Installing MicroStrategy Suite

Now that the prerequisites are in place, we can go on with the platform setup.

Getting ready

You need to have completed all the previous recipes to continue.

When you download the MicroStrategy Suite, it can be installed in two different versions: the full-featured 30 days evaluation or the free reporting suite.

The difference between the two is that with the former you have the complete suite with administration tools, unlimited users, the option to use more than one processor, and more; while the second is a free version with limited users, no administrator tools, and one CPU limit.

We will be using the latter, throughout this book, and only cover the features available in the free one.

Prior to downloading and installing ...

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