What's New in SQL Server 2016 for BI

What's New in

SQL Server 2016 for BI

Teo Lachev

teo.lachev@prologika.com

@tlachev

Most BI Still On Premises

Agenda• What's new in SQL Server 16 for BI

• SQL Server

• Integration Services and MDS

• Analysis Services

• Reporting Services

• … with demos

• Targeting SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.2 with

the usual disclaimer that things could

change without notice

• Update later on at Atlanta BI Group

• Out of scope• Power BI

• Self-service BI

• Q&A at the end of the presentation

About me• Consultant, author, and mentor with focus on BI

• Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for 12 consecutive years

• Founder and leader of Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Grouphttp://atlantabi.sqlpass.org

• Owner of Prologika – boutique BI consulting and training company based in Atlanta (www.prologika.com)• Microsoft Gold Partner in Data Analytics

• Services: analytics, strategy, training, talent acquisition

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• Value-based, fixed pricing

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SQL Server Report Builder

SQL Server Reporting Services

• Mobile reports

• Paginated reports

• Power BI Desktop (after SQL 16)

Power BI

• Power BI Desktop

• Microsoft Excel

• Mobile reports

• Paginated reports

Power BI Web Portal

Power BI Desktop

CONSUMEMANAGECREATE

Microsoft Excel

SQL Server Mobile Report Publisher (used to be Datazen)

Report Designer inSQL Server Data Tools

Windows App

Android App

iOS App

Report Server Web portal(all BI report types)

SharePoint Web

Database Engine

Database Engine

Columnstore indexesUpdatable nonclustered columnstore indexes

Query performanceLive query statistics and Query Store

Temporal tablesAutomatic Type 2 changes on all columns

Integration with RLet data scientists analyze data with R from SQL Server

with constraints by IT

SQL Server 16 Database EngineBI-related Enhancements

Integration Servicesand Master DataServices

SSIS Improvements at Glance

SQL Server 16 Integration ServicesIncremental Deployment &

Templates

Master Data ServicesModeling improvements in MDS

Simplified hierarchies

Improved MDS model deployment

Do more. Faster.Massive improvements to performance and scale in MDS

15x

Do more. Achieve more.

MDS transaction log retention settings

Multiple administrator roles

Granular security permissions in MDS

SQL Server 16 Master Data ServicesEntity Sync and Excel add-in

Multidimensional models in Analysis Services

Tabular models in Analysis Services

{

"name": “Demo Model",

"description": “Demo model description",

"culture": "en-US",

"dataSources": [

....

],

"tables": [

{

"name": "Customer",

"description": "Customer information.",

"columns": [

{

"name": "ID",

"dataType": "int64",

"sourceColumn": "customer_id",

"sortByColumn": "Last Name"

},

Multidimensional Enhancements

Visualize and explore existing models with

Power BI and Power BI Desktop

Support for Netezza as a data source

Customization options for drill-through

behaviors for actions

Drill-through multi-selection support with

Excel 2016

Dev / Ops in SQL Server 2016

SQL Server 16Analysis Services TabularMany to many relationships

Reporting Services

New, modern web portal

Modern chart and gauge styles

Updated Report Builder look-and-feel

Visual Studio 2015 support

Plugin-free printing

Modern paginated reports

Customizable parameter layout

Export to PowerPoint

Generate slides including all report

content in seconds

Move and resize individual objects

Export manually, schedule for email

delivery, or generate

programmatically

Monitor the most important

metrics and trends in one place

Pin charts, gauges, maps, and

images as tiles to Power BI

dashboards

Microsoft confidential - NDA Required

Responsive experiences for phones and tablets

SQL Server 16 Reporting ServicesReport Design Improvements

Connect to on-premises SQL

Server Analysis Services models

Support for Tabular and

Multidimensional models

Summary• Significant BI investments in SQL 16

• On-premises

• Cloud

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