v Business and Technology Consulting Hybrid Business Intelligence
Jan 01, 2016
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