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Microsoft BI Update v.13 - October
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Written by Jason Morales   
Friday, 12 October 2007 11:00

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Upcoming Events

Business Intelligence & Performance Management
When: Oct 16 (Tue), 8:30am-12:30pm
Where: Portland, Oregon
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Business Intelligence Special Interest Group (BISIG)
Leverage PerformancePoint Server 2007 to Run, Grow and Transform Your Business
When: Oct 23 (Tue), 3-5pm
Where: Bloomington, Minnesota
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Omaha BI/PerformancePoint Roundtable
When: Oct 23 (Tue), 8:30-11am
Where: Omaha, Nebraska
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Executive Series: Driving Business Performance
When: Oct 23 (Tue), 10am-1pm
Where: Wichita, Kansas
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Executive Series: Driving Business Performance
When: Oct 23 (Tue), 10am-1pm
Where: San Francisco, California
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Microsoft Momentum Events: The Value of Business Intelligence
When: Oct 25, 8:30-12noon
Where: Bloomington, Minnesota
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Executive Series: Driving Business Performance
When: Oct 25 (Thurs), 10am-1pm
Where: Clayton, Missouri
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Executive Series: Driving Business Performance
When: Oct 25 (Thurs), 10am-1pm
Where: Portland, Oregon
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The CFO Technology Summit
When: Oct 28-30
Where: Chicago, Illinois
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Microsoft Momentum Events: The Value of Business Intelligence
When: Nov 6, 8:30-12noon
Where: Des Moines, Iowa
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Executive Series: Driving Business Performance
When: Nov 6 (Tue), 10am-1pm
Where: Fargo, North Dakota
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Microsoft Momentum Events: The Value of Business Intelligence
When: Nov 8, 8:30-12noon
Where: St. Louis, Missouri
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Upcoming Webcasts

PerformancePoint Server Demo
When: Oct 23 (Tue), 11am PDT
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When: Oct 30 (Tue), 11am PDT
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Tuesday Teasers Webcast Series – PerformancePoint Server 2007
When: Oct 16 (Tue), 7am PDT
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Budgeting with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
When: Oct 26 (Fri), 1pm PDT
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Revenue Forecasting with PerformancePoint Server 2007
When: Nov 2 (Fri), 11:30am 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
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
ISV Web Seminar Series Part 2: PPS - Planning
ISV Web Seminar Series Part 3: PPS - Monitoring

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
ProClarity
SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2008
Analysis Services
SharePoint Server 2007
Data Mining
Microsoft & BI Blogs
Intelligent Insight on PerformancePoint – PerformancePoint Server
Adrian Downe’s Blog – Great 7 Part Series on PPS Planning Features!
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
Microsoft BI Partners
OLAP Report - summaries
Analyst Reports
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

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