March 2010 v.35 – Business Intelligence Update

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HOT TOPICS

Special Report, The Economist
Data, data everywhere
A different game… Information is transforming traditional business
Show me… new ways of visualising data
The data deluge

Up to Speed with PerformancePoint Dashboards and Web Parts
SharePoint guidance for SQL Server database administrators

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

How Microsoft IT Developed Best Practices in Offering PowerPivot as a Service
Hosted by Microsoft
Mar 16, 12:30pm
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Week of Business Intelligence – webinar series
Hosted by Pragmatic Works
Mar 22-26
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SharePoint 2007 vs.. 2010
Hosted by Gig Werks
Mar 24, 1pm
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EVENTS

Using SharePoint 2010 as a Business Intelligence Breakthrough Tool
Hosted by Quilogy
Mar 2, Naperville, IL
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North Central District Microsoft BI User Group
Hosted by BISIG
Mar 3, Bloomington, MN
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SoCal BI User Group
Hosted by Xelleration
Mar 4, San Diego, CA
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Boise SQL Server User Group
Hosted by Microsoft
Mar 9, Boise, ID
Email me for more info

Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference
Hosted by Microsoft
Jun 7-10, New Orleans, LA
Click here for more info

TRAINING

Web-based Training

SQL Server: Training Portal
SharePoint 2007: Training Portal
SharePoint 2010: Getting Started with SharePoint 2010
PerformancePoint Monitoring and Analytics: Dashboard basics I,  Dashboard basics II
Excel 2007: Training Courses

Instructor Led Training

Solving Business Problems with MDX in SQL Server 2008
Solid Quality Mentors
Click here for more info

Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
Accelebrate
Mar 29-31, Online
Click here for more info

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Training
Intertech
Mar 15-17, Minneapolis, MN
Click here for more info

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Training
Intertech
Mar 29-30, Minneapolis, MN
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Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
Accelebrate
Apr 12-14, Online
Click here for more info

RESOURCES

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

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
StreamInsight: Versions and SQL Server SKUs

SQL Server 2008 R2 gets an official date
Download: SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP
Hands On Lab: PowerPivot in SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL 2008 R2: Home, Parallel Data Warehouse
Whitepaper: Best Practices for Data Warehousing with SQL Server 2008

SQL 2008 Books Online: Planning and Architecture (Analysis Services – Data Mining)
SQL 2008 Books Online: Architecture of Integration Services

Whitepaper: Top 10 Performance and Productivity Reasons to Use SQL Server 2008 for Your Business Intelligence Solutions
Blog: SQL Server 2008 for Oracle DBA

SharePoint Server 2007
Business Intelligence: Overview, Using BI Features

PerformancePoint: Technical Library
Download: PerformancePoint SP2 (64-bit or 32-bit)
Blog: Using Excel Services Reports with PerformancePoint Server (PPS)

SharePoint Server 2010
Describing SharePoint 2010 in 1 Sentence, 8 Categories and 40 Feature Areas
New Features in PerformancePoint Services 2010

Excel Services in SharePoint 2010 Feature Support, Dashboard Improvements,
Upgrading PerformancePoint Server 2007 to PerformancePoint 2010
Planning for Upgrade from SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Server 2010

Office 2010
www.PowerPivot.com
PowerPivot Team Blog
New BI Features in Excel 2010
The Great PowerPivot FAQ
Download: PowerPivot for Excel 2010
Blog: The Business User’s Perspective
Screencast: Using datamining with PowerPivot in 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
Gartner: Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems
Blog: Using a Data Warehouse for CRM

Tableau 5.1 Release
Tableau Positioned as Challenger on Gartner 2010 Magic Quadrant Report for Business Intelligence Platforms
What’s New in Tableau 5.1

Demo: Extended Outlook – Put your business intelligence reporting inside Microsoft Outlook
Demo: PushBI Mobile for the Apple iPhone

NEWS AND PRESS RELEASES

Microsoft positioned in Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems

Launching an Analytics Practice: Ten Steps to Success
Zen BI: The Wisdom of Letting Go

Blog: Great Visualizers: Mike Deal Charts the Beatles
TED2010: Spatial Search – Bing, Flickr, Videos Maps and the Stars

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February 2010 v.34 – Business Intelligence Update

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HOT TOPICS

Microsoft positioned in Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems

New BI Features in Excel 2010
The Great PowerPivot FAQ
QlikView from a PowerPivot standpoint

SQL Server 2008 R2 gets an official date
Download: SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP
Hands On Lab: PowerPivot in SQL Server 2008 R2

Developing a Culture of Performance with Microsoft BI

 

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

Obtain Customer Loyalty with Tracking, Marketing, and Communication Hosted by Neudesic
Feb 4, 1pm
Click here for more info

Business Intelligence using SharePoint 2010 & PowerPivot
Hosted by ShareSquared
Feb 9, 2pm
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Microsoft Consolidated Business Intelligence: Delivering BI to Microsoft
Hosted by Microsoft
Feb 23, 12:30pm
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From Strategy to Students: Realizing the Vision
Hosted by Mariner
Feb 23, 11am
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Total Cost of Database Administration: A Comparison of SQL Server and Oracle
Hosted by Microsoft
Feb 26, 12pm
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How Microsoft IT Developed Best Practices in Offering PowerPivot as a Service
Hosted by Microsoft
Mar 16, 12:30pm
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EVENTS

SoCal BI User Group
Hosted by Xelleration & iQ4bis
Feb 4, Irvine, CA
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Pervasive, Self-Service BI: For The People, By The People
Hosted by Tallan
Feb 4, Farmington, CT
Click here for more info

Business Performance Management
Hosted by GNET Group
Feb 10, St Paul, MN
Click here for more info

Driving Innovation and Growth with Microsoft SharePoint
Hosted by Microsoft
Feb 16, Bellevue, WA
Click here for more info

Using SharePoint 2010 as a Business Intelligence Breakthrough Tool
Hosted by Quilogy
Feb 17, Omaha, NE
Click here for more info

Using SharePoint 2010 as a Business Intelligence Breakthrough Tool
Hosted by Quilogy
Feb 18, Overland Park, KS
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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
Click here for more info

Using SharePoint 2010 as a Business Intelligence Breakthrough Tool
Hosted by Quilogy
Mar 2, Naperville, IL
Click here for more info

TRAINING

Web-based Training
SQL Server: Training Portal
SharePoint Server 2007: Training Portal
PerformancePoint Monitoring and Analytics: Dashboard basics I,  Dashboard basics II
Excel 2007: Training Courses

Instructor Led Training
SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS) Training
Intertech
Feb 8, Minneapolis, MN
Click here for more info

Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
Accelebrate
Feb 8, Online
Click here for more info

SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) Training
Intertech
Feb 10, Minneapolis, MN
Click here for more info

Microsoft Business Intelligence from SQL 2008 through SharePoint and Office 2007
Accelebrate
Feb 22, Online
Click here for more info

Implementing and Maintaining SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS)
Intertech
Feb 22, Minneapolis, MN
Click here for more info

Solving Business Problems with MDX in SQL Server 2008
Solid Quality Mentors
Mar 9, Minneapolis, MN
Click here for more info

Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
Accelebrate
Mar 8, Online
Click here for more info

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Training
Intertech
Mar 15, Minneapolis, MN
Click here for more info

RESOURCES

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

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

Office 2010
www.PowerPivot.com
PowerPivot Team Blog
PowerPivot Demos
PowerPivot introduction videos – load, analyse and use in SharePoint
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

Tableau Positioned as Challenger on Gartner 2010 Magic Quadrant Report for Business Intelligence Platforms

Demo: Extended Outlook – Put your business intelligence reporting inside Microsoft Outlook Demo: PushBI Mobile for the Apple iPhone

 

NEWS AND PRESS RELEASES

Message from Tom Casey, General Manager, Microsoft Business Intelligence

Principle of Proximity: THE Best Practice in BI
The Next Wave in BI: Decision Analytics
Top 20 Data Visualizations Mentioned on Twitter
The Next Wave in BI: Decision Analysis
Assessing the Effectiveness of a New Dashboard’s Design
My 10 favourite business intelligence blog posts of 2009
Self-Service Business Intelligence: Dissolving the Barriers to Creative Decision-Support Solutions

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Developing a Culture of Performance with Microsoft BI

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If you expect to be in the loop regarding Microsoft's BI strategy, then it's imperative you follow the work of my friend and former colleague on the Microsoft BI team, Bruno Aziza. 

Bruno approaches BI with a business-minded perspective (as opposed to a purely technical perspective) with a keen focus on the real purpose of BI implementation...to drive performance and cultivate success.  In fact, he co-authored a book on the topic (see below) as part of the Microsoft Executive Learning Series.

I recommend joining the LinkedIn Group that Bruno moderates, The Culture of Performance... and if you tweet, you'll find him there too.


Notable upcoming events in January include:

Developing a Culture of Performance in Retail
Held at the National Retail Federation (NRF) 99th Annual Convention
Hosted by Bruno Aziza and Henrik Amsinck, CIO of Lego Group
Jan 12, 1:45-3:30pm
Click here for more info

Building a Culture of Performance | Analytical Paradox & User Centricity
Webcast Series moderated by Bruno Aziza and Extended Results
Hosted by Bob O'Brien, Sr Director Business Analytics Media & Entertainment Group
Jan 20, 2pm EST
Click here to register




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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
Click here to Attend

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
Click here for more info

Enhance your SharePoint BI Portal Hosted by Strategy Companion Jan 7, 1pm
Click here for more info

SharePoint, BI, & Silverlight Hosted by Neudesic Jan 13, 1pm
Click here for more info

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
Click here for more info

SaaS and BI Hosted by Strategy Companion Jan 21, 1pm
Click here for more info

Emerge Stronger with Microsoft BI: Sales and Marketing Hosted by Microsoft Jan 26, 2 pm
Click here for more info

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
Click here for more info

SQL Server 2008 End-to-End Business Intelligence Workshop Solid Quality Mentors Feb 15, Minneapolis, MN
Click 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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Tableau Blog - US Oil Imports in 2008

Response to a blog post published by Ross Perez of Tableau 

In previous BI Update posts, I’ve shared links to Data.gov and expressed my enthusiasm for recent efforts by the Federal Government to expand public access to public information.

So I was thrilled to see a recent blog - US Oil Imports in 2008 – with interactive bar charts that you can click on to analyze US oil imports and exports in 2008.  The dimensions you can analyze the data by are:

# Barrels of Oil
By Export Country
By Import State
By Company (Oil Importer)
By Month

When I click on IRAQ in the “Country of Export” chart, I can immediately see which States imported oil from Iraq and through which Companies.  I can check out import trends over the past year.  The data visualizations compel me to look at the information in a new way.

Below the charts, there are also several buttons that you don’t want to overlook which help make this information actionable and useful to others, including buttons to...

Share
View Data
Print to PDF
Revert All


I highly suggest checking out the Tableau blog archives and Visual Examples site when you have some free time… these resources are bound to get you thinking, and wishing you could look at more information in these ways!

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Microsoft Case Studies: Microsoft BI vs IBM Cognos

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Here are links and extracts for a handful of Microsoft Case Studies where PerformancePoint was selected over Cognos.  I know there are many many more such stories, but these are well-documented anyway...


Community Health Networks
Overcoming Cognos

GPX Tires
To help find a new BI solution, the company enlisted the help of SHEA Business Solutions. The Microsoft Certified Partner conducted a comprehensive review of available database and reporting products (including solutions from Cognos and Business Objects) before determining that Microsoft Office PerformancePoint™ Server 2007 was the best fit for GPX’s IT environment.

Tyson Foods
Another problem related to company growth was the challenge of making sense of so much data. Tyson used Cognos as its corporate business intelligence (BI) tool, but the program required a steep learning curve. Many employees beyond the Cognos experts could benefit from BI insights, but the IT staff did not have time to develop custom Cognos analysis cubes and dashboards for every department. In fact, the overworked IT staff had far more project requests than it could handle. It was eager to discover and deploy new technologies that would either shorten development cycles or empower users to create their own solutions without IT help.

In the finance department, having data in analysis cubes improves the company’s ability to audit financial data because information is consistent and more secure. Security is also enhanced by the ability to use Excel Services to hide information from unauthorized users. Financial analysts can publish reports to the intranet versus attaching documents to e-mail messages, which speeds access and reduces e-mail volume. Many analysts are using SQL Server Reporting Services in place of Cognos because it is less expensive and easier to use.

Responsiveness of financial analysis has also improved since Tyson began using Office Excel 2007 with SQL Server Analysis Services. “Performance has been amazing—the Analysis Services reports come back instantaneously, whereas the Oracle and Cognos reports could take anywhere from minutes to hours,” Barron says.

Ste Michelle Winery
Ste. Michelle evaluated business intelligence software from IBM Cognos, MicroStrategy, DataJungle (now called Blink Logic), and Oracle but decided that those options were either too expensive or too inflexible to meet its needs over the long term. Instead, the winery turned to a solution based on Microsoft Business Intelligence.

“The Microsoft Business Intelligence solution gave us the best combination of price and performance of any of the options that we considered,” says Alan Stefanin, Database Architect, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates. “We have a best-of-breed strategy, and Microsoft Business Intelligence fit into that perfectly. A significant share of our IT infrastructure is based on Microsoft technologies, and this solution would operate easily with what we already used.”

Ste. Michelle put the Microsoft Business Intelligence solution into production for just half the cost of most of the alternatives that it considered, representing a savings of U.S.$100,000 in the first year, according to Gregg. He attributes the savings to several factors.

The Credit Valley Hospital
The Credit Valley Hospital worked with a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner, Systemgroup Inc., to implement a new business intelligence (BI) solution. After reviewing several options, including tools from Cognos and SAS, Credit Valley decided on Microsoft® Office PerformancePoint™ Server 2007 as the most flexible and cost-effective performance management option.

Swisscom
In seeking an automated solution to replace the paper-based system, Swisscom first evaluated business analytics solutions from some of the major management performance software vendors, including IBM Cognos, SAS, and SAP Crystal Reports. Dörfer says: “These vendors supply big toolsets, but most of them have many functions that we simply did not need. We wanted a business intelligence (BI) environment that met all our needs for flexibility and scalability as well as supporting a simple dashboard solution for performance management of our IT systems.”

The Prime Minister's Office
The first step was to select a technology vendor that could deliver a reliable solution in just two months, in time for the next quarter’s performance report. Another critical requirement was to have an Arabic interface for the solution—Arabic is the official language of the UAE. After testing technologies by rival companies such as IBM-owned and Ontario-based Cognos and Finland-based QPR, the PMO chose Microsoft as its project partner.

Lotte Hotel
“The Cognos Powerplay tool, which we used in the past, was too high-priced so it was expensive to upgrade,” says Kim. “SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services had no cost burden and at the same time it was a strong alternative enabling us to easily convert our existing OLAP [online analytical processing] environment, after which we applied reporting tools to create Lotte Hotel’s overall BI [business intelligence] environment.”


some additional Microsoft BI Case Studies


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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
Click here for more info

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
Click here for more info

Build More Powerful Solutions with Bing Maps
Hosted by Microsoft
Dec 10, 1pm
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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
Click here to attend

The Many-to-Many Compression Algorithm
Hosted by PASS DW/BI Virtual Chapter, with guest speaker Eugene Asahara
Dec 21, 12pm
Click here to attend


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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