facilitando la toma de decisiones.
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