8 New SQL Server 2005 Report Packs!

AndreasK — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:58:00 GMT

SQL Server’s presence at Convergence represents how Dynamics is committed to enabling their customers to improve business insight through the SQL Server BI platform. In addition to providing information about SQL Server 2005 and its BI technologies, the team announced several new and updated Report Packs to help customers quickly design and deploy reports.

Based on the successful release of SQL Server 2000 Report Packs (more than 147,000 downloaded), the team has released six updated and three new Report Packs for SQL Server 2005.

They are available today as a free Web download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D81722CE-408C-4FB6-A429-2A7ECD62F674&displaylang=en.

We are also launching a new site designed to solicit customer and partner feedback: http://codegallery.gotdotnet.com/sqlrptpack (membership is free).

Customer/Partner Benefits:

Allow customers to kick start creating reports for applications and speed up report design and deployment
Greater productivity and efficiency for all users from the platform to the application
Enable partners to accelerate development of their solutions and help their customers take advantage of advanced business insight to drive business success

The 8 new/updated Report Packs include:

SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Internet Information Services (IIS) Logs
Microsoft Axapta 3.0
Microsoft Great Plains 8.0
Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains 9.0
Microsoft Dynamics Navision 4.0
Financial Reporting

(re-post from Marcel's Blog in Switzerland)

eLearning - SQL Server 2005 BI services

AndreasK — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:11:00 GMT

While we don't yet have MOC-traininings on SQL Server BI, there is a limited-time offer of free Microsoft eLearning courses.

Course 2942: New Features of Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Analysis Services
Summary: This course is a technically deep learning experience for architects, systems engineers, systems administrators, solution developers, or application developers. The course is designed for either the planning/design phase of technology adoption, or on implementation issues specific to the build, deployment and management phases. The course provides detailed reference content and in-depth practical and hands-on activities.
Audience: IT Pro
Available Offline: Yes
Price: $99.00 - NOW FREE (90-day subscription)

Course 2943: Updating Your Data ETL Skills to Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Integration Services
Summary: This course is a technically deep learning experience for architects, systems engineers, systems administrators, solution developers, or application developers. The course is designed for either the planning/design phase of technology adoption, or on implementation issues specific to the build, deployment and management phases. The course provides detailed reference content and in-depth practical and hands-on activities.
Audience: IT Pro
Available Offline: Yes
Price: $99.00 - NOW FREE (90-day subscription)

Course 2944: Updating Your Reporting Skills to Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Reporting Services
Summary: This course is a technically deep learning experience for architects, systems engineers, systems administrators, solution developers, or application developers. The Course is designed for either the planning/design phase of technology adoption, or on implementation issues specific to the build, deployment and management phases. The Course provides detailed reference content and in-depth practical and hands-on activities.
Audience: IT Pro
Available Offline: Yes
Price: $99.00 - NOW FREE (90-day subscription)

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8 New SQL Server 2005 Report Packs!

eLearning - SQL Server 2005 BI services