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Jason Morales' Microsoft BI Update v.22 - July
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Written by Jason Morales   
Friday, 11 July 2008 00:07

HOT TOPICS

 

 

Gates exits Microsoft to focus on charity work

 

BI Trends: The Next Generation of Performance Management

IDC Report Sees Steady Growth for BI, Pent-Up Demand for Analytics

Who's Hot and Who's Not in BI, Analytics?

 

Kimball University: Microsoft SQL Server Comes of Age for Data Warehousing

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 appealing as ERP refresh

Hiring Business Intelligence Resources When You're Too Busy to Hire Business Intelligence Resources

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

 

How does it all stack up?

6 part Seminar Series, sponsored by Inetium & Microsoft

July 17,  Aug 7 & 28,  Sept 18

Omaha, NE

Click here to register

 

Dashboard in a Day - sponsored by Quilogy

Sept 9 - Kansas City, MO

Sept 11 - Fairview Heights, IL

Sept 16 - Omaha, NE

Sept 18 - Chicago, IL

Click This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to learn more and register

 

 

Microsoft BI Conference

Oct 6-8

Seattle, WA

http://www.microsoftbiconference.com/

 

Find Events & Webcasts

 

 

UPCOMING WEBCASTS

* all times listed below are for Pacific time zone 

 

PerformancePoint Server Webcast Demo

July 15, 11am

July 29, 11am

 

Achieving Business Intelligence Across the Enterprise presented by Thorogood

July 17, 9am - Increase Accessibility of Information

Aug 21, 9am - Maximize Business Performance

Sept 18, 9am - Realize Fast & Effective Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

Microsoft Business Intelligence for Retail - sponsored by Solver 

July 31, 11am

Aug 14, 11am 

Aug 28, 11am

Sept 11, 11am

Click here to register

 

 

TRAINING

 

PerformancePoint Training Sites

Online: PPS Planning, Monitoring and Analytics (includes videos and workbooks)

Online: ProClarity

 

Hitachi Consulting

Business Intelligence Education Services

PerformancePoint 2007 Boot Camp (4 Day) - click here for more info

Irvine, CA: Aug 4-7

 

Solid Quality Mentors

BI Courses, including SQL 2005, PPS and ProClarity

Microsoft BI Bootcamp (5 day) - click here for more info

Beaverton, OR:  Sept 8-12

Seattle, WA: Dec 8-12

 

IT Mentors

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Monitoring & Analytics

 

Premier Knowledge Solutions

BI Courses, including SQL 2005, PPS and ProClarity

Microsoft BI Bootcamp (5 day) - click here for more info

St Louis, MO:  Aug 4-8

 

AppDev - CD-ROM & DVD-ROM Training

SQL Server 2005 and BI Learning Suite

 

SQL Server Training Courses

Online & Instructor Led

 

Partner Program - webcasts

Online Training Webcasts - (keyword = performancepoint)

 

 

RESOURCES

 

Microsoft BI

Whitepapers, Demos, Product Evaluations

Consulting Partner Directory

Subscribe - Microsoft Business Intelligence Newsletter 

 

PerformancePoint 2007

System Requirements

Download: PerformancePoint Server 2007 Trial Software

Flash Demo:  Virtual Experience

Datasheets:  Overview, Monitor, Analyze, Plan, Management Reporter

Video:  PerformancePoint Server Team Video

Video: Business Intelligence by Role (CFO, Operations Mgr, IT Director, Sales Mgr)

Wikis:  Wikipedia, Channel 9

 

On-Demand Webcasts of PerformancePoint 2007

Technet Library

Developer Portal

 

ProClarity

Search the Support Knowledge Base

Microsoft ProClarity Software Developer's Kit 6.3

 

PerformancePoint Management Reporter

Overview

 

SQL Server 2005

Business Intelligence

Best Practices

BI Presentations

Learning Portal

Archived Webcasts, Virtual Labs, Podcasts

 

SQL Server 2008

Business Intelligence

Data Warehousing

Datasheet: Business Intelligence

Demo:  SQL Server 2008 Overview

Video:  SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence

 

SQL Server 2008 Virtual Labs:

Analysis Services: Delivering Analysis Services capabilities through Microsoft Office

Analysis Services: Managing Analysis Services Solutions 

Reporting Services: Managing the Report Services Infrastructure

Data Mining

 

SharePoint Server 2007

SharePoint Business Intelligence

Evaluation Guide

Case Study: Microsoft Team Closes Books 33 Percent Faster, Files Financials 40 Percent Sooner

 

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?

Dynamic Communities

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

Microsoft Dynamics Integration with Microsoft Technologies

Whitepaper: Evaluating Financial Management Software - Is it time for a change?

 

NEWS LINKS & PRESS RELEASES

 

Bill Gates Steps Down: The End of an Era

 

It's No Longer Tracking, It's Locating

Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence

Predictive Analytics: Peer into the BI Crystal Ball

BI Vendors Trying to Reach the Rank and File

Strategic Learning, Design and Business Intelligence

Using Enterprise 2.0 for Business Intelligence, Part 5

When Will BI Head Downstream?

Ride the Next Wave of Flexible 'BI Workspaces'

Uncorking the Data Bottleneck with Operational BI

Your Business Intelligence Vendor - A Partner or Problem?

 

 

Strategy Companion