Contents:
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Webcasts
Training: online and regional options
Resources: whitepapers, case studies, datasheets, webcasts, books, etc
News Links and Press Releases
Hot Topics
Watch
CES Video: Bill Gates’ Last Day at Microsoft
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Microsoft Business Intelligence Newsletter
New BI Case Studies
Premier Bankcard, ITV, Coppin State University, Amaren
Upcoming Events
IT Executive Roadmap Tour
covering Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Unified Communications (UC)
When: Jan 22 (Tue) @ 8:30am-12:30pm
Where: Winnipeg, MB
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When: Jan 22 (Tue) @ 8:30am-12:30pm
Where: Victoria, BC
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When: Jan 24 (Thurs) @ 8:30am-12:30pm
Where: Vancouver, BC
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When: Jan 29 (Tue) @ 8:30am-12:30pm
Where: Calgary, AB
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When: Jan 31 (Thurs) @ 8:30am-12:30pm
Where: Edmonton, AB
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Performance Management Analytics – CFO Magazine Conference
When: Feb 3-5
Where: San Francisco, CA
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2008 Microsoft Office System Developer Conference
When: Feb 10-13
Where: San Jose, CA
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TDWI Conference
When: Feb 17-22
Where: Las Vegas, NV
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Gartner BI Summit
When: April 1-3
Where: Chicago, IL
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Microsoft BI Conference
When: Oct 6-8
Where: Seattle, WA
www.microsoftbiconference.com
Find Events & Webcasts
Upcoming Webcasts
PerformancePoint Server Demo
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Jan 22 @ 11am PST
Jan 29 @ 11am PST
Customer and Product Monitoring with PerformancePoint Server 2007
When: Jan 29 (Tue) @ 11:30am PST
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Training
PerformancePoint Server 2007 Training Sites
PPS Planning, Monitoring and Analytics, online training includes videos and workbooks
BSM & ProClarity self-paced online training
Hitachi Consulting
Business Intelligence Education Services
Solid Quality Mentors
BI Courses, including SQL 2005, PPS and ProClarity
IT Mentors
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Monitoring & Analytics
Premier Knowledge Solutions
ProClarity Training
SQL Server Training Courses
Online & Instructor led
Partner Program – webcasts
Business Intelligence Using PerformancePoint Server 2007 Business Modeling (Level 200)
ISV Web Seminar Series Part 1: PPS – Leveraging PerformancePoint in your BI Solution
ISV Web Seminar Series Part 2: PPS - Planning
ISV Web Seminar Series Part 3: PPS - Monitoring
Online Training Webcasts - (keyword = performancepoint)
Resources
Microsoft BI
Whitepapers
Demos
Product Evaluations
PerformancePoint Server 2007
System Requirements
Book: The Rational Guide to Monitoring and Analyzing with…
Book: The Rational Guide to Planning with…
Book: Business Intelligence with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 (not released yet)
Book: Pro PerformancePoint Server 2007: Building Business Intelligence Solutions (not released yet)
Flash Demo: Virtual Experience
Datasheets: Overview, Monitor, Analyze, Plan, Management Reporting
Case Studies: Energizer, Oticon, Skanska, Gemplus, Capella, CompUSA, Premier Bankcard, ITV, Coppin State University, Amaren
Webcast: Performance Management 101 with PerformancePoint Server 2007,
Webcast: Business Intelligence with Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
Webcast: Revenue Forecasting with PerformancePoint Server 2007
Video: PerformancePoint Server Team Video
Download PerformancePoint Server 2007 Evaluation Version (x86)
Download PerformancePoint Server 2007 Evaluation Version (x64)
Sample: Monitoring Data here
Sample: Planning Data here
Data Import Wizard for Microsoft Dynamics AX Tool here
Scorecard Migration Tool here
PPS Planning & Architecture Guide
PPS Deployment Guide
PPS Operations Guide
PPS Whitepapers
PPS Developer Portal
ProClarity
ProClarity Forum: discussion board for ProClarity technical questions
Search the Support Knowledge Base
Microsoft ProClarity Software Developer’s Kit 6.3
SQL Server 2005
Best Practices
SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence
BI Presentations
SQL Server 2005 – Learning Portal
Archived Webcasts, Virtual Labs and Podcasts
Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Scales to your growing business needs
Case Studies: Kelley Blue Book, National Aquarium, Barnes & Noble
Book: The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit: With SQL Server 2005…
Training: SQL Server 2005 Learning Paths
Channel 9: Business Intelligence Platform Overview
SQL Server 2008
Business Intelligence
Data Warehousing
Performance Improvements for MDX in AS 2008
SQL 2008 CTP, November 2007
November CTP quick review – by Vidas Matelis
Demo: SQL Server 2008 Overview
Datasheet: Business Intelligence
Whitepaper: Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing
Training: SQL Server 2008 Learning Paths
Analysis Services
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Step by Step
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (Paperback)
Applied Microsoft Analysis Services 2005… (Paperback)
Delivering Business Intelligence with… (Paperback)
Microsoft Technet Whitepapers
Whitepaper: Identifying and Resolving MDX Query Performance Bottlenecks in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
SharePoint Server 2007
SharePoint Business Intelligence
Evaluation Guide
Data Mining
SQL Server Data Mining
Webcast: Building Adaptive Applications with SQL Server Data Mining
Video: SQL Server 2008 Data Mining Enhancements
Dynamics
Microsoft Dynamics-Everyone Gets It
Evaluate Microsoft Dynamics—What is Microsoft Dynamics?
Whitepaper: Evaluating Financial Management Software…Is it time for a change?
Microsoft & BI Blogs
The Microsoft PerformancePoint Team Blog
Patrick Baumgartner’s Unofficial PPS Blog
Intelligent Insight on PerformancePoint – PerformancePoint Server
Adrian Downe’s Blog – Great 7 Part Series on PPS Planning Features!
Ian Tien’s Unofficial PerformancePoint Server and Business Scorecard Manager Blog
Microsoft BI Blog – by Patrick Husting
Nick Barclay’s BI Blog –PerformancePoint Server resources
Chris Webb’s BI Blog – MDXtreme Programming
Vidas Matelis BI Blog – SQL 2005 resources
Microsoft OLAP by Mosha Pasumansky – Deep Insights into SSAS & MDX
Prologika (Teo Lachev’s Weblog) – Reporting Services insights
Direct Reports (Brian Welcker’s Weblog) - Reporting Services
The Data Puzzle – Solving the Enterprise Data Puzzle with Microsoft BI
OLAP Report - summaries
Preview of PerformancePoint Server 2007
Market share analysis
SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 (Microsoft)
What is OLAP?
Commentary: Business Intelligence Competency Centers
Dimensional Relational vs. OLAP: The Final Deployment Conundrum
Analyst Reports
AMR Research: Microsoft’s Looming Impact on the Business Intelligence and Performance Management Market
Forrester Report Detail BPM Growth and Market Leadership
Gartner Research: Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Coming Soon to a Desktop Near You
Business Intelligence Virtual Labs
Try out a business intelligence virtual lab to test out the technology stack, including:
· Analysis Services
· Excel 2007
· Business Scorecard Manager 2005 (BSM)
· ProClarity
· Report Builder
· Integration Services
· Data Mining
News Links & Press Releases
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Ready for Download
Blog: FAST Acquisition includes interesting BI extras
Business Intelligence Feeding Frenzy
ETL: Extract, Transform & Load for Data Warehouses
Improving Business Intelligence: The Six Sigma Way
Power to Perform: from BI to performance management
Business Intelligence Investment
Data Mining in the Financial Markets, Part 2
The Road to Business-IT Alignment, Part 3
Business Intelligence Roles and Responsibilities
Business intelligence market trends and expert forecasts for 2008
TDWI Audio Report: BI’s Hot, But Useful Tools Not in Place
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