MicroStrategy to Power BI Migration: Free 3-Week Assessment

MicroStrategy’s rigid architecture, high licensing costs, and complex administration often create barriers for organizations aiming for agility, cloud-readiness, and modern self-service analytics. Power BI offers a flexible, scalable, and user-friendly platform that integrates seamlessly with Microsoft’s broader data ecosystem. In just 3 weeks, we will help you begin your transition from MicroStrategy to Power BI.

MAQ Software’s 3-week assessment provides a structured evaluation of your current MicroStrategy landscape, identifies migration opportunities, and delivers a customized roadmap for migrating to Power BI—all at no cost to you.

Target customers
Our assessment is ideal for:

• Digital transformation & innovation leaders
• IT executives (CIO/CTO/CSO)
• BI/Analytics Team
• SAP BusinessObjects Admins
• Project/Program Managers

Agenda

Week 1: Discovery and Analysis

• Kick-off Meeting: Confirm scope, introduce teams, align expectations, and plan communication.
• MicroStrategy Environment Deep Dive: Analyze number of dossiers, reports, cubes, schema objects, and user groups.
• Data Source Analysis: Evaluate SQL and MDX-based connections, external data connectors, and any legacy ROLAP sources.
• Stakeholder Interviews: Understand current report usage, gaps, business pain points, and future expectations.
• Power BI Overview: Present Power BI capabilities tailored to MicroStrategy’s challenges (e.g., semantic modeling, real-time data access, row-level security).

Week 2: Power BI Evaluation and Planning

• Feature Mapping Demonstrations: Demonstrate Power BI equivalents of MicroStrategy-specific features like prompts, derived metrics, and dynamic dashboards.
• Migration Strategy Outline: Recommend migration approaches (layered model rebuild, phased module-by-module transition, or parallel dual-run).
• Preliminary Architecture Planning: Define a Power BI architecture for replacing MicroStrategy’s 3-tier (schema/report/user) architecture.
• Effort Estimation: Provide initial migration effort estimates by report category and complexity using findings from MigrateFAST.

Week 3: Roadmap and Recommendations

• Refined Migration Roadmap: Provide a phase-wise migration plan with key activities, responsible roles, dependencies, and timelines.
• Cost Analysis: Outline expected licensing costs for Power BI (Pro, PPU, Premium Capacity) and projected implementation costs.
• Risk Mitigation Strategies: Address potential risks such as loss of cube-based functionality, semantic model gaps, and user training.
• Governance and Adoption Best Practices: Share guidelines for Power BI governance, workspace security, dataflows, and end-user enablement.
• Final Presentation and Q&A: Present full findings, roadmap, estimates, and answer business and technical questions.

Deliverables
By the end of the assessment, you will receive:

• Documentation of your current MicroStrategy environment, migration feasibility, pain point
• Visual timeline of proposed migration phases with milestones
• Diagram showing recommended Power BI setup, semantic layer replacement, and workspace strategy
• Rough order-of-magnitude effort required to migrate universes, reports, and dashboards
• Suggested licensing models based on report usage, capacity needs, and distribution strategy
• Actionable steps to begin the migration, governance model templates, and training strategies

Benefits Join our assessment and enjoy these benefits:

• Understand migration feasibility, risks, and complexity unique to MicroStrategy
• Identify cost savings from retiring expensive MicroStrategy licenses
• Get a future-ready analytics strategy leveraging Power BI’s agility and scalability
• Receive a tailored, step-by-step migration roadmap and architecture recommendations
• Get a tailored roadmap, effort estimate, and licensing guidance for a full migration

Why choose us
MAQ Software brings deep experience in enterprise BI platform migrations, including MicroStrategy environments with complex schema objects, cubes, and security layers. Our Power BI experts and proprietary MigrateFAST accelerator help automate and accelerate discovery, reduce manual effort, and ensure a smooth transition. We go beyond basic report rebuilds to deliver optimized, scalable, and future-ready Power BI solutions.
Empower your analytics with the agility and innovation of Power BI. Contact CustomerSuccess@MAQSoftware.com to schedule your free 3-week MicroStrategy to Power BI assessment and explore how modern BI can transform your organization.