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One of the coolest session our team delivers at conferences is the BI Power Hour. Now in its fifth year, the BI Power Hour showcases what is possible with Microsoft BI by taking an entertaining approach to demonstrating product capabilities, watch the videos for more details on what the heck I’m talking about. All of these demos display what you can do today with Microsoft BI with exception of the Gemini demos which are a sneak preview of what's coming in the future.
BI Power Hour: Scorecard Art
Do you use dashboards and scorecards to display metrics and key performance indicators? Check out the artistic scorecards in this PerformancePoint Services demo.
BI Power Hour: Playing Risk with Reporting
Watch an entertaining visual display from the Reporting Services team in a game of Risk.
BI Power Hour: Super Hero Analysis
Watch an entertaining demo of Excel doing analysis to determine which of your favorite super heroes would win in a battle.
BI Power Hour: Sneak Preview of Gemini – part 1Get a sneak preview of the new functionality for BI within Excel with Project Gemini. This demo shows how you can quickly analyze massive amounts of data, create connections to data, and share insights all within the familiar Excel environment.
BI Power Hour: Sneak Preview of Gemini – part 2
Let us know if you have any suggestions for future demos you would like to see as a part of the BI Power Hour. Be sure to check out the SharePointBI blog for more BI news: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointbi/
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The TechEd 2009 BI Power Hour demos, which I blogged about before, are posted on the Microsoft BI Blog
