1. What's New in
SQL Server 2016 for BI
Teo Lachev
teo.lachev@prologika.com
@tlachev

2. Most BI Still On Premises

3. 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

4. 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 Group
http://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
• Flexibility and quality
• Value-based, fixed pricing

5. 6
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 in
SQL Server Data Tools
Windows App
Android App
iOS App
Report Server Web portal
(all BI report types)
SharePoint Web

6. Database Engine

7. Database Engine
Columnstore indexes
Updatable nonclustered columnstore indexes
Query performance
Live query statistics and Query Store
Temporal tables
Automatic Type 2 changes on all columns
Integration with R
Let data scientists analyze data with R from SQL Server
with constraints by IT

8. SQL Server 16
Database Engine
BI-related Enhancements

9. Integration Services
and Master Data
Services

10. SSIS Improvements at Glance

11. SQL Server 16
Integration Services
Incremental Deployment &
Templates

12. Master Data Services
Modeling improvements in MDS
Simplified hierarchies
Improved MDS model deployment

13. Do more. Faster.
Massive improvements to performance and scale in MDS
15x

14. Do more. Achieve more.
MDS transaction log retention settings
Multiple administrator roles
Granular security permissions in MDS

15. SQL Server 16
Master Data Services
Entity Sync and Excel add-in

17. Multidimensional models
in AnalysisServices
Tabular models
in AnalysisServices

20. {
"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"
},

21. 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

22. Dev / Ops in SQL Server 2016

23. SQL Server 16
Analysis Services Tabular
Many to many relationships

24. Reporting Services

25. New, modern web portal

26. Modern chart and gauge styles
Updated Report Builder look-and-feel
Visual Studio 2015 support
Plugin-free printing
Modern paginated reports

27. Customizable parameter layout

28. 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

29. Monitor the most important
metrics and trends in one place
Pin charts, gauges, maps, and
images as tiles to Power BI
dashboards

30. Microsoft confidential - NDA Required
Responsive experiences for phones and tablets

31. SQL Server 16
Reporting Services
Report Design Improvements

32. Connect to on-premises SQL
Server Analysis Services models
Support for Tabular and
Multidimensional models

33. Summary
• Significant BI investments in SQL 16
• On-premises
• Cloud
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