Monday, January 4, 2010

January 2010 v.33 – Business Intelligence Update

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HOT TOPICS


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

Zero to Cube in 60 Minutes

Hosted by PASS DW/BI Virtual Chapter
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Jan 12, 12 pm EST
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Microsoft Case Studies: Microsoft BI vs IBM Cognos Building Great Cubes: Tip 1 Tableau Blog: US Oil Imports in 2008

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


Business Intelligence IT Dashboard Webinar

Hosted by
MicroLink,LLC Jan 5, 2pm
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Enhance your SharePoint BI Portal Hosted by Strategy Companion Jan 7, 1pm
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SharePoint, BI, & Silverlight Hosted by Neudesic Jan 13, 1pm
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Actionable Insights at Your Fingertips: Rules of KPIs Part I: Few/Recyclable Hosted by Extended Results, with guest speaker Bruno Aziza Jan 20, 4:30pm
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SaaS and BI Hosted by Strategy Companion Jan 21, 1pm
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Emerge Stronger with Microsoft BI: Sales and Marketing Hosted by Microsoft Jan 26, 2 pm
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EVENTS


Driving Innovation and Growth with Microsoft SharePoint
Hosted by
Microsoft Feb 16, Bellevue, WA
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Driving Innovation and Growth with Microsoft SharePoint Hosted by Microsoft Feb 18, San Francisco, CA
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Driving Innovation and Growth with Microsoft SharePoint Hosted by Microsoft Feb 23, Irvine, CA
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Driving Innovation and Growth with Microsoft SharePoint Hosted by Microsoft Feb 25, Phoenix, AZ
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TRAINING


In-Person Training Deploying, Operating, and Tuning an Analysis Services 2008 Solution Solid Quality Mentors Feb 1, Minneapolis, MN
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SQL Server 2008 End-to-End Business Intelligence Workshop Solid Quality Mentors Feb 15, Minneapolis, MN
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here for more info

RESOURCES

Microsoft BI

SQL Server Business Intelligence: SQL 2005, SQL 2008
SSAS:
SQL Sentry, Performance Optimization Software
SSAS:
list of front end applications
Data Mining:
SQL 2005, SQL 2008
SQL 2008 Books Online:
Planning and Architecture (Analysis Services – Data Mining)
SQL 2008 Books Online:
Architecture of Integration Services
Whitepaper:
Best Practices for Data Warehousing with SQL Server 2008
Whitepaper:
Top 10 Performance and Productivity Reasons to Use SQL Server 2008 for Your Business Intelligence Solutions

SharePoint Server 2007 Business Intelligence: Overview, Using BI Features
PerformancePoint:
Technical Library
Download: PerformancePoint SP2 (
64-bit or 32-bit)

SharePoint Server 2010 Blog: Describing SharePoint 2010 in 1 Sentence, 8 Categories and 40 Feature Areas
Blog:
New Features in PerformancePoint Services 2010
Blog: Excel Services in SharePoint 2010
Feature Support, Dashboard Improvements
Blog:
Upgrading PerformancePoint Server 2007 to PerformancePoint 2010
Blog:
Planning for Upgrade from SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Server 2010

Office 2010 www.PowerPivot.com
PowerPivot Team Blog PowerPivot Demos
Download:
PowerPivot for Excel 2010
Blog:
The Business User’s Perspective
Demo:
PowerPivot Mashup by Mr Excel

Microsoft BI Certifications Blog: New 2008 Microsoft BI Certifications Reviewed
Learning Plan: BI Developer
Exam: 70-448
Exam: 70-452

Related BI Resources Notes from the Field
Demo: Extended Outlook – Put your business intelligence reporting inside Microsoft Outlook
Demo:
PushBI Mobile for the Apple iPhone

NEWS AND PRESS RELEASES


Intelligent Enterprise Top Stories of 2009 Eleven BI/Analytics Topics for 2010

Swimming in Data? Three Benefits of Visualization Data visualization can lead to greater business insights Analytics at Work: Q&A with Tom Davenport Survey: BI Still Hindered By Technical Problems

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