1. SQL Server BI on Windows Azure Virtual Machines
Kickoff Presentation
Date of Presentation
Presenter Name
Presenter Title

2. Agenda Introductions Meeting Objectives Problem Definition
Current Environment
Business Requirements
Engagement Overview and Objectives
Project Scope
Activities and Timeline
Schedule and Milestones
Communications Plan
Roles and Resources
Deliverables
Next Steps and Action Items
Questions and Answers
Agenda
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3. Introductions
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4. Understand the scope and schedule
Kick off the project
Meet the team
Understand the scope and schedule
Q and A
Meeting Objectives
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5. Moving to Windows Azure
Platform Today
Server, Virtual Machine, Network, Storage, Database
Assembly Required
Patch, Service Release, New Version
Custom, Inconsistent
Plan for Peak Load
Built to Avoid and Recover from Failure
Infrastructure as a Service
Automation
Hardware maintained for you
Operating system support
Standardized
On-demand scale
Built to expect and withstand failure
NOTE: Bullets align for contrasting points
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6. BI on Azure Challenges
Transformational change – How does it affect my current reporting processes?
Workload compatibility
Integration endpoints changes
Data latency
Data providers
Risk and challenges of moving BI on Azure
Costs of running BI workload on Azure
How much do I have to invest and what’s the return on investment?
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7. Current Environment General questions Environmental questions
Drivers, goals, legacy reports overview, reasons not moving BI to Azure, regulations, priorities
Environmental questions
Security and identity management
Storage
Scale
Network
Systems management and security
Databases
Technology road map
Current Environment
Environment Assessment Questionnaire High-level Review

8. Business Requirements
Understand platform footprint
How many reporting scenarios am I running?
How many types of Personas do we have?
Business Requirements
Understand potential risks and dependencies
What is my risk for moving each report to Azure?
Understand potential operational changes
What can I do to make sure my organization is prepared for the change?

9. Engagement Overview
SQL Server BI with Windows Azure Virtual Machines Jumpstart
Follow-up work
Pre-engagement
Reports Inventory
Categorize and Analyze
Scoping and Development
Deployment and Demos
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10. <Partner> Services Primary Objectives
Provide BI on Azure overview
Provide development plan for the reports in scope.
Provide guidance on deploying SQL Server infrastructure for migration on Windows Azure Virtual Machines
Identify and assess the BI reports and personas within <customer> environment
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11. Scope Out of scope In scope 20 day Jumpstart
Provision Windows Azure Virtual Machines for hosting SQL Server Business Intelligence solutions
This includes installation and configuration of
Standalone farm for SharePoint 2013
SQL Server 2014 Reporting Services integrated
SQL Server 2014
SQL Server 2014 Analysis Services tabular
20 day Jumpstart
Creating semantic model supported by maximum of 20 entities
Create a maximum of ten reports.
Role based security for 3 personas
Build a maximum of 10 simple -> complex calculations
Build a maximum of 10 simple Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Out of scope
No data cleansing or formatting is included in the scope.
No automated solution for data integration
Software licenses delivery
Any data mining requirements
Support for multiple languages and multi-currency.
Disaster recovery plans and activities as well as monitoring tools
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12. Offering Activities and Timeline
2 Weeks before start
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3-4
PRE-ENGAGEMENT
ENVISION
PLAN
BUILD
Offering Activities and Timeline
Environment Assessment Questionnaire
Project Kickoff
Perform Reports scenario assessment
Create SQL Server Environment in Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Roles and Responsibilities
Categorize and Analyze
Build database & load sample data
Vision and Scope
Reports documentation
Build PowerPivot model & PowerView Reports
Project Plan
Reports development plan
Project Closeout
Conditions of Satisfaction
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13. Schedule and Milestones (1)Tu W Th F
Week 1
Kickoff meeting
Show existing solution demos
Ask for report scenarios overview
Create the initial project plan
Create the Conditions of Satisfaction document
Create project Vision and Scope document
Create the logical dimensional model
Document hierarchies, KPIs and calculations involved
Submit initial project plan, Vision and Scope document, and Conditions of Satisfaction to customer for acceptance
Week 2
Provide environment details and configure BI environment on Windows Azure using PowerShell
Edit SharePoint Master Page
Build Physical data model and load sample dataset
Build PowerPivot model
Build PowerView Reports
Continue developing
PowerPivot model
PowerView Reports
Schedule and Milestones (1)
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14. Schedule and Milestones (2)Tu W Th F
Week 3
Continue developing
PowerPivot model
PowerView Reports
Week 4
Demos
Customer status meeting
Testing
Deploy to Azure environment
Final demos
Customer onsite closeout meeting
Schedule and Milestones (2)
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15. Weekly status meetings on Mondays
The Microsoft Engagement Manager is the primary point of contact for <Customer>
Weekly status meetings on Mondays
Status
Schedule
Issues
Project-management tracking documents
Status reports
Risks and issues tracking
Document and deliverable repository
Internal customer communication
<Customer to define this>
Communication Plan
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16. Roles and Resources Role or Title Name
Contact Information
Responsibility
Customer
Microsoft
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17. Deliverables Deliverable Description
Environment Assessment Questionnaire Document
Used to gather an initial set of workload and infrastructure data
Vision and Scope Document
Provides high-level direction and goals for the project
Conditions of Satisfaction Document
List of agreed conditions of satisfaction for this engagement
Reports and Models
The reports, models, and/or worksheets that are developed as part of the engagement
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18. Next Steps and Action Items
Vision and Scope sign-off
Schedule interviews
Perform report assessment
Ask sample dataset
Build
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19. 11/7/2018 3:23 PM
Questions and Answers

20. © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved
© 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION

21. © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved
© 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION

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