1. Cloud BI with Azure Analysis Services
Sergiy Lunyakin
Cloud BI with Azure Analysis Services

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4. About me I’m Ukrainian Data Management Consultant at ITMagination
Data Platform MVP, MCSE BI, MCSA Cloud Platform
Leader of
Speaker at SQL Conferences
Organizer of SQLSaturday in Lviv

5. Agenda BI components and Azure Analysis Services in the cloud
Performance levels
Data sources and exploration
Management and development

6. Traditional BI components and Azure
Analysis Services
Power BI
SQL DW
Functions

7. Analysis Services in the cloud
Managed SSAS Tabular engine in the Azure Cloud (PaaS)
Supports 1200 and 1400 compatibility level models
Pause and resume resources
Scale Up/Down
Secure - Org AAD authentication (no LiveId)
Firewall
Cloud and On-Premise (over Gateway) data sources
Familiar tools (SSDT, SSMS, PowerShell)

8. Modern BI approach

9. Azure Analysis Services Architecture
6/5/ :14 AM
Azure Analysis Services Architecture
Cloud visualization tools
Cloud data sources
Azure Analysis Services
SQL Database
Other data sources
Power BI
Direct Query
SQL Data Warehouse
Cached Model
Power BI Embedded (GA)
Gateway
On-premises data sources
Authoring and development tools
On-premises visualization tools
Other data sources
SQL Server
Visual Studio
Excel
Direct Query
Cached Model
Power BI Desktop
Third party BI tools
Oracle, Teradata
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10. Org AAD Authentication
Supports only Azure Active Directory organizational accounts
Supports AAD B2B (invite users from another AAD tenant)
Workaround for LiveId
Create a new account in default AAD domain (*.onmicrosoft.com)
Set as Administrator during service provisioning

11. Performance levels Level QPUS MEMORY (GB) SLA PRICE B1 40 10 99.9
$319.92/mo; $0.43/hr B2 80 20
$639.84/mo; $0.86/hr S0
$602.64/mo; $0.81/hr S1
100 25
$1,510.32/mo; $2.03/hr S2
200 50
$3,020.64/mo; $4.06/hr S4
400
$6,033.84/mo; $8.11/hr S8
320
$7,722.72/mo; $10.38/hr S9
640
$15,445.44/mo; $20.76/hr
Developer 3
None
$98.21/mo; $0.132/hr
B – basic level can’t have perspectives, multiple partitions and DirectQuery mode

12. Query processing units (QPUs)
Unit of measure in Azure Analysis Services
Based on a set of typical analytical queries and processing commands run on Azure and determines how many transactions are completed per second under fully loaded conditions
20 QPUs is about 1 pretty fast core

13. Demo

14. Data sources Cloud On-premises* SQL database SQL Server
SQL Data Warehouse
APS
Oracle
Oracle Database
Teradata
Teradata Database
Azure Blob Storage – 1400 Comp level
MySQL Database
Azure Data Lake Storage -1400 ……
* On-premises data sources require On-premises Data Gateway installation

15. Unified Gateway

16. Explore your data and connection
Cloud
On-premises
Power BI Service
Power BI Desktop
Power BI Embedded – coming soon
Excel
SSMS
Connection to asazure://<region>.asazure.windows.net/<servername>
Used port 443
Latest client providers are required

17. Explore your data and connection
SSMS - Enable Azure AD authentication for SSAS in SSMS 2016
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Microsoft Analysis Services\Settings] "AS AAD Enabled"="True"
Excel – Windows Authentication is not supported yet, User/Password only
Power BI Service – connect from Power BI Desktop, publish to web. Connection from web is not supported yet
Impersonation
Cloud sources/On-Premises with SQL Authentication – Service Account.
On-Premises with Windows Authentication – User/Password, In-Memory Only

18. Management and Development for AAS
Azure Portal
PowerShell
Resume-AzureRmAnalysisServicesServer
Suspend-AzureRmAnalysisServicesServer
Get-AzureRmAnalysisServicesServer
Remove-AzureRmAnalysisServicesServer
Set-AzureRmAnalysisServicesServer
Test-AzureRmAnalysisServicesServer
New-AzureRmAnalysisServicesServer
Invoke-ProcessASDatabase
SSMS
SSDT+DAX Editor
DAX Studio
Tabular Editor

19. Management and Development for AAS
AAS Web Designer - Preview
Create a new data model (Azure SQL DB/DW)
Edit existed model
Create relationships and measures
GitHub integration
Import Power BI model
Backup and Restore from Blob Storage

20. Demo

21. Processing Cloud On-premises Azure Automation + PowerShell SSMS
Azure Data Factory – Custom Activity
SSIS: SSAS DDL Task, SSAS OLEDB+SQL Task
Azure Data Factory v2 – SSIS package
SSDT
Azure functions + .Net - 5 min timeout
PowerShell:
Invoke-ProcessASDatabase
RESTful API

22. User management Users must be in your Azure Active Directory.
Usernames must be by organizational address or UPN.
Add users:
Role assignment in Azure AD
TMSL in SSMS
UI in SSMS

23. Demo

24. Troubleshooting and monitoring
Ensure that you use the latest drivers
Clear Azure AD cache
C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\
Delete the AADCacheOM or .IdentityService folder
xEvents Trace
Stream
Custom solution to file (Christian Wade)

25. Summary PaaS Analysis Services Tabular engine
Enterprise-grade data modeling in the cloud
No CAPEX
Low OPEX – pay for only what you use
Go from conception to insight in hours
Flexible scale
Pausing and resuming

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