A fixed-scope migration from MicroStrategy to Power BI on Microsoft Fabric. We map your schema and metadata, translate attributes and metrics into a certified semantic model, and validate every number against MicroStrategy before cutover.
By Michał Kulikowski · Updated June 2026
Request a quoteThe dossiers are the visible part. The real work sits underneath: a project metadata layer of attributes, facts, hierarchies and metrics that has accumulated logic over years. Move the reports without rebuilding that layer and you inherit every quirk — slowly, and with numbers no one can reconcile. We treat the schema as the foundation, rebuild it cleanly on Microsoft Fabric, and only then rebuild the reports on top. It runs as a fixed-scope engagement, so the migration doesn't become the next multi-year programme.
The concepts translate — but not one-to-one. Getting the metric and attribute logic right in DAX is where the numbers are won or lost.
| MicroStrategy | Power BI / Fabric | |
|---|---|---|
| Attributes & hierarchies | → | Dimension tables and Power BI hierarchies |
| Facts | → | Fact tables in the Lakehouse / Warehouse |
| Metrics & compound metrics | → | DAX measures (validated, not assumed) |
| Project metadata layer | → | Certified Power BI semantic model |
| Dossiers & documents | → | Power BI reports and paginated reports |
| Security filters | → | Row-level security in the model or data layer |
| Intelligent Cubes / extracts | → | Direct Lake on OneLake — no separate cube layer |
Everything in scope, agreed in writing before work starts.
We document your MicroStrategy project metadata — attributes, facts, hierarchies, metrics — and design the target Power BI semantic model and Fabric data layer.
We build the Lakehouse or Warehouse that the semantic model sits on, ingesting from the same sources MicroStrategy uses today.
The part that decides whether the numbers match. Simple, compound, level and conditional metrics re-expressed as DAX measures and checked individually.
The dossiers and documents in active use rebuilt as Power BI reports — prioritised by usage, not copied wholesale.
New Power BI reports run alongside MicroStrategy and we reconcile metric by metric until they match within tolerance. Sign-off is against the reconciliation.
A controlled switch off MicroStrategy, with documentation and training so your team runs Power BI independently.
The reasons are consistent across the migrations we run.
MicroStrategy licensing is a recurring line item that Power BI on an existing Microsoft agreement often undercuts substantially.
Finding and keeping MicroStrategy developers is getting harder. Power BI and DAX skills are far easier to hire and retain.
If you already run Microsoft 365 and Azure, Power BI and Fabric fit the stack you operate rather than adding a separate one.
Direct Lake reads data straight from OneLake — losing the Intelligent Cube refresh and extract management MicroStrategy deployments carry.
A MicroStrategy migration is mostly risk management — the risk being that the numbers quietly stop matching. Our approach is built around removing that risk:
Not sure of the size yet? Book a 30-minute scoping call.
Cost depends on the size of the project metadata and the number of dossiers in active use — so we scope after a short discovery session. Once agreed, the price is fixed.
Scope and price are agreed after discovery. You receive a quote with a clear deliverable set — not a rough estimate revised later.
After discovery we define the exact metadata and report scope. The quote reflects that — locked before any work begins.
Anything outside the agreed scope is a separate, priced change request. No creeping invoices mid-migration.
Start with a fixed 5-day Migration Audit — a readiness score and written roadmap, with no commitment to the full migration.
Book a free 30-minute scoping call. We'll size the migration, flag the metric-translation risks, and send a fixed-price quote.