the power of bi: a guided tour of microsoft's business intelligence tooling

4th of March 2017

@MS HQ Munich

The Power of BI: A guided tour of Microsoft‘s Business Intelligence toolingJason Himmelstein | Microsoft MVPOffice 365 Advisory Services Manager, Rackspace #SPSMUC02

Jason HimmelsteinMicrosoft MVPITPro & BI GeekRe-installed Texan, die-hard Spurs, Longhorns, & Jaguars fan

Blog: www.sharepointlonghorn.comTwitter: @sharepointlhorn

Agenda

History

SharePoint 2007

SharePoint 2007 BI

Excel ServicesSharePoint FiltersSharePoint KPIsBusiness Connectivity ServicesVisio Services

Office Group

SQL Server Reporting ServicesPerformancePoint

SQL Group

SharePoint 2010 BI

Excel ServicesSharePoint FiltersSharePoint KPIsBusiness Connectivity ServicesVisio Services

Office Group

SQL Server Reporting ServicesPerformancePoint

SQL Group

SharePoint 2010 BI

Excel ServicesPerformancePoint ServicesSharePoint FiltersChart Web PartSharePoint KPIsBusiness Data ConnectivityAccess ServicesVisio Services

Office Group

SQL Server Reporting ServicesPower Pivot for SharePoint

SQL Group

Office GroupExcel ServicesPerformancePoint

ServicesSharePoint FiltersBusiness Data

ConnectivityAccess ServicesVisio Services

SQL GroupSQL Server Reporting

ServicesPower Pivot for

SharePoint

SharePoint 2013 BI

Office GroupExcel ServicesPerformancePoint

ServicesSharePoint Filters

SQL GroupSQL Server Reporting

ServicesPower Pivot for

SharePoint

SharePoint 2013 BI Workhorses

Office GroupExcel ServicesPerformancePoint

Services

SQL GroupSQL Server Reporting

ServicesPower Pivot for

SharePoint

SharePoint 2013 BI Core Pillars

Office GroupExcel Online ServerPerformancePoint

Services

SQL GroupSQL Server Reporting

ServicesPower Pivot for

SharePoint

SharePoint 2016 BI Core Pillars

Office GroupExcel Online

SharePoint Online BI Core Pillars

Reporting Platforms

“Reporting Services is our on-premises solution

for BI report delivery”

Microsoft - Business Intelligence – our reporting roadmap – October 2015

“Power BI is our cloud solution for

BI report delivery”

What Microsoft didn’t say out loud – October 2015

Classic SSRS (RDL)PaginatedPower BI (PBIX)

Interactive

SSRS Mobile (RSMOBILE)Power BI (PBIX)Both use Power BI Mobile AppMobileExcel (XLSX)Analytical

Four Report Types

Power BI

PaginatedInteractiveAnalytical*Mobile (PBI)

Excel/Excel Services/Excel Online Server

Paginated InteractiveAnalytical Mobile (PBI)

SQL Server Reporting Services

PaginatedInteractiveAnalyticalMobile (rsmobile)

Platforms

*via Excel Online

SQL Server Reporting Services

Report DesignersReport BuilderSQL Server Data

Tools

Native Mode

SharePoint Integrated

ModeReport Viewer

Web Parts

SSRS Key Features

HTML 5 Based Rendering

Engine

Customizable Parameters

PaneNew UI for

Report Builder

New Web Portal Mobile ReportsNew Chart TypesTree Map and

Sunburst

PDF replaces ActiveX for

printing

PowerPoint rendering and

exportKPIs

Pin to Power BI Dashboard

New Features in SSRS 2016

Native Mode

HTML 5 Based Rendering

EngineNew UI for

Report Builder

New Chart TypesTree Map and

Sunburst

PDF replaces ActiveX for

printing

PowerPoint rendering and

export

New Features in SSRS 2016

SharePoint Integrated Mode

Native mode only

Page viewer with rs:Embed=TrueUpdated web part to

come

SharePoint lists as a data source

Report delivery to SharePoint

libraries

The future of SSRS in SharePoint

Native mode web parts ship with SQL ServerUnchanged from SSRS

2008 R2Officially deprecated

SSRS Native Mode web part

Native SP Integrated

Excel Services and PowerPivot for SharePoint

The Big News

Excel Services and PP4SP

Excel Services SharePoint

SQL DB SSAS Tabular SSAS OLAP Other Data Sources

Refresh workbook

OLAP/Tabular interactivity

SSAS Server in SharePoint Mode

PP4SP

Use data modelUse Power View

Refresh data model

Excel Services and PP4SP 2013

Excel Services SharePoint 2013

SQL DB SSAS Tabular SSAS OLAP Other Data Sources

SSAS Server 2012/2014PP4SP Mode

PP4SP

Office Web Apps Server

Excel in SharePoint 2016

SQL DB SSAS Tabular SSAS OLAP Other Data Sources

SharePoint 2016 PP4SP

SSAS Server 2016PowerPivot Mode

Office Online Server

Originally introduced with SSRS

2012

Included in Excel 2013

Hidden in Excel 2016

SharePoint Only!

Power View

Power View Silverlight Dependency

Silverlight dependency

Hidden from the ribbon by default in

2016

Requires both PowerPivot for

SharePoint and SSRS Integrated mode in

SharePoint 2016

Not used by Power BI

Power View Future

Self Service BI – Excel and PowerPivot 

Data Model

Data flowQuery flow

Other sources

Databases

Files

Power Pivot (model editor)

Power Query

Power ViewPivot ChartsPivot Tables

.xlsx file

Self Service BI – SharePoint On Premises 

Data flowQuery flow

Other sources

Databases

Files

Pivot ChartsPivot Tables

Online

SSAS PowerPivot mode

PowerPivot for SharePoint refresh

Office Online Server

Self Service BI – SharePoint Online 

Data Model

Data flowQuery flow

Online

Power BI

5 minutes to “WOW”

Separate design from consumptio

n

Browser client

Power BI mobile

Power BI Designer

On-premises Data

Dateway

Self Service BI – SharePoint Online 

Data Model

Data flowQuery flow

Online

Self Service BI – SharePoint and Power BI 

Data Model

Data flowQuery flow

Other sources

Databases

Files Update Service

Online

On premises Data Gateway

Cloud Data

Pivot ChartsPivot Tables

Integration

Keep Excel Online data models refreshed 

Data Model

Data flowQuery flow

Other sources

Databases

Files Update Service

Online

On premises Data Gateway

Cloud Data

SharePoint online only

Two display orientations

No parameter

support

Reliance on modern groups

Reliance on SPFx

Power BI Web Part

Anonymous

Third Party apps

Embed PBI in SharePoint on-prem

Currently in preview

Targeted for SQL Server

V.Next

May be a standalone

productExcel

coming soon

SSRS Renders PBIX (coming up)

Native mode web

partRS:Embed

On-prem only

No parameter

support

Embed SSRS report in SharePoint page

Wrapping up

Power BI

? PaginatedInteractiveAnalytical*Mobile (PBI)

Excel/Excel Services/Excel Online Server

Paginated InteractiveAnalytical Mobile (PBI)

SQL Server Reporting Services

2016PaginatedInteractive AnalyticalMobile (rsmobile)

Reporting platforms – coming soon

*via Excel Online

Changes are architectural

not functional

New online audience for

BINo longer a requirement

Best dashboard experience

Only choice for

collaboration

Provides context to

the content

Does SharePoint Still Matter for BI?

Q&A@sharepointlhornjase@sharepointlonghorn.com

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