Analysis Services – Roadmap for SQL Server “Denali” and Beyond

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Among the numerous announcements relating to BI were two key ones:
· A new ad hoc reporting and data visualization experience codenamed “Project Crescent”.
· A new Business Intelligence Semantic Model (BISM) in Analysis Services that will power Crescent as well as other Microsoft BI front end experiences such as Excel, Reporting Services and SharePoint Insights

Read more... http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/11/12/analysis-services-roadmap-for-sql-server-denali-and-beyond.aspx

Microsoft has been placed in the leaders quadrant of Gartner’s BI platform category in 2009.

Here is the link to the BI Team Blog entry.
http://blogs.msdn.com/bi/archive/2009/02/04/microsoft-a-leader-in-bi.aspx

watch this demo of BI, Performance Point and Virtual Server

Kilimanjaro, Excel analyzing 20 m rows and WYSIWYA

Here is a post about the new Excel add in which wil support the BI specific release of SQL Server

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=8d9e2a99%2Df288%2D47c2%2D916b%2D2f32864f7b82&ID=131

Note the collaboration component at the end of the post in the link above.

Training videos on SharePoint's BI feature

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA102824571033.aspx?pid=CH101785431033

Microsoft's Business Intelligence

First there was Office Business Scorecards Accelerator from Microsoft. Then there was the Business Score Card Manager 2005 (BSM 2005). Now there is Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007. It gets bigger and better (and maybe $$: Office Business Scorecards Accelerator was free).

Q&A: Microsoft’s Business Intelligence Strategy
Microsoft Business Intelligence Blog
Chris Webb's BI Blog
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Home Page

Note: The Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005 Home Page will redirect the MS Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Home Page