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The new Business Intelligence Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2010

normbi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:55 GMT

The new Business Intelligence Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2010 is a TechNet site for information about business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010. The following is some of what is is included in the TechNet resource center. IT professionals...(read more)

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 is now available

SteveH — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:14:00 GMT

Microsoft released PerformancePoint Service Pack 3 on November 15, 2009. You can read more about PerformancePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 here on Microsoft Office Online. Go to the Microsoft download site to get Service Pack 3: · 64-bit version (x64):...(read more)

New business intelligence services in SharePoint Server 2010

normbi — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:56:58 GMT

PerformancePoint Server 2007 is integrated into SharePoint Server 2010 (Beta), to add business intelligence features such as dashboards, scorecards, KPIs, and more. The poster, " Getting started with business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010 " is...(read more)

Published: Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 end-to-end walkthrough

halzucati — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:14:00 GMT

Find it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a6364ca9-5a95-44b8-9b87-1bb24ef07760&displaylang=en What is it? It's a straight forward guide to installing and using PerformancePoint Planning and Monitoring Servers. It lists...(read more)

PerformancePoint Monitoring Server, Service Pack 2 diagram -prerelease article

normbi — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:01:31 GMT

Sometimes we like to see a picture or diagram to help plan and even simplify deployment tasks. Here are some visual steps for installing PerformancePoint Monitoring Server prerequisites and Service Pack 2. The image does not replace our documentation...(read more)

Use Virtual Earth with PerformancePoint Server to combine and analyze information

JoanneH — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:31:00 GMT

Check out this video that demonstrates how combining Microsoft Virtual Earth with PerformancePoint Server 2007 can achieve a truly integrated scorecard. This video demonstrates how a public health department can improve its capacity to analyze data from...(read more)

Download PerformancePoint documentation from TechNet

JoanneH — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:01:00 GMT

As you know, we make available some of the content from the PerformancePoint Server 2007 technical library (published on http://www.TechNet.com )in a downloadable and printable form as Microsoft Office Word files. The content in these books is a copy...(read more)

Report Building with Excel Services

SteveH — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:00:00 GMT

One of the most useful features of Excel Services is report building. Reports can include business intelligence data or any type of data you are working with in Excel Services. Generating and publishing Excel Services reports is one of the basic parts...(read more)

Watch this! PerformancePoint and Pervasive BI with Analytic Vision video

JoanneH — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:43:00 GMT

Microsoft recently included its PerformancePoint in the licensing with SharePoint Enterprise for customers with MOSS Enterprise with Software Assurance (SA). Why is this huge? For one, it makes high end business intelligence available to the entire enterprise...(read more)

Planning Administration Console and Web.config

SteveH — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:53:00 GMT

The Planning Server Administration Console provides a number of useful controls and settings that administrators can use to setup and maintain their organization’s applications, model sites, system settings and data connections. However there are a number...(read more)

Starter Kit for PerformancePoint Planning Server SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

JoanneH — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:01:00 GMT

Check out the download center for a great package that facilitates data import for PerformancePoint Planning. It includes step by step directions on the recommended data import package steps in a typical PerformancePoint Planning Server application, a...(read more)

Microsoft BI 50,000 feet view diagram

normbi — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:12:36 GMT

It's important to know that the BI capabilities outlined in the topic PerformancePoint Server and other BI products , are not going away and in fact will be even more accessible in Office SharePoint Server. Microsoft has several business intelligence...(read more)

Seeking Answers? PerformancePoint Services Concerns and Feedback

SteveH — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:05:00 GMT

Deploying PerformancePoint as a service within Office SharePoint Server is an idea that may not be understood by all customers. In its initial announcement for PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint Microsoft explained the philosophy of its strategy,...(read more)

BI to the Masses = Reduced TCO + Enhanced Capabilities

SteveH — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:34:00 GMT

What does Microsoft’s recent announcement of its desire to bring “BI to the masses” mean to your organization? Our BI offering will now include Office SharePoint Server and several new services. PerformancePoint Services is perhaps the largest offering...(read more)

PerformancePoint Server Installation – Roles and Permissions

SteveH — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:19:00 GMT

Many large and mid-size organizations have IT teams that install and maintain the network servers. Typically, administrator privileges are reserved for members of the IT team and are not granted to end users. Consequently, if a member of say, the Finance...(read more)