1. Heavy Metal PowerPivot
Jason Himmelstein
jhimmelstein@sentri.com
@sharepointlhorn

2. Jason’s
http://spflogger.codeplex.com
www.sharepointlonghorn.com
@sharepointlhorn
www.linkedin.com/in/jasonhimmelstein
http://www.slideshare.net/jasonhimmelstein
jase@sharepointlonghorn.com
http://bit.ly/SharePointBI

5. Codename Denali
Project Crescent
Project Juneau
Veritpaq Engine
Vertipaq for PowerPivot

7. Most Broadly adopted
Productivity &
SharePoint SharePoint Excel PowerPivot Collaboration Tools
Dashboards & Collaboration Workbooks Applications
Scorecards
Analysis Reporting
Services Services
Most widely deployed EIM
& BI Platform
Integration Master Data
Services Services
LOB Odata
Apps Feeds

8. Internet Explorer SharePoint
SQL Server Data Tools
Power View
Excel Services
Reporting Services
PowerPivot for
xlsx
Excel
Analysis Services
PowerPivot for
SharePoint
(Analysis Services)
Excel
BI Semantic Model
xlsx
Third Party Apps
Personal BI Team BI Corporate BI

9. Server, Services, and Components
SharePoint Farm c2wts/proxy
c2wts
SQL Server
WFE App Content
Excel Calculation
Client Excel Web Access
Services
MSOLAP
Excel Services
Application Proxy TCP
MSOLAP Driver
HTTP
Channel
Excel Web Service
PowerPivot Service
Application Proxy
Excel Calc Services
PowerPivot System
Service
PowerPivot Web
Excel Services Analysis Services in
Service VertiPaq Mode
PowerPivot Services Data sources

10. Rendering the PowerPivot Workbook
SharePoint Farm
c2wts
SQL Server
WFE App Content
Excel Calculation
Client Excel Web Access
Services
MSOLAP
Excel Services
Application Proxy
Channel
Excel Web Service
PowerPivot Service
Application Proxy
Excel Calc Services
PowerPivot System
Service
PowerPivot Web Analysis Services in
Service VertiPaq Mode
Data sources

11. Rendering the PowerPivot Workbook
SharePoint Farm
c2wts
SQL Server
WFE App Content
Excel Calculation
Client Excel Web Access
Services
MSOLAP c:Program
Excel Services Files...OLAPBackup
Application Proxy
Channel
Excel Web Service
PowerPivot Service
Application Proxy
Excel Calc Services
PowerPivot System
Service
PowerPivot Web Analysis Services in
Service VertiPaq Mode
Data sources

12. PowerPivot does NOT require Kerberos
SharePoint Farm
c2wts
SQL Server
WFE App Content
Excel Calculation
Client Excel Web Access
Services
MSOLAP
Excel Services
Application Proxy
Channel
Excel Web Service
PowerPivot Service
Application Proxy
Excel Calc Services
PowerPivot System
Service
PowerPivot Web Analysis Services in
Service VertiPaq Mode
Data sources

13. Server Action
SharePoint Farm
c2wts
SQL Server
WFE App Content
Excel Calculation
Client Excel Web Access
Services
MSOLAP
Excel Services
Application Proxy
Channel
Excel Web Service
PowerPivot Service
Application Proxy
Excel Calc Services
PowerPivot System
Service
PowerPivot Web Analysis Services in
Service VertiPaq Mode
Data sources

14. Server Action > c2wts

15. Server Action > c2wts
SharePoint Farm
c2wts
WFE App
Excel Calculation
Client Excel Web Access
Services Content
MSOLAP
Excel Services
Application Proxy
Channel
Excel Web Service
PowerPivot Service
Application Proxy
Excel Calc Services
PowerPivot System
Service
PowerPivot Web Analysis Services in
Service VertiPaq Mode
Data sources

16. Server Action
SharePoint Farm
WFE App
Client Content
c:Program
Files...OLAPBackup
ImageLoad
Data sources

17. Load Balancing
SharePoint Farm
By default, set to
round-robin
App1 App2 health allocation
Testing notes that
BP to set to
health-based
allocation
Uses more
resources than
round-robin
BUT, pro-actively
evicts
unnecessary
VertiPaq dBs
when under
memory pressure

55. http://sp2010sp1/
http://sp2010sp1
http://sp2010sp1

60. SharePoint SP1 is required

63. • Not on your local desktop!

64. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?amp;amp;displ
aylang=en&id=29068

67. What's new in business intelligence in SharePoint
Server 2013 Preview
Overview of Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2013
Preview
What’s new in Power View in Excel 2013 and in
SharePoint 2013

69. http://www.sharepointlonghorn.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oneclickbi/archive/2011/12/27/more-demos-of-power-
view-available.aspx
http://powerpivotgeek.com
http://spflogger.codeplex.com

70. http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/08/23/introduction-to-the-data-model-and-relationships.aspx
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/10/04/intro-to-power-view-for-excel-2013.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms170438(SQL.110).aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/performancepoint/archive/2012/08/03/what-s-new-in-performancepoint-services-2013.aspx
http://visio.microsoft.com/en-us/preview/visio-benefits.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/analysisservices/archive/2012/07/27/introducing-the-bi-light-up-story-for-sharepoint-2013.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/analysisservices/archive/2012/07/26/going-all-in-with-excel-2013.aspx
http://bit.ly/SharePointBI

71. Jason’s
http://spflogger.codeplex.com
www.sharepointlonghorn.com
@sharepointlhorn
www.linkedin.com/in/jasonhimmelstein
http://www.slideshare.net/jasonhimmelstein
jase@sharepointlonghorn.com
http://bit.ly/SharePointBI