Excellent BI Stack for an all-in-one solution architecture, however may need specialized platforms for non-traditional datasets
Updated April 22, 2021
Excellent BI Stack for an all-in-one solution architecture, however may need specialized platforms for non-traditional datasets
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft BI (MSBI)
We implement Microsoft BI solutions to clients across North America. Clients are constantly coming to us having issues gathering their data from disparate sources in order to make meaningful decisions with their information. Depending on the client and their licensing agreements, we will then evaluate options, and the Microsoft BI stack tends to be a leader of the pack to solve many client data issues.
- Great traditional ETL data gathering tools.
- Large technical user community.
- Excellent data visualization tools.
- The race to perfect gathering of Non-Traditional datasets is on-going; with Microsoft arguably not the leader of the pack in this category.
- Licensing options for PowerBI visualizations may be a factor. I.e. if you need to implement B2C PowerBI visualizations, the cost is considerably high especially for startups.
- Some clients are still resistant putting their data on the cloud, which restricts lots of functionality to Power BI.
- We have been able to quickly build data models using the MSBI stack to deliver value to our clients.
- One opportunity for MSBI is to handle API's better. The MSBI ETL stack works well with relational databases, but with the emergence of data source offerings in the cloud, the capability of non-relational db data sources should be expanded.
A lot of our existing client base has licensing agreements in place with Microsoft, couple that with decision-makers wanting to achieve the outcome with the least amount of additional licensing costs added, and it becomes an obvious path, however, it is very crucial to first truly understand what the client is trying to achieve in the short and long term of their data journey.
Do you think Microsoft BI (MSBI) delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Microsoft BI (MSBI)'s feature set?
Yes
Did Microsoft BI (MSBI) live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Microsoft BI (MSBI) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Microsoft BI (MSBI) again?
Yes