Sunday, March 30, 2008
Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence and PerformancePoint Server Training
Jim Watson is the Business Intelligence Program Manager for Microsoft FEDERAL -
Appreciate everyone’s participation, just got word late Friday that these classes are now full. In the mean time for those of you who would like to prep for the class, here are some links. For those who missed the registration, we will try and hold more instructor led training classes in the near future, in the mean time follow these links as well:
Public offerings
· Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server training site – includes some online offerings
· TechNet Webcasts
o Introduction
o Technical Overview
o Budgeting
o Revenue Forecasting
o Monthly Reporting
o Strategic Planning and Scorecarding
o Customer and Product Marketing
o Advanced Dashboard Creation
· TechNet Virtual Labs
o Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007 - Dashboard End to End
o Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007 - Excel Dashboards
o Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007 - SharePoint List Dashboards
o Planning labs (coming in May 2008)
ProClarity Online training
Appreciate everyone’s participation, just got word late Friday that these classes are now full. In the mean time for those of you who would like to prep for the class, here are some links. For those who missed the registration, we will try and hold more instructor led training classes in the near future, in the mean time follow these links as well:
Public offerings
· Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server training site – includes some online offerings
· TechNet Webcasts
o Introduction
o Technical Overview
o Budgeting
o Revenue Forecasting
o Monthly Reporting
o Strategic Planning and Scorecarding
o Customer and Product Marketing
o Advanced Dashboard Creation
· TechNet Virtual Labs
o Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007 - Dashboard End to End
o Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007 - Excel Dashboards
o Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007 - SharePoint List Dashboards
o Planning labs (coming in May 2008)
ProClarity Online training
The Difference Between MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0
The Difference Between MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0: "the most interesting bits that MOSS 2007 has over and above WSS 3.0 (Windows Sharepoint Services)"
*User Profiles support - Allows each user to store profile information
*Site Manager - Manage Navigation, Security and look and feel with drag an drop functionality
*Enterprise Search Tools - numerous tools to search Sharepoint Sites and Portals across entire enterprises
*Business Data Catalog - The Business Data Catalog (BDC) tightly integrates external data, providing access to external data residing within other business applications, and enabling the display of, and interaction with external data
*Business data search - Search data residing in your business applications using the BDC (See Above)
*Business Data Web Parts - Used for viewing lists, entities, and related information retrieved through the Business Data Catalog
*Business document workflow support - Automate document review, approval, signature collection, and issue tracking using workflow applications
*Retention and auditing policies - Allows customized information management policies to control retention period, expiration, and auditing
*Browser-based forms - Integration with InfoPath, allows integration on to SharePoint of created forms and surveys.
*Integrated, flexible spreadsheet publishing - Allows information workers to easily choose what they want to share with others and determine how others can interact with published spreadsheets.
*Share, manage, and control spreadsheets - Provides access to spreadsheet data and analysis through server-calculated, interactive spreadsheets from a Web browser. Can help to protect any sensitive or proprietary information embedded in documents, such as financial models, and audits their usage.
*Web-based business intelligence using Excel Services - Allows spreadsheets to be broadly and easily shared. Fully interactive, data-bound spreadsheets including charts, tables, and PivotTable views can be created as part of a portal, dashboard, or business scorecard.
*Data Connection Libraries - Document Libraries storing ODCs (Office Data Connections), Making one single location for all data connections.
*Business Data actions - Easily create actions that open Web pages, display the user interfaces of other business applications, launch InfoPath forms, and perform other common tasks.
*Integrated business intelligence dashboards - Rich, interactive BI dashboards that assemble and display business information from disparate sources by using built-in Web parts, Excel spreadsheets, Reporting Services, or a collection of business data connectivity Web Parts.
*Report Center - Provides consistent management of reports, spreadsheets, and data connections.
Key performance indicators - A KPI web Part can connect to Analysis Services, Excel Spreadsheets, SharePoint Lists, or manual entered data.
*Notification service - Improved allowing workflow users to receive emails by default, and improved triggering and filtering
*Single Sign-On (SSO) - Allows the User to log onto a variety of applications with a single user name and password, therefore integrating back office applications, and helps pre-population with integration to the Profile part of MOSS 2007.
*Social Networking Part - Connect to Public My Site pages to help establish connections between colleagues with common interests
*Personal Site Support - Allows Users to create Personal Web Sites
*Content syndication - Use RSS feeds to syndicate content managed in a portal site.
*User Profiles support - Allows each user to store profile information
*Site Manager - Manage Navigation, Security and look and feel with drag an drop functionality
*Enterprise Search Tools - numerous tools to search Sharepoint Sites and Portals across entire enterprises
*Business Data Catalog - The Business Data Catalog (BDC) tightly integrates external data, providing access to external data residing within other business applications, and enabling the display of, and interaction with external data
*Business data search - Search data residing in your business applications using the BDC (See Above)
*Business Data Web Parts - Used for viewing lists, entities, and related information retrieved through the Business Data Catalog
*Business document workflow support - Automate document review, approval, signature collection, and issue tracking using workflow applications
*Retention and auditing policies - Allows customized information management policies to control retention period, expiration, and auditing
*Browser-based forms - Integration with InfoPath, allows integration on to SharePoint of created forms and surveys.
*Integrated, flexible spreadsheet publishing - Allows information workers to easily choose what they want to share with others and determine how others can interact with published spreadsheets.
*Share, manage, and control spreadsheets - Provides access to spreadsheet data and analysis through server-calculated, interactive spreadsheets from a Web browser. Can help to protect any sensitive or proprietary information embedded in documents, such as financial models, and audits their usage.
*Web-based business intelligence using Excel Services - Allows spreadsheets to be broadly and easily shared. Fully interactive, data-bound spreadsheets including charts, tables, and PivotTable views can be created as part of a portal, dashboard, or business scorecard.
*Data Connection Libraries - Document Libraries storing ODCs (Office Data Connections), Making one single location for all data connections.
*Business Data actions - Easily create actions that open Web pages, display the user interfaces of other business applications, launch InfoPath forms, and perform other common tasks.
*Integrated business intelligence dashboards - Rich, interactive BI dashboards that assemble and display business information from disparate sources by using built-in Web parts, Excel spreadsheets, Reporting Services, or a collection of business data connectivity Web Parts.
*Report Center - Provides consistent management of reports, spreadsheets, and data connections.
Key performance indicators - A KPI web Part can connect to Analysis Services, Excel Spreadsheets, SharePoint Lists, or manual entered data.
*Notification service - Improved allowing workflow users to receive emails by default, and improved triggering and filtering
*Single Sign-On (SSO) - Allows the User to log onto a variety of applications with a single user name and password, therefore integrating back office applications, and helps pre-population with integration to the Profile part of MOSS 2007.
*Social Networking Part - Connect to Public My Site pages to help establish connections between colleagues with common interests
*Personal Site Support - Allows Users to create Personal Web Sites
*Content syndication - Use RSS feeds to syndicate content managed in a portal site.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Building your ISV Strategic application
Training Course Directory: "This session will cover Microsoft’s tools that can be used to support strategic decisions, such as PerformancePoint Planning. We will also discuss different Corporate Performance Management methodologies.
Presenter: Ola Ekdahl - Senior Instructor, IT Mentors
Presenter BIO: Ola Ekdahl is one of the top technical trainers for Microsoft and a Senior Instructor with IT Mentors, a high-end, custom training and curriculum and development company. He participates in the company’s mission which is to help organizations understand and apply Microsoft technology for business advantage."
Presenter: Ola Ekdahl - Senior Instructor, IT Mentors
Presenter BIO: Ola Ekdahl is one of the top technical trainers for Microsoft and a Senior Instructor with IT Mentors, a high-end, custom training and curriculum and development company. He participates in the company’s mission which is to help organizations understand and apply Microsoft technology for business advantage."
Mining for Gold in your ISV application using SQL 2008 Data Warehousing
Training Course Directory: "SQL 2008 introduces new tools and features that will make it even easier to manage your DW environment. This will help organizations to gain insight and use their data to mine for gold!
Presenter: Ola Ekdahl - Senior Instructor, IT Mentors
Presenter BIO: Ola Ekdahl is one of the top technical trainers for Microsoft and a Senior Instructor with IT Mentors, a high-end, custom training and curriculum and development company. He participates in the company’s mission which is to help organizations understand and apply Microsoft technology for business advantage."
Presenter: Ola Ekdahl - Senior Instructor, IT Mentors
Presenter BIO: Ola Ekdahl is one of the top technical trainers for Microsoft and a Senior Instructor with IT Mentors, a high-end, custom training and curriculum and development company. He participates in the company’s mission which is to help organizations understand and apply Microsoft technology for business advantage."
PerformancePoint Online Training - May 6 2008
Training Course Directory: "Corporate performance management is a very important component of how to measure overall strategy accomplishment. This session will cover Microsoft's PM vision and tools.
Presenter: Ola Ekdahl - Senior Instructor, IT Mentors
Presenter BIO: Ola Ekdahl is one of the top technical trainers for Microsoft and a Senior Instructor with IT Mentors, a high-end, custom training and curriculum and development company. He participates in the company’s mission which is to help organizations understand and apply Microsoft technology for business advantage."
Presenter: Ola Ekdahl - Senior Instructor, IT Mentors
Presenter BIO: Ola Ekdahl is one of the top technical trainers for Microsoft and a Senior Instructor with IT Mentors, a high-end, custom training and curriculum and development company. He participates in the company’s mission which is to help organizations understand and apply Microsoft technology for business advantage."
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Redmond | Feature Article: Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007: BI Worth the Price?
Redmond Feature Article: Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007: BI Worth the Price?: "One IT manager calls Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 the 'magic eight-ball' server. You put in your company data in, shake it up and ask, 'Is my company going to succeed?' More often than not, the answer comes back, 'Reply hazy, try again.'"
Monday, March 24, 2008
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008
Download details: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008: "Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 unifies the tools and processes required for desktop and server deployment into a common deployment console and collection of guidance. The fourth generation deployment accelerator adds integration with recently released Microsoft deployment technologies to create a single path for image creation and automated installation. MDT’s tools and end-to-end guidance reduce deployment time, standardize desktop and server images, limit service disruptions, reduce post-deployment help desk costs, and improve security and ongoing configuration management."
Saturday, March 22, 2008
External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint
Download details: External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint: "This solution accelerator is a collection of software and guidance that you can use to easily deploy a SharePoint-based environment for collaboration with people outside your firewall. The accelerator allows users to create collaboration environments that use the familiar SharePoint interface. Because the solution is easy to use, end users are more likely to use it rather than revert to e mail."
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint 2007 Management Reporter
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint 2007 Management Reporter: "Reports can be quickly organized into folders and multiple versions can be managed all from a single location- a SQL Server-based report library. Security can be defined at the report level which allows you to define access rights specific to each individual report. Users can quickly access the reports to view summarized data, or they can drill down into account or transaction-level details, allowing for immediate interactive analysis."
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
PPS - The virtual experience
What is PerformancePoint Server 2007:
Microsoft put together this Flash presentation to help promote and sell PerformancePoint Server 2007. It is a great idea but incomplete. There is not enough represented at the lowest level- the guy/gal entering the data into the source system drilling up to that management dashboard.
Microsoft clearly wants to show off it's "User enablement" but at the end of the day, do users really want more to do so we (IT/IS) can have less?
my two cents....
Microsoft put together this Flash presentation to help promote and sell PerformancePoint Server 2007. It is a great idea but incomplete. There is not enough represented at the lowest level- the guy/gal entering the data into the source system drilling up to that management dashboard.
Microsoft clearly wants to show off it's "User enablement" but at the end of the day, do users really want more to do so we (IT/IS) can have less?
my two cents....
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Microsoft releases Vista SP1
Microsoft releases Vista SP1: "The first service pack for Windows Vista has been released.
Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) went onto Microsoft's Download Center website on Monday, fulfilling Microsoft's claim that it would be made available by mid March. According to Microsoft, the service pack will be pushed out via automatic updates to all Vista users next month."
Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) went onto Microsoft's Download Center website on Monday, fulfilling Microsoft's claim that it would be made available by mid March. According to Microsoft, the service pack will be pushed out via automatic updates to all Vista users next month."
Monday, March 17, 2008
Perfect example when change is necessary...
JP Morgan Pays $2 a Share for Bear Stearns - New York Times: "A throwback to a bygone era, Bear Stearns still operated as a cigar-chomping, suspender-wearing culture where taking risks was rewarded. It was a firm that was never considered truly white-shoe, an outsider that defied its mainstream rivals."
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Cumulative Update 1 for PerformancePoint Server 2007
Cumulative Update 1 for PerformancePoint Server 2007: "Description of Cumulative Update 1 for PerformancePoint Server 2007
View products that this article applies to.
Article ID:947262
Last Review:February 25, 2008
Revision:1.1
Planning Fixes
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Article ID:947262
Last Review:February 25, 2008
Revision:1.1
Planning Fixes
- Some writable regions of a form are unavailable when you create the form by using the PerformancePoint 2007 Add-in for Excel Report Wizard.
- When you use Microsoft Office Excel 2007 together with a protected worksheet, the data entry cell style is not applied to a writable area of the worksheet.
- When you refresh a worksheet, a workbook, or a matrix in Excel 2007, cells that were unlocked earlier may again become locked.
- The property value for a filter does not display the filter selection in a form. Instead, it displays the member label.
- You cannot select the members of a Member View that is used in a Microsoft Excel filter.
The page filter tree is always fully expanded when it is opened. This causes performance issues when large dimensions are used. - The property value for a filter does not display the filter selection in a form. Instead, it displays the member label.
- You cannot select the members of a Member View that is used in a Microsoft Excel filter.
The page filter tree is always fully expanded when it is opened. This causes performance issues when large dimensions are used.
Consider the following scenario:
- You create a new dimension and add it to a model by using the PerformancePoint add-in for Microsoft Excel.
- In Excel, you create an assignment to the model.
- You save and close the workbook.
- You the open the workbook and try to add an annotation to the assignment.
In this scenario, you receive an unhandled exception error. - When you use a SQL rule as part of a calculation, the results that are returned are incorrect.
- Note If you use a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query or a native SQL query as part of the same calculation, the results that are returned are correct.
When you try to select members from a member view in PerformancePoint Add-in for Excel, you receive the following error message:
- Hierarchy contains a problem. Unable to launch member selector.
- When you try to retrieve assignments, you experience performance issues in PerformancePoint Add-in for Excel. This problem occurs when many users have assignments.
Monitoring Fixes
The scoring engine returns a score of 0 if the following conditions are true:
- You use a stated score.
- The Target value is NULL.
- The Excel Services Report adds too much white space to the Web report. The report does not fully use the size that is provided in the PerformancePoint Server Web part.
- The "Export to Excel" feature and the "Export to PowerPoint" feature do not correctly handle NULL values for images.
- When you use the Microsoft Excel Export: % formatted data operation, the results appear incorrectly in Excel.
- When you use the "Export to Excel" feature to export a text target value, the exported text may be formatted incorrectly.
- If the user has not previewed the Scorecard, the conditional visibility does not work for all languages.
- When you select the "multi-select tree" display method, the Scorecard is displayed incorrectly for a filter. The Scorecard is typically displayed on an incorrect column.
The Show Details option displays incorrect data when an Analytic View Designer is in a multidimensional expression (MDX) mode. - When you try to view the PerformancePoint Server 2007 dashboard that is inside an inline frame (IFRAME) tag on a Web page, you receive an "Access denied" error message.
- When you use the PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer, the stated score generates incorrect results when the target value is text.
- When you export to Excel in the PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer, you see an incorrect score.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Jason Morales' Microsoft BI Update v.18 - March
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
SQL Launch 2008 Events
These are selling out quickly – register ASAP!
Microsoft SharePoint Sales to Hit $1 Billion In 2008
Bill Gates Touts Strong Growth and Enterprise Adoption of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Ballmer To Preview Refreshed ERP App for Midmarket
Microsoft Announces New Dynamics Offerings
Microsoft Gets Gartner’s Business Intelligence Top Rating
Subscribe to learn more about Gartner’s 2008 Magic Quadrant for BI Platforms
Microsoft Business Intelligence Newsletter
Training: Microsoft BI Bootcamps
Minneapolis, MN: 5/19-23
Beaverton, OR: 6/9-13
Click here for more info
Upcoming Events
The Value of Business Intelligence
March 13
Seattle, WA
Click here to register
How does it all stack up?
BI with SQL 2008, PerformancePoint Server and SharePoint
March 25, 9am-12pm
Omaha, NE
Click here to register
Gartner BI Summit
April 1-3
Chicago, IL
Click here to register
Microsoft Executive Roundtable
Business Intelligence
April 10, 11:30am
Minneapolis, MN
Click here to register
TDWI World Conference
May 11-16
Chicago, IL
Click here to register
Tech-Ed 2008
June 3-6 (Developers); June 10-13 (IT Professionals)
Orlando, FL
Click here to register
Microsoft BI Conference
Oct 6-8
Seattle, WA
www.microsoftbiconference.com
Find Events & Webcasts
Upcoming Webcasts
PerformancePoint Server Webcast Demo
Click here to register:
March 18, 11am (PST)
April 8, 11am (PST)
April 22, 11am (PST)
TechNet Webcast
Microsoft Business Intelligence for SAP Netweaver
March 13 @ 9:30am (PST)
Click here to register
PerformancePoint Server 2007 – Insight at Your Fingertips
Education Technology and Solutions Webcast Series
March 20 @ 10:30am (PST)
Click here to register
TechNet Webcast
Advanced Dashboard Creation with PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
March 28 @ 8am (PST)
Click here to register
Upgrade SQL Now – Live Meeting Series
Session V: SQL Analysis Services
April 8 @ 12pm (PST)
Click here to register
Training
PerformancePoint Server 2007 Training Sites
Online: PPS Planning, Monitoring and Analytics (includes videos and workbooks)
Online: BSM & ProClarity
Hitachi Consulting
Business Intelligence Education Services
Microsoft BI Bootcamp (3 day) - click here for more info
Solid Quality Mentors
BI Courses, including SQL 2005, PPS and ProClarity
Microsoft BI Bootcamp (5 day) - click here for more info
IT Mentors
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Monitoring & Analytics
Premier Knowledge Solutions
ProClarity Training
SQL Server Training Courses
Online & Instructor led
Partner Program – webcasts
Online Training Webcasts - (keyword = performancepoint)
Resources
Microsoft BI
Whitepapers
Demos
Product Evaluations
PerformancePoint Server 2007
System Requirements
Technical Forums: PPS Monitoring and Analytics, PPS Planning
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
Video: PerformancePoint Server Team Video
Wikis: Wikipedia, Channel 9
Books on PerformancePoint Server 2007
The Rational Guide to Monitoring and Analyzing with…
The Rational Guide to Planning with…
Business Intelligence with…
Pro PerformancePoint Server 2007 (not released yet)
On-Demand Webcasts ‘with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server’:
Performance Management 101
Business Intelligence
Revenue Forecasting
Monthly Reporting
Strategic Planning
Driving Performance
Customer and Product Monitoring
Download PerformancePoint Server 2007 Evaluation Version (x86)
Download PerformancePoint Server 2007 Evaluation Version (x64)
Sample Data : Monitoring, Planning
Data Import Wizard for Microsoft Dynamics AX Tool here
Scorecard Migration Tool here
Downloadable Books for PerformancePoint Server 2007
PPS Technical Library
PPS Developer Portal
ProClarity
Technical Forum: ProClarity
Search the Support Knowledge Base
Microsoft ProClarity Software Developer’s Kit 6.3
PerformancePoint 2007 Management Reporter
Overview
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…
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
Demo: SQL Server 2008 Overview
Videos: SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence
Datasheet: Business Intelligence
Whitepaper: Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing
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
The BI 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
Technet Virtual Labs
Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007- SharePoint List Dashboards
Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007- Excel Dashboards
Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007- Dashboard End to End
News Links & Press Releases
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007: BI Worth the Price?
Microsoft PerformancePoint: BI or BS?
Edcon gives Harvey Jones, Solver the nod for PerformancePoint roll-out
The real deal on data integration for business intelligence
Managing unstructured data in the organization
Building a Case for Change – Budgeting and Analytics
Healthcare Business Intelligence: A Smart Investment in any Economy
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Webcasts
Training: online and regional options
Resources: whitepapers, case studies, datasheets, webcasts, books, etc
News Links and Press Releases
Hot Topics
SQL Launch 2008 Events
These are selling out quickly – register ASAP!
Microsoft SharePoint Sales to Hit $1 Billion In 2008
Bill Gates Touts Strong Growth and Enterprise Adoption of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Ballmer To Preview Refreshed ERP App for Midmarket
Microsoft Announces New Dynamics Offerings
Microsoft Gets Gartner’s Business Intelligence Top Rating
Subscribe to learn more about Gartner’s 2008 Magic Quadrant for BI Platforms
Microsoft Business Intelligence Newsletter
Training: Microsoft BI Bootcamps
Minneapolis, MN: 5/19-23
Beaverton, OR: 6/9-13
Click here for more info
Upcoming Events
The Value of Business Intelligence
March 13
Seattle, WA
Click here to register
How does it all stack up?
BI with SQL 2008, PerformancePoint Server and SharePoint
March 25, 9am-12pm
Omaha, NE
Click here to register
Gartner BI Summit
April 1-3
Chicago, IL
Click here to register
Microsoft Executive Roundtable
Business Intelligence
April 10, 11:30am
Minneapolis, MN
Click here to register
TDWI World Conference
May 11-16
Chicago, IL
Click here to register
Tech-Ed 2008
June 3-6 (Developers); June 10-13 (IT Professionals)
Orlando, FL
Click here to register
Microsoft BI Conference
Oct 6-8
Seattle, WA
www.microsoftbiconference.com
Find Events & Webcasts
Upcoming Webcasts
PerformancePoint Server Webcast Demo
Click here to register:
March 18, 11am (PST)
April 8, 11am (PST)
April 22, 11am (PST)
TechNet Webcast
Microsoft Business Intelligence for SAP Netweaver
March 13 @ 9:30am (PST)
Click here to register
PerformancePoint Server 2007 – Insight at Your Fingertips
Education Technology and Solutions Webcast Series
March 20 @ 10:30am (PST)
Click here to register
TechNet Webcast
Advanced Dashboard Creation with PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
March 28 @ 8am (PST)
Click here to register
Upgrade SQL Now – Live Meeting Series
Session V: SQL Analysis Services
April 8 @ 12pm (PST)
Click here to register
Training
PerformancePoint Server 2007 Training Sites
Online: PPS Planning, Monitoring and Analytics (includes videos and workbooks)
Online: BSM & ProClarity
Hitachi Consulting
Business Intelligence Education Services
Microsoft BI Bootcamp (3 day) - click here for more info
Solid Quality Mentors
BI Courses, including SQL 2005, PPS and ProClarity
Microsoft BI Bootcamp (5 day) - click here for more info
IT Mentors
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Monitoring & Analytics
Premier Knowledge Solutions
ProClarity Training
SQL Server Training Courses
Online & Instructor led
Partner Program – webcasts
Online Training Webcasts - (keyword = performancepoint)
Resources
Microsoft BI
Whitepapers
Demos
Product Evaluations
PerformancePoint Server 2007
System Requirements
Technical Forums: PPS Monitoring and Analytics, PPS Planning
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
Video: PerformancePoint Server Team Video
Wikis: Wikipedia, Channel 9
Books on PerformancePoint Server 2007
The Rational Guide to Monitoring and Analyzing with…
The Rational Guide to Planning with…
Business Intelligence with…
Pro PerformancePoint Server 2007 (not released yet)
On-Demand Webcasts ‘with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server’:
Performance Management 101
Business Intelligence
Revenue Forecasting
Monthly Reporting
Strategic Planning
Driving Performance
Customer and Product Monitoring
Download PerformancePoint Server 2007 Evaluation Version (x86)
Download PerformancePoint Server 2007 Evaluation Version (x64)
Sample Data : Monitoring, Planning
Data Import Wizard for Microsoft Dynamics AX Tool here
Scorecard Migration Tool here
Downloadable Books for PerformancePoint Server 2007
PPS Technical Library
PPS Developer Portal
ProClarity
Technical Forum: ProClarity
Search the Support Knowledge Base
Microsoft ProClarity Software Developer’s Kit 6.3
PerformancePoint 2007 Management Reporter
Overview
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…
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
Demo: SQL Server 2008 Overview
Videos: SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence
Datasheet: Business Intelligence
Whitepaper: Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing
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
The BI 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
Technet Virtual Labs
Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007- SharePoint List Dashboards
Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007- Excel Dashboards
Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007- Dashboard End to End
News Links & Press Releases
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007: BI Worth the Price?
Microsoft PerformancePoint: BI or BS?
Edcon gives Harvey Jones, Solver the nod for PerformancePoint roll-out
The real deal on data integration for business intelligence
Managing unstructured data in the organization
Building a Case for Change – Budgeting and Analytics
Healthcare Business Intelligence: A Smart Investment in any Economy
Monday, March 10, 2008
Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008
Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008: "We would like to thank all of the Attendees, Exhibitors, Sponsors, Customers, and Staff who made the Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008 the biggest show dedicated to SharePoint yet!"
Friday, March 07, 2008
India Gets WiMax - Forbes.com
India Gets WiMax - Forbes.com: "A gap has long existed between India's tech savvy and its access to broadband Internet, which some estimates peg at a mere 0.3% of the population. Now the world's back office is getting wired--by going wireless."
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Microsoft and Google Square Off for Long-Term SaaS Battle
Application Development Trends - Microsoft and Google Square Off for Long-Term SaaS Battle: "Microsoft rolled out betas of its Exchange Online and SharePoint Online Web services, which are part of the Microsoft Online Services offering. Organizations of all sizes will now be able to access these services. Prior to this announcement, Microsoft had just provided them to organizations with 5,000 users plus. Now, the company is signaling its interest in supporting hosted services for the small-to-medium business (SMB) market."
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
ISV Innovation Now the Headquarters for All U.S. ISV Training
And our new site has JUST LAUNCHED! Be sure to check out http://r.email.microsoft.com/r/r?2.1.Gb.BN.1NThu0.CF9PgQ..N.DjNa.21SM.DKaKEWF0 to see the new design, the new functionality, and of course, all the latest ISV training and promotions. We will also be adding new resources and features in the coming months so keep checking back. One of these will be a great Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 Web seminar promotion that will launch in March—so make sure you don't miss out!
Visual Studio 2008 Virtual Training (5 parts) - NEW!
Part 1: Mapping Your Objects to Database Tables with LINQ to SQL
Part 2: What's New in Microsoft Visual® Basic 9
Part 3: What's New in Microsoft C#® 3.0
Part 4: Building Web Applications with Visual Studio 2008
Part 5: Client Application Services
Window Server 2008 Virtual Training (7 parts)
Part 1: Windows Communication Foundation
Part 2: Windows Workflow Foundation
Part 3: Windows Eventing
Part 4: Windows PowerShell™ and Microsoft Management Console
Part 5: Internet Information Services version 7.0
Part 6: Windows Cardspace
Part 7: Transactional File System
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Virtual Training (6 parts)
Part 1: What's new in SQL Server 2008 for Database Administrators
Part 2: Implementing Change Data Capture (CDC) in SQL Server 2008
Part 3: Working with the New DATE Data Type in SQL Server 2008
Part 4: Administering Servers by Using Declarative Management Framework (DMF) Policies
Part 5: Learn How to Build Occasionally Connected Applications
Part 6: Authoring Reports using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
ISV Virtual Lab Express: SQL Server 2008 (10 parts)
Part 1: Building Occasionally Connected Systems
Part 2: Dimension Designer and Best Practice Alerts
Part 3: Hierarchy ID
Part 4: Table Value Parameters and Merge Statement
Part 5: T-SQL Enhancements&endash;Date/Time-Table Valued Parameters–MERGE SQL Statement
Part 6: XML Enhancements
Part 7: Change Data Capture
Part 8: Declarative Management Framework
Part 9: Reporting Services Enhancements: Report Designer, Visualizations, and Tablix
Part 10: X–Event Infrastructure
ISV Virtual Lab Express: Visual Studio 2008 (5 parts)
Part 1: Connected Applications with Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation
Part 2: Microsoft Open XML and LINQ to XML
Part 3: Multi-Targeting in Visual Studio 2008
Part 4: Office Business Applications and the New Ribbon Designer
Part 5: The New WPF Designer and WPF/WinForms Interoperability
Visual Studio 2008 Virtual Training (5 parts) - NEW!
Part 1: Mapping Your Objects to Database Tables with LINQ to SQL
Part 2: What's New in Microsoft Visual® Basic 9
Part 3: What's New in Microsoft C#® 3.0
Part 4: Building Web Applications with Visual Studio 2008
Part 5: Client Application Services
Window Server 2008 Virtual Training (7 parts)
Part 1: Windows Communication Foundation
Part 2: Windows Workflow Foundation
Part 3: Windows Eventing
Part 4: Windows PowerShell™ and Microsoft Management Console
Part 5: Internet Information Services version 7.0
Part 6: Windows Cardspace
Part 7: Transactional File System
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Virtual Training (6 parts)
Part 1: What's new in SQL Server 2008 for Database Administrators
Part 2: Implementing Change Data Capture (CDC) in SQL Server 2008
Part 3: Working with the New DATE Data Type in SQL Server 2008
Part 4: Administering Servers by Using Declarative Management Framework (DMF) Policies
Part 5: Learn How to Build Occasionally Connected Applications
Part 6: Authoring Reports using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
ISV Virtual Lab Express: SQL Server 2008 (10 parts)
Part 1: Building Occasionally Connected Systems
Part 2: Dimension Designer and Best Practice Alerts
Part 3: Hierarchy ID
Part 4: Table Value Parameters and Merge Statement
Part 5: T-SQL Enhancements&endash;Date/Time-Table Valued Parameters–MERGE SQL Statement
Part 6: XML Enhancements
Part 7: Change Data Capture
Part 8: Declarative Management Framework
Part 9: Reporting Services Enhancements: Report Designer, Visualizations, and Tablix
Part 10: X–Event Infrastructure
ISV Virtual Lab Express: Visual Studio 2008 (5 parts)
Part 1: Connected Applications with Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation
Part 2: Microsoft Open XML and LINQ to XML
Part 3: Multi-Targeting in Visual Studio 2008
Part 4: Office Business Applications and the New Ribbon Designer
Part 5: The New WPF Designer and WPF/WinForms Interoperability
Slashdot | Microsoft Singularity Now Open Source
Slashdot Microsoft Singularity Now Open Source: "Singularity, if you'll recall, has gained wide interest from researchers and users alike, by claiming to be a fully managed code kernel (with managed code drivers and applications as well), something that would finally revolutionize the operating system research arena. The project is available on CodePlex.'"
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Global events to launch Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008
Heroes Happen Here Launch Virtual Pressroom: "Webcast: Steve Ballmer Keynote
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer kicks off a series of global events to launch Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008."
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer kicks off a series of global events to launch Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008."
Monday, March 03, 2008
Slashdot | MIT's Nano Storage Could Replace Hybrid Batteries
Slashdot MIT's Nano Storage Could Replace Hybrid Batteries: "'Last week we discussed Popular Mechanics' reporting from MIT, but missed one of the coolest breakthrough of all, something scientists have been working on quietly as Detroit spends money elsewhere. The Lab for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems has been doing some mega-efficient work with ultracapacitors, which store drastically less energy than a battery but have essentially none of the drawbacks — especially via carbon nanotube arrays. Automotive experts say the new research is enough to start replacing batteries in hybrid cars, and plug-in vehicles might not be far behind. From the scientist who thinks ultracapacitors are potential competitors for the pack in his Toyota Prius: 'I try to contain myself, because it hasn't been proven yet, but it could be a real paradigm change.''"
Microsoft to Expand Microsoft Online Services for Businesses of All Sizes: Exchange Online and SharePoint Online enter beta.
Microsoft to Expand Microsoft Online Services for Businesses of All Sizes: Exchange Online and SharePoint Online enter beta.: "“The combination of software plus services gives customers advanced choice and flexibility in how they access and manage software,” Gates said. “With Microsoft Online Services, businesses can deploy software as a subscription service, from servers they manage on-site, or a combination of the two, depending on their specific needs. In the future, customers and partners should expect to see this kind of choice and flexibility for all of Microsoft’s software and server products.”"
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