2. Agenda Why Microsoft Overview of Microsoft BI Capabilities What’s new in SQL Server 2008 for BI IW Middleware – SharePoint Demonstration SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, Office, and SharePoint
3. The Microsoft End-to-End BI Offering DELIVERY COLLABORATION CONTENT MANAGEMENT SharePoint® Server SEARCH Reports Dashboards Excel Workbooks Analytic Views Scorecards Plans END USER TOOLS & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPS Excel® PerformancePoint Server™ BI PLATFORM SQL Server Reporting Services SQL Server Analysis Services SQL Server DBMS SQL Server Integration Services Oracle SAP Siebel
5. Optimized Design ExperienceDimension & Aggregation Design Dimension Design Dimension Wizard Dimension Editor Attribute Relationship Designer New designer for viewing and editing attribute relationships Multiple built-in validations for support of idea dimension design Aggregation Design One Wizard Improved Algorithm Dedicated Designer Aggregation and aggregation design views Support for Manual edit/create/delete Built-in validations for optimal designs assistance
6. Optimized Design ExperienceCube Design Best Practice Design Alerts Leverage over 60 best practices integrated into real-time designer checks Real time “squiggly alert lines” serving as build time warnings No pop-ups to get in your way Dismiss alerts by instance or globally when desired Add annotations
8. Analytical Clients Through Office 2007 Integration Excel 2007 Familiar experience optimized as analytical client for Analysis Services Enhancements around local cubes Significant performance and functionality investments Data Mining Add-Ins for predictive analysis Performance Server 2007 Thin analytic client build for Analysis Services Rich web capabilities for data exploration Guided and contextual analysis through integrated dashboards.
15. Deployment and ManagementCorporate Web Presence Employee Portal Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Portal User Base CorporatePortal Regulatory Compliance Repository Sales Division Portal Custom SAP Front-End Extranet Collab Site R&D Community Geneva Office Site Weekly Issue Tracking Meeting Team “ABC” Site Project “X” Site Enterprise Content and Applications
16. Business Intelligence Collaboration Portal SharePoint 2007 Feature Areas Docs/tasks/calendars, blogs, wikis, e-mail integration, project management “lite”, Outlook integration, offline docs/lists Server-based Excel spreadsheets and data visualization, Report Center, BI Web Parts, KPIs/Dashboards Platform Services Rich and Web forms based front-ends, LOB actions, pluggable SSO Enterprise Portal template, Site Directory, My Sites, social networking, privacy control BusinessForms Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Content Management Search Enterprise scalability, contextual relevance, rich people and business data search Integrated document management, records management, and Web content management with policies and workflow