Exhibit 23.1
                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

   We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-3, as
amended, of our report dated January 26, 2000, except for Note 14, for which
the date is February 24, 2000, relating to the financial statements of
MicroStrategy Incorporated for the year ended December 31, 1999, which appear
in such Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us in the
heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

March 3, 2000
McLean, Virginia