1. Cha Cha…Changing your ConfigMgr Reports
Garth Jones
Chief Architect
Enhansoft

2. Garth Jones is Chief Architect at Enhansoft, an Ottawa-based company that develops products and services to extend the value of System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch (CMCB), System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (CM12), System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (CM07) and System Center Intune. Garth started working with Systems Management Server (SMS) back in He is an MVP for System Center Enterprise Client Management (formerly System Center Configuration Manager).
Garth is the lead author for System Center Configuration Manager Reporting Unleashed. He is an active participant in Microsoft’s forums, as well as on windows-noob.com and myITForum.com.
Garth is the founder of the Ottawa Windows Server User Group (OWSUG) and its associated study group. He currently holds the title of Past President

3. SSDT-BI vs RB vs Power-BI Creating a Dashboard (report) Takeaways
Agenda
SSDT-BI vs RB vs Power-BI
Creating a Dashboard (report)
Takeaways
Question and Answers

4. What are your goals for this session?
Its All about You.
What are your goals for this session?
How much SQL query experience does the Group have?
How much Report writing experience does the Group have?

7. What Other Tools do I Need?

8. What OtheR Tools do I Need?

9. SSDT-BI vs RB vs Power-BI
Full Name
SQL Server Data Tool (BI or Reporting Services)
Report Builder
Power-BI Desktop
Need to Write SQL Queries?
Yes
Arrange Report Sets in a project No
Sort of
Cached Data
If configured
Who should view the report
anyone
PowerUser
Who should create the report
Admin
Admin / PowerUser

11. Use Views
Only

12. Use Existing SQL Queries Create Similar Dashboard (set)
Demo Overview
Use Existing SQL Queries
Create Similar Dashboard (set)
1- Power-BI Desktop & 1 - SSDT-BI
Do the Little Things

14. Takeaways – Reporting Tools
SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio 2015 (SSDT-BI)
PowerBI
Report Builder (RB)
SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS)

15. Takeaways – Thing to Remember
Writer SQL Your Query first in SSMS
Use the Reporting tool you are comfortable with!
Don’t create reports in production!
Use the Microsoft Data source for your reports
Do the little things

16. Takeaways – Social Media
Garth Jones
Eswar Koneti
Harjit Dhaliwal
Matthew Teegarden
Steve Thompson