Installation Prerequisites

Before you install MicroStrategy, you must have the following:

MicroStrategy installation files.
Before you begin upgrading any MicroStrategy systems, contact your MicroStrategy account executive to obtain a new license key for the version of software you are installing.
License key from MicroStrategy.
You can access the installation files by asking your system administrator to share the files on a network location.
You can reduce the amount of data that has to be downloaded for an installation by excluding some of the installation files in the Installations/DataFiles folder. During installation, the MicroStrategy Installation Wizard then lists which of these files are required for your MicroStrategy installation. You can use this technique to provide only the files required to complete a MicroStrategy installation, which can then be used to reduce the amount of data packaged and downloaded for other MicroStrategy installations in your organization. For steps to use this technique to create custom installation packages, see Creating Custom Installation Packages.
Installation location for your MicroStrategy products

To install MicroStrategy 2021 Update 9 (May 2023) and earlier on Linux, you must install the Korn Shell (ksh package) to launch the setup. Starting in MicroStrategy 2021 Update 10, the Korn Shell (KSH package) is not required to launch setup. Instead, Bash shell is used by default.

To install MicroStrategy on Windows, you must have the following permissions and privileges:

You must log on to your machine using a domain account with Windows administrative privileges for the domain or target machine.
The user installing MicroStrategy needs write permissions in the installation directory to complete the installation; otherwise the installation fails.

In addition to the information provided above, review the following sections before the installation: