Hybrid Business Intelligence

Business and Technology Consulting

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Hybrid Business Intelligence

What is BI in the Sky?

• Relational database-as-a-service• Highly scalable• Always-on with geo-replication• Self-managed for near-zero

maintenance

What is BI in the Sky?

• Self-service business intelligence through SharePoint Online

• Accessible via web-browser or through dedicated apps

Hybrid BI combines the cloud…

…with on-premises

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capabilities

Data Management Gateway

Enabling Excel Workbook Data Refresh using SharePoint Online

Enabling Discovery in Power Query

Enabling Corporate OData Feeds

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Data Management Gateway

On-Premises

Data Management Gateway

Power BI for Office 365

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Power BI App

Data Management GatewayConnects to corporate data sources and sends data to Microsoft cloud services through a secure channel (Service Bus).

Corporate Data SourcesThe Gateway can connect to

a variety of data sources.

Power BI Admin CenterAllows IT to configure, manage and monitor access to corporate data sources.

Secure Credential StoreAll credentials used by the gateway are stored on-premises. Encrypted backup of credentials can also be stored in the cloud to enable business continuity scenarios.

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Data Management

Gateway

Excel Workbook in Sharepoint

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Cloud Service

(1) Data refresh is triggered from Power BI Sites

(2) Connects to Gateway Cloud Service

(3) Checks whether user is authorized to perform a refresh

(4) Sends command (SQL statement, connection string) to on-premise Gateway

(5) Sends SQL to SQL Server

(6) Return Results

(7) Compress, chunk and return the data

(8) Returns data to Excel Workbook

Data Refresh from Power BI Sites

Demo