October 29, 2016 at 11:05 am
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October 29, 2016 at 12:47 pm
I was totally shocked when I saw them release Azure Analysis Services.
Over and over, people keep asking for SSRS in the cloud. I don't hear a lot of cries for SSAS in the cloud. Seems like an odd thing to prioritize.
October 31, 2016 at 1:50 am
Perhaps demand doesn't equal potential sales...or maybe Microsoft are guaging the messages is coming through their sales channels over and above MVPs, forums, etc. I guess we'll never know.
Gaz
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October 31, 2016 at 8:47 am
OLAP tools like SSAS are excellent for specific types of data access patterns and are an order of magnitude better at solving these problems than relational and no-sql database platforms. However, it's a niche product, and it practically (if not necessarily) requires a high-end dedicated server with a lot of RAM. It can also be difficult for a DBA to properly configure, performance tune, and administrate. Maybe for those reasons Microsoft believes that implementing an Azure hosted version is necessary to open up larger user base and keep it generating revenue.
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October 31, 2016 at 2:20 pm
Brent Ozar (10/29/2016)
I was totally shocked when I saw them release Azure Analysis Services.Over and over, people keep asking for SSRS in the cloud. I don't hear a lot of cries for SSAS in the cloud. Seems like an odd thing to prioritize.
Not when you understand Compute makes money. This allows compute to a variety of tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc), and the lack of needing the hardware/admin to get it up and running might be a good sell.
I think this sells more than SSRS. SSRS is hard to price and get people to use without more underlying data sources. I think they're a little unsure of how to do this. I suspect $0.002 per page for SSRS bothers many people in and out of MS.
October 31, 2016 at 2:29 pm
Did they mention anything about SSIS being ported to Azure PaaS ?
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
October 31, 2016 at 8:26 pm
Not yet
October 31, 2016 at 11:10 pm
Correct me here if I'm wrong, but unless you invest in enterprise or server editions for a number of these front-end visualization tools, you're pretty much stuck with figuring out the best option for your backend data. Having the ability to leverage another piece of technology that adds OLAP to your front-end tools sounds like a winner to me.
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