December 2009 v.32 - Business Intelligence Update

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HOT TOPICS

2010 Betas are here, including Office, SharePoint, Project & Visio

PowerPivot Team Blog
Download: PowerPivot for Excel 2010
Blog: The Business User's Perspective

Demo: Extended Outlook - Put your business intelligence reporting inside Microsoft Outlook

CapstoneBI Blog: Analysis Services 2008 Metadata Report Pack


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

Beat the Competition with the Power of Analytics
Hosted by Panorama
Dec 3, 2pm
Click here for more info

FEDSPUG December Meeting (Webcast)
Hosted by Microsoft
Dec 3, 2pm
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SharePoint 2010 Preview
Hosted by Gig Werks
Dec 8, 1pm
Click here for more info

Is Your Data Warehousing Project Doomed from the Beginning?
Hosted by B2B Technologies
Dec 10, 12:30pm
Click here for more info

Best Practices for Pervasive BI
Hosted by Strategy Companion
Dec 10, 1pm
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Build More Powerful Solutions with Bing Maps
Hosted by Microsoft
Dec 10, 1pm
Click here for more info

Portfolio Management and Capital Planning with Microsoft Solutions
Hosted by Projility
Dec 12, 1pm
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Looping, Moving Files, and Splitting Data Streams: Intermediate SSIS Tasks for the DBA
Hosted by PASS DW/BI Virtual Chapter, with guest speaker Tim Mitchell
Dec 15, 12pm
Click here to attend

Zero to Cube in 60 minutes
Hosted by PASS DW/BI Virtual Chapter, with guest speaker Adam Jorgensen
Dec 18, 12pm
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The Many-to-Many Compression Algorithm
Hosted by PASS DW/BI Virtual Chapter, with guest speaker Eugene Asahara
Dec 21, 12pm
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EVENTS

SoCal BI User Group - featuring Bob Abernathy of Strategy Companion
Hosted by Xelleration
Dec 3, Irvine, CA
Click here for more info


IN-PERSON TRAINING

Deploying, Operating, and Tuning an Analysis Services 2008 Solution
Hosted by Solid Quality Mentors
Feb 1, Minneapolis, MN
Click here for more info

SQL Server 2008 End-to-End Business Intelligence Workshop
Hosted by Solid Quality Mentors
Feb 15, Minneapolis, MN
Click here for more info


RESOURCES
Microsoft BI

SQL Server
Business Intelligence: SQL 2005, SQL 2008
Data Mining: SQL 2005, SQL 2008
Whitepaper: New Data Warehouse Scalability Features in SQL Server
Whitepaper: Introducing Microsoft StreamInsight

Blog: Formatting Linked Server MDX Query Results Using CTEs

SharePoint Server 2007
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 2007

SharePoint Server 2010
Blog: Describing SharePoint 2010 in 1 Sentence, 8 Categories and 40 Feature Areas
Blog: New Features in PerformancePoint 2010
Blog: Excel Services in SharePoint 2010 Feature Support, Dashboard Improvements

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

Related BI Resources
Notes from the Field


NEW AND PRESS RELEASES

Microsoft Elevates Mission-Critical Commitment With New SQL Server 2008 R2 Premium Editions, Delivery of November CTP
Bruno Aziza interviews Stephon Elop, President of Microsoft's Business Division

BIDN Launches:  Business Intelligence Developer Network (http://www.bidn.com/)

Crossing the Chasm II - Departmental to Enterprise BI
Gartner enters into Agreement to Acquire AMR Research, Inc.
Gartner Says Performance Driven Culture Is One of Four Disciplines Required for a Successful Pattern-Based Strategy

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