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February 2021

Feb 22

Earlier versions of Analysis Services client libraries will retire on 30 June 2021

Target retirement date: June 30, 2021

Update your Analytics Services client libraries to version 15.1.37.40 or higher by 30 June 2021.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Retirements
Feb 16

.NET Core support for Analysis Services client libraries is generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Today, we are announcing general availability (GA) of Analysis Services client libraries for .NET Core, along with several enhancements.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

October 2020

Oct 7

Analysis Services Tabular improves MDX query performance in the cloud

NOW AVAILABLE

With a recent update of the Analysis Services Tabular engine in Azure Analysis Services (AAS) and in Power BI, Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) clients, such as Microsoft Excel, can now enjoy improved query performance. This MDX performance improvement alleviates some of the optimization burden for measures used in a PivotTable.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Services
  • Features

September 2020

Sep 3

Azure S8 and S9 Analysis Services SKUs retiring on 31 August 2023

Target retirement date: August 31, 2023

Migrate to S8V2 or S9V2 SKUs

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Retirements

April 2020

Apr 16

Azure Analysis Services—Improved query replica synchronization now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Improved query replica synchronization in Azure Analysis Services is now generally available. Analysis Services features improved query-replica synchronization in scale-out environments with client queries distributed across one or more query replicas, reducing response times for high concurrency workloads.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Services
  • Features
Apr 16

Azure Analysis Services—Query interleaving is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Query interleaving in Azure Analysis Services is now generally available. Query interleaving helps to improve the user experience in high-concurrency scenarios where a lot of queries are submitted close to each other.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Services
  • Features
Apr 14

Many-to-many relationships in Azure Analysis Services are now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Many-to-many relationships in Azure Analysis Services are now generally available. These are relationships between tables where both columns are non-unique, and are based on many-to-many relationships in Power BI.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Services
  • Features
Apr 14

Azure Analysis Services calculation groups are now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Calculation groups for Azure Analysis Services are now generally available. Use them to declutter the user interface and improve the overall navigation experience for your users.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Services
  • Features

March 2020

Mar 6

Improved resource governance for Azure Analysis Services

Today, we are excited to announce the release of two enhancements concerning the memory governance options of Azure Analysis Services. Specifically, the enhancements improve the accuracy of the…

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Services
  • Features

January 2020

Jan 18

Improved query replica synchronization in Azure Analysis Services is in preview

IN PREVIEW

A new Azure Analysis Services setting (in preview) improves performance and consistency of query-replica synchronization in scale-out environments.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features

October 2019

Oct 11

Azure Analysis Services utility for QPU auto-scale

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Analysis Services QPU AutoScale enables automatic customizable scaling for AAS instances.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Features
Oct 4

SQL Server Data Tools support for 1500 compatibility level

NOW AVAILABLE

We are pleased to announce that SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for Analysis Services now supports tabular models with 1500 compatibility level.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Features

September 2019

Sep 20

Azure Analysis Services—Two new higher compute SKUs are now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2019

Two new SKUs for Azure Analysis Services, S8V2 and S9V2, are now available. These SKUs are based on next-generation hardware and have double the QPU (abstraction of CPU) of the existing S8/S9 SKUs.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Management
Sep 17

Improved query replica synchronization in Azure Analysis Services is in development

IN DEVELOPMENT

Target availability: Q3 2019

A new Azure Analysis Services setting now in development will improve performance and consistency of query-replica synchronization in scale-out environments.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Sep 17

Azure Analysis Services diagnostic logging improvements for scale-out

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2019

Get targeted log analysis with improvements to the Diagnostic Logs extension of Azure Analysis Services. Diagnostic Logs now allow you to access and break out server metrics for each query replica with the scale-out feature.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Sep 17

Azure Analysis Services scale-out improvement

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2019

Synchronization of query replicas in Azure Analysis Services scale-out environments now uses an optimized copy API, which significantly reduces synchronization time on average.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features

July 2019

Jul 11

In development: query interleaving for Azure Analysis Services

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2019

Enterprise BI systems need to support high user concurrency, which means there can be lots of queries submitted close to each other. We are pleased to announce that we are working on the query interleaving feature, which allows system configuration to improve the user experience in high-concurrency scenarios. Query interleaving allows configuration to improve the user experience in high-concurrency scenarios. Multiple queries can run concurrently so fast queries are not blocked behind slow ones. Query interleaving can be set up with short-query bias so if the system is under CPU pressure, short queries are allocated a higher proportion of CPU resources than long-running queries, allowing them to complete faster.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Management
  • Features

June 2019

Jun 10

Public preview of calculation groups in Azure Analysis Services

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2019

We are pleased to announce calculation groups are now officially in public preview for Azure Analysis Services!

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Features
Jun 10

Public preview of many-to-many relationships in Azure Analysis Services

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2019

Many-to-many relationships in Azure Analysis Services allow relationships between tables where both columns are non-unique.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Features

April 2019

Apr 25

New governance setting for cache refreshes from Azure Analysis Services

NOW AVAILABLE

The new ClientCacheRefreshPolicy property allows IT or the Analysis Services practitioner to disable automatic cache refreshes.

  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Features

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