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Jason Morales' Microsoft BI Update v.19 - April
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Written by Jason Morales   
Saturday, 05 April 2008 00:58

Contents:

Training: online and regional options
Resources: whitepapers, case studies, datasheets, webcasts, books, etc

Hot Topics

Training: Microsoft BI Bootcamps
Minneapolis, MN: 5/19-23
Beaverton, OR: 6/9-13
Click here for more info
SQL Server 2008 launches 4 new BI Virtual Labs
New Case Study: Potbelly Sandwich Works

Upcoming Events

Microsoft Executive Roundtable
Business Intelligence
April 10, 11:30am
Minneapolis, MN
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Monitor and Measure to Win
Presented by Ascentium
April 16, 8:30am – 4:30pm
Bellevue, WA
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Key Components for Successful BI Project
Presented by Quilogy
April 16, 9-11am
St. Charles, MO
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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
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Microsoft BI Conference
Oct 6-8
Seattle, WA

Upcoming Webcasts

PerformancePoint Server Webcast Demo
Click here to register:
April 8, 11am (PDT)
April 22, 11am (PDT)
May 6, 11am (PDT)
May 20, 11am (PDT)
Upgrade SQL Now – Live Meeting Series
Session V: SQL Analysis Services
April 8 @ 12pm (PDT)
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SQL Server Reporting Services
April 16 @ 10am (PDT)
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Microsoft PerformancePoint Server 2007
April 30 @ 10am (PDT)
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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
AppDev – CD-ROM & DVD-ROM Training
SQL Server 2005 and BI Learning Suite
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
Drive Business Performance (not released yet)
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
Notes from the Field – Pete Sprague’s PerformancePoint and Microsoft BI blog
Microsoft Excel – team blog for Excel & Excel Services
Reporting Services – team blog for SQL Server Reporting Services
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

News Links & Press Releases

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