![Shubham K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shubham K.") SK Shubham K. Implementation Specialist Financial Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/2/2025 "Power BI - Makes Data Talk" 5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI? Power BI offers the following advantages to its users and viewers which makes it a volatile product to be used - 1) A non technical person can easily navigate , view , visualize and distinguish the dashboard. 2) A large number of raw , discrete data can be easily formalized into N numbers of formats , tables , charts for the end users to get a concise picture of the data to be presented. 3) Collaboration by creating workspaces created by the users with his/her coworkers where reports and dashboards can be accessed. 4) User can create more personalized dashboard which can prove interactive and pleasing to new audience. 5)Many software services , applications and connectors can work together to convert one's unrelated source of data into visually interactive insights which can be easily navigated and filtered and real time data can be represented. 6) Every few moments the data get refreshed automatically giving user a real time overview of data. 7) Can be integrated easily with other Microsoft applications with no or low maintenance and expertise. 8) No complex implementation , easy to implement and less support required. 9) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI? The dislike can be categorized as - 1) User has limited editing options on a web interface application. 2) Loading of the reports consumes more time. 3) Access management and security issues are often faced. 4)Over complex visuals require more time to load. 5) Excess data tables cannot be pulled efficiently , one needs to apply proper filters to fetch the data. 6)Query performance is often slowed down due to poor data analysis expressions leading to slower user experience. 7) When the credential expires there in frequent interruption in refreshing the schedules . 8)There is challenge in lack of transparency in user access management , leading to auditing challenges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you? In our industry we are using Power BI for the following purpose - 1) As we are working on multiple clients , multiple countries and multiple business units , we are utilizing Power BI to get a real time view of all the project status either in pipeline , signed and planned , completed , on hold etc. 2) Project completion status , project escalation status can be tracked easily while using Power BI. 3) The vendors , various stakeholders , various contracts assigned to the client can be checked , accessed , edited whenever required which gives our Implementation Specialists an over view about the accountability a concerned spoc holds in a project. 4) The RAG status , escalation matrix , RACI matrix and other matrix are now implemented on our Power BI application which helps us track our project status more proactively. 5) Instead of using Sharepoint we are accessing Microsoft Power Bi to get more appealing and visually pleasing data for our contract dates and change cycle management. 6) Budget forecasting in CAPEX and OPEX scenarios has become quite easy using Power BI dashboards. 7) As we share and exchange and handle large amount of discrete data , we are able to properly prioritize , sort the data , and are able to read and visualize the same on the dashboards created. 8) Instead of using boring charts and pie diagram , real time moving and sorting filtered data required can be easily achieved over clients call which is more fruitful than old charts and tables. 9) Local office are now using the Income statements , balance sheets and Variance reports , Headcount reports that are generated from Power BI during our payroll processing which has eased their task. 10) A large amount of data is been integrated from various data sources and is automated for day to day routine task making the payroll processing , master data management more easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic See what 1603 reviewers think of Microsoft Power BI 4.5 out of 5 ยท Verified reviews from real users [ Read all reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-power-bi/reviews)