Upcoming DirectQuery vs Vertipaq Presentation

How exciting is it for us SQL Professionals to have so many SQL Server events since the beginning of the year? We’ve had 12 Hours of SQL, 24 Hours of PASS, 24 Hours of PASS in Russian edition, SQL Server 2012 Virtual Launch, SQL Saturday (ANZ tour is currently running) and plenty other PASS virtual chapter sessions.
 
I’m quite honoured that I’ve been selected to present at SQL Server User Group in Sydney, 24 Hours of PASS, and SQL Saturday #138 as well as being picked by the Community to present at SQL Rally Dallas this year.

I’d like to focus a bit more on my upcoming SQL Saturday #138 session and SQL Rally Dallas session. The title is “DirectQuery vs Vertipaq Mode in SSAS Tabular Model”. This session will take you to a second step to see what’s beyond the default option (In-Memory / Vertipaq). 

Since the time I wrote the abstract for SQL Rally, Microsoft has rebranded Vertipaq to “xVelocity in-memory analytics engine (VertiPaq)”. Some of the project settings / options have also been changed to refer to “In-Memory”, instead of Vertipaq; while some remain as Vertipaq such as in the Tabular Model Analysis Server Properties. Despite the name changes, they mean the same thing in SSAS. 

The DirectQuery vs Vertipaq Mode in SSAS Tabular Model session brings a tiny step beyond your first leap to deciding/considering In-Memory Tabular mode. It concentrates on introducing DirectQuery and how different it is to In-Memory. The demo will also show how the two modes differ in query execution, design and maintenance aspects; giving you enough information to make an informed decision on which mode to use based on your business case. 

If you are new to Tabular Model or PowerPivot and would like to know more about it, there are quite a number of great resources to get you up to speed with it, as listed at the end of this post. Hopefully by then, you’d be comfortable in learning more in my upcoming “DirectQuery vs Vertipaq Mode in SSAS Tabular Model ” session. Having said that, if you’re completely new to Tabular Model but want to know what’s the fuss is about, come to the session – and have your first leap to learning Tabular Model with me. 

I have been having a great joy using Tabular Model in my current work, and am continuously extending my knowledge by preparing for this presentation. So I do hope that you can attend SQL Saturday #138 in Sydney or SQL Rally in Dallas and join me at the session. 

Reading/Watching List

Welcome to Tabular Projects

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/analysisservices/archive/2011/07/13/welcome-to-tabular-projects.aspx

Building your first Analysis Services Tabular BI Semantic model with SQL Server 2012

Speaker: Frederik Vandeputte

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/building-your-first-analysis-services-tabular-bi-semantic-model-with-sql-server-2012

Building the Perfect BI Semantic Tabular Models for Power View

Speaker: Kasper De Jonge

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/building-the-perfect-bi-semantic-tabular-models-for-power-view

Developing and Managing a Business Intelligence Semantic Model (BISM) in SQL Server Code Name “Denali” Analysis Services [BIA-316-M]

Speaker: Cathy Dumas

http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2011/Speakers/CallForSpeakers/SessionDetail.aspx?sid=1964

Note: if you have the PASS Summit 2011 DVDs, pull this session out and start watching it. Cathy was superb in this presentation and I would consider this as an energetic presentation where I “ooo… aaaa…”-ed a few times!