In the previous blog post we walked through how to implement the As Partition Processing (open-source) solution using Azure Functions which generated some good questions and discussions. As a result, I’ve decided to take this … Continue reading Implementing As Partition Processing via Azure Functions–Part 2
Implementing AS Partition Processing via Azure Functions
Last year, Christian Wade released an open source solution to automate partition management and tabular model processing. As someone who’s spent a lot of time setting up similar solutions for clients over the years, I … Continue reading Implementing AS Partition Processing via Azure Functions
When to Scale-Up or Scale-Out with Azure Analysis Services
Of all the new features and capabilities currently available with Azure Analysis Services, dynamic scaling up/down and in/out are my 2 favorite. Scaling Up refers to adding more (CPU and/or memory) resources Scaling Out refers … Continue reading When to Scale-Up or Scale-Out with Azure Analysis Services
Methods for Deploying to Azure Analysis Services
This post covers the most common methods for deploying tabular models while explaining the trade offs for each option. Here are some questions to help you decide which one is most appropriate for your environment: … Continue reading Methods for Deploying to Azure Analysis Services
Using the Azure REST API to Pause All AS Instances in a Resource Group
Forgetting to shutdown your Azure environments and burning through a month’s worth of Azure MSDN credit if you’re lucky (and racking up a large credit card charge if you’re not) is a pretty common experience … Continue reading Using the Azure REST API to Pause All AS Instances in a Resource Group
Monitoring Azure Analysis Services Instances via Azure Portal
At some point in the past couple weeks/months, the Azure Analysis Services team managed to expose a few more metrics to the Azure AS Monitoring / Metrics blade. Last I checked, there were only 2 metrics … Continue reading Monitoring Azure Analysis Services Instances via Azure Portal
Managing User Access to Azure Analysis Services Databases
In order to access a tabular model, users must either be a member of the Analysis Services instance administrators group or granted access via a database role. For on-premise SSAS instances, this meant adding the … Continue reading Managing User Access to Azure Analysis Services Databases
Connecting to Azure Analysis Services via Excel – Easy Mode
Power BI is certainly picking up speed, but the number 1 ad-hoc reporting client in Analysis Services environments continues to be Excel. Not much of a surprise really… Excel is a super popular tool across … Continue reading Connecting to Azure Analysis Services via Excel – Easy Mode
Managing Your Azure AS Environment with PowerShell – Building Blocks
One of the major value propositions of Azure AS (and this is true for many cloud technologies) is flexibility – spinning up more resources when demand spikes and turn things off when they aren’t – … Continue reading Managing Your Azure AS Environment with PowerShell – Building Blocks
Managing Your Azure AS Environment with PowerShell – Getting Started
One of the major value propositions of Azure AS (and this is true for many cloud technologies) is flexibility – spinning up more resources when demand spikes and turn things off when they aren’t – … Continue reading Managing Your Azure AS Environment with PowerShell – Getting Started