Microsoft Power BI Overview

This is a summary of the comprehensive capabilities and benefits of Microsoft Power BI based on over 16790 insights from peer reviews, customer testimonials, and expert opinions. We included citations from these sources so you can read the full content at the original source if you wish.

Microsoft Power BI, Sisense, TIBCO Spotfire, Microstrategy, Looker BI, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Business Intelligence. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

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Microsoft Power BI supports business activities such as:

  • Competitive Intelligence
  • Communication Management
  • Social Media Analytics
  • Collaboration
  • Funnel Analysis

Microsoft Power BI can help you with many business goals, such as Enhance Customer Relationships, Acquire Customers, Increase Sales & Revenue, Scale Best Practices, Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally, etc. It can help manage these activities if you use Website for these needs. As a solution, Microsoft Power BI's capabilities include Dashboard, Personalization, Calculator, etc.

Microsoft Power BI was founded in 1975. Information Technology and Services Vertical is its biggest customer base.

Reviews

"Such an initiative to manage end-to-end loan underwriting process for a wholesale lending business is rarely seen in the financial services industry. Through this implementation we were able to create digital footprints across loan lifecycles, which... will help us make data-driven decision for years, reinforcing the confidence of our stakeholders and end users. " - Viral Gandhi

Cuspera Reviews

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Microsoft Power BI solved their Business Intelligence needs. Cuspera uses 16790 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Business Intelligence needs.

Business Priorities

Enhance Customer Relationships and Acquire Customers are the most popular business priorities peers achieved using Microsoft Power BI.

Other priorities:

  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Scale Best Practices
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Improve Internal Communications
  • Improve ROI
  • Grow Market Share
  • Manage Risk
  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Improve Visibility
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Improve Stakeholder Relations
  • Improve Brand Engagement
  • Establish Thought Leadership
  • Launch New Products
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Use Cases

Peers recommend Competitive Intelligence , Communication Management , Social Media Analytics , as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied while using Microsoft Power BI.

Read Peer Reviews and Expert Experience for Business Use Cases

BUSINESS USE CASES RATINGS CUSTOMER AND EXPERT EXPERIENCES
Competitive Intelligence

4.64/5 ★

Read Reviews (405)

"...The best part of Microsoft Power BI is that it builds upon, and enhances the company's pre-existing business intelligence software...."
Communication Management with Website

3.58/5 ★

Read Reviews (260)

"...A back-to-work app deployed alongside a Microsoft Teams call center helps monitor employee wellness. ..." Case Study MTA
sending & publishing communications

3.53/5 ★

Read Reviews (246)

"...Microsoft BI allows you to go above and beyond Microsoft Excel by publishing you models online...."
tracking & monitoring communications

3.41/5 ★

Read Reviews (3)

"...Sprinklr, supporting social media monitoring at Campari, providing search profiles into Customer Insights...."
Social Media Analytics

4.81/5 ★

Read Reviews (222)

"...I advise Microsoft Power BI (every version of it) to everyone who looks for a great analytics and reporting tool...."
PEER EXPERIENCES
Competitive Intelligence

4.64/5 ★

Read Reviews (405)

"...The best part of Microsoft Power BI is that it builds upon, and enhances the company's pre-existing business intelligence software...." Peer review from Telecommunications
Communication Management with Website

3.58/5 ★

Read Reviews (260)

"...A back-to-work app deployed alongside a Microsoft Teams call center helps monitor employee wellness. ..." Case Study MTA
sending & publishing communications

3.58/5 ★

Read Reviews (246)

tracking & monitoring communications

3.58/5 ★

Read Reviews (3)

Social Media Analytics

4.81/5 ★

Read Reviews (222)

"...I advise Microsoft Power BI (every version of it) to everyone who looks for a great analytics and reporting tool...." Peer review by Maia I., Project Analyst, Automotive

62+ more Business Use Cases

Our AI advisor, Wyz, harnessed 16790 insights from peers and experts to help you assess how these Microsoft Power BI use cases fit your Business Intelligence needs.

Customer Testimonials

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS

Viral Gandhi

CIO

Piramal Capital & Housing Finance

Such an initiative to manage end-to-end loan underwriting process for a wholesale lending business is rarely seen in the financial services industry. Through this implementation we were able to create digital footprints across loan lifecycles, which will help us make data-driven decision for years,... reinforcing the confidence of our stakeholders and end users.

Testimonial By Viral Gandhi

Cory Smithson

Head of Supply and Trading Information Technology

Chevron

Teams ushered in an open communications model where everybody can present their ideas in an immediate and transparent way... Today, we arrive at better solutions, faster than we would have previously. Testimonial By Cory Smithson

Francesco Zitelli

IT Program Manager

illimity Bank

The Microsoft Power Platform tutorial should be taught in every first-year course at university. We learned how easy delivering an application can be and how powerful its impact can be. Testimonial By Francesco Zitelli
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS

Viral Gandhi

CIO

Piramal Capital & Housing Finance

Such an initiative to manage end-to-end loan underwriting process for a wholesale lending business is rarely seen in the financial services industry. Through this implementation we were able to create digital footprints across loan lifecycles, which will help us make data-driven decision for years,... reinforcing the confidence of our stakeholders and end users.

Testimonial By Viral Gandhi

Cory Smithson

Head of Supply and Trading Information Technology

Chevron

Teams ushered in an open communications model where everybody can present their ideas in an immediate and transparent way... Today, we arrive at better solutions, faster than we would have previously. Testimonial By Cory Smithson

Francesco Zitelli

IT Program Manager

illimity Bank

The Microsoft Power Platform tutorial should be taught in every first-year course at university. We learned how easy delivering an application can be and how powerful its impact can be. Testimonial By Francesco Zitelli

Case Studies

COMPANY CASE STUDIES
Case Study Campari Group

Learn Campari Group's Step by step innovation at the pace of the business

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Case Study PERI

Using gamification to unify PERI’s sales division: Rolling out a cloud-first strategy in 30 countries provides a common basis

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Case Study Piramal Capital & Housing Finance

How Piramal Capital & Housing Finance leverages Microsoft solutions to cut turnaround times of loans by 30%

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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for Microsoft Power BI

What is Microsoft Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI is a business intelligence platform that provides a suite of analytics tools for analyzing business data and sharing insights via rich visualizations. It is used to find insights within an organization's data. It helps to connect disparate data sets, transform and clean the data into a data model and create charts or graphs to provide visuals of the data.

What is Microsoft Power BI used for?

Microsoft Power BI is a Business Intelligence Software mainly used by its customers to Enhance Customer Relationships and Acquire Customers by Competitive Intelligence, Communication Management and Social Media Analytics .

What are the top features of Microsoft Power BI?

Dashboard, Personalization and Calculator are some of the top features of Microsoft Power BI.

Who uses Microsoft Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI is used by Information Technology And Services, Insurance and Education among other industries.

What are Microsoft Power BI alternatives?

Sisense, TIBCO Spotfire, Microstrategy and Looker BI are popular alternatives for Microsoft Power BI.

Where is Microsoft Power BI located?

Microsoft Power BI is headquartered at Redmond, WA.

Popular Business Setting

for Microsoft Power BI

Top Industries

  • Information Technology and Services
  • Insurance
  • Education

Popular in

  • Enterprise
  • Mid Market
  • Small Business

Peers used Microsoft Power BI to Enhance customer relationships and Acquire customers

Peer and Expert Opinion on Features

for Microsoft Power BI

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  • High
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Dashboard

4.31/5 ★

Read Reviews (1632)
Personalization

4.19/5 ★

Read Reviews (123)
Calculator

3.10/5 ★

Read Reviews (68)
Templates

4.21/5 ★

Read Reviews (45)
Alerts: popups & Notifications

3.63/5 ★

Read Reviews (25)
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Dashboard

4.31/5 ★

Read Reviews (1632)
Personalization

4.19/5 ★

Read Reviews (123)
Calculator

3.10/5 ★

Read Reviews (68)
Templates

4.21/5 ★

Read Reviews (45)
Alerts: popups & Notifications

3.63/5 ★

Read Reviews (25)

IT and Other Capabilities

for Microsoft Power BI

  • Low
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  • High
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Import

4.03/5 ★

Read Reviews (3003)
Data Export

4.00/5 ★

Read Reviews (2306)
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Import

4.03/5 ★

Read Reviews (3003)
Data Export

4.00/5 ★

Read Reviews (2306)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Phone Support

4.68/5 ★

Read Reviews (50)
Email Support

4.66/5 ★

Read Reviews (47)
Chat Support

4.58/5 ★

Read Reviews (78)
24/7 Support

4.13/5 ★

Read Reviews (673)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Phone Support

4.68/5 ★

Read Reviews (50)
Email Support

4.66/5 ★

Read Reviews (47)
Chat Support

4.58/5 ★

Read Reviews (78)
24/7 Support

4.13/5 ★

Read Reviews (673)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.60/5 ★

Read Reviews (103)
Analytics

4.46/5 ★

Read Reviews (1685)
Custom Reports

4.13/5 ★

Read Reviews (4811)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.60/5 ★

Read Reviews (103)
Analytics

4.46/5 ★

Read Reviews (1685)
Custom Reports

4.13/5 ★

Read Reviews (4811)

Software Failure Risk Guidance

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for Microsoft Power BI

Overall Risk Meter

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Top Failure Risks for Microsoft Power BI

Vendor Profile Details

Company Name

Microsoft

Year Founded

1975

HQ Location

Redmond, WA

Employees

10001+

Social

Financials

IPO