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More organisation are currently evaluating the use of the hardware within their business. In the past, this would involve contacting hardware suppliers with replacement kit to continue business operations. The cloud offering from Microsoft is improving all the time, thus providing an alternative consideration as to where an organisation can store its IT assets, including it’s Data. Join Chris for a cloud driven, demo packed session to introduce you to the capabilities that Microsoft has to offer when it comes to the cloud. Focussing on the data properties of Azure and the capabilities of Office 365 and PowerBI. At the end of this session you will have a better understanding of what Microsoft can bring to the table for a cloud ready business Chris Testa-O'Neill is the founder and Principal Consultant at Claribi. A SQL Server and Azure consultancy. An experienced professional with over 14 years’ experience of architecting, designing and implementing Microsoft SQL Server data and business intelligence projects at an enterprise scale. He has significant experience of leading and mentoring both business and technical project stakeholders in maximising investment in SQL Server and more recently in Azure solutions. A regular and respected speaker on the international SQL Server conference circuit, and an organiser of national SQL Server conferences and events, Chris has been recognised as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft. and has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for the last 13 years having both authored and delivered Microsoft Official Courses
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Cloud for the Microsoft Data ProfessionalChris Testa-O’Neill
Microsoft SQL Server and Azure Consulting
Who Am I?
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Publications
AUTHOR
• Collection 6233AE: Implementing and Maintaining Business Intelligence in Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Collection 2778BE: Querying and Modifying Data in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with Transact-SQL
• Collection 6369AE: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Collection 6370AE: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Database Development
AUTHOR/TECHNICAL REVIEWER
• Course 20467A: Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
TECHNICAL REVIEWER
• Course 10777A: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
• Course 10778A: Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
TECHNICAL REVIEWER
• Course 20463A: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2014
• Course 20466A: Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 2014
• Course 20467B : Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2014
• Course 10977A: Updating Your SQL Server Skills to Microsoft SQL Server 2014
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Agenda
• What is the Cloud
• Types of Implementation
• Impact on the Data Professional
• Cloud Capabilities:
• Azure Virtual Machines
• SQL Database
• HDInsight
• Office 365 and Power BI
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What is the cloud
• Its all about Services, not Products
• Services fall into the following categories• SaaS – Software as a Service
• IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service
• PaaS – Platform as a Service
• Benefits• On demand provisioning
• Elasticity – What does that mean?
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Types of Cloud Implementation
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Private
Public
Hybrid
Impact on Data Professionals
Platform as a Service
• Azure• For compute and storage via VM’s
• SQL Database• Note the abscense of the word Server
• HD Insight• For Big Data Platforms
• Machine Learning• Predictive Analytics
Software as a Service
• Office 365• Office tools
• SharePoint integration
• Power BI
NOTE: Need support for IaaS, particularly in Hybrid implementations.
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Forms part of the Microsoft Cloud OS story
Is this relevant to us?
Yes!!!!!
Claribi observes that as
hardware is coming to the end
of its life, customers
see cloud solutions as a viable
alternative
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Azure Virtual Machines
• Familiar with Hyper V? This helps
• Pre-set VM templates
• Require Supporting objects• Virtual Networks
• Storage Accounts
• Cloud Services
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Demo
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SQL Database• Create a SQL Database Server first – Can be automated through PowerShell
• Admin details
• Firewall rules
• Creating one database actually create three copies kept in sync for Azure high availability• Maximum size id 150GB
• Focus on logical implementation
• Files are managed automaticall
• Every table needs a PK for data synchronisation
• Same language and Tool support as on prem servers – TSQL, SSMS,
• Feature not supported so far: Service Broker, SQL Agent, CLR integrationMicrosoft SQL Server and Azure Consulting
Demo
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HDInsight• Why would you use Big Data?
• Integrate external data, gain value from rapidly changing data
• HDInsight is the Apache Hadoop solution to provide Analytical Big Data solutions in Azure
• Use Map/Reduce operations to simplify the ability to work with Big Data
• Requires the creation of a HDInsight Cluster
• Can you languages such as Pig and Hive to process and query the data
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O365
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PowerBI
• Enables self service capabilities of data to the business
• Provides an online environment for sharing Excel features including • PowerPivot
• PowerQuery
• PowerView
• PowerMap
• Mobile application available
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Demo
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Summary
• What is the Cloud
• Types of Implementation
• Impact on the Data Professional
• Cloud Capabilities:
• Azure Virtual Machines
• SQL Database
• HDInsight
• Office 365 and Power BI
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Questions
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Thank you!
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