SQL Server Analysis Services Roadmap

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) is a role in SQL Server, Microsoft’s long-standing on-premises database management and business intelligence software. SSAS is an analytic processing component used to build complex data models used in data mining and other data analytic applications to guide business decisions. Analysis Services has two modes for organizing data into models: 

• Tabular mode organizes data into tables, columns, and metrics, and the technology is used in Excel, Power BI, and Azure Analysis Services 
• Multidimensional mode is an older technology that organizes data into models called cubes.

SSAS is available in SQL Server and as a deployment option in Azure Analysis Services, which includes most of the features of SSAS but with lower model sizes and is limited to Tabular data models only.

Product: SQL Server

Licensing: SQL Server

Near Term (2024–2025)

In the near term, Analysis Services will not receive major updates because it is on the same release schedule as SQL Server, where a new version is expected in late 2025 or early 2026.