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Sneak Preview of Project Gemini

On the topic of “teasers”, one of the things we’ll be talking about in the coming weeks is project Gemini.  I won’t get into the details just yet (otherwise it wouldn’t be a teaser), other than to say it’s a powerful data analysis feature, it’s an add-in to Excel (i.e. not a built-in Excel feature), and it’s the result of collaboration between the Excel and SQL teams.  The BI Blog has been covering all news related to Gemini.  From the BI Blog, here are a couple sneak peak videos:

BI Power Hour: Sneak Preview of Gemini – part 1
Get 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

Gemini was also covered in the Day Two Keynote at the Worldwide Partner Conference.  You can see it in the video below if you fast forward to 1:12:45.

More details to come!

Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:48 PM by Joseph Chirilov

Comments

Anita said:

This looks exciting! Is there something I can read on it?  I watched the first 3 minutes of the demo and only saw sort and pivot tables - how do I fast forward to the juicy stuff?

Cheers

Anita

# July 17, 2009 6:39 PM

Lum said:

Will Gemini be free or will it require a professional liscence of SQL?

# July 18, 2009 12:07 AM

Will Gemini free ? said:

How go compatibility with Excel Services / MOSS 2007

any info ?

Thanks

EROL

MVP MOSS

clubmoss@numericable.fr

# July 19, 2009 3:40 AM

Joseph Chirilov said:

Thanks everyone for your interest.

Anita: keep an eye on this blog for more info on Gemini. The BI blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/bi) has had a few posts on Gemini.

Lum & Erol: We haven't yet announced any details about requirements, supported platform, licensing, etc. Stay tuned.

# July 20, 2009 12:47 PM

mike said:

Whats the release date for Excel 2010 (he says typing 2010 but hoping for a bit of a clearer idea) Already started thinking of ways to making my marketing dashboards more elegant

Cheers

# July 21, 2009 9:27 AM

Joseph Chirilov said:

Mike: We haven't announced any specific release dates yet.

# July 21, 2009 5:25 PM

Lum said:

Is there a timeline when TP testers will be able to download Gemini?

# August 7, 2009 11:17 PM

John said:

PG looks a lot like another BI product called QlikView.

# August 13, 2009 4:21 PM
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