Microsoft BI Review - why 3.7 stars?

Microsoft BI is a business intelligence solution that can help users to analyze data in an efficient way. The software is based on SQL server platform and can provide relevant reports without requiring any expensive IT support. Users can get access to the necessary data at the right time and make informed decisions using this software.

Microsoft, the company behind this business intelligence solution, has been making difference in billions of lives by providing such products since 1975. They are headquartered in Redmond, Washington and most of their products integrate nicely with one another. Excel, SharePoint Server, Power BI for Office 365 are some related products from Microsoft.

The rating of Microsoft BI is 3.7 stars out of 5 and the total score is 88 out of 100. The ratings are based on our unbiased experts. Learn more in our rating methodology page

Microsoft BI is perfect for midsize and large enterprises but can be used by small companies too. Data service firms, media agencies, trading companies, engineering firms and other similar industries can use this software. MediaCom and Edgenet are some of the clients of Microsoft BI.

Microsoft BI is ranked 23 out of 532 software in their category (Business Intelligence systems).

Microsoft BI comes with analysis, predictive analysis, self-service, reporting and dashboard features. Users can get new self-service capabilities using Excel and uncover hidden insights using visual exploration and data discovery features. The software supports access from almost any internet enabled device using mobile apps and HTML5. The reporting tool offers scalable operational reports with browser-based viewing and printing support, ad-hoc visualization and exploration features.

The analysis services can help users to build enterprise-scale, comprehensive analytic solutions. The self-service part offers modeling and analysis, data transformation and discovery, visualization, BI sites, share queries, natural language question and data catalog features. The analytics part offers real-time updates, in-memory analytics technology, multi-dimensional performance optimization and BI semantic model for users.

BIME and Zoho Reports are the competitors of Microsoft BI. BIME comes with interactive data visualization, BIME calculation engine, Deep Dive, easy cloud caching and element comparing features. However, its mobile dedicated app is buggy according to some users

Zoho Reports is another popular BI solution with visual analysis, wide range of reporting, spreadsheet, built-in connectors and business dashboards features. However, the software doesn’t offer any mobile BI platform for users.

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