Jason Morales' Microsoft BI Update v.14 - November
Another great Microsoft BI update from Jason Morales:
Hot Topics
PerformancePoint and BI resources have been arriving fast and furiously. Scroll down to the Resources section to check out the latest Operations and Deployment Guides, new sample data sets, online trainings, on-demand webcasts and whitepapers.
And on top of it all, this month marks the release of The Rational Guide to Monitoring and Analyzing with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007… (Nick Barclay, Adrian Downes)
Upcoming Events
Extending CRM Analytics via Microsoft BI Products
When: Nov 13 (Tue) @ 9-11am
Where: Denver, CO
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St Louis BI/PerformancePoint Roundtable
When: Nov 28 (Wed) @ 8-10am
Where: St. Louis, MO
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Omaha BI & Wine Tasting Event
When: Dec 6 (Thurs) @ 430-8pm
Where: Omaha, NE
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Upcoming Webcasts
PerformancePoint Server Demo
When: Nov 13 (Tue), 11am PDT
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When: Oct 30 (Tue), 11am PDT
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Monthly Reporting with PerformancePoint Server 2007
When: Nov 16 (Fri), 1pm PDT
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SQL Server 2008: Expanding Business Intelligence Capabilities
When: Dec 6 (Thurs), 1pm PDT
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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
Business Intelligence Education Services
BI Courses, including SQL 2005, PPS and ProClarity
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Monitoring & Analytics
ProClarity Training
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
PerformancePoint Server 2007
Book: The Rational Guide to Monitoring and Analyzing with… (pre-order form: Available 11/15)
Book: The Rational Guide to Planning with… ((pre-order form: Available 12/15)
Flash Demo: Virtual Experience
Datasheets: Overview, Monitor, Analyze, Planning
Case Studies: Energizer, Oticon, Skanska, Gemplus, Capella, CompUSA
Webcast: Performance Management 101 with PerformancePoint Server 2007,
Webcast: Business Intelligence with Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
Webcast: Revenue Forecasting with PerformancePoint Server 2007
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
ProClarity
Search the Support Knowledge Base
Microsoft ProClarity Software Developer’s Kit 6.3
SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence
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
SQL Server 2008
What’s New in AS2008? (blog)
Testers give high marks to new features in SQL Server upgrade
SQL Server 2008 sticks to schedule, Microsoft exec says
A Look at Microsoft SQL Server 2008
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)
Whitepaper: Identifying and Resolving MDX Query Performance Bottlenecks in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
SharePoint Server 2007
SharePoint Business Intelligence
Data Mining
Webcast: Building Adaptive Applications with SQL Server Data Mining
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
Microsoft BI Partners
http://www.microsoft.com/bi/partners/partners.aspx
OLAP Report - summaries
Preview of PerformancePoint Server 2007
SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 (Microsoft)
Commentary: Business Intelligence Competency Centers
Dimensional Relational vs. OLAP: The Final Deployment Conundrum
Analyst Reports
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
More News Links & Press Releases
Microsoft ‘ecosystem’ is biggest, survey says
Microsoft Crafts Single Code Base for ERP Apps
Gartner data warehouse DBMS Magic Quadrant 2007: New tools, old mantras
Business intelligence set for a boom
Technology or Business – Chicken or the Egg, Part 3
Data Warehouses and Scalability
Business intelligence and corporate performance management software: What’s the difference?
Operational Business Intelligence – A Prescription for Operational Success
The Road to Business-IT Alignment, Part 1
Analytics and Experiments for Business: An Interview with Super Crunchers Author Ian Ayres
The Secret to Successful Business Intelligence: A Top-Notch Data Warehouse
Data Mining the Financial Markets, Part 1
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