Power BI Technical Considerations March 17, 2016

Agenda Methods to Consume Data Considerations Performance Security Licensing BI Tools Excel Power BI SSRS Third Party

Methods to Consume Data Production Database OData Direct SQL AX List page Populate secondary read only database SSIS Database Mirroring Log shipping AlwaysOn SSAS Tabular Multidimensional

Three Considerations to accessing data Performance *Data set size *How often data is pulled *Complexity of query Security *None utilize Dynamics AX security fully *Complexity of security setup Licensing *Data size *Refresh frequency *Sharing data

Considerations for Performance Production database OData performance Impact to users in production Secondary Read only database Faster than OData Impact of extract Design of secondary SSAS Ideal for large sets of data Data processing differences

Considerations for Security Production database OData options with Power BI Gateway Direct SQL queries require user setup in SQL Once List Page is exported to file AX security not respected Secondary Read only database SSIS and Read only copies of AX DB require security design work Users assigned directly to database SSAS AX Cubes and standard roles provided Security work required in Data Warehouse design

DEMO: OData

DEMO: Secondary

DEMO: SSRS

Power BI Licensing FreePro ($9.99/mo) Data Capacity Limit1 GB10 GB Create, view and share dashboards●● Author Content with Power BI Desktop●● Natural Language Search●● Mobile Access●● Consume content packs●● Import data and reports from Excel●● Publish to the web●● Consume content that’s ready to refreshDailyUp to 8 times per day Consume streaming data in your reports and dashboards10k rows/hr1m rows/hour Consume live data with full interactivity● Access on-premise data with Data Connectivity Gateway● Collaborate with Office 365 Groups● Create, publish and view organizational content packs● Manage access control and sharing through Active Directory● Shared data queries through the Data Catalog● Only need an address to get started

Power BI Gateway

BI tools Excel Power users who are good in Excel Not as likely to be shared Advanced formula options such as conditional PowerBI Super user Many data sources Visualization abilities SSRS Developers to create Static data Reporting Third Party Development work done Point and click