Overview

This article is designed to be a high-level overview of the Azure components required for a deployment within a production environment. We provide recommended sizing guidance, but it is important to understand that these components can be scaled based on your workloads and needs. The following will assist with preparing your Azure environment:

• Reference Architecture with Azure 
• 1. Create Application Server - Azure VM
• 2. Create Project Repository Database - Azure SQL DB
• 3. Create Data Warehouse Database - Azure SQL DB
• 4. Create Azure Analysis Services instance 
• 5. Estimating Azure Costs

Reference Architecture with Azure 

The visual below depicts the architectural components required for an Azure deployment.

Preparing your Azure environment

The below details each Azure resource required along with recommended sizing. VM and database sizing can and should be adjusted to support the performance objectives of the business. 

1. Create Application Server - Azure VM

The application server will host the Jet Data Manager application. This application is the data modeling tool used by developers to build the underlying data structures that will support the business.

Considerations for application server: 

• Recommended Sizing: D2s_v3 (for moderate workloads). See: Azure VM Sizes for additional details. 

2. Create Project Repository Database - Azure SQL DB

The project repository database is an Azure SQL Databases. This database will contain the project metadata for the application.

Considerations for the project repository database:

3. Create Data Warehouse Database - Azure SQL DB

The data warehouse is an Azure SQL Database. This database will contain your report ready data.

Considerations for the data warehouse database:

4. Create Azure Analysis Services instance 

Azure Analysis Services is the service that hosts your Semantic models. 

Considerations for the Analysis Services instance:

For standard production workloads we recommend starting with an instance of SO, or S1  

5. Estimating Azure Costs

Azure provides a pricing calculator to estimate your costs. See: Azure pricing calculator