November 2009 v.31 - Business Intelligence Update

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HOT TOPICS

SQL Pass - Seattle, Nov 2-5

SQL Server 2008 R2 - Managed Self Service Business Intelligence
http://www.powerpivot.com/ for Excel 2010
Blog: Excel 2010, Interacting with Slicers
Bruno Aziza interviews Stephon Elop, President of Microsoft's Business Division

deFacto... a new alternative to PerformancePoint Planning?


WEBCASTS
All webcast times are in Eastern Time Zone unless otherwise specified

Emerge Stronger with Microsoft Business Intelligence
Hosted by Microsoft
Nov 9, 2pm
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deFacto Performance Management Webinar
Hosted by deFacto Global
Nov 10, 12pm
Nov 19, 2pm
Nov 24, 12pm
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Increase Transparency Through Business Intelligence
Hosted by MicroLink LLC
Nov 12, 2pm
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Emerge Stronger with Microsoft BI: Operational Improvement
Hosted by Microsoft
Nov 17, 2pm
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How Hospitals Use Microsoft Technology to Manage Clinical Trials
Hosted by Quilogy
Nov 18, 1pm
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Turn insight into a winning strategy with cost-effective BI solutions
Hosted by twentysix New York
Dec 1, 2pm
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Emerge Stronger with Microsoft BI: Sales and Marketing
Hosted by Microsoft
Jan 26, 2pm
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EVENTS

TDWI World Conference
Hosted by The Data Warehouse Institute
Nov 1-6, Orlando, FL
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SQL PASS
Hosted by Microsoft
Nov 2-5, Seattle, WA
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SharePoint Unleashed
Hosted by Microsoft
Nov 3, Irvine, CA
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Discover Business Intelligence Capabilities within SharePoint
Hosted by Microsoft
Nov 3, Denver, CO
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SoCal BI User Group
Hosted by Xelleration
Nov 5, Irvine, CA
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Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Strategies for the New Economy
Hosted by Hitachi Consulting
Nov 5, Denver, CO
Nov 10, San Francisco, CA
Nov 11, Los Angeles, CA
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Los Angeles SQL Server Professionals Group
Nov 19, Los Angeles, CA
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Microsoft Reporting Services and Business Intelligence
Hosted by CSG Professionals
Nov 24, Portland, OR
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TRAINING

Web-based Training

SQL Server: Training Portal
SharePoint Server 2007: Training Portal
PerformancePoint Monitoring & Analytics: Dashboard basics I, Dashboard Basics II
Excel 2007: Training Courses


In-Person Training

Enterprise ETL with SSIS
Solid Quality Mentors
Nov 9, Beaverton, OR
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SQL Server 2008 Fast Track Data Warehouse
Solid Quality Mentors
Nov 13, Irving, TX
Nov 17, Reston, VA
Nov 19, Iselin, NJ
Nov 20, Chicago, IL
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SQL Server 2008 End-to-End Business Intelligence Workshop
Solid Quality Mentors
Dec 7, Bellevue, WA
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Microsoft BI Bootcamp
Solid Quality Mentors
Dec 14, Beaverton, OR
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RESOURCES
Microsoft BI
CapstoneBI Architects
Notes from the Field

SQL Server
Business Intelligence: SQL 2005, SQL 2008
Data Mining: SQL 2005, SQL 2008
Whitepaper: New Data Warehouse Scalability Features in SQL Server
Whitepaper: Predictive Analysis with SQL Server 2008
Whitepaper: Introducing Microsoft StreamInsight
OLAP Heartbeat - monitor activity on Analysis Services

SQL Server 2008: Project "Madison"
Blog: Introduction to SQL Server Project Madison

SSIS: Kimball Method SSIS Slowly Changing Dimension Component
Blog: Formatting Linked Server MDX Query Results Using CTEs

SSAS: SQL Sentry, Performance Optimization Software
SSAS: list of front end applications


SharePoint Server
Business Intelligence: Overview, Using BI Features

PerformancePoint: Technical Library
Download: PerformancePoint SP2 (64-bit or 32-bit)
Whitepaper: Publishing PerformancePoint Server in Extranet Scenarios
Whitepaper: Accessing large scale ROLAP environments with PerformancePoint Server 2007

Office 2010
PowerPivot
http://www.powerpivot.com/ for Excel 2010
Blog: Using PowerPivot with Excel 2010


Related BI Resources
Caveman Forecaster - great resource for data mining/time series formatting
Federal IT Dashboard
http://it.usaspending.gov/ - track Stimulus Spending
Data.gov Catalogs, FAQ


NEWS AND PRESS RELEASES

Microsoft sets SQL Server 2008 R2 preview
Q&A: Business Intelligence gets a facelift in SQL Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Previews SQL Server Upgrades, In-Memory Analysis
End of life comes for SQL Server 2005 SP2

DBA career paths could lead to business intelligence

Peter Drucker as Life Coach: Book Shares His Wisdom


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