1. Power BI Desktop – Leveraging the magic of Power BI - ON-PREM
What if you can’t use the cloud?
Aaron Bator
Samuel Lester

2. Speaker Intro Aaron Bator Sam Lester @Aaron_Bator
Microsoft SharePoint Field Engineer
Spent many years travelling to customer sites training on SharePoint features
Spends a lot of time now trying to get customers to use SharePoint and Business Intelligence features
Sam Lester
Microsoft SQL Server / BI Premier Field Engineer​
Spent 11 years in the SQL Server Product Group (SSMS, Setup, Profiler, Migration, UCP, DAC)​
Spends a lot of time helping customers gain insight from their mountains of data
@Aaron_Bator
@SQLSamLester
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4. What will we cover here today?
On-Premises = No Azure, no data leaves my network, all data sources, development, and hosting is wholly internal.
Given this definition, what can we do with Power BI Desktop now?
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5. Agenda Why do we care about ”on-premises” Power BI?
Are we there yet? Is the on-prem Power BI story complete?
Power BI Desktop basics
How does Power BI Desktop integrate with ... anything?
Roadmap
Tips and tricks

6. No Azure? Why? Why do we care about ”on-premises” Power BI?
From this:
To this:
It’s fast, it’s easy, and it’s free!

7. Our current roadmap? Is the on-prem Power BI Desktop story complete?
Source: Time Magazine, 2007 list of 50 worst cars of all time
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Horsey Horseless carriage

8. Where are we now? Is it ready?
No more horse head full of fuel
-Different Fuel Source
+Four Wheels
+Drives on the same kinds of roads
Power BI Desktop and SSRS will continue to evolve
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Horsey Horseless carriage

9. Power BI Desktop Basics - DEMO
We assume you’ve seen this
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Basic Demo not needed

10. What can we do with the .pbix file before SQL Server 2016?
Save as .pbix
Send it in
Put it on a file share
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11. What can we do with the .pbix file today?
Save as .pbix
Host it in SSRS 2016

12. Can we host it in SharePoint? PowerPoint?
Sure thing, feel free to store your Power BI Desktop file in SharePoint.
PowerPoint? What a great idea!
Things you CAN do in SharePoint 2016:
Install SSRS in integrated mode
Use the Business Intelligence site template
Data Sources, Report Builder as Content Types
SSRS Web Part – can show a SSRS report in a web part on a SharePoint page
Realize that SharePoint Integrated is not as useful as SSRS Native Mode

13. SharePoint 2016 with SSRS 2016 in Integrated Mode

14. SharePoint 2016 with SSRS 2016 in Integrated Mode

15. SharePoint 2016 with SSRS 2016 in Integrated Mode

16. How would I know it’s a .pbix file?

17. Where does that leave the on-premises story?
On-Premises == All your data and tools are on your own network
Install Power BI Desktop
Choose where to store/share files
File Share
SharePoint
SSRS 2016
SSRS 2016 Native Mode
Paginated reports
Mobile Reports (Datazen)
Power BI report storage
KPIs
SSRS with SharePoint Integrated Mode
Display SSRS reports
Store pbix files
SharePoint’s “Old” Story: KPIs, PowerView, Excel

18. What's the future of on-prem BI?

19. Tips and Tricks Find the right target Evangelize the solution
Important Mission + Potential Impact + Enthusiastic Application Owner = Huge Success
Evangelize the solution
Be honest, discuss the limitations, and WOW them with the features and potential impact
Grow your Power BI skills by building prototypes that your company/customers will understand
For Prototypes, leverage the data import functionality as opposed to Direct Query to allow for easier sharing/demoing

20. Questions
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21. Evaluation forms Session evaluation forms Event evaluation forms
Event evaluation forms
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