Merge pull request #10870 from Minewiskan/aas0418

jomolnar · web-flow · commit b3d057da6f10 · 2017-04-19T04:05:26.000-07:00
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diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/TOC.md b/articles/analysis-services/TOC.md
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
 ##[Integrate On-premises data gateway](analysis-services-gateway.md)
 ##[Connect with Excel](analysis-services-connect-excel.md)
 ##[Connect with Power BI](analysis-services-connect-pbi.md)
+##[Data providers](analysis-services-data-providers.md)
 ##[Backup and restore](analysis-services-backup.md)
+##[High availability](analysis-services-bcdr.md)
+##[Datasource connections](analysis-services-datasource.md)
+
+##[Create an .odc file](analysis-services-odc.md)
 
 # Reference
 ##[PowerShell](analysis-services-powershell.md)
@@ -21,6 +26,11 @@
 ##[Power Query M](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/mt211003.aspx)
 
 # Resources
-##[Datasource connections](analysis-services-datasource.md)
-##[Data providers](analysis-services-data-providers.md)
-##[Create an .odc file](analysis-services-odc.md)
+##[Analysis Services team blog](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/analysisservices/)
+##[Azure Analysis Services forum](https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=AzureAnalysisServices)
+##[Feedback](https://feedback.azure.com/forums/556165-azure-analysis-services)
+##[Stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/azure-analysis-services)
+##[Pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/analysis-services/)
+##[Videos](https://azure.microsoft.com/resources/videos/index/?services=analysis-services&sort=newest)
+##[Azure status](https://azure.microsoft.com/status/)
+
diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-backup.md b/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-backup.md
@@ -102,5 +102,7 @@ Use [Restore-ASDatabase](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/analysis-services/powers
 
 
 ## Related information
-[Azure storage accounts](../storage/storage-create-storage-account.md)   
+
+[Azure storage accounts](../storage/storage-create-storage-account.md)  
+[High availablility](analysis-services-bcdr.md)     
 [Manage Azure Analysis Services](analysis-services-manage.md)
diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-bcdr.md b/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-bcdr.md
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+title: Azure Analysis Services high availability | Microsoft Docs
+description: Assuring Azure Analysis Services high availability.
+services: analysis-services
+documentationcenter: ''
+author: minewiskan
+manager: erikre
+editor: 
+
+ms.assetid: 
+ms.service: analysis-services
+ms.workload: data-management
+ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
+ms.devlang: na
+ms.topic: article
+ms.date: 04/18/2017
+ms.author: owend
+
+---
+
+# Analysis Services high availability
+This article describes assuring high availability for Azure Analysis Services servers. 
+
+
+## Assuring high availability during a service disruption
+While rare, an Azure data center can have an outage. When an outage occurs, it causes a business disruption that might last a few minutes or might last for hours. High availability is most often achieved with server redundancy. With Azure Analysis Services, you can achieve redundancy by creating additional, secondary servers in one or more regions. When creating redundant servers, to assure the data and metadata on those servers is in-sync with the server in a region that has gone offline, you can:
+
+* Deploy models to redundant servers in other regions. This method requires processing data on both your primary server and redundant servers in-parallel, assuring all servers are in-sync.
+
+* Backup databases from your primary server and restore on redundant servers. For example, you can automate nightly backups to Azure storage, and restore to other redundant servers in other regions. 
+
+In either case, if your primary server experiences an outage, you must change the connection strings in reporting clients to connect to the server in a different regional datacenter. This cahnge should be considered a last resort and only if a catastrophic regional data center outage occurs. It's more likely a data center outage hosting your primary server would come back online before you could update connections on all clients. 
+
+When determining how your organization handles a service disruption, consider how you assure your data is kept both up-to-date and secure. 
+
+
+## Related information
+[Backup and restore](analysis-services-backup.md) 
+[Manage Azure Analysis Services](analysis-services-manage.md) 
+
diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-connect.md b/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-connect.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ms.devlang: NA
 ms.topic: article
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: NA
 ms.workload: na
-ms.date: 02/13/2017
+ms.date: 04/17/2017
 ms.author: owend
 
 ---
diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-create-server.md b/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-create-server.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ms.devlang: NA
 ms.topic: article
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: NA
 ms.workload: na
-ms.date: 02/16/2017
+ms.date: 04/17/2017
 ms.author: owend
 
 ---
diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-data-providers.md b/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-data-providers.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Microsoft client applications such as Power BI Desktop and Excel install all thr
 Client libraries for client connections are different from data providers required to connect from an Azure Analysis Services server to a data source. To learn more about datasource connections, see [Datasource connections](analysis-services-datasource.md).
 
 ## Download the latest **preview** client libraries  
-Use the following client libraries to get the latest bug fixes and updates. These are recommended when connecting to Azure Analysis Services Preview or SQL Server vNext Analysis Services.
+Use the following client libraries to get the latest bug fixes and updates. These are recommended when connecting to Azure Analysis Services or SQL Server vNext Analysis Services.
 
 [MSOLAP (amd64) Preview](http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/8/2/482E5799-9B8E-4724-8A4C-F301BAE788EE/14.0.500.170/amd64/SQL_AS_OLEDB.msi)</br>
 [MSOLAP (x86) Preview](http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/8/2/482E5799-9B8E-4724-8A4C-F301BAE788EE/14.0.500.170/x86/SQL_AS_OLEDB.msi)</br>
diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-gateway.md b/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-gateway.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ms.devlang: NA
 ms.topic: article
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: NA
 ms.workload: na
-ms.date: 02/27/2017
+ms.date: 04/18/2017
 ms.author: owend
 
 ---
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ A gateway is installed on a computer in your network. One gateway must be instal
 * In some cases, tabular models connecting to data sources using native providers such as SQL Server Native Client (SQLNCLI11) may return an error. To learn more, see [Datasource connections](analysis-services-datasource.md).
 
 ## Supported on-premises data sources
-For preview, the gateway supports connections between your Azure Analysis Services server and the following on-premises data sources:
+The gateway supports connections between your Azure Analysis Services server and the following on-premises data sources:
 
 * SQL Server
 * SQL Data Warehouse
diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-manage-users.md b/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-manage-users.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ms.devlang: NA
 ms.topic: article
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: NA
 ms.workload: na
-ms.date: 02/27/2016
+ms.date: 04/18/2016
 ms.author: owend
 
 ---
diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-manage.md b/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-manage.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ms.devlang: NA
 ms.topic: article
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: NA
 ms.workload: na
-ms.date: 02/27/2017
+ms.date: 04/18/2017
 ms.author: owend
 
 ---
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ To get all the latest features, and the smoothest experience when connecting to
 
 [Download SQL Server Management Studio](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms).
 
-On the download page, you have two options:
- 
-* Release candidate - is recommended when connecting to Azure Analysis Services preview only. This release gets the latest updates and works best with Azure Analysis Services preview.
-* Current production release - is recommended for use when connecting to both production servers as well Azure Analysis Services preview. When using this release, you must select **Windows Authentication** when connecting.
-
-You can install both versions on the same computer, side-by-side.
 
 ### To connect with SSMS
  When using SSMS, before connecting to your server the first time, make sure your username is included in the Analysis Services Admins group. To learn more, see [Server administrators](#server-administrators) later in this article.
diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-odc.md b/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-odc.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ms.devlang: NA
 ms.topic: article
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: NA
 ms.workload: na
-ms.date: 02/13/2017
+ms.date: 04/18/2017
 ms.author: owend
 
 ---
diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-overview.md b/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-overview.md
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ Watch this video to learn more about how Azure Analysis Services fits in with Mi
 >
 >
 
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> Azure Analysis Services is in **preview**. There are some things that just aren't working yet. Be sure to check out [Preview expectations](#preview-expectations) later in this article. And, be sure to keep an eye on our [Azure Analysis Services blog](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830920) for the latest info.
-> 
-> 
 
 ## Built on SQL Server Analysis Services
 Azure Analysis Services is compatible with the same SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services Enterprise Edition you already know. Azure Analysis Services supports tabular models at the 1200 compatibility level. DirectQuery, partitions, row-level security, bi-directional relationships, and translations are all supported.
@@ -88,31 +84,6 @@ Have suggestions or feature requests? Be sure to leave your comments on [Azure A
 
 Have suggestions about the documentation? You can add comments using Disqus at the bottom of each article.
 
-## Preview expectations
-Azure Analysis Services is currently in preview. There are a few things you should be aware of.
-
-##### Server modes
-Azure Analysis Services currently supports Tabular mode for tabular models at the 1200 compatibility level. Multidimensional and Data Mining mode, and Power Pivot for SharePoint mode are not supported.
-
-##### Data sources
-For preview, the following data sources are supported in tabular 1200 models deployed to an Azure Analysis Services server.
-
-| **Cloud** | **On-premises (requires data gateway)** |
-| --- | --- |
-| SQL database |SQL Server |
-| SQL Data Warehouse |APS |
-| Oracle | Oracle |
-| Teradata | |
-
-### Data source providers
-Data models in Azure Analysis Services may require different data providers to connect to data sources than data models in SQL Server Analysis Services. Data provider requirements depend on the data source being in the cloud or on-premises, and the type of data model; in-memory or Direct Query. To learn more, see [Datasource connections](analysis-services-datasource.md).
-
-### Client connections
-
-Client applications require the latest client [client libraries](analysis-services-data-providers.md) to connect to Azure Analysis Services.
-
-Excel workbooks with live connections to an Azure Analysis Services server and saved on OneDrive or SharePoint Online are not supported.
-
 ## Next steps
 Now that you know more about Azure Analysis Services, it's time to get started. Learn how to [create a server](analysis-services-create-server.md) in Azure and [deploy a tabular model](analysis-services-deploy.md) to it.
 
diff --git a/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-powershell.md b/articles/analysis-services/analysis-services-powershell.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ms.workload: data-management
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
 ms.devlang: na
 ms.topic: article
-ms.date: 02/28/2017
+ms.date: 04/18/2017
 ms.author: owend
 
 ---
@@ -43,19 +43,21 @@ Azure Analysis Services cmdlets are included in the [AzureRM.AnalysisServices](h
 |[Test-AzureRmAnalysisServicesServer](https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/resourcemanager/azurerm.analysisservices/v3.0.0/test-azurermanalysisservicesserver)|Tests the existence of a server  instance.| 
 
 ## Database operations
-Azure Analysis Services database operations use the same [SQLASCMDLETS](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/hh758425.aspx) module as SQL Server Analysis Services. However, not all cmdlets are supported for Azure Analysis Services Preview. 
+Azure Analysis Services database operations use the same [SQLASCMDLETS](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/hh758425.aspx) module as SQL Server Analysis Services. However, not all cmdlets are supported for Azure Analysis Services. 
 
-The SQLASCMDLETS module provides task-specific database management cmdlets as well as the general purpose Invoke-ASCmd cmdlet that accepts a Tabular Model Scripting Language (TMSL) query or script. The following cmdlets in the SQLASCMDLETS module are supported for Azure Analysis Services Preview.
+The SQLASCMDLETS module provides task-specific database management cmdlets as well as the general purpose Invoke-ASCmd cmdlet that accepts a Tabular Model Scripting Language (TMSL) query or script. The following cmdlets in the SQLASCMDLETS module are supported for Azure Analysis Services.
   
 |Cmdlet|Description|
 |------------|-----------------| 
 |[Add-RoleMember](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/hh510167.aspx)|Add a member to a database role.| 
+|[Backup-ASDatabase](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/analysis-services/powershell/backup-asdatabase-cmdlet)|Backup an Analysis Services database.|  
 |[Remove-RoleMember](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/hh510173.aspx)|Remove a member from a database role.|   
 |[Invoke-ASCmd](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/hh479579.aspx)|Execute a TMSL script.|
 |[Invoke-ProcessASDatabase](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/mt651773.aspx)|Process a database.|  
 |[Invoke-ProcessPartition](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/hh510164.aspx)|Process a partition.| 
 |[Invoke-ProcessTable](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/mt651774.aspx)|Process a table.|  
 |[Merge-Partition](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/hh479576.aspx)|Merge a partition.|  
+|[Restore-ASDatabase](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/analysis-services/powershell/restore-asdatabase-cmdlet)|Restore an Analysis Services database.| 
   
 
 ## Related information
