Microsoft Named Leader in Business Intelligence Platforms
Microsoft has just been recognised as a leader in the Forrester Wave: Business Intelligence Platforms for Q2 of 2025 with its leading solution, Power BI.
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Business intelligence (BI) platforms are tools that allow organisations to transform data into actionable insights by helping collect, analyse and visualise data that is then used to enhance reporting and support decision-making. With so many BI platforms on the market, the Forrester Wave is a helpful tool when it comes to evaluating different vendors. The Forrester Wave for Q2 of 2025 analysed and scored the top 9 BI platform vendors currently on the market, evaluating criteria from deployment options and GenAI capabilities to solution security and compliance, to deliver a comprehensive analysis that clearly illustrates the strongest BI solution vendors. With that, Microsoft was named a leader in business intelligence platforms with its offering, Power BI.
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A renowned solution in the world of Business Intelligence tools, Microsoft’s Power BI is a comprehensive low-code BI solution that enables teams to create detailed data visualisations, dashboards and reports that help managers better understand business data and ensure they are always equipped with the insights needed to support effective decision-making. Below we discuss some of the key reasons why Microsoft’s was recognised as a leader in the Forrester Wave: Business Intelligence Platforms, Q2 2025.
Solution Capabilities
The Forrester Wave highlights the strength of Power BI’s key features, from its seamless integration with other Microsoft solutions including Teams, Dynamics 365 and Business Central, to its GenAI functionality. AI assistant Copilot is now generally available in Power BI to help users create enhanced reports. Users can communicate with Copilot through a conversational experience and ask questions to deepen their understanding of the data. Copilot can also summarise reports or visualisations to improve the data exploration experience. Further, Copilot can help users create report pages by identifying the tables, fields, charts and measures for business data that can then be customised as needed. This feature allows teams to save significant time and effort when it comes to generating report pages, leaving more time for data analysis.
Customer Feedback
Perhaps one of the most important aspects of a solution to consider is customer feedback. Power BI users provided positive feedback, highlighting Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft 365 integration as notable features, as well as Power BI’s capability of Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) to build complex logical functions.
Business Strategy
Microsoft’s robust strategy was also highlighted in the Forrester Wave. The business’ consistent investment in innovation, especially when it comes to GenAI and agentic AI, in conjunction with its strong partner network worldwide support the adoption of Power BI. Further, continuous development of the solution roadmap makes it a favorable solution for companies that wish to stay up to date with the latest technological advancements and industry trends.
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