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    March 13

    Jason Morales' Microsoft BI Update v.18 - March

    Contents:
    Training: online and regional options
    Resources: whitepapers, case studies, datasheets, webcasts, books, etc
     
    Hot Topics
     
    These are selling out quickly – register ASAP!
     
     
     
     
    Subscribe to learn more about Gartner’s 2008 Magic Quadrant for BI Platforms
     
    Training: Microsoft BI Bootcamps
    Minneapolis, MN: 5/19-23
    Beaverton, OR: 6/9-13
    Click here for more info
     
    Upcoming Events
     
    The Value of Business Intelligence
    March 13
    Seattle, WA
    Click here to register
     
    How does it all stack up?
    BI with SQL 2008, PerformancePoint Server and SharePoint
    March 25, 9am-12pm
    Omaha, NE
    Click here to register
     
    Gartner BI Summit
    April 1-3
    Chicago, IL
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    Microsoft Executive Roundtable
    Business Intelligence
    April 10, 11:30am
    Minneapolis, MN
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    TDWI World Conference
    May 11-16
    Chicago, IL
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    Tech-Ed 2008
    June 3-6 (Developers); June 10-13 (IT Professionals)
    Orlando, FL
    Click here to register
     
    Microsoft BI Conference
    Oct 6-8
    Seattle, WA
     
     
     
    Upcoming Webcasts
     
    PerformancePoint Server Webcast Demo
    Click here to register:
    March 18, 11am (PST)
    April 8, 11am (PST)
    April 22, 11am (PST)
     
     
    TechNet Webcast
    Microsoft Business Intelligence for SAP Netweaver
    March 13 @ 9:30am (PST)
    Click here to register
     
    PerformancePoint Server 2007 – Insight at Your Fingertips
    Education Technology and Solutions Webcast Series
    March 20 @ 10:30am (PST)
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    TechNet Webcast
    Advanced Dashboard Creation with PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
    March 28 @ 8am (PST)
    Click here to register
     
    Upgrade SQL Now – Live Meeting Series
    Session V: SQL Analysis Services
    April 8 @ 12pm (PST)
    Click here to register
     
     
    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
     
    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
     
    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
    The Data Puzzle – Solving the Enterprise Data Puzzle with Microsoft BI
     
    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
     
    Technet Virtual Labs
     
     
    News Links & Press Releases
     
     
     
     
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    Jason Morales
    Solution Specialist - Microsoft Business Intelligence
    Office: (208) 319-2273
    Mobile: (208) 949-4365
     
     
     
     
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