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Jason Morales' Microsoft BI Update v.18 - March
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Written by Jason Morales   
Wednesday, 12 March 2008 16:41
Contents:
Training: online and regional options
Resources: whitepapers, case studies, datasheets, webcasts, books, etc
Hot Topics
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The Value of Business Intelligence
March 13
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How does it all stack up?
BI with SQL 2008, PerformancePoint Server and SharePoint
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Microsoft Executive Roundtable
Business Intelligence
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Tech-Ed 2008
June 3-6 (Developers); June 10-13 (IT Professionals)
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Microsoft BI Conference
Oct 6-8
Seattle, WA
Upcoming Webcasts
PerformancePoint Server Webcast Demo
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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)
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PerformancePoint Server 2007 – Insight at Your Fingertips
Education Technology and Solutions Webcast Series
March 20 @ 10:30am (PST)
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TechNet Webcast
Advanced Dashboard Creation with PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
March 28 @ 8am (PST)
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Upgrade SQL Now – Live Meeting Series
Session V: SQL Analysis Services
April 8 @ 12pm (PST)
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Training
PerformancePoint Server 2007 Training Sites
Business Intelligence Education Services
Microsoft BI Bootcamp (3 day) - click here for more info
BI Courses, including SQL 2005, PPS and ProClarity
Microsoft BI Bootcamp (5 day) - click here for more info
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Monitoring & Analytics
ProClarity Training
Online & Instructor led
Partner Program – webcasts
Online Training Webcasts - (keyword =  performancepoint)
Resources
Microsoft BI
PerformancePoint Server 2007
Flash Demo: Virtual Experience
Books on PerformancePoint Server 2007
On-Demand Webcasts ‘with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server’:
Sample Data : Monitoring, Planning
Data Import Wizard for Microsoft Dynamics AX Tool here
Scorecard Migration Tool here
ProClarity
Technical Forum: ProClarity
PerformancePoint 2007 Management Reporter
SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2008
Analysis Services
SharePoint Server 2007
Data Mining
Dynamics
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
The Data Puzzle – Solving the Enterprise Data Puzzle with Microsoft BI
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
Technet Virtual Labs
News Links & Press Releases
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Jason Morales
Solution Specialist - Microsoft Business Intelligence
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