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Sharing and Collaboration Excel BI solutions are authored by using the Excel client It is usually inappropriate to share the solutions by forwarding the workbook to other users - Requires that the user has Excel installed, and possibly the add-ins - The user can view data model data, and modify data model/query/report definitions - Current data may not be available as data refresh may not work from their location, or by using their credentials - Workbook versions are difficult to control - IT cannot monitor usage - Permissions can no longer be centrally managed

Sharing and Collaboration (continued) It is preferred to share Excel BI solutions in managed ways Microsoft provide three managed alternatives: - SharePoint 2013 (on-premise) – Enterprise Edition - Office 365 (cloud) – ProPlus and E3 Editions - Power BI for Office 365 (cloud)

Sharing and Collaboration SharePoint 2013 SharePoint include Excel Services to enable the loading, calculation, and browser-based rendering of Excel workbooks - The user does not need Excel installed SharePoint 2013 can also be extended with SQL Server add-ins: - Power Pivot for SharePoint - SQL Server Reporting Services

Sharing and Collaboration SharePoint 2013 – Power Pivot for SharePoint The Power Pivot for SharePoint add-in installs a collection of server components that provide query processing and management control for Power Pivot workbooks that are published to SharePoint - Maximum supported document size is 2GB Features: - Power Pivot Gallery site template to preview workbook contents, and to launch new analytic experiences and a new Power View report - Self-service configured automated data refresh - Logging and a dashboard to enable IT to monitor server health, workbook sizes, number of connections and queries, and data refresh failures

Sharing and Collaboration SharePoint 2013 – Reporting Services When Reporting Services is integrated with SharePoint, it enables the creation and rendering of Power View reports in the web browser Supports the same Power View capabilities as those available in Excel 2013, in addition to: - Connecting to multidimensional data models (with SQL Server 2012 CU4) - Producing a report consisting of multiple views - Printing reports - Exporting a report to produce a PowerPoint presentation - Previewing the reports in the Power Pivot Gallery

Sharing and Collaboration Office 365 Office 365 provides cloud storage for documents Excel Web Apps can render Excel workbooks in the cloud - Users can view and interact with reports based on the Power Pivot data model, including Power View sheets Data refresh and IT monitoring is not supported Maximum supported Power Pivot workbook size is 10MB

Sharing and Collaboration Power BI for Office 365 Collaborate in Office in 4 enterprise customers on Office 365 ShareFindMobile Insights in Excel 1 Billion Office Users AnalyzeVisualizeDiscover Scalable | Manageable | Trusted

Sharing and Collaboration Power BI for Office 365 – Continued Power BI provides powerful new ways to work with data and Excel in Office Self-service BI with the familiarity of Office and the power of the cloud Empower users with self-service in Excel Enables connecting and collaborating in Office Maximum supported Power Pivot workbook size is 250MB - Support for data refresh from on-premise data sources - Includes many new compelling capabilities and features

Introducing Power BI Empowering Users with Self-service in Excel Analyze Visualize Discover Search and combine public and internal data with Power Query Model & analyze 100’s of millions of rows lightning fast with Power Pivot Explore and visualize data in new ways with Power View and Power Map

Introducing Power BI Connecting and Collaborating in Office 365 Share queries & workbooks and refresh from on-premises data with BI Sites Find answers with search-based data visualization in Q&A Stay connected from anywhere with HTML5 and the Power BI mobile app Share Find Q&AQ&A Mobile

Exploring Power BI Features and Services Power BI for Office 365 The following services extend the self-service BI capabilities in Excel by making them available in a collaborative online environment - Power BI Sites - Power BI Q&A - Query and Data Management - Power BI Windows Store App

Exploring Power BI Features and Services Power BI for Office 365 – Power BI Sites Power BI sites application customizes a SharePoint Online site for Power BI purposes and activities Available with a subscription to Power BI for Office 365 Only supports Excel workbooks, which, when rendered to the browser, are viewed with the Excel Web App - Power View reports can be optionally displayed by using HTML5 Supports workbooks up to 250MB in size Sites provide access to a management portal to: - View usage analytics for published queries - View and manage data sources

Exploring Power BI Features and Services Power BI for Office 365 – Power BI Windows Store App Provides live mobile access to the important business information stored in a user’s Office 365 account The app enables viewing and interacting with Excel and Power View content Requires Windows 8 or Windows RT tablet or PC, including Surface Currently, the app is not supported on: - Windows 8.1, iPad, Mobile phones or Android devices Consider viewing them in browser with SharePoint Online site by using HTML5

Exploring Power BI Features and Services IT Infrastructure Services for Power BI From an IT infrastructure perspective, these services get Power BI running, and enable IT professionals to provide, manage, and secure Power BI services Provision Power BI for Office 365 Power BI Admin Center Data Management Gateway

Exploring Power BI Features and Services IT Infrastructure Services for Power BI – Provision IT administrators are responsible for provisioning a Power BI tenant Presently, Power BI can only be provisioned in preview The process is documented, and relatively straight forward and quick (~15 minutes) As an administrator, users and groups can be then be added Samples can be added to explore the Power BI capabilities

Exploring Power BI Features and Services IT Infrastructure Services for Power BI – Power BI Admin Center Allows IT administrators to: - Expose data from on-premise data sources as OData data feeds - Enable users to refresh Excel workbooks in SharePoint Online with data from on-premise data sources A Data Management Gateway must be installed and configured to provide access to on-premise data - At least one gateway must be installed in a corporate environment before creating data sources in the portal

Exploring Power BI Features and Services IT Infrastructure Services for Power BI – Data Management Gateway Enabling Corporate OData Feeds Enabling Excel Workbook Data Refresh using SharePoint Online Enabling Discovery in Power Query X capabilities Power BI Admin CenterData Management Gateway

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Power BI for Office 365 Licensing and Availability Overview Available early 2014 Priced per user per month Subscription model Cloud based

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Partner Opportunities Use Power BI to maintain a secure, widely-accessible and centralized site for discovering and sharing “single version of the truth” data, logic and reports - Reduces the barriers to deploying a BI environment for sharing reports and accessing information Publish Power Query queries for discovery and data consumption Enable manual or automatic data refresh of data models, even to on- premise data sources - SQL Server, SQL Azure, internet OData data feeds, SharePoint lists, Power Query queries Use natural language query to enable intuitive report requests Deliver Power View reports to any HTML5-capable mobile device - Without a dependency on Silverlight

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