MicroStrategy to Power BI: Full Migration Engagement

Migrating all your MicroStrategy reports, dossiers, and cubes to Power BI can be complex—especially when your current system includes Intelligent Cubes, ROLAP architectures, and intricate security setups. You need a structured and proven approach to modernize your reporting landscape without disrupting business continuity.

• Is your MicroStrategy environment struggling with performance bottlenecks or costly scalability issues?
• Do you need to modernize legacy dashboards and consolidate reports for better agility and collaboration?
• Are you concerned about migrating your MicroStrategy logic—metrics, hierarchies, thresholds—to Power BI accurately?
• Is your organization looking to reduce licensing costs and better integrate with Microsoft’s data ecosystem?

MAQ Software’s Full Migration Engagement is designed to help you transition your complete MicroStrategy reporting stack to Power BI. With deep experience in BI platform modernization and proprietary automation tools like MigrateFAST, we ensure an efficient and risk-mitigated migration, tailored to your enterprise needs.

Costs and timelines will range based on number of dossiers, reports, objects, cubes, and complexity of security models.

Key benefits

• Intelligent Object Rebuild: Grids, metrics, filters, and prompts are recreated using DAX, slicers, bookmarks, and tabular models.
• Optimized Data Models: Cubes and views are migrated into efficient semantic models for performance and scalability.
• Logic Migration: Transformations and derived elements are rebuilt with DAX and Power Query.
• Security Translation: Role-based and object-level access is mapped to Power BI RLS and workspace controls.
• Accelerated Delivery: MigrateFAST automates inventory and logic mapping to speed up execution.
• Parallel Operation: Run Power BI and MicroStrategy in tandem to ensure smooth transition.
• Post-Migration Support: Includes training, documentation, and user onboarding.

Prerequisites

• MicroStrategy Access: Web/Library and Intelligence Server access for evaluating reports and schemas.
• Sample Reports: High-value dossiers/reports for pilot analysis.
• Metadata Export: Metrics, filters, attributes, and prompts.
• Challenge Overview: Key issues (e.g., performance, adoption) and goals.
• Stakeholder Access: BI leads and key users for walkthroughs and feedback.
• Data Source Access: Read access to databases behind reports.
• Reporting Needs: Overview of KPIs and interactivity expectations.

Agenda

1. Discovery & Assessment

• Inventory all projects and reports using MigrateFAST.
• Assess logic complexity and report usage.
• Identify high-value assets and dependencies.
• Define migration goals and priorities.

2. Strategy & Planning

• Create roadmap using asset inventory.
• Design Power BI workspaces and models.
• Map MicroStrategy visuals to Power BI equivalents.
• Define governance and security model.

3. Data Migration

• Convert cubes, imports, and direct queries to Power BI.
• Optimize relationships, cardinality, and aggregations.
• Replace transformations with Power BI time intelligence.

4. Report Conversion & Testing

• Rebuild dossiers and documents in Power BI.
• Translate prompts to slicers and parameters.
• Implement conditional logic via DAX.
• Test for accuracy, consistency, and interactivity.
• Conduct UAT with business users.

5. Training, Deployment & Support

• Provide user/admin training and guides.
• Deploy to production with RLS and refresh schedules.
• Deliver knowledge transfer and hypercare support.
• Establish Power BI Center of Excellence (CoE).

Deliverables

• Complete Report Rebuilds
• Optimized Power BI Models
• Custom Visual Replacements
• Security Model Migration
• Validated Dashboards
• User Training & Documentation
• Support & CoE Strategy

Who should attend?

• BI/Analytics Leaders
• MicroStrategy Admins & Developers
• IT Architects & Data Engineers
• Power Users
• Program Managers

Why partner with us?

MAQ Software’s proven methodology, certified Power BI experts, and MigrateFAST automation framework ensure a cost-effective, accurate, and low-risk transition from MicroStrategy. We specialize in translating complex BI ecosystems into modern, scalable Power BI solutions while empowering your teams for long-term success.

Get started

Contact CustomerSuccess@MAQSoftware.com to begin your MicroStrategy to Power BI migration journey.