Having trouble keeping up with all of the changes in the BI space around SharePoint & Office 365? Feel like every time you think you understand what is going on Microsoft pivots (pun intended) yet again? You are not alone.
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The Power of BI: A guided tour of Microsoft's Business Intelligence tooling
1. 4th of March 2017
@MS HQ Munich
The Power of BI: A guided tour of
Microsoft‘s Business Intelligence tooling
Jason Himmelstein | Microsoft MVP
Office 365 Advisory Services Manager, Rackspace
#SPSMUC02
7. SharePoint 2007 BI
• Excel Services
• SharePoint Filters
• SharePoint KPIs
• Business Connectivity Services
• Visio Services
Office Group
• SQL Server Reporting Services
• PerformancePoint
SQL Group
8. SharePoint 2010 BI
• Excel Services
• SharePoint Filters
• SharePoint KPIs
• Business Connectivity Services
• Visio Services
Office Group
• SQL Server Reporting Services
• PerformancePoint
SQL Group
9. SharePoint 2010 BI
• Excel Services
• PerformancePoint Services
• SharePoint Filters
• Chart Web Part
• SharePoint KPIs
• Business Data Connectivity
• Access Services
• Visio Services
Office Group
• SQL Server Reporting Services
• Power Pivot for SharePoint
SQL Group
10. Office Group
• Excel Services
• PerformancePoint Services
• SharePoint Filters
• Business Data Connectivity
• Access Services
• Visio Services
SQL Group
• SQL Server Reporting
Services
• Power Pivot for SharePoint
SharePoint 2013 BI
11. Office Group
• Excel Services
• PerformancePoint Services
• SharePoint Filters
SQL Group
• SQL Server Reporting
Services
• Power Pivot for SharePoint
SharePoint 2013 BI Workhorses
12. Office Group
• Excel Services
• PerformancePoint Services
SQL Group
• SQL Server Reporting
Services
• Power Pivot for SharePoint
SharePoint 2013 BI Core Pillars
13. Office Group
• Excel Online Server
• PerformancePoint Services
SQL Group
• SQL Server Reporting
Services
• Power Pivot for SharePoint
SharePoint 2016 BI Core Pillars
16. “Reporting Services is
our on-premises
solution for BI report
delivery”
Microsoft - Business Intelligence – our reporting roadmap – October 2015
17. “Power BI is our cloud
solution for BI report
delivery”
What Microsoft didn’t say out loud – October 2015
18. • Classic SSRS (RDL)
Paginated
• Power BI (PBIX)
Interactive
• SSRS Mobile (RSMOBILE)
• Power BI (PBIX)
• Both use Power BI Mobile AppMobile
• Excel (XLSX)
Analytical
Four Report Types
19. Power BI
• Paginated
• Interactive
• Analytical*
• Mobile (PBI)
Excel/Excel
Services/Excel Online
Server
• Paginated
• Interactive
• Analytical
• Mobile (PBI)
SQL Server Reporting
Services
• Paginated
• Interactive
• Analytical
• Mobile (rsmobile)
Platforms
*via Excel Online
21. Report Designers
• Report Builder
• SQL Server Data Tools
Native Mode
SharePoint
Integrated Mode
Report Viewer Web
Parts
SSRS Key Features
22. HTML 5 Based
Rendering Engine
Customizable
Parameters Pane
New UI for
Report Builder
New Web Portal Mobile Reports
New Chart Types
• Tree Map and
Sunburst
PDF replaces
ActiveX for
printing
PowerPoint
rendering and
export
KPIs
Pin to Power BI
Dashboard
New Features in SSRS 2016
23. HTML 5 Based
Rendering
Engine
New UI for
Report Builder
New Chart Types
• Tree Map and
Sunburst
PDF replaces
ActiveX for
printing
PowerPoint
rendering and
export
New Features in SSRS 2016
24. Native mode only
Page viewer with
rs:Embed=True
• Updated web part to
come
SharePoint lists as
a data source
Report delivery to
SharePoint
libraries
The future of SSRS in SharePoint
25. Native mode web parts
ship with SQL Server
• Unchanged from SSRS 2008
R2
• Officially deprecated
SSRS Native Mode web part
Native SPIntegrated
29. Excel Services and PP4SP
ExcelServices
SharePoint
Refresh workbook
OLAP/Tabular
interactivity
SSASServerinSharePointMode
PP4SP
Use data model
Use Power View
Refresh data model
30. Excel Services and PP4SP 2013
ExcelServices
SharePoint2013
SSASServer2012/2014
PP4SPMode
PP4SP
OfficeWebApps
Server
34. 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
52. Changes are
architectural
not functional
New online
audience for
BI
No longer a
requirement
Best
dashboard
experience
Only choice
for
collaboration
Provides
context to the
content
Does SharePoint Still Matter for BI?
SharePoint had a lot of BI “like” features, but real feature was Excel
Specifically, Excel connected to SQL Server and SSAS
The SP2010 Wheel renamed a few workloads but no fundamental changes
- The big change was that PerformancePoint moved into the Office group
- How much innovation has been seen in PerformancePoint since this change?
In 2013 the pie disappeared for marketing but the fundamental distribution of features remained the same
Incremental improvements to scalability and manageability in 2013,
In 2013 the pie disappeared for marketing but the fundamental distribution of features remained the same
Incremental improvements to scalability and manageability in 2013,
- Here are the real BI features, the workhorses
- Here are the real BI features, the workhorses
- Here are the real BI features, the workhorses
What’s missing from that sentence? SharePoint. PerformancePoint.
What’s missing from that sentence? SharePoint. PerformancePoint.
- We’ll take Excel Services and PowerPivot for SharePoint together
Don’t forget – Power View actually requires SSRS be set up!