FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5

(Print or Type Responses)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * BANSAL SANJU K   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MICROSTRATEGY INC [MSTR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Vice Chairman, EVP and COO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED, 1861 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/08/2007 (Street) MCLEAN, VA 22102 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   M   10,000 A $ 20.69 60,000 (1) D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   144 D $ 125.74 59,856 (2) D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   200 D $ 125.75 59,656 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   1,656 D $ 125.8 58,000 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   100 D $ 125.82 57,900 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   500 D $ 125.84 57,400 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   1,200 D $ 125.85 56,200 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   246 D $ 125.89 55,954 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   800 D $ 125.9 55,154 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   300 D $ 125.95 54,854 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   100 D $ 125.96 54,754 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   100 D $ 125.98 54,654 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   100 D $ 125.99 54,554 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   2,454 D $ 126 52,100 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   400 D $ 126.04 51,700 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   800 D $ 126.05 50,900 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   200 D $ 126.07 50,700 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   300 D $ 126.08 50,400 D   Class A Common Stock 02/08/2007   S   400 D $ 126.1 50,000 D

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
	Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.		SEC 1474 (9-02)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Options (right to buy)

$ 20.69

02/08/2007

M

10,000

(3)

02/08/2013

Class A Common Stock

10,000

$ 0

50,000 (4)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BANSAL SANJU K C/O MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED 1861 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE MCLEAN, VA 22102	X		Vice Chairman, EVP and COO

Signatures

W. Ming Shao, As Attorney-in-Fact		02/12/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This amount includes 50,000 shares previously owned indirectly through a qualified annuity trust which were transferred to Mr. Bansal on November 16, 2006 and are now owned directly.
(2)	Separate open market sale transactions that were executed on 02/08/2007 at the same price have been reported on an aggregate basis on a single line in Table I. The order in which sale transactions are set forth in Table I is not necessarily reflective of the sequence in which the sale transactions occurred in fact.
(3)	The 10,000 shares exercised on 02/08/2007 pursuant to this stock option vested on 02/08/2006. Of the remaining 50,000 shares subject to the stock option, 10,000 shares vested on 02/08/2006, 20,000 shares vested on 02/08/2007 and 20,000 shares vest on 02/08/2008.
(4)	See Exhibit A.
Remarks: See Exhibit A.

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number.