Nov 21, 2015

Microsoft Power BI

Biray Giray
Practice Lead - Enterprise Architecture, Collaboration, ECM, Information Architecture and Governance
getAlbert.ca
biray.giray@getalbert.ca

Michael McKiernan
Practice Lead - Business Intelligence and Database Technologies
getAlbert.ca
michael.mckiernan@getalbert.ca
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Feature
Experience your data. Any data, any way, anywhere

Power BI is a cloud-based business analytics

service that enables
fast and easy access to your data
a live 360 view of your business
data discovery and exploration
insights from any device
collaboration across your organization
anyone to visualize and analyze data
Power BI Overview
Data sources Power BI service
SaaS solutions
e.g. Marketo, Salesforce, GitHub,
Google analytics
Content packs Natural language query Sharing & collaboration
On-premises data
e.g. Analysis Services
Live dashboards
Organizational content packs
Corporate data sources or external data
services
Visualizations
Azure services
Azure SQL, Stream Analytics
Reports
Excel files
Workbook data / data models
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Power BI Desktop files 10101
Datasets
Data from files, databases, Azure, and
other sources
Data refresh

Power BI Desktop Power BI REST APIs

Prepare Explore Report Share

Share & Collaborate with Power BI and Office 365
BI Dashboards

Content Packs

Data Refresh

Data Search

Mobile Access

Natural Language
Questions
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Bring your data.. to life
Power BI web browser
With natural language query,
SaaS Data
Sources

visual exploration etc.

Power BI Mobile Apps

with dashboards, alerting
Azure-resident

and visual exploration

systems

Azure SQL/DW Azure

Stream Analytics

Excel
HDInsight
PBI Desktop
Real time Dashboards
using Push API or ASA
systems / other

Power BI
On-premise

AS Connector

Power BI Personal
Gateway
Corporate AS Tabular
Data Sources
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 Connect live to your on-premises data Live Power BI dashboards
and reports

Connect live toFeature

your existing on-premises data, including SQL
Server Analysis Services
o You can keep your data on-premises and enable BI analysts / end
users to create Power BI reports
o Connect to and refresh data securely via Azure Service Bus (SSL Cloud
encrypted connection) Live
o Service Bus only uses an outbound port, it does not require an Query On-premises

inbound port to be opened on the on-premises firewall

Realize the benefits of a SaaS-based BI solution without moving
your data to the cloud
Everything in the service is encrypted - Power BI uses HTTPS for SQL Server
Analysis
all traffic Services

For on-premise sources, e.g. SSAS, role-based and row-level data Authentication Select data sources
method that use this method
security is applied
Basic SQL Azure, Marketo, ODATA Feed
Data remains on-premise, only query is stored in Power BI Account key Blob store. Table store, HDInsight
Salesforce, Google Analytics, ODATA
Power BI requires valid accounts that meet the requirements of OAuth
Feed
Marketplace key Azure Marketplace
the specific data source
Anonymous ODATA Feed, Web
Key benefits and differentiators of Power BI

Pre-built dashboards and reports for popular SaaS

solutions

Real-time dashboard updates

Secure, live connection to your data sources,

on-premises and in the cloud

Intuitive data exploration using natural language

query

Integrated with familiar Microsoft products and

utilizes commitment for scale & availability in Azure

Fast deployment, hybrid configuration, secure, and

integrated with existing IT systems.
Key benefits and differentiators of Power BI
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http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd www.microsoft.com/learning

http://microsoft.com/technet http://microsoft.com/msdn
Other Resources
http://powerbi.microsoft.com/
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/desktop
http://visuals.powerbi.com/
www.office365.com
www.opendata.gc.ca
www.getAlbert.ca
What Questions Do You Have?

Biray Giray: biray.giray@getalbert.ca

Michael McKiernan: michael.mckiernan@getalbert.ca
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