1. Bob Duffy 22 years in database sector, 250+ projects
SQL Server MCA, MCM, MVP
SSAS Maestro
Senior Data Platform Consultant with Microsoft
Database Architect at Prodata SQL Centre of Excellence

2. Agenda Overview and Features Install and Config
Hardware and Capacity Planning
Authentication and Kerberos
Service Accounts
Licensing
Migration

3. The Paginated Report (aka RDL)

4. What’s wrong with paginated SSRS ?
Good
Bad
Fantastic Skills in the market
Self service flopped
Pixel perfect printing
Poor for ad hoc analysis
Hugely scalable
Little to no Interaction
Cost Effective Licensing: per Core & bundled with SQL Product
Limited data visualization
Great SDLC
Mobile Reporting
No Analytics Integration
Really an “IT” Tool
No dashboarding
No KPI concept
Not sexy like tableau or PowerBI
No real mashup

5. The official features for PBI Report
13/11/2018
The official features for PBI Report
RLS and Role Security
Anonymous and Embedded
R Visuals
ESRI Maps
Mention RAPID release cycle
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6. Lifecycle and Release Changes
Modern Lifecycle
Only 12 months support in any release
MUST stay current
Release Schedule:
Multiple times a year

7. Five Main Benefits – IN A SINGLE Portal
Feature
Benefit
Power BI Reports
Self Service
Interactive
Analytics Integration
Mobile friendly
Data Mashup
Sexy ;-)
Mobile Reports (x2)
First Class KPIs
Best of breed mobile dashboards
Offline data caching
And PowerBI Mobile too.
Office Online
Integrated Excel in the Web App
SSAS Pivot tables
Excel reports and dashboards
Ah Hoc Analysis
Paginated Reports
Latest classic SSRS Engine
Pixel perfect printing
Static Reporting
distribution
Embedded Analysis Services
Host PowerBI Models in local SSAS
1-2GB max size

8. Installation and Configuration

9. Step 1 Download

10. Step 2 Run Installer

11. Step 3 Configure

12. Step 3 Configure

13. Step 4 Browse to Web Portal

14. Manage - PBI + Report Server
Like SSRS. Three config options
SSMS
Settings on Portal
Config file

15. New Settings for Power BI
We haven’t needed to change any (Apart from OfficeOnlineDiscoveryURL)

16. Office Online Deployment
Manual download and Powershell Install Register in PowerBI SSRS Site Settings

17. What’s Installed on the Server? Demo

18. Technical Architecture and Scalability
Key Technical Architecture Questions
Number and Type of users
Support for extranet users v DMZ ?
Load Balance or not ?
Full SSAS Tabular or Cached Data ?

19. Capacity Planning

20. Selecting the Right hardware
Sensitive to CPU Speed and Ram Performance
Recommendations:
Intel E5-26** Series ok
Intel Skylake+ better (Platinum Series)
Consider locking Turbo mode if you want best performance (and don’t pay the power bill)
Use the fastest ram (2,400 Ghz+)
Virtualization can bump up license price !
Don’t use NUMA on large tabular models

21. Identity in distributed MSBI Solutions
Windows
Custom (Forms / Key)
Anonymous
Trusted Account
Power BI
Kerberos Constrained
Delegation
SSRS
Office Online
Kerberos Delegation
Impersonation
Cloud

22. Configuring Kerberos Configure SPN for remote data (SQL/SSAS)
Config SPN for SSRS
Add delegation to service account
Change SSRS Config File

23. Service Accounts for PBIRS
Type
Example
Pros / Cons
Virtual Service Account
NT Service\ReportServer
Default
Automatic SPN Configuration
Doesn’t work in Scaled out Config
Network Service
No Domain account required
Works in Scaled out Config
Domain Account
DOMAIN\svcSSRS
Centralised Management
Manual SPN Configuration
Preferred by some security teams
Recommendation:
- Use Virtual Service Accounts in simple environments
- Use Domain service account in more complex environments (multiple names, co-habiting with IIS)

24. Data Security in PowerBI
In Cloud
ON Premise
Windows Identity Username()
Yes
Impersonation
Yes,
Kerberos
Role based Security
AD Group Membership
Live to SSAS – Yes
Cached – Not Yet
Row Level Security No
BUT workaround using Username()
Forms Based
App Based
Authentication only
No username() or Roles

25. Licensing – Power BI Premium

26. Licensing Example 1,000 users
SQL Server EE with Software Assurance
Bought in 2 core packs, about 10k euro a core
All manner of discounts and payment deals
About 80k over 3 years or
Power BI Premium
Dedicated cloud cores with ”free” on premise cores
Example for a P1 8 cores is about €150k over 3 years
Plus
200 * 8.40 pm=€20k pear year.

27. Migration

28. Migration In place upgrade not supported
No one does that – so who cares…

29. Database Migration

30. Migrate Reports with 3rd party tools/scripts
13/11/2018
Migrate Reports with 3rd party tools/scripts
If you have SharePoint Integrated, then database migration is not possible.
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31. Powershell - ReportingServicesTools
13/11/2018
Powershell - ReportingServicesTools
If you have SharePoint Integrated, then database migration is not possible.
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32. Green Fields
Deploy projects from Visual Studio to new target

33. Thank You
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