Microsoft Power BI Stability

ST
Operations & BI Analyst at American Hospital Dubai

I am currently using it for my personal training, and I didn't find any stability issues, but when it comes to big data, there may be some sort of issues where the system might hang.

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Deepak Damodarr - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Office Lead at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

The solution is quite stable and we have not had any, not come across significant bugs, so far. We've only come across some features which are missing or could have been improved, like certain types of charts that were missing in the past, which are being added. Some of the advanced charts are available as a paid service from third-party partners and not available out-of-the-box. There are very unique features or some very specific capabilities that were missing or are still missing. We could always manage it by bringing in a partner to create an add-on or something like that.

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RK
Cloud Security & Governance at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. It is pretty stable. 

Personally, I use it every week because I need to generate reports for my team. Given the size of our bank, it is being used every day by various departments.

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Ady Woodcock - PeerSpot reviewer
Hsseq Performance Analyst at V.Ships Limited

After building a report, when you review it, it doesn't have the correct data. Some things don't rebuild after a while, but I don't know if it's our data or the solution's fault.

I rate the solution a seven or eight out of ten for stability.

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Vice President at Shiluv

It is adequate in terms of speed and stability. It is very stable. Sometimes, it is a bit slow. It can be faster, but you need to subscribe and purchase additional packages or resources, and then it becomes more expensive.

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Artur-Kowalczyk - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Director at HCL Technologies

It is much more stable compared to ten years ago.

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IE
Inovation Manager at SoCalGas

It has crashed, but it's pretty stable. I haven't had any problems where a published dashboard was not working. Once a dashboard is published, I haven't seen any problems with it.

I think it depends a lot on the data access. As long as the data backend can get into Power BI, then everything works. If there are any data connection issues, that's when there will be problems.

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Alaa T Alhorani - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Consultant (Enterprise Architect) at Devoteam

It is stable. Solving dashboard issues on other products, such as Oracle, took us a lot of time, whereas solving issues in Power BI was so simple. The language they're using is also easy. In Power BI, you use the DAX language, which is derived from Excel. So, anyone who knows how to write Excel code would know how to deal with Power BI. It is going to be so simple.

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PedroNavarro - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Development & Validation Manager at JT International SA

It depends. It is not really for enterprises. Even though Microsoft is trying, it isn't yet ready for enterprise use. For self-service, it is pretty fine. If you don't have a huge data set, it is quite stable.

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HM
Sr PeopleSoft Consultant at Mahanta Solutions

Power BI is very stable, especially in sectors like banking, retail, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. 

Its stability is expected to increase in the future with advancements in Azure.

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. 

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Alexander Roussekov - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at Seqwater

It is a stable solution. 

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MS
Program Director Education Technology & Data Services at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

Microsoft BI has never crashed on me.

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Edwin Matodzi - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Strategy & Architecture at Auditor General

Considering that most people in my organization use Microsoft BI, I can say that it is a stable solution.

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Sakiru Dosumu - PeerSpot reviewer
Head, Development Chapter (DevOps) at First Bank of Nigeria Ltd.

The stability is a seven out of ten. 

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Esteban Fabiani - PeerSpot reviewer
Project and Consultant Manager at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

I would rate the stability of Power BI at around nine out of ten. It has been consistently reliable over the past year, and any bugs are quickly addressed by a supportive community.

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IE
Inovation Manager at SoCalGas

The stability of Microsoft BI is very good. We have not had an issue.

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Harry Murdani - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, IT Security at Averis

It is a stable product for me. I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. There are less than ten end users in my company using this solution. 

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GB
Director, IoT and Connected Products Portfolio at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The product is more or less stable. Power BI doesn't have any problem with the stability aspect.

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Mohammed Ghonaim - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Oracle Application Consultants at Saudi Telecom Company

The stability is good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

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RP
Northern Europe IT Business Intelligence Manager at Adecco

Microsoft BI is stable.

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CR
Lead Senior Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

From what I have seen, the solution seems to be very stable. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

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DM
IT Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

I don't have any issues with the stability of Microsoft BI. It's a stable solution.

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AG
Digital Strategy Manager at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The product is quite stable. It works well in the Microsoft environment. It doesn't crash or freeze. there are no bugs or glitches. It's reliable.

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BM
Assistant Manager - Forensic Data Analytics at Grant Thornton

I rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten. I haven't come across any issues.

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MP
IT Cybersecurity and Compliance Coordinator at Plaenge

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten.

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Biswajith Gopinathan - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analytics Specialist at GlaxoSmithKline

Power BI can handle a maximum of one to four gigabytes of data, but the performance becomes very slow if you handle big data. Since this solution is cloud-based, it's always updated to the latest version. 

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WW
Owner at Pranali Consultants

The solution is quite stable. That's why it is right at the top, of Gartner's quadrant. We have deployed it with hundreds of users and it's withstood the test of time.

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NG
Managing Director at Streamline Strategies

Its stability is pretty good. It is pretty stable.

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TY
Technical Consultant at LinkDev

It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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AG
Statistician / Data Scientist at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is a stable product. I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. 

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JM
BI Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Microsoft BI is very stable.

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Ed Waslosky - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Supply Chain Management at Intricon

It's stable. 

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RU
Chief Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

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RD
Senior Manager.Marketing Strategy & Analysis. at a marketing services firm with 10,001+ employees

The solution is stable when the database is reasonably sized. If you have large databases of 20 million rows it can begin to have difficulties requiring a purchase of more hardware.

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MA
Owner at BNS

It is a reliable solution. 

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SK
Group DWH and BI Senior Manager at Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa

The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches and we don't have any trouble with it crashing or freezing. It's reliable and the performance is good. 

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Aditya Pawar - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at DTSQUARED

I rate the tool’s stability an eight out of ten.

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Khang Do - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Microsoft Power BI is very stable, and it's a nine out of ten for me.

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RB
Director at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The stability is good.

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RT
Information Architect at a government with 10,001+ employees

It is pretty stable. I haven't determined any major issues.

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EP
Head of business transformation and digitalization at Apple

It is very stable. It's been around for more than five years. It was released to the market around 2015, it was conceptualized in 2011, and consistently it's been at the top of the market, against all its competitors, because it's a Microsoft product. I think the secret there is in the way they update their report consistently. The platform is being updated every month, so all the needs of the developers are being met.

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Ariful Ambia - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Director at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

This is a stable product. I found, once, in the middle of the work, it shut down or something. However, it is stable. When I put some of the reports in the Power BI cloud version, everything worked fine. I was able to get the report data. 

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AK
OBIEE/ODI senior consultant at Kastech

The solution performs well and is stable. 

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VK
CFO at Travel Food Services ltd

The product is fairly stable, it doesn't get too many upgrades or updates from that perspective so it's fairly straightforward in terms of implementation and our entire ecosystem was on Microsoft which helped us. The only area that can be problematic is when you're trying to create relationships between two databases and you're trying to link it with your Power BI solution, sometimes that mapping takes considerable time.

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BS
Software Engineer at syntegra

The biggest problem we have had is refreshing with MySQL, we are using a MySQL backend. It has to refresh all the data at once and store it in a cache, is my understanding. I am not sure where Power BI stores the data that it gets from the warehouse, this takes some time. If there are interruptions in the network, then the figures become messed up at some point. It should either commit all the data or it should not commit anything at all if there are errors. I think that is the biggest issue we have had so far.

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Oscar Estorach - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Data-strategist and Director at Theworkshop.es

Microsoft BI is stable and works consistently well. 

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RB
Lead Statistical Analyst | Innovation Champion at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

It's very stable.

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Ankita Mandowara - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Ace Infoway Pvt. Ltd

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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SG
Head of analytics team at Botree Software

Microsoft BI is a stable solution.

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AM
Global Data Architecture and Data Science Director at FH

I have not found any issues with respect to stability. Microsoft has invested a lot and they are continuing to invest in Power BI.

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MB
IT Enterprise Architect - Partnership at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

It's not exactly as stable as I would like. We have had several service reliability issues as well as service degradation issues, which of course are typical to a sales based context. During those moments, though, it has been pretty inconvenient, especially for the users. Luckily we have not been confronted with that situation in production yet, as it was a non-production pilot setup.

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IG
President & Owner at Altrim Systems

For us, the stability has been great. We have no issues with the stability of Microsoft BI.

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RA
Manager Technical Architect at Legato Health Technologies

Throughout several updates over the past three years, I never saw any issues, particularly with installation or anything, so I see the product as stable.

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NA
Portfolio manager at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The product is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

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MJ
Global Director - HR Technology & Platforms at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is very stable. It's reliable. We've been happy with it. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

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GV
New Digital Applications Specialist at Alpina Sa

I rate the stability of Microsoft BI an eight out of ten.

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AS
Cognos Consultant at Surtel technologies

The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. I haven't had issues with it crashing or freezing.

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CP
Senior Product Manager Data Science at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is absolutely stable.

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YS
Head-IT/SAP at Barista Coffee Company Ltd.

Microsoft BI is highly stable.

The performance depends on the requirement. You have to complete your requirement which is a priority. After that, you understand your requirement and the performance could be better. The performance is the second.

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LeandroLucas - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Product at Bitz

I find the product to be quite stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

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RP
VP Cloud Platform

We've found the stability to be fine so far. there are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

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SS
Founder/Director at Thoughtschools

The performance of Microsoft BI is very poor because whenever the reports are published, data never comes in the first place when the site is open. It takes a long time to load, and the access level restriction is not as easy as it is in Tableau.

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TS
Cloud business Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Microsoft BI is a stable solution.

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AD
Chief Technical Officer at Value Partners

The solution offers good stability. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

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DM
Advisor to the Zambia Revenues Authority at GIZ
The solution is stable. we did not yet had any issue. View full review »
JM
Enterprise Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Microsoft BI has been stable so far.

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AE
Junior Data Scientist at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

Microsoft BI is a stable product.

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AA
Solution Architect

The solution is pretty stable in its current form, and we are working on the same platform to optimize and incorporate everything. 

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CM
Technical Director, Information Management at a construction company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It is fairly stable.

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PC
Senior Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

So far, the solution has been largely stable. However, I'm still exploring the solution and testing it against my requirements. The stability hasn't quite been proven fully just yet.

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it_user181869 - PeerSpot reviewer
Microsoft BI Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

No. Product is very robust and reliable.

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Samar Moustafa - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Developer at AHBS

It is very stable. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. 

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IvanIvanov21 - PeerSpot reviewer
Expert Data Quality Management at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The product is stable. It works perfectly, and we haven’t encountered any issues working with it.

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Syed Fahad Anwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal System Developer at HHRC

It is stable, but there is an issue with Microsoft because the on-premises Power BI is behind the cloud Power BI. The features of on-premises Power BI are six months or one year behind the cloud version. They are not on the same level of capability.

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SP
Practice Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Microsoft Power BI is a stable solution.

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RR
Accounting Services Finance Manager M&S at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees

The product is stable. Its performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

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CA
Contact Center Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

I have found Microsoft BI is stable. 

I have not had any issues. I am a new user myself, and I typically suggest an application that I have found good and then somebody else that I work with, would set it up.

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BK
Manager - Customer Success at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The stability of the product is good. It doesn't crash or freeze. there are no bugs or glitches. It's reliable. 

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SV
Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Microsoft BI is stable. We aren't faced with too much downtime. On a scale of five, I would probably rate it at 4.8 out of five throughout any given week.

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it_user829302 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
it_user206340 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Business Intelligence Analyst at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees

In general, no. Most stability issues encountered have been more related to network or infrastructure, and not the products being used.

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LI
Software Engineer at Lorenzo Imperatrice

It is a stable solution. 

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AY
BI/BO Hana Application Consultant at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The product is stable. I have seen a lot of improvements in the stability of their application lately. If you compare what's available now to the last three to four years back, you can see it's more stable.

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EH
Strategy & Advisory - Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Stability is very good.

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AS
Technical Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

In terms of stability, I have seen some cases where it is difficult as well as some cases where it is very easy. Overall, it is a stable and reliable product.

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JL
Senior data Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's stable, but the desktop is not so stable. I have experienced several crashes. I would say there is a lot of opportunity for improvement on that.

A couple of people are needed for deployment and maintenance. You always need a developer who is proficient on Power Query and maybe some other DevOps guy who sets up the pipeline. So, maybe two people at most. It's very easy.

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HA
Data Science Intern at Clockworkx Gmbh

It's stable, but it's so slow. Sometimes it takes some time to respond, especially when you put two or three plots with big data. It becomes very slow.

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it_user480210 - PeerSpot reviewer
Web Developer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

No. SSRS has been rock solid and the server never needed rebooting unlike the Crystal Report Servers.

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JO
Information Technology Architect at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

It is stable.

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Rahul  Chauhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Developer at lagozon technologies private limited

The stability of Microsoft BI is stable.

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AS
Technical Sales Manager at Skhomo Technologies

I don't have any complaints because we used to be a partner of a company that set up our environment. They are a sales partner, and our sales are very good, but there were always issues with the technical support. At the moment, I would still recommend everyone to move to Microsoft Power BI regardless of their environment.

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TM
Assistant General Manager at ELEVATE Solutions Limited

We find the solution to be stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. it's reliable.

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KD
Senior Technology Architect/Strategist at a aerospace/defense firm with 51-200 employees

It is overall in mid-range. Sometimes, it works very well, and sometimes, it doesn't. If it is not working very well sometimes, that means it is not a hundred percent stable.

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AI
Senior Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I am at the initial stage of using it. We have just deployed a report in our organization, and it is working fine so far. It seems to be stable. I am not sure if we faced any issues with it.

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TS
Manage Client Partner at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

I am only working with small datasets at the moment and the solution has been stable. I am not sure how it will be for larger datasets. We have approximately 50 people using the solution in my organization.

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CH
Product and Systems Director at SPCM

Microsoft Bi is stable. 

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HS
IT RM at KNV

The solution is stable enough, but I think Tableau has a better interactive UX and user experience. We are not using Tableau right now.

We have tens of thousands of users, and we are willing to increase the number of users.

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AK
BI Analyst at Infosys Technology

This solution is stable. It's a nice solution to have.

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MF
PMO at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

The solution is stable.

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SS
Assistant Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We found no issues. It is an aggregated reporting tool. It cannot handle a detailed level of data. It is meant only for the dashboarding purpose. You need to have your underlying data in an aggregated way, and then it would be faster. It depends on whether you have a live connection or you don't have a live connection.

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MP
Team Leader at Eurobank EFG Bulgaria AD

Microsoft BI is stable, but I cannot comment on the stability as we haven't yet used it for a big project.

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it_user194682 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Yes, when the volume of data is large.

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Emmanuel Oladinrin - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Microsoft BI is stable.

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LC
MBA, MS Business Analytics at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

Microsoft BI has been good. I don't believe I have any issues with the stability aspect of it yet.

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RD
Owner at Richard Duggan Pty Ltd

It is stable.

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OA
Innovation & Project Portfolio Management Practice Director at FACTUM

Very good. We don't have any issue regarding the stability of the solution.

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SK
Manager, BI & Analytics at Perceptive Analytics

Microsoft BI is definitely stable.

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GR
Manager- Projects at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Microsoft Power BI is stable compared to any other business subjects or any other tools.

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SA
General Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The solution is stable and the performance is pretty good, From what I have experienced. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

That said, we haven't used it for a full year yet, and it's hard to gauge its stability for the long term. Right now, based on the information I have, I'd rate it at 70% stable. 

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SS
Graduate Engineer at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Power BI is stable. I have not used it extensively, but from what I understand from my colleagues, it's stable. 

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AG
Technical Director at Progetti e Soluzioni

It is stable enough.

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SH
Project Manager at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The product has been quite stable so far. The performance is good. It's reliable. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

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BL
Certified Adjunct Faculty, School of Engineering and Computing at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

In an abstract sense, it's holding up. I don't speak to actual customers of Microsoft products to answer that question. But I would suggest that it's holding up because the Gartner Group put out another magic quadrant output that describes it as being in the leader category.

It's a well-respected research group, Gartner. In fact, companies that want to acquire its research for anything more specific or consulting, have to pay for it and have ownership. I don't pay for it. But there are many vendors who have my school email on their lists, so I get the reports for free, and I have my hands on quite a collection of the reports.

And that's why I'm mentioning them because the Gartner Group has mentioned Power BI twice now. So as far as long-term prospects go, I'd say Power BI is a stable solution.

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NL
Interim Manager Supply Chain / IT at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees

The stability is very good. We have no problems.

We receive an update every month with new functions, so we are not missing anything.

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GG
Presales Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

There were no stability issues.

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NA
DGM IT at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Microsoft Power BI is stable with no issue.

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KS
Lead Business Analyst at a media company with 501-1,000 employees

This is a stable solution. 

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BA
Technology Solutions Professional at OrchidaSoft

The stability is okay, although there are occasional connectivity problems when it comes to managed gateway communication of data OnPrem and troubleshooting. The OnPrem stability should be addressed. 

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SV
Senior Consultant at ICTPro

Power BI is as stable as every other Microsoft product. It depends on the environment and other factors — it's not just Power BI. But it's quite stable, I think. And it's also on a very high level.

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CK
Analyst Operations with 5,001-10,000 employees

We were satisfied with the stability of Microsoft BI.

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JC
Director Comercial at Grupo Consultores

It is a very robust and stable solution. We are a company that works with enterprise solutions from SAP and Microsoft. We have worked with companies that have 5,000 users and without a problem. So, it is very robust and stable.

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EH
Principal at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

It's not only stable but it's constantly improving. 

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Fabio Xavier - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Systems of the TCESP at a government with 501-1,000 employees

The solution is reliable, we do not have a problem with the availability.

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Gurkan ONAY - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director BI-EPM at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Microsoft BI is a stable solution.

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AN
Senior Manager: ICT Compliance at Department of Public Service and Administration

The product is very stable so far.

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RS
Technical Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

This is a stable product.

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MS
Chief Information Officer at Sensilab

It has improved over the years. There were problems a few years ago, but now, it is way better.

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BY
Senior Data Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The stability of the solution has been good.

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SM
Data Warehouse Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable and the performance is very good.

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ST
New Build Completion & Commissioning at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The stability is very good. It's a Microsoft product and therefore they wouldn't put anything out that wasn't tested and worthy of release. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's quite reliable and offers good performance. 

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AN
Senior Manager: ICT Compliance at Department of Public Service and Administration

The solution is quite stable. I'd call it reliable. It doesn't crash or freeze and I can't recall bugs or glitches happening.

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IH
Advisory Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is stable. I haven't found it hanging. It consumes a lot of memory on the local system but not while developing the reports. It also depends on the data on which we are working, but generally, it is light and stable.

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SA
Group IT Manager with 10,001+ employees

It is stable.

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FM
Senior Software Engineer - Business Intelligence at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

In the beginning, we did encounter some stability issues; now, Microsoft is doing great things to make this product more stable and enhanced.

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RV
Technical coordinator at a university with 201-500 employees

The stability has been good. There aren't bugs or glitches really. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's pretty reliable. 

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JG
Associate Data Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Power BI's stability has improved in the last few years and now seems pretty good, especially with R.

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GM
Sales Director at Expeditus (Pty) Ltd

Microsoft BI is stable. 

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MU
Founder/CEO at Data.tac Nigeria Limited

Stability is quite good. It's reliable.

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SU
Head of Digitalization at a mining and metals company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Stability is quite good as long as you have proper sizing from the beginnings. If you do the right sizing keeping in mind the current usage as well as future growth, it is good.

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RA
Executive HR- Talent Acquisition at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Microsoft Power BI is a very stable tool.

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JR
Assistant Manager Databases at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

The stability is okay, but the real-time integration is lacking.

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SK
Manager, BI & Analytics at Perceptive Analytics

Microsoft BI is stable. 

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SK
System Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Power BI is stable. 

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PH
System Specialist at a government with 201-500 employees

The solution is stable and reliable. The performance is good. It's not a product that crashes or freezes. There aren't bugs or glitches to deal with.

It's robust.

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NN
Functional Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The stability is great. There aren't issues around bugs or glitches. It doesn't freeze. I haven't experienced a crash. It's reliable. 

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LK
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

It was a short project on the Power BI side. I didn't really identify any glitches. Certainly, over time things might've come out, however, I enjoy doing experimenting and playing around with things. The one definite thing that I noticed, as I do art with Tableau, is some really neat art stuff, so I tried to replicate that with Power BI and the quality just wasn't there.

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SK
Partner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The stability is good. 

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BN
Compensation Coordinator at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is very stable and very reliable. It is by far the most reliable system I have used for deploying many things.

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SK
Co-Founder at Beta Edge Technology Limited

In terms of stability, this product has never failed me. I have not experienced any bugs or glitches.

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FM
Manager at a logistics company with 501-1,000 employees

Stability is okay.

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VA
Data Analyst at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is stable, but not as good as other tools I use.

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RT
Senior Business Analyst at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The stability is good. The solution is being used daily, on a moderate to high level in our organization.

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LG
Marketing and Relationship Manager | Customer Journey at Ipiranga

The stability is good.

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FM
MCSE at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Microsoft BI is stable.

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ES
Founder & CEO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The stability of Microsoft BI is good.

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AE
IT Service and Strategy Consultant, Facilitator at BCAP SOLUTIONS

Stability has been good so far. 

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BS
Engagement Professional at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

I haven't really had any issues, but I haven't given it the full whammy or the full monty. It's been stable for my use.

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RH
Head of Analytics Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is reasonably stable.

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VC
CEO at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It is very stable.

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MS
Business Analyst at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

Microsoft BI is a stable solution. We haven't had any issues yet.

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JB
CEO at Finanblue

The stability of the product is very good. Microsoft solutions are very reliable. They're very mature and deliver reliable solutions. 

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SR
IT Specialist at a wholesaler/distributor with 1-10 employees

It works perfectly so far.

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AL
CEO at a tech services company

The stability is good, no problem. We haven't had any trouble with it.

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it_user232830 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Information Systems Department at a government

The product was pretty stable but when it comes to collecting real-time data we encountered some data dropping issues.

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RZ
Head of Global Services Business Performance Management at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Microsoft BI is stable.

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OA
Business Application Group Manager at OBASE

The solution is not really stable. I've faced a lot of limitations especially in terms of some data flows updates. We have faced some exceptions. Right now, we have created a case for Microsoft in order to solve some problems we've been having as, right now, there's some sort of system fault.

While the platform is a little more stable, the big problem is the latency issues around customer updates.

In a recent project, in Sweden, we faced an exception in Power BI from the update path. Whenever we refresh the animations and the fact tables, we faced something that said we couldn't upload the data. After 20 minutes we tried to refresh again. We didn't change anything with our reports or platform or anything related to infrastructure or schema. We didn't touch anything. An yet, the data is updated successfully. That leads us to ask the question: what was the problem 20 minutes ago? We still don't know the answer.

That is why we need some stability for the update service. We are deciding some business decisions based on this data. If this data is not updated, we may decide to take the wrong path. 

This is very important in the retail industry. For example in the grocery field, sometimes with vegetables or fruits or other products, customers need to decide to change the prices within lock days. They need to decide, based on demand, if they should increase or lower prices. They can't make the correct decisions if the numbers don't update.  

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SG
BI Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Overall, it is pretty stable. The cloud version is definitely very stable, and I have found very few flaws or areas for improvement. We have been using it for more than five years and we have every intention to continue with it.

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GG
Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Stability is pretty good. I've been using other services from Microsoft and the support also has been really good so it's a very stable platform and the support services are excellent.

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KC
Business Intelligence Architect at a tech services company
it_user229761 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant | Architect at DHL

There was no issue with stability.

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VV
Software developer

The stability is good.

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HO
Consultant en Business Intelligence

It's a stable solution. 

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it_user876765 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder with 1-10 employees

The stability is very good now; it was definitely really poor a year ago.

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DD
Database Expert & BI Developer at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
PH
Partner at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

It feels very stable. A bit slow sometimes when you change stuff and you want to refresh data and apply it to the data model in your queries. You want to apply that to your reports and dashboards and it can be a bit slow sometimes.

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SA
General Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I find the solution to be 70 percent stable. 

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DJ
Director at Magnamious Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Power BI has been stable so far. 

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KB
Managing Partner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The product is stable. For one of our customers, there are one thousand clients connecting to the same report. Everyone gets their own results and can search them. It needs more power. It can consume a lot of energy. 

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AB
CEO Gerente General at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The solution is extremely stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's very reliable in terms of performance, but it is slow sometimes.

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WV
Project Consultant at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

If implemented correctly, Microsoft BI is quite stable. 

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EP
Managing Director at IDMdev Tech Solutions®

It has good stability.

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it_user654243 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Developer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

I've used the IBM suite, and I've used SAP, and Microsoft is fairly stable for me. And because there is a large community for issues that arise, for every bug that you encounter, you have a solution, just Google it, without having to go for special training like with SAS.

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RH
Head of Internal Control at a tech company with 51-200 employees

The solution has been stable. Everything has been running smoothly.

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MH
Data Analyst at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

At times it is not stable, and we need to use other connectors to link with the data.

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RB
Business Intelligence Coordinator Latam at a construction company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The stability is not so great because when you have to improve your performance, you have to double your storage, so sometimes it becomes very expensive.

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WH
BI and data chief consultant at a media company with 11-50 employees

The solution is stable.

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NH
Director of Analytics and Cognitive Computing at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Microsoft BI has been stable in my usage.

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FB
Project Leader at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The product is reliable and stable. There is not much downtime or anything. In terms of data, there will be more data related to or within your connection and with your set of data or gateway. 

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KR
Strategic Market Development Sr. Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 201-500 employees

I have found the solution to be stable.

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MR
Senior Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

Microsoft BI is a stable solution.

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DK
BI technical analyst at a government with 11-50 employees

In my experience, I have found this solution scalable.

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JS
Consultant at a training & coaching company with 201-500 employees

In some ways, it is stable.

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ZA
Senior Programmer Analyst with 1,001-5,000 employees

The stability is good.

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VC
Sr. Solution Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It seems stable. I haven't heard of any difficulties from my clients that utilize Power BI. 

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LB
Director of Sales and Marketing at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

In terms of stability, we haven't had any challenges with it at this point. As with multiple integrations across several companies we tend to make whatever change is best for the biggest base of clients. We haven't had any issues thus far.

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ND
Business Intelligence Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

This product is pretty stable.

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SS
Data Analyst at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Microsoft BI is a stable product.

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Director, Education Management Information Systems with 51-200 employees

No issues with the stability.

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CA
Accountant at a government

It can be annoyingly slow at times, but I think it's because of the bandwidth, the connectivity we have. I've always believed if we had better connectivity, it would be perfect. Sometimes it's slow. But I really don't blame it on the solution. I blame it, but on my connectivity.

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HD
Senior Operations Coordinator at CambriLearn

The solution is stable.

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AJ
Head of Offshore Operations & Solutions at Techcarrot

The stability of this solution is great.

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TB
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I have found the solution to have high performance and to be reliable.

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MB
Power BI Technical Specialist at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is not completely stable. Sometimes, it goes off for the whole North Europe region. Its stability should be improved.

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it_user454209 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Analyst & Developer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
  • Long-running queries could take your system down. The desire of "I Want It All In One Report" should be avoided. All users should tune their reports and use parameters to get their reports in a light way.
  • Internet Explorer could be tricky sometimes.
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SB
Client Director, Head of Sales & Marketing, Partner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is stable. 

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CW
Certification Division at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

Because our internet here is not constant, it fluctuates, which is why I don' use the cloud-based version.

It is not stable. The stability could be improved.

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AB
Data Science Leader at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I think the stability is good. I haven't had any problems yet with Power BI.

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it_user859623 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It's very stable. I'm very satisfied with the tool.

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MSBI Technology Architect/Developer at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees

None encountered.

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it_user117558 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Junior consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
DW
Director of technology alliances at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I've seen no issues with BI's stability.

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SM
Associate Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The stability is good but as you add more data the stability decreases.

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IS
CEO at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is a stable solution.

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it_user825429 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Analyst, Big data at a manufacturing company

Actually, it's a stable solution. But in some companies, based on my experience, my previous company, using the FAP solution for their IP solution. Then for our Powerband, the BI2, the data come from EIPCN, something like that, but actually it seems that the Powerband don't have very good integration with FAP interface. The integration from from FAP is not so convenient

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it_user872265 - PeerSpot reviewer
Professor of Private International Law with 1,001-5,000 employees

Flawless. Absolutely flawless. The stability is excellent.

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it_user305997 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We often experience stability issues.

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it_user185154 - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Data Analytics Specialist at Allianz Turkey

There were no stability issues.

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MN
Data Scientist at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

The solution is stable.

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TW
Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

No. It works on all versions of NAV and AX.

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it_user217881 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant MOA BI at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Stability issues are due to bad hardware sizing, bad forecast of volumes, or bad data modeling.

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it_user289488 - PeerSpot reviewer
MSBI Technical Lead at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user171969 - PeerSpot reviewer
Microsoft BI Consultant with 51-200 employees

Sometimes in the starting few months of every new release.

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JV
Part Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The stability is excellent. 

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PA
Research & Development Expert at a energy/utilities company with 11-50 employees

Microsoft BI could be a little more stable.

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GJ
Sr Dot Net Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The stability is good but sometimes we need to validate the data. 

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it_user553431 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Tecnical Officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I have not yet encountered any issues with stability.

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it_user324447 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The product is stable. At times, it is slow when you use relational database as a data source, however it is fast when you use multidimensional cubes for high volume data.

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it_user221220 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analyst in XBRL Projects at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We do have issues, but we can solve them ourselves.

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CM
Project Business Analyst RPA at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

The solution is stable.

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Microsoft Power BI
March 2024
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