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Get Everything BI at PASS Summit 2009

As you may know, Microsoft has decided to make the BI Conference into a biennial event, with the next conference in 2010. For 2009, we are excited to team with the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) to expand the BI tracks at PASS Summit 2009 Read More...

Posted Friday, August 14, 2009 12:16 AM by kristinakerr | 0 Comments

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WPC round-up for Microsoft BI

New Orleans was host to the Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference 2009 this week. With over 8,000 in attendance the WPC is a yearly opportunity for MS partners to connect with each other and gain insight into Microsoft’s strategy and direction. I was Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:43 PM by nismith | 0 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft BI, Gemini, SQL Server 2008 R2, SharePoint Server 2010, WPC, Office 2010

Financial Planning Accelerator Announced

If you have paid any attention to Microsoft in the BI space in the past few months you have likely heard a lot about PerformancePoint. Based on requests from customers and partners, Microsoft will make available the source code and project files derived Read More...

Posted Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:46 AM by nismith | 3 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft BI, PerformancePoint Server, SharePoint Server, Financial Planning

PASS Sessions and Speakers Announced!

The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) has just announced sessions and speakers for PASS Summit 2009 , coming up Nov 2-5, 2009 in Seattle, WA. The full-day Pre/Post-Conference seminar and Spotlight session line ups include some amazing BI Read More...

Posted Friday, June 12, 2009 9:24 PM by kristinakerr | 1 Comments

Filed under: business intelligence, BI Conference, Microsoft BI, Seattle, Microsoft BI Conference, community

BI Dashboard for the Super Bowl

Want to see a cool example of data visualization? This case study video that shows how the Tampa Police Department used Microsoft Surface to help law enforcement and emergency response crews provide safety, analyze what was going on and communicate better Read More...

Posted Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:53 AM by nismith | 1 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft BI, Surface, dashboard, Super Bowl

Microsoft BI Power Hour Demos

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 Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009 1:54 AM by nismith | 2 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft BI, SQL Server 2008 R2, SharePoint Server 2010, BI Power Hour, Microsoft Office 2010

The Trouble with Data

This video made its debut this week at TechEd 2009 during the Donald Farmer’s session on self service analysis with project Gemini. Watch for more details and recordings of the Business Intelligence TechEd sessions at TechEd Online Get more details about Read More...

Posted Sunday, May 17, 2009 5:54 AM by nismith | 1 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft BI, Gemini, SQL Server 2008 R2, SharePoint Server 2010, CTP

BI update from TechEd 2009

Watch this short video from the TechEd 2009 showroom floor on how we are using mobile business intelligence on a Windows mobile device to track the BI session and speaker performance at this years show. The application is called PushBI developed by a Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:03 PM by nismith | 2 Comments

Filed under: business intelligence, Microsoft BI, analytics, SQL Server, performance, mobile BI

Microsoft BI: What can you do today?

I get asked all the time about MS BI futures, where are you going, what's the strategy and vision. Today, I thought I'd spend a bit of time on some of the things that we have today. One of Microsoft’s best kept secrets when it comes to data analysis is Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:37 PM by nismith | 2 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft BI, data mining, tech Ed 2009, Analysis Services, excel 2007

Tracking Swine Flu with Microsoft Virtual Earth and Live Search

Microsoft Virtual Earth Heat Map , this map is updated daily with H1N1 Flu Outbreak Map data. Microsoft Live Search Maps highlights reported cases Virtual Earth Swine Flu Mashup Follow the word on Twitter digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/bi/archive/2009/05/05/microsoft-virtual-earth-swine-flu-heat-map.aspx' Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:30 AM by nismith | 2 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft BI, Microsoft Virtual Earth, heat map, Swine flu

Preview of Project Gemini

Watch a preview of creating an analysis model with Excel and Gemini. Watch a preview of sharing a Gemini model on the web with SharePoint and Excel Services. Watch for more news on Microsoft BI and project Gemini at Microsoft’s user conference next week, Read More...

Posted Monday, May 04, 2009 10:45 PM by nismith | 5 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft BI, Excel, SQL Server 2008, Gemini, Excel Services, tech Ed 2009, Analysis Services

Top 10 demos for Microsoft BI

Here’s a collection of some cool Microsoft BI Demos that I use regularly to showcase aspects of the Microsoft BI stack and show interesting examples of what insight to information can actually accomplish. Top 10 demos for Microsoft BI 10. Sales Dashboard Read More...

Posted Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:01 PM by nismith | 4 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft BI, Virtual Earth, Surface, Gemini, SQL Server, sustainability, Self Service BI, data visualization, demos, geo spatial analysis

Microsoft Business Intelligence Vision and Strategy Slides

What is Microsoft BI? What is the Microsoft BI value proposition? How do the Microsoft products come together across SQL Server, SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Office to provide a complete BI offering from the BI platform through end user tools. Here Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 14, 2009 7:23 AM by nismith | 1 Comments

Filed under: business intelligence, Microsoft BI, Excel, SQL Server 2008, Strategy, Vision, SharePoint Server, Microsoft Office, bi slides

PerformancePoint integration with Sharepoint

Watch this short video to find out what the strategy changes mean for customers and to catch up on the latest news for the Microsoft Business Intelligence product suite. Michael Tejedor goes into the details of the announcement, what these changes mean Read More...

Posted Monday, April 06, 2009 9:49 PM by nismith | 4 Comments

Filed under: business intelligence, Microsoft BI, PerformancePoint Server, SharePoint Server

Office Marketplace for Business Intelligence Solutions

I wanted to share this BI solutions marketplace on the office online site as I think it’s something that few people actually know of. The site hosts a collection of BI solutions using office, mostly Excel. The solutions include scorecards, a wage calculator, Read More...

Posted Sunday, March 29, 2009 1:09 AM by nismith | 1 Comments

Filed under: business intelligence, Microsoft BI, Excel, Microsoft Office, solution marketplace