What's New in SQL Server 2016 for Business Intelligence

What’s new in SQL Server 2016 for

Business Intelligence

Insights, Mobile BI, and Advanced Analytics

October 1, 2016

Dan English

@denglishbi

[email protected]

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Dan English

Sr. Data Warehouse Architect

Constellation, Inc.

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• Microsoft Data Platform MVP

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Access any data Scale and manage Powerful insights Advanced analytics

PolyBase

Insights from data across SQL Server and Hadoop with the simplicity of T-SQL

Enhanced SSISDesigner support for previous SSIS versions

Enterprise-grade

Analysis Services Enhanced performance and scalability for Analysis Services

Single SSDT in Visual

Studio 2015Build richer analytics solutions as part of your development projects in Visual Studio

Enhanced MDS Excel add-in 15x faster; moregranular security roles; archival options for transaction logs; and reuse entities across models

Mobile BIBusiness insights for your on-premises data through rich visualization on mobile devices with native apps for Windows, iOS, and Android

Enhanced Reporting

ServicesNew modern reports with rich visualizations

R integrationBringing predictive analytic capabilities to your relational database

Expand your “R” script library with Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Deeper insights across data

SSIS improvements

SSIS improvements for SQL Server 2016

• SSISDB Upgrade Wizard

• AlwaysOn support

• Incremental deployment of packages

• Support for Always Encrypted

• Error column name support

• Custom log level – pick at runtime and

RuntimeLineage

• Package Parts – control flow reusability

• OData V4 support

• AutoAdjustBufferSize Property

• One designer multi-version support

• Azure Feature Pack for SSIS

Access any data

Access any data Scale and manage Powerful Insights Advanced analytics

PolyBase

Insights from data across SQL Server and Hadoop with simplicity of T-SQL


SSIS Improvements for Azure services

Enterprise-grade





Mobile BIBusiness insights for your on-premises data through rich visualization on mobile devices with native apps for Windows, iOS and Android

Enhanced Reporting


R integration (CTP3)Bringing predictive analytic capabilities to your relational database



Enterprise-grade Analysis Services

SQL Server Analysis Services

Scale and manage

Multidimensional in SQL Server 2016

Scale and manage

Tabular models in SQL Server 2016

New rich modeling capabilities

Improved Direct Query

Performance enhancements

Dev/Ops

DimDepartmentGr…

DimDepartmentGroupKey…

ParentDepartmentGr…

DepartmentGroupNa…

DimAccount

AccountKey

ParenAccountKey

AccountCodeAlter…

ParenAccountCod…

AccountDescription

FactFinance

FinanceKey

DateKey

OrganizationKey

DepartmentGroup…

ScenarioKey

DimOrganization

OrganizationKey

ParnentOrganization

PercentageOfOwn…

OrganizationName

CurrencyKey

DimAccount

ScenarioKey

ScenarioName

Scale and manage

Tabular performance in 2016New rich modeling capabilities

Bidirectional cross-filtering Translations

Display folders

Improved formula editing

Renaming items

Save unfinished measures

JSON (1200 compatibility)

Super DAX – less chatty

Scale and manage

Unified Visual Studio Data Tools

Dev/Ops in SQL Server 2016Improved manageability and development

Scale and manage

Capability

SSDT-BI and SSMS for Visual Studio 2015

Rich data modeling enhancements

New DAX analytical functions

MDX Query Plan tool for performance optimizations and troubleshooting

Benefits{JSON}

Rich BI application platformDevelop and deliver BI solutions faster and at lower costs

Scale and manage

Master Data Services improvements

Areas of improvement

Scale and manage

Massive improvements to performance and scalability

Performance and scale

15x

Scale and manage

Granular security permissionsAllows permissions to be set around read, write, create, and

delete

Multiple administrator rolesSupport for Super User and Model Admin roles allows for

multiple system administrators, and model level administrators

Security and administration

Scale and manage

Business rules and hierarchy management from ExcelUse Excel add-in to manage business rules, such as creating and editing business rules

Many-to-many relationships in derived hierarchiesModel many-to-many relationships between two entities by mapping with a third entity

Merge conflictsPerform merge conflicts and republish the changes

MDS improvements

Scale and manage


PolyBase



SSIS improvements for Azure services

Enterprise-grade






Enhanced Reporting



Expand your R script library with Microsoft Azure Marketplace


Mobile BI improvements

Mobile BI apps for SQL Server

Powerful insights

SQL Server Mobile Report Publisher

Data visualization and

publishing

Powerful insights

Enhanced Reporting Services

SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services and mobile reporting

Powerful insights

Modern Report Builder look and feel

Mobile Report Publisher

Visual Studio 2015 support

Modern reports

Powerful insights

Consume anywhere, anytime

Find, view, and manage through modern web

portal

Support for modern HTML5 browsers

Printing without plug-ins

PowerPoint rendering and export

Powerful insights

Summary: Enhanced Reporting Services

Modern design tools

Support for latest enterprise data source

Plug-in free printing

Export to PowerPoint

Power BI integration

Report consumption from modern browsers

Improved parameters

Branding

New chart types

Powerful insights


PolyBase



SSIS improvements for Azure services

Enterprise-grade






Enhanced Reporting



Expand your R script library with Microsoft Azure Marketplace


R integration

Revolution R Enterprise and SQL

Big data analytics platform Based on open source R

High-performance, scalable, full-featuredStatistical and machine-learning algorithms are performant, scalable, and distributable

Write once, deploy anywhereScripts and models can be executed on a variety of platforms, including non-Microsoft (Hadoop,

Teradata in-DB)

Integration with the R EcosystemAnalytic algorithms accessed via R function with similar syntax for R users. Arbitrary R functions/packages can be used in conjunction

Advanced analytics

Capability

Extensible in-database analytics, integrated with

R, exposed through T-SQL

Centralize enterprise library for analytic models

Benefits

SQL Server

Analytical engines

Full R integration

Fully extensible

Data Management Layer

Relational data

T-SQL interface

Stream data in-memory

Analytics library

Share and collaborate

Manage and deploy

R +

Data Scientists

Business

Analysts

Publish algorithms, interact

directly with data

Analysis through TSQL,

tools, and vetted algorithms

DBAsManage storage and

analytics together

Summary: R integration and advanced analytics

Advanced analytics


PolyBase

Insights from data across SQL Server and Hadoop with the simplicity of T-SQL


Enterprise-grade






Enhanced Reporting





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