Microsoft Cloud BI Update 2012 for SQL Saturday Philly

Microsoft Cloud BI Updatesv3.0June 2012 Mark Kromer Microsoft Data Platform Technology Specialist mkromer@microsoft.com

http://mssqldude.wordpress.comhttp://www.sqlmag.com/blog/sql-server-bi-blog-17mkromer@microsoft.com

Objectives of Cloud BI• Provide quick, easy data access to business decision makers• Provide answers to complex business questions anytime, anywhere• Promote use of empirical data to improve business decision making• Monetize business data to outside customers and partners• Enable mobile users outside of firewall• Cloud Computing Value Prop – Lower infrastructure costs – Quick time to production – Fast & easy scale

Overview of Session• Windows Azure• SQL Azure• SQL Azure Reporting Services• Mobile BI Delivery• Cloud Data Integration• Data Mining in the Cloud• Hybrid Scenarios

Microsoft Cloud BISQL SERVER DATABASE INTHE CLOUD

SQL Azure DatabaseSingle Logical Multiple Physical Database Replicas Replica 1 Replica 2 D B Replica 3 • Reads are completed at the primary • Writes are replicated to a quorum of secondaries

SQL Azure Key Features Import/Export (Backup/Restore) Data-Tier Applications (DACPAC) Data Sync (Replication) Federations (Database Scale-out Sharding)

Data-Tier Apps - Schema Lifecycle Develop Definition Runtime Source code Deployment Container artifact • CREATE TABLE Orders • • ( id INT, Build Deploy • • CREATE TABLE ordTime Orders • • • • DATETIME, . . . ( Upgrade • ) -- ON • id OrdPS(ordTime) INT, • Reverse CREATE TABLE • ordTime OrderEntr • ( DATETIME, • • • • . . . ) -- ON Enginee Extract OrdPS(ordTime) • CREATE TABLE r OrderEntr DACFx Services

Tools Symmetry• SQL Server Management Studio • DACPAC – deploy/upgrade & extract with .dacpac packages • BACPAC – import/export to Azure blob store or file system with .bacpac packages• SQL Azure Management Portal • DACPAC – deploy/upgrade & extract with .dacpac packages • BACPAC - import/export to Azure blob store with .bacpac packages

SQL Azure Data Sync

Why use Federations?Build Multi-tenant Solutions – Single tenants per db works… But what about very small tenants and very large tenants?Tenant Management with Federations – Federations makes tenant placement and replacement easy. – Change your tenant placement any time without downtime. Single tenant per database Multiple-tenants per database Multiple databases per tenant

Microsoft Cloud BISSRS ON AZURE

SQL Azure Reporting o Interactive and tabular reporting o Data visualizations: charts, graphs, mapping, gauges Web Role Reporting

Microsoft Cloud BIDATA INTEGRATION

What is Data Explorer?• Lightweight ETL tool to create data Mashups• Designed to be used by subject matter experts• Local or Cloud Discover Enrich Publish

How do I get Data Explorer?• Download and use the Desktop Client• Use the cloud-based service

Cloud-interface

Microsoft Cloud BIDATA MINING IN THE CLOUD

http://clouddm.msftlabs.com

Microsoft Cloud BIMOBILE BI

Microsoft Mobile Cloud BI V2.0 Updates V2 Themes: 1. Move default server to new Windows Azure server 2. Take advantage of WP7 Metro themes The configuration settings area is now available in the WP7 menu selector ellipses at the bottom of the screen: • Reset Values: Reset app to original config • Set Server: Points to your own SQL Azure Reporting Server • Report 1-5: Set the RDL name of your own reports

How to Customize App• You can use this App to render your own SQL Azure Reporting Services Reports – Click menu bar: Select Set Server – Enter your SQL Azure Reporting Services full server name, without https:// – Go to menu bar: Select each Report # menu item – Enter the name of your report file, without the .rdl extension• Default login for demo out of the box – Username = demo – Password = Microsoft1

First time that yourstart the App, you mustenter user name andpassword.This is from SQL AzureReporting Services.Use demo/Microsoft1 read-only report vieweraccount.

Home reporting pagedefaults to scorecard.Select a single KPI fromthe KPI tracker to appearon your WP7 start page.Select the KPI from WP7menu ellipses.

Reports integrate withBing Maps for location-based businessintelligence

Because reports and KPIsare from SQL Azure andSQL Azure ReportingServices, users canmodify the content andreports.This is not a staticmock-up. This isreal, live data andreporting.

Use SQL Azure and SQLAzure Reporting Servicesto create new data, newreports and modify sourceto demonstrate tocustomers the dynamicdata.No need to modify theApp.

Display Dundasreports, Sparklines, Maps, drill-down, drill-thru, expand/collapse, etc.

Live Tile shows your chosentop-line KPI value when you add App to home screen with “Pin to Start” Select the email link from the ellipses menu button to email a copy of the current report to your contacts

Azure Components of Cloud BI Requires reports to be authored in SQL Azure Reporting Services Uses an Azure WCF Service to update KPIs Requires SQL Azure database (AdventureWorksDW2008R2)

Offline Viewing• KPIs and settings saved in WP7 Isolated Storage• View latest KPIs with offline browsing

Mobile Business Intelligence 3rd party solutionsRoamBI: http://www.roambi.comPushBI: http://www.pushbi.com

Today’s Reality: Hybrid Solutions

Cloud Databases Cloud Data MashupOn-premises traditional databases Cloud Database Analysis Services Text files ODATA / RSS BI Semantic Model

Thank you!Mark KromerMicrosoft Technology SpecialistSQL Server Data Platformmkromer@microsoft.com

Microsoft Cloud BI Update 2012 for SQL Saturday Philly

by Mark Kromer on Jun 08, 2012

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