SQL Server PowerPivot for IT Pros Derek Comingore April 22, 2010 SQL Saturday #39 New York

Agenda Microsoft BI in 2010 PowerPivot Architecture Managed Self-Service IT Responsibilities Deployment Management Monitoring Panorama NovaView for PowerPivot

Sourced from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 BI Guide Microsoft BI in 2010 Sourced from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 BI Guide

Known Questions Unknown Microsoft BI in 2010 Sales Inventory Production Unknown Employee Surveys Industry Data Competitor Pricing

Microsoft BI in 2010 Company Truth for Key Metrics Corporate Company Truth for Key Metrics BI Professional Development Team Departmental Metrics BI Professional or Information Worker Development Personal Individual Metrics Information Worker Development Known Questions Unknown Questions

PowerPivot Architecture: Client Landscape Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Planning & Deployment Guide

PowerPivot Architecture: Server Landscape Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Planning & Deployment Guide

Managed Self-Service IT Responsibilities Deployment Proper Planning & Execution Management Controlling Content Effective Security Monitoring Ensuring Application Availability Mission-Critical Insight

Deployment: Requirements SQL Server 2008 R2 x86 or x64 Enterprise Edition SharePoint 2010 x64 Excel 2010 On-Premise Editions

Deployment: Project Mgmt Planning Pilot Environment Rollout Production Rollout Per Infrastructure Deployment

SharePoint Topologies Deployment: SharePoint Topologies Single-Server Evaluations & Small Teams Deployments Single Application, Front-End, & Administrative Server Farm Enterprise Deployments Separate Application, Front-End, & Administrative Servers

Deployment: Centralization Centralized Singular Infrastructure Shared IT Staff Sharing is implicit Decentralized Autonomous Infrastructure Separate IT Staff Sharing is explicit Local Deployments Global Deployments

Deployment: Tips Client Excel 2010 Only for Info Producers Add-In Should Match Excel CPU X64 highly recommended Server SharePoint farm highly recommended for most deploys Have AD Service Accounts Designated General As always, get executive sponsorship Transition people slowly into the New BI World

Linked Reports (SSRS & PowerPivot Apps) Management: Content Overview Sample.xlsx Data & Presentation Build Models Information Producer SharePoint Managed Use Models Data Feeds (Atom Documents) IT Pro Data Silos Linked Reports (SSRS & PowerPivot Apps) Information Consumer

PowerPivot Application Dev & Publish Demo: Part 1: PowerPivot Application Dev & Publish

Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog Management: PowerPivot Gallery Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog

Native SharePoint Document Library Features Management: Native Features Workflows Application Approval Versioning Consume Application Iterations Retention Remove old Applications Removed unused Applications Native SharePoint Document Library Features

Management: Data Refresh Supported Data Sources On & Off Premise DBs (Azure) Accessible Files Unsupported Data Sources Clipboard Local Resources

Schedule, Data Sources, and Credentials Management: Data Refresh Configure Schedule, Data Sources, and Credentials Notifications Monitor Refresh History

Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog Management: Data Refresh Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog

Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog Management: Data Refresh Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog

Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog Management: Data Refresh Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog

Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog Management: Data Refresh Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog

Management: Security Configure SharePoint Site Or Document Security Settings ‘All or Nothing’ Monitor Who is accessing applications

PowerPivot Application Management S Demo: Part 2: PowerPivot Application Management

Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog Monitoring: Management Dashboard Sourced from Microsoft PowerPivot Team Blog

Monitoring: Management Dashboard Infrastructure CPU & Memory Usage Workbook Activity Workbook Usage Data Source Usage Data Refresh Refresh Successes & Failures

Monitoring: Management Dashboard Initialization Develops Initial App Demand Organizational Usage Increases Mainstream BI Team Instantiates Application into Corp. Model

PowerPivot Application Monitoring S Demo: Part 3: PowerPivot Application Monitoring

Panorama NovaView for PowerPivot Full BI Web Suite End-to-End Suite (w/o SharePoint) Integrates with SharePoint Advanced Analytics Instant Calculated Members What-If Analysis Data Security Layer Unified SSAS & PowerPivot dimension/member security Supports AD and non-AD Panorama NovaView is the only End-to-End BI suite on PowerPivot today

Panorama NovaView for PowerPivot 1. A full BI WEB suite that Microsoft doesn’t have today (the promise of Proclarity and then the promise of the Analytical and Scorecarding part of PerformancePoint)   2.       Advanced analytics - we provide much more value for the power users / analysts (instant calculated members, the whatif analysis with parameters, the advance exception handling such as bubble up exceptions, the interactive charting, advance MDX wizards, large dimensions handling, etc…) 3.       Simple, self-service BI for the information workers (Panorama NovaView extends BI to the masses through innovative interface and tight integration with Office / SharePoint) 4.       Improved collaboration … on top of any data source (through Panorama Universal Data Connector users can connect to any data source and automatically transform static reports into fully interactive data that they can perform analysis, reporting, etc. on) 5.       Panorama extends PowerPivot with a complete BI suite and makes it ready for enterprise wide deployments (we transform PowerPivot from a personal productivity tool to an enterprise in-memory solution, enhancing it with advanced analytical capabilities and web interface, while our advanced security model allows departmental and corporate wide collaboration) Panorama NovaView is the only End-to-End BI suite on PowerPivot today

Panorama NovaView for PowerPivot S Demo: Part 4: Panorama NovaView for PowerPivot http://www.panorama.com/products/powerpivot-demo/powerpivot-demo.html

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